Faculty Resources Menu:

• TaskStream tutorials and guides for faculty
• Request your faculty TaskStream subscription
• Sample syllabus verbiage
• Signature assignments and rubrics used in COE courses
• Tips for using TaskStream in your class

Login to your TaskStream account at www.taskstream.com

TaskStream guides and tutorials for faculty: [Top]

Getting Started with TaskStream:

1. Faculty TaskStream Manual
2. Online TaskStream Workshop for Faculty (Flash - Requires Audio)
3. TaskStream Quiz for NAU Faculty

TaskStream Quick-Reference Guides:

• Student TaskStream Overview (to be used as handout in classes which use TaskStream)
• Evaluating Students' Work in TaskStream
• Sending students' work back for revision
• Using TaskStream's Rubric Wizard
• Preparing your class for a TaskStream workshop

For a complete listing of faculty referency guides on the TaskStream website, visit the TaskStream help section at http://taskstream.com.

Request a faculty TaskStream subscription: [Top]

Faculty at NAU's College of Education are eligible to receive free subscriptions to TaskStream. In order to receive a faculty TaskStream subscription, you'll need a key-code to use during the TaskStream signup process. To receive your faculty TaskStream key-code, please complete the form below or contact a representative from NAU's Portfolio Project directly.

Please note: If you enter an email address that is not an NAU Jan account, a phone confirmation will be required to receive the faculty key-code.

After completing the faculty TaskStream account request form, you will receive an email containing a key-code to enable your free subscription, and instructions for applying the key-code during the signup process. You should receive that email within two business days of submitting your request. Once you have received your faculty key-code, you can follow these steps to get your free faculty TaskStream account:

1. Open a browser and go to www.taskStream.com
   
   
2. On the TaskStream home page click the Subscribe Today button located on the purple area on the lower left side of the screen. You should now see the Purchase or Activate Subscription page.
   
   
3. Select whether or not you are creating a new account (first time subscriber), renewing an account, or converting a guest account. On the same screen, enter the faculty key-code you received in the email in the appropriate fields and click the Continue button.
   
   
4. Complete Steps 2 and 3. During step 3, make sure to note the username and password that you have chosen. This will be the username and password you will use to access TaskStream.
   
   
5. Confirm your registration information in Step 4. If you need to edit any of the information you have entered click the Edit button. Otherwise click Continue to complete your registration.

Sample verbiage to put in course syllabi: [Top]

The following text is a sample of what you might include in your course syllabus so that students are aware of the TaskStream requirement:

“Everyone enrolled in this course will need to have a TaskStream electronic portfolio subscription, and be enrolled in the appropriate TaskStream "Program" which contains your program portfolio.  More information about purchasing a TaskStream subscription and enrolling into a TaskStream Program is available in the “Student Resources” section of the portfolio project website: http://portfolio.coe.nau.edu.”

NOTE: Students should acquire program self-enrollment codes directly from the Portfolio Project website rather than their instructors as the codes may change each semester.  The self-enrollment code your students used last semester may not be valid this semester.

Signature assignments and rubrics used in COE courses: [Top]

To locate the signature assignments and rubrics in courses which utilize TaskStream, instructors should follow these steps:

1. Login to your TaskStream account at www.taskstream.com.
2. Click on the "My Programs" link. You should see a list of programs with which you are associated as an evaluator and/or reviewer. If you do not see any programs listed, or there is an incorrect program listed, please contact Chris Geanious to have your enrollment information updated in TaskStream.
3. Click on the "Overview" link which appears in the program for which you would like to view signature assignments and rubrics.
4. From the Overview screen, click on the "DRF Setup: View" link. This will provide an overview of the courses, assignments, and rubrics associated with a particular TaskStream program.

If you have questions about the content of these signature assignments or rubrics, please contact your department chair or program coordinator. If you have technical difficulties accessing these materials, please contact Chris Geanious (928-523-9434).

Tips for using TaskStream in your class

• Don’t wait until the last week, or weeks, in the semester to have students submit assignments for evaluation.  This can be a difficult time to solve technical and other issues which may arise.
  
  
• Signature assignments should be worth a significant portion of the course grade.  If signature assignments are not connected to a course grade, it can be difficult to compel students to submit their work for evaluation.  Please contact your department chair for specific information regarding course point-values or weighting for signature assignments.
  
  
• Allow your students to submit items for review prior to submitting them for final evaluation.  One of TaskStream’s primary strengths is its “Review” feature which helps facilitate a formative dialogue between instructors and students before assignments are submitted for final evaluation.
  
  
• Remember, this is a learning portfolio which provides an opportunity for students to tell a story of their learning over time.  The more we value the formative learning aspects of electronic portfolios, the more our students will appreciate and benefit from their use.