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TaskStream

Information and how to use TaskStream

TaskStream by Watermark is the Department of Education鈥檚 online service for students to use in creating required electronic portfolios, lesson plans, units, rubrics and webpages. Students in the Department of Education鈥檚 undergraduate program are required to maintain a paid and active subscription to TaskStream whenever they are enrolled in courses in the Department of Education. Artifacts for the electronic portfolio are required from all courses, as well as artifacts that reflect the Conceptual Framework of the Department of Education.

Steps for TaskStream

Frequently Asked Questions about TaskStream

How to upload an assignment to the portfolio
  1. SELECT: Web Folio Builder
  2. Under 鈥淒irected Response Folio, SELECT your portfolio. (Example: K-6, Secondary, PreK-4, Middle Grades, or Special Education)
  3. Under 鈥淓dit Structure鈥, SELECT鈥 the assignment you want to submit. (Example: Philosophy Paper鈥)
  4. On the right of the screen under Add/Edit, SELECT 鈥淓dit鈥
  5. At the top of the screen, SELECT the 鈥淎ttachment鈥 button.
  6. By 鈥淔ile Name鈥: type the name of the artifact you are submitting: (Example : Philosophy Paper鈥.)
  7. SELECT: 鈥淏rowse鈥
  8. Upload your document by selecting it from the appropriate source on your computer, then SELECT 鈥 Open鈥.
  9. SELECT: 鈥淎dd file鈥
  10. You will see a blue bar across the middle of the screen that says 鈥淵our file was successfully added and appears on the list below鈥.
  11. Close the screen by selecting the 鈥榵鈥 in the upper right corner.
  12. Your artifact will appear as a link on the screen.
  13. SELECT: the web view button to preview
  14. LOG OUT when finished.
How to delete file attachments and photographs from your portfolio

If you need to delete an attachment such as a document or Power Point presentation from TaskStream, select the page where it is located. After you have opened the page, select 鈥渆dit鈥. On the next screen select 鈥淎ttachment鈥. Then at the bottom of the screen you should see the name of the document followed by the commands 鈥渧iew, copy, or delete鈥. Select 鈥渄elete鈥.

If you need to delete a photograph, follow the same procedures above, except select 鈥渋mage鈥 instead of 鈥渁ttachment鈥. The name of the image should appear at the bottom of the screen and then you select the word 鈥渄elete鈥 that follows it.

How to email your portfolio or lesson plan to an instructor
  1. Go to the TaskStream homepage
  2. Select: 鈥淲eb Folio Builder鈥
  3. Open your Portfolio
  4. Select: 鈥淧ublish/Share鈥
  5. [Next Screen]: Select: 鈥淓-mail鈥
  6. [Next Screen]: Select: 鈥淪elect Recipient鈥
  7. On the next screen you will see two buttons with 鈥淓xpand鈥 on them. Select the 鈥淓xpand鈥 button that is on top.
  8. Select: 鈥淔aculty鈥
  9. Select: 鈥淣ame of your advisor鈥
  10. On the same screen: Select: 鈥淪ave鈥
  11. [Next Screen]: Under 鈥淧ersonalize your message鈥: type in your message
  12. Select: 鈥淪end鈥
  13. When complete, you should see the following message: 鈥淎n internal message with a link to your work was sent via the TaskStream Message Center to: 鈥淎dvisor鈥檚 Name鈥
How to insert a weblink in the portfolio to another screen in the portfolio
  1. Open the course item you wish to add a link to.
  2. SELECT: 鈥淓dit鈥
  3. SELECT: 鈥渨eblinks鈥
  4. By 鈥淣ame of Link鈥, type in the name of the artifact..
  5. By 鈥淟ink to existing pages鈥, select the down arrow.
  6. Select the course of page you wish to connect to.
  7. SELECT: 鈥淎dd Link鈥.
How to upload a TaskStream lesson plan or unit into your portfolio
  1. Open your TaskStream Portfolio
  2. Select the artifact page where you want to insert the lesson plan.
  3. Select 鈥渆dit鈥. (Screen will change)
  4. Select 鈥渁ttachment鈥 on the top of the next page (Screen will change)
  5. Below the Attachment button, select 鈥淢y TaskStream Work鈥 (Screen will change)
  6. To the right of the [Select Category] window, select the down arrow
  7. Select: 鈥淟essons鈥
  8. To the right of the [Select Lesson] window, select the down arrow button.
  9. You should now see a listing of all of the lesson plans you have created in TaskStream.
  10. Left double click on the lesson plan that you want to insert on this page. It should then appear in the window to the right of the [Select Lesson]window.
  11. Select 鈥淎dd File鈥 in the lower right corner.
  12. You should now see a sentence in the center of the screen that reads: 鈥淵our lesson link was successfully attached to your portfolio on the list below.鈥
  13. Close the screen by selecting the screen in the upper right corner.
  14. Select 鈥淧review鈥 to see your lesson plan link on your artifact page.
How to use Unit Builder in TaskStream to Build a Lesson Plan
  1. On the left panel choose 鈥淯nit Builder鈥.
  2. Beside 鈥淭itle鈥 enter the title of your unit. You can add other information if you want.
  3. Click 鈥淐reate It鈥.
  4. Click 鈥淟earning Activities鈥
  5. Click 鈥淎dd New Activity or Lesson鈥
  6. Beside 鈥淭itle鈥 enter the title of that particular lesson. You must enter the title of the lesson in order to continue.
  7. Go to the drop down box for 鈥淐hoose a Format鈥
  8. Choose 鈥淭S Basic Lesson鈥
  9. At this point you will create your lesson just as you usually do.
  10. When finished click 鈥淩eturn to Unit鈥 and start all over with another lesson!