The National College Support
People Development
Getting started
FAQs
School Management
School Group Admin
Technical Issues
Orders
Compliance Management
People Development
Additional Features
FAQs
Webinars
Admin
Objectives
CPD
Standards
Quality Assurance
Getting started
Review Meetings
Back to home
The National College Support
People Development
Getting started
FAQs
School Management
School Group Admin
Technical Issues
Orders
Compliance Management
People Development
Additional Features
FAQs
Webinars
Admin
Objectives
CPD
Standards
Quality Assurance
Getting started
Review Meetings
People Development
Additional Features
Resources
PLP: Proposed Learning Plans
Projects: How to Invite and Manage Members
Projects: How to Add and Manage Resources
Projects: How to Create and Manage Discussions
Projects: How to Create Projects
Journals: Creating and managing your Journals
SEF: How to create an SE record
SEF: Preparing and Using Self Evaluation
Opal: Roles and Permissions
Opal: Getting Started with Opal Review as a Facilitator
Opal: Getting Started with Opal Review as an Administrator
Opal: Bespoke 360° Professional Reviews
Opal: Getting Started as an Opal Reviewer and Reviewee
360 Reviews: Providing Feedback
See more
FAQs
Objectives: What evidence can I upload and is there a limit on file size?
Admin FAQs: How can I bulk turn on/off the daily notification emails?
Admin FAQs: How do I know if staff have their notifications turned on?
Admin FAQs: A member of staff is returning - I can't create their account
Setup & Settings: How can I turn off my daily email notification?
Setup & Settings: How do I edit my profile and add a profile image?
Setup & Settings: What does ‘Public’ and ‘Private’ profile visibility mean?
Setup & Settings: How can I change my password?
Setup & Settings: What happens when I leave my current employer?
Setup & Settings: Dashboard Tour
Quality Assurance: How do I link a record to CPD or Objectives?
Quality Assurance: How do I record Quality Assurance?
Setup & Settings: Account Set Up
Admin FAQs: How do I assign line managers?
Setup & Settings: I don’t have the Manage tab, what do I do?
Review Meetings: Why can no-one see the Review Meeting record I have written?
Review Meetings: How do I create a Review Meeting record?
Objectives: Why can't I validate an Objective?
Objectives: Why can't I edit my objective?
Objectives: Why can't my manager see my objectives?
Objectives: How do I link my objective to a professional standard?
Objectives: Why can't I validate an Objective?
Standards: I can't see my staff's self-review
See more
Webinars
Opal: Opal Review Showcase
CPD: The CPD Interview - Daniel Brown, Dulwich College Singapore
CPD: How to build a CPD programme with impact
Quality Assurance: How is QA evolving across the sector and how can we support your organisation?
Quality Assurance: How to build custom templates for your organisation
Reports: Partnership Reports Webinar - May 2024
CPD: Why build a CPD programme with impact?
Appraisal: Completing last years appraisal cycle - October 2024
Appraisal: Updating the appraisal process and staff information webinar - October 2024
Appraisal: Beginning a new appraisal cycle - October 2024
Appraisal: Updated Teacher Appraisal Guidance for Schools
See more
Admin
Objectives: Rights and Permissions
Partnership: Step by Step Partnership Management
Partnership: Admin and Reporting Permissions
CPD: Flood Fill CPD Records
CPD: Building training events
Setup & Settings: Creating your CPD Team
CPD: Creating admin-led CPD with The National College
Review Meetings: Building bespoke templates - Part 2
Review Meetings: Building bespoke templates - Part 1
Objectives: Set up and Manage your Organisation Objectives
Objectives: Adding notes to objectives as an Admin
Objectives: Setting, editing and deleting admin-led (flood filled) objectives
Running Reports: The Quality Assurance Reports
Running Reports: The Totals Report
Running Reports: The Objectives Report
Running Reports: The Meetings Report
Getting Started: Assigning Admin Permissions and CPD Team
Getting Started: Details & Settings
Getting Started: I'm new and need admin rights, how can I get these?
Getting Started: How to set up or make changes to your organisation
Setup & Settings: Manager Mapping
Setup & Settings: Groups
Setup & Settings: How do I add a new user?
Setup & Settings: Changing the Academic Year
Setup & Settings: How can I change our Primary User?
Setup & Settings: Housekeeping Checklist
Setup & Settings: Admin and Reporting Permissions
Setup & Settings: Customisation
Admins: How to use the Quality Assurance feature
Create custom Observation forms (Part 1)
Create custom Observation forms (Part 2)
See more
Objectives
Individuals: How to add evidence to your objectives
Getting Started: Objective permissions and rights
Managers: How to validate a completed objective
Managers: Viewing the Objective Timeline as a line manager
Managers: Adding notes to objectives as a line manager
Managers: How to check & approve (self-led or admin-led) objectives for those you line manage
Managers: How to edit a manager-led objective
Managers: How to set manager-led objectives
Individuals: Viewing the Objective Timeline
Individuals: How to complete your objectives at the end of the appraisal cycle
Individuals: Adding notes to your objectives
Individuals: How to edit a self-led objective
Individuals: How to edit or personalise an admin-led objective
Individuals: Approving objectives set for your by your line manager
Individuals: Setting self-led objectives
See more
CPD
Managers: CPD Team - Review and approve CPD requests
Individuals: Complete and evaluate your CPD records
Individuals: Creating self-led National College CPD activities in People Development (formerly BlueSky)
Individuals: Creating a self-led CPD activity from scratch
Standards
360 Reviews: Signing off reviews as a 360 Coach
360 Reviews: How to request feedback
Individuals: Updating your self-review for the new academic year
Individuals: Performing your self-review
Individuals: Self-review features
Individuals: Getting started with self-reviews
See more
Quality Assurance
Individuals: Creating a Self-Led Quality Assurance Record
Individuals: How to manage evidence or add notes to a Quality Assurance record
Individuals: How to record Quality Assurance activities
360 Reviewee - Requesting Feedback
Getting started
Getting started with Quality Assurance
Review Meetings
Managers: Creating a Review Meeting Record
Individuals: Creating a Review Meeting Record
Individuals: Adding a response to a review meeting record
Managers: Adding a response to a review meeting record
Individuals: Managing your Review Meeting Records
Getting Started: Creating a Review Meeting record
Creating an Overview Statement (Individual)
Creating an Overview Statement using the default template (Manager)
Creating an Overview Statement using the default template
See more