Please note: You can add your own expedition details (by following this guide), or your DofE leader can add the expedition details for you and they will appear on your account.
When you select the expedition section, you can see the length of your expedition e.g. for Gold, 4 days and 3 nights
To complete your expedition section, you'll need to:
- Submit the goal for your Qualifying Expedition
- Undertake your expedition training
- Complete a Practice expedition (Silver & Gold only)
- Complete your Qualifying expedition
- Complete a Presentation (Silver & Gold only)
- Submit your expedition section for approval
Step 1: Qualifying Expedition Team Goal
1. Enter your ‘Qualifying expedition team goal’ and tap ‘Save’.
2. You will be redirected back to your expedition section, where you will be able to view your submitted Team goal.
You can edit your Team goal, by clicking the 'Edit' button, amending your goal and then pressing the 'Save' button.
Step 2: Expedition Training
1. You can tick off your expedition training as you complete it. Your progress will be automatically saved along the way.
2. The status of the section will change to ‘Draft’.
3. Once all the listed items have been completed, you will need to select your Leader from the dropdown and tap the ‘Submit for Approval’ button.
4. A notification will be displayed at the bottom of eDofE, confirming the expedition training has been submitted successfully.
The status of the expedition training section will be updated to ‘Submitted’.
When your DofE Leader has approved your expedition training, the status will be updated to ‘Completed’.
If you are completing your Silver or Gold Award you now need to complete Step 3 - Practice expedition. For Bronze Award participants, a practice expedition is not required, so you can skip step 3 and continue to step 4 – Qualifying expedition.
Step 3: Practice Expedition (Silver & Gold expeditions only)
Please note: Practice expeditions are not required for bronze expeditions.
1. Open the expedition section, scroll down to the practice expedition section. Tap the ‘Add Practice’ button.
2. Add the details of your practice expedition.
Please note: expedition start & end points must be in the format described here
3. Once all details have been entered, you will need to submit the practice expedition section to your DofE Leader by selecting them from the dropdown menu and tapping on the ‘Submit for Approval’ button.
4. You will be redirected back to the expedition section. The status of your practice expedition section will change to 'Submitted'.
You can see the details of your practice expedition by tapping the ‘Show Practices’ button or add further practice expeditions by using the ‘Add Practice’ button.
Once approved by your DofE Leader, the section status will update to ‘Completed’.
You can now move on to the next part of the expedition section and add your Qualifying expedition.
Step 4: Qualifying Expedition
1. Open the expedition section, scroll down to the qualifying expedition section and tap the arrow.
2. Add the details for your qualifying expedition.
Please note: expedition start & end points must be in the format described here
3. Select your DofE Leader from the dropdown menu and click the ‘Submit for Approval’ button.
4. You will be redirected back to the expedition section. The status of your qualifying expedition section will change to 'Submitted'.
Once approved by your DofE Leader, the section status will update to ‘Completed'.
Step 5: Presentation (Silver & Gold expeditions only)
Please note: a presentation is not required for Bronze
1. Open the expedition section, scroll down to the Presentation section and tap the arrow.
2. Fill in the presentation details and press the ‘Save’ button.
3. You will be redirected back to the expedition section and the status of the presentation section will be automatically marked as ‘Completed’.
Step 6: Submit your expedition section
Once all parts of your expedition section have been approved, you’ve been assessed on your qualifying expedition and submitted an assessor’s report, you can submit your entire expedition section for approval.
To submit your Expedition section:
1. Scroll to the bottom of the expedition section. Select your DofE Leader from the dropdown box and tap the ‘Submit Section’ button.
If you are unable to submit your expedition section (i.e. there is no ‘Submit Section’ button), you can see the reason(s) why at the bottom of the page.
You can upload evidence, including assessor reports, using the ‘Manage Evidence’ button.
2. Once the section has been submitted, the status of the expedition section will be updated to ‘Section Submitted’.
Once your DofE Leader has approved the section, it will be marked as 'Completed'.
Should you have any issues, please don't hesitate to email us at edofe@dofe.org