When a participant submits a section, they must select a specific DofE Leader to submit the section to, This DofE Leader will receive an alert within DofE.
To view section's awaiting approval:
1. Select 'Alerts' from the eDofE navigation menu
The number in red in the brackets, denotes the number of participants who have submitted programme planners, evidence and sections that are awaiting approval.
Please Note: You can also see any sections awaiting approval on the Participant Overview screen.
2. A list of the participants with programme planners, evidence and/or sections that need approving will be displayed.
Sections that are awaiting approval are indicated by a white triangle with an exclamation mark, inside a red circle.
3. Click on the red circle to open up the section awaiting approval.
4. Check all evidence and assessor reports meet the section requirements. You then need to either query or approve the section.
To Query a Section
If amendments need to be made by the participant, please click the 'Query Section' button.
i) Please provided details on why you are querying the section. This will be sent to the participant so they can make the necessary changes, before they re-submit the section.
ii) Click on the 'Query' button.
A notification will be displayed in the top right hand corner of eDofE confirming the Section has been Queried.
To Approve a Section
5. If you are happy all section requirements have been fulfilled, click the 'Approve' button. You will need to enter the section end date by clicking on the calendar icon.
Then click on the 'Save' button.
A notification will be displayed in the top right hand corner of eDofE confirming the Section has been Approved.
Directly Approve
The directly approve page in eDofE allows adults to see and approve a participant’s section that has:
- All mandatory information fields completed
- The activity end date (or section earliest completion date) is today or has passed
- An assessors report has been uploaded and marked accordingly
If all the above information has been entered, an adult can approve the section without the participant needing to submit it for approval.
For more information, please read the 'Directly Approve' help article.
Should you have any issues, please don't hesitate to email us at edofe@dofe.org