Western Carolina University

TaskStream Help

For problems activating your account, contact TaskStream directly at 800.311.5656 If at any point you get stuck for more than 5 minutes with any other issues, contact: Dr. Lee Nickles

See a video of a brief introduction to TaskStream for Cooperating Teachers.

Activating/Reactivating An Account

Activate Your TaskStream Account (First time users)

See a video of this process: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fBmt3Hlghw0 or
https://media.wcu.edu/groups/ceaptechvideos/weblog/42656/TaskStream__Activate_Subscription.html
You might also ask your intern for assistance in creating an account.

1. Go to http://www.taskstream.com/
2. Click on the “Create or Renew Account” link at the top of the screen 
3. Select “Create a new TaskStream Subscription”
4. In the box on the right marked “Option 2,” enter the key code you received from Dr. Nickles
5. Click the yellow “Continue” button under where you type the key code
6. On the next page, select “College of Education” from the list, select that you are “Faculty,” then click the yellow “Continue” button
7. Fill in your name. 
8. You don’t need to fill in “Banner Student ID” just check the box under that field that says “I’m a Faculty Member”
9. Enter an e-mail address, preferably your school email
10. Enter any number for the Home/Cell number – you may want to use your work number.  You can leave “Alternate Phone” blank.
11. Pick a username – any username you like that is not already taken by another TaskStream user
12. Pick a password and enter it in both boxes – it must be at least 6 characters and contain one numeral
13. You have to put something in the “Password Hint” box
14. If you are prompted to enter a “role,” your role is “Cooperating Teacher” [This only applies to some of you – TaskStream usually skips this]
15. Click the final small box to accept the end-user agreement, and click the yellow “Continue” button at the bottom.
16. If there were no problems, you will go to a confirmation screen where you will click to finish activating your account.  If there were problems, they will be highlighted in red text on the current screen for you to correct
17. Email or call Dr. Lee Nickles with your name and grade level/subject area so I can give you access to the correct portfolio.

Reactivate Your TaskStream Account

1. Go to http://www.taskstream.com/
2. Click on the “Create or Renew Account” link at the top of the screen
3. Select “Renew my TaskStream subscription”
4. In the box on the right marked “Option 2,” enter the keycode you received from Dr. Nickles
5. Click the yellow “Continue” button under where you type the key code
6. If you remember your username and password, enter those in the boxes. 
7. If not, click on the “Forgot your login info?” link.  You will be asked for your first name, last name, and email address (you can leave the username blank if you don’t remember it).  It will show your password hint AND email you with your username and password.Note that the email address must match the one you used when your account was originally created.  If you no longer use that email address or have other problems retrieving your username and password, call TaskStream at 1.800.311.5656 and they will fix it. Once you have your username and password, you can start over with the link described in step 2.
8. Confirm that your information is accurate and follow the directions to complete the reactivation
9. Email or call Dr. Lee Nickles with your name and grade level/subject area so I can give you access to the correct portfolio.

How To: Evaluate the Teacher Work Sample (Applies to both parts)

Note: the Teacher Work Sample is in two parts: the Planning phase and the Implementation phase.  The intention is to have the Planning phase evaluated before the student implements, so he/she can receive feedback on their plans.

1. Wait for your intern/student teacher to let you know that their work is ready to be evaluated in TaskStream
2. Sign in to TaskStream at http://www.taskstream.com/
3. Look on the main page for the portfolio called "(Student’s Major) Initial Licensure Potfolio" where the “major” will be filled in with “Elementary Education”, “Art Education,” etc. and click on it. [If you do not see this and you know your student has submitted work, contact Dr. Lee Nickles]
4. Under “Search for Individual To Evaluate,” type your student’s last name into the box and click the Search button. 
5. If there is more than one student matching your search, you may have to select your student from a list. The webpage will present a list and you click on the name of your student
6. Once the student is selected, their name appears under the search box after "Selected author:"
7. Click the circle beside "Show all available categories " and click the yellow “Continue” button
8. You should see the student's name followed by many columns. Each column is one area that the student must address in the Teacher Work Sample.
9. For each part you want to evaluate, click the yellow "Evaluate" button in that column.  [If you do not see an Evaluate button, contact Dr. Lee Nickles]
10. When you are ready to evaluate, click the green “Evaluate/Score work” button on the left.  Two new windows will appear.  The first contains links to all the work the student has submitted.  The second is the evaluation window where you will score the work.
11. Once you have viewed the work, select your score on the rating scale.  Comments are optional; the rubric score is required.
12. At the bottom, select "Record as my final score" under the green heading bar.
13. Click the yellow “Submit Evaluation Now” button.
14. Repeat for all other columns except "Overall Rating." For this one, you do not need to look at more submitted work by the student but you will evaluate the Teacher Work Sample as a whole.
15. Done!