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Send reports to your head teacher for review

In about 2 minutes, learn how to send reports to your head teacher for review.

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What you’ll learn

How to make an encrypted review pack
How to share the passphrase safely
How your head reviews it (no account needed)
How to import the return file

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Most schools want the head teacher to read reports before they go home. Here's how to send them safely. Mark your reports as ready, press Make review pack, and choose a passphrase.

The pack holds just the reports, unless you choose to add more. It's encrypted, so only someone with the passphrase can open it. Email the file from your school email, and tell your head the passphrase in person or by phone…

never in the same email. Your head opens it on our free review page. No account is needed.

They mark each report Approved or Please change, add comments, and download a return file. When it comes back, import it on the Reports tab. Approved reports become Finished, and any changes appear on each report.

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1. How should you give your head the passphrase? In the same email as the pack In person or by phone – never in the same email On a sticky note on the pack

Right. Tell them in person or by phone, never in the same email.Not quite. The answer is “In person or by phone – never in the same email”. Tell them in person or by phone, never in the same email.

2. Does your head teacher need an account to review? Yes No – they use the free review page Only a Pro account

Right. They open it on the free review page. No account is needed.Not quite. The answer is “No – they use the free review page”. They open it on the free review page. No account is needed.

3. What happens to Approved reports when you import the return file? They become Finished They are deleted Nothing

Right. Approved reports become Finished, and any changes appear on each report.Not quite. The answer is “They become Finished”. Approved reports become Finished, and any changes appear on each report.

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