This document provides instructions for faculty on how to access and use the TaskStream system to evaluate student work. It outlines the steps to log in to TaskStream through the university portal, navigate to evaluation tools, select assessments to score, and use different methods like individual evaluation or QuickScore to enter ratings on rubrics. It also describes how to view submission statuses, generate reports on evaluation results, and find additional support resources.

1. Reading and Literacy
Instructor Training Guide
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2. Faculty Single Sign-On via
GWeb Info System
From the webpage my.gwu.edu
Click gweb info system
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3. Enter Your Gweb User Login
Enter in GWID and PIN
Then click Login
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4. Access the TaskStream link through the
Faculty Menu
Click on Faculty
Menu link
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5. Faculty Menu Tab
Click the TaskStream Link
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6. LAT by TaskStream
Click the LAT by
TaskStream link
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7. Please read the TaskStream User Agreement
and click “Accept” to continue
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8. LAT is individual program assessments
Click Learning
Achievement Tools
AMS is for school level assessment
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9. Faculty Homepage
To evaluate student work for a
previous semester, click the
Reading and Literacy (Archive
Data) program link
To evaluate student work for the
current semester, click the Reading
and Literacy program link
For assistance navigating the Taskstream
system, contact Mentoring Services
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10. Selecting your Assessment for Evaluation
Select the box next to the
assessment you want to
evaluate.
Then click Continue.
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11. Evaluate Assessments
The grid below displays the categories, requirements, and statuses for each author that you are able to
evaluate. NOTE: The grid will only display items based on the search criteria previously selected.
To begin scoring the rubric, click
the Evaluate button next to the
student name you wish to evaluate
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12. Evaluate/Score Work
To access the rubric for the work
product, click the Evaluate/Score Work
button
If you need to immediately unlock the
author’s work without evaluating
it, click the Send Back to Author
button
To evaluate later, click the Cancel –
Evaluate Later button
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13. Split Screen of Student Work & Rubric
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14. Scoring the Rubric
For each Rubric
Criterion, select the
appropriate score
When done entering scores for
each section, Select one of the
three options from the bottom of
the rubric and then click
Submit Evaluation Now.
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15. QuickScore
An optional method for faculty to simultaneously evaluate submitted
work items for multiple authors within a category or requirement of a
single program.
*** DISCLAIMERS ***
The maximum number of evaluations that can be simultaneously
scored in one QuickScore form is 20
&
The maximum number of rubric items for QuickScore is 30
The following slides provide a step by step process of entering
assessment data using the QuickScore method.
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16. Selecting the QuickScore Method
Click on QuickScore
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17. Select number of authors to evaluate
Select “All evaluations” to view student rubrics
simultaneously and enter data. Click Continue.
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18. A rubric for each author will appear on the screen
A rubric will appear for each
student in the course section you
selected. Student names are
displayed in the grey separating
bar.
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19. Evaluating in QuickScore
Enter scores for
each area
Once all the data is
entered click on the
green “Record as final
score” button at the end
of the form (to submit
data entered for the
entire group/class).
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20. Faculty Submitted Results
(Demo Evaluation Grid)
Use the icons on the left to identify the status of
Submissions.
Work Not Started – appears when a student has not yet
uploaded and submitted work.
Work in Progress - appears when work has been added to a
category or requirement in the DRF.
Submitted – student has submitted work for evaluation.
Needs Revision - Evaluator has reviewed the work and has
determined that revisions are needed.
Resubmitted - Author has revised and re-submitted DRF work
that was sent back for revision.
Evaluated - Author’s work has been evaluated and given a
score, but results have not been released to the Author.
Evaluation Released - Submitted work has been evaluated and
the results have been released to the Author.
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21. Faculty Submitted Results
(Demo Evaluation Grid)
Each Column provides information on a key assessment
or DRF criteria for all students (authors) enrolled in the
DRF and linked to program assessments (see
assessment name at the top of the column).
Each Row provides data scores for each assessment that
an individual student has been linked to.
To ensure that you are entering the scores for the
correct student (and assist with keeping your place) …
the student name is displayed in between each
assessment column.
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22. Generating Evaluator Reports
As an Evaluator you can generate reports on your
completed evaluation results within your DRF.
Available when you access a DRF program via the
name link on your Evaluator home page, the Reports
tab navigates you to a Select DRF Area page that lists
all of the Assessments within that Program.
*Each area of the Program is described by name, final score overview, and evaluation
method, as well as the number of students you have evaluated.
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23. Accessing Your Evaluator Report
Select the Program name
(link) from your Evaluator
home page.
You are navigated to a page
for that Program.
Click on the Reports tab.
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24. The report analyzes evaluation results in the
form of a bar graph.
(Only your scores are shown in this report.)
Click the
assessment name
to generate an
overview of final
score given in
your completed
evaluations in that
area.
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25. Your Evaluation Summary
You have the option to enter evaluation
completed date to reduce the size of the data set
to the date range that best fits your needs.
Click the Rubric
Name (link) to
view the rubric in
a pop-up
window.
The gray box
includes a
summary of the
final scoring
method for this
Program area.
The "Y" (vertical) axis of this graph lists the individual Rubric criteria used to evaluate the selected DRF area.
The "X" (horizontal) axis of this graph indicates the number of Authors for whose work you have
completed evaluation. This includes inactive (expired) subscribers. Scores are included whether or not
they have been released back to the Author.
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26. Thank you!
For additional assistance, feel free to contact:
Taskstream’s Mentoring Services via phone at 1-800-311-5656 (Press
“1” for support) / via email at help@taskstream.com and/or contact
the GSEHD Taskstream Coordinator, Ellen Wanjiru at 202-994-0359 or
oppats@gwu.edu
For program or department level LAT questions please contact the
GSEHD Taskstream Administrator, Dr. Leslie J. Ward, Ed.D. at
ljward@gwu.edu
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