Dashboard
The Dashboard is the first page you see in MarkBook. It shows, in one screen, what needs your attention across your classes: deadlines, marks that are still blank, reports you must finish, and reports that wait for your decision. You do not need to set anything up. The page builds itself from your markbooks and reports. Only markbooks of templates that are Active count. When a template is switched off or archived, its classes, blank marks and deadlines leave the Dashboard.
What the page shows
At the top, one sentence sums up your week. For example: "3 deadlines have passed and 140 marks are still blank." If nothing is outstanding, you see "Everything is in. Nothing is waiting on you."
Below it you find these counters. A counter at zero is the good result and is shown in green. A counter with work behind it uses a warmer colour.
| Counter | What it counts |
|---|---|
| Deadlines overdue | Reporting periods whose due date has passed and that still have blank marks |
| Marks still blank | Cells in your markbooks that have no value yet, for the current period |
| Reports to finish | Your own reports that are not yet complete |
| Waiting on you | Reports you may approve or send back |
| Registers to take | Lessons that have no attendance register yet (only if the Activity Calendar is connected) |
Your classes
The Your classes panel lists one row for each class and subject you reach. The emptiest class comes first.
Each row has a small grid. One square stands for one assessment column, and it fills from the bottom in proportion to the marks entered. A full square means every student has a mark. An empty square means nobody has one yet.
This tells you more than a single percentage:
- One hollow square means a whole column has not been started. The row names it, for example "Effort not started".
- Many squares that are partly full mean a few students are missing in each column. Chase those students.
The bar colour shows how far the class has progressed. It has three bands: little done, partly done, nearly done. Click a row to open that class in Grades. MarkBook sets the class, subject and period for you.
When the Activity Calendar is connected, each row also shows the share of students present, for example "94% present". If the register could not be read in full, a notice says the figure is partial.
Deadlines
The Deadlines panel lists the due dates of reporting periods, with the full date. Each line says how many marks are still blank in that term, or that all marks are in. Press the "more" link to see the whole list.
If a report period is due within three days, a banner at the top reminds you.
Reports
Three panels deal with reports. Which ones you see depends on your role.
- Your unfinished reports: reports you started that are still in draft.
- Waiting on your decision: reports submitted to you for approval, and how many days each has waited. You see this panel only if you may approve reports.
- Waiting on your check: columns and written comments that a teacher has sent for checking. See Checking & Approving Columns.
- Who still has work out: for leaders. It shows, for the classes you lead, how many columns and comments are in draft, ready to check, returned or approved, grouped by teacher.
Attendance to watch
If the Activity Calendar is connected, Attendance to watch lists students across your classes whose lesson attendance gives cause for concern. See Attendance & Timetable.
Which year and period the page uses
The dashboard shows one academic year and one period at a time.
- The year. The school's current academic year, if it has markbooks. If the current year has none yet, the dashboard uses the most recent year that does. This avoids an empty page when a school has created next year but still works in this one.
- The period. The dashboard always works with the smallest period that holds the columns, for example "Term 1 A", not "Term 1". It picks the period whose dates contain today. If none does, it picks the next one that is still due, then the most recent one that was due.
- Another year. Use the year picker in the page header to look at earlier work.
TIP
The My tasks page no longer exists. Its content, with the year picker, full due dates and the complete list of unfinished reports, is now part of the dashboard. Old links to My tasks open the dashboard.
What you see depends on your role
You see only the markbooks you reach. A teacher sees their own classes. A head of department also sees the subjects they lead, and a year group coordinator the year groups they lead. Senior leaders see the whole school. See Leadership Roles.
Everyone who may open MarkBook can open the dashboard. A role cannot remove it.
If the dashboard is empty
- "Nothing outstanding" is good news: no overdue deadline, no blank mark and no waiting report.
- A blank dashboard with no classes means you have no markbook yet. Open Grades, choose a class and subject, and enter the first mark. This creates the markbook. If Grades offers you nothing, see Common Issues.