Journals/Observation Checklist

I’ve been testing the observation checklists with the Poweruser (potential as manager) permission as well as the connection to the My Teams dashboard. ​@yerhom Have you explored those features? I have a similar use case, and this may work. 

I’m curious to know what others are doing around this as well. We tried to use Observation Checklists for a similar reason but found it did not work well when back and forth communication was needed. It seems more like a linear process for approvals. We chose to use OneDrive folders instead which is more manual when it comes to deadlines and notifications. I would like to automate. 

Could you do something with Assignments (Training Material) within a course? You could have a different assignment for each week of journaling. Not sure if it fits the use case but it might be an interesting workaround. 

We used surveys during our summer grad program to collect daily and weekly feedback. The survey itself was fairly generic, and setting everything up took some time. Because the responses were anonymous, the group felt comfortable being completely honest. Based on that feedback, we were able to make meaningful adjustments to the program as it was running.

To keep everything organized, I placed all surveys into a single category and catalog so the content stayed isolated from anything our other users might see. Each day or week, participants accessed a specific survey, and I controlled availability by time‑limiting them within the course. It wasn’t the cleanest setup, but it ultimately gave us the insights we needed.