How IA Studio works

1 · The DP coordinator

One or more per school (co-coordinators are invited by email and accept a link). Stadira switches coordinator access on, usually within two working days, or at once if you pay for a school licence when you sign up.

1. Sign up. Open stadira.com/ia-teacher, sign in (a Google account works) and tick “I am the DP coordinator for my school”. Your school is then created with a school code (IA-XXXX-YYY).
2. Invite your teachers. Send them the invite link from your guide email, or type their emails on the console’s Teachers tab. A teacher who signs up with your school code is approved by you, on the console, not by Stadira.
3. Set the school calendar. For each subject: the draft date, the final date and any checkpoint in between, plus the IB session. Teachers move their own class dates only inside your window (you can allow an exception per class).
4. Choose a school licence. On the Licence tab, or right after you sign up, pay once a year by PayPal or card. Class codes of your school then open the IA Studio courses with nothing to pay, up to the number of students you chose. Without a licence each student uses the code STADIRA100 (until 30 April 2027) or pays for themselves.
5. Follow the roster. Every student in the school: subject, class, teacher, status pill, current step, plan approved, draft feedback given, final handed in, last activity. Filter by subject, teacher, class or status; download a CSV.
6. Open any student. From the roster you can open a student’s page: plan, draft and feedback, work so far, journal and AI-use log. You can also create a class on a teacher’s behalf.
7. Read the Monday summary. Every Monday at 07:00: the school’s status counts and the requests waiting, only when something is waiting. Students can ask a teacher to be their IA teacher (“asked … · waiting” on the roster); switch this off for the school under Settings if you place students yourself.
8. Run internal standardisation. When two or more teachers teach a subject, the Standardisation tab asks you to pick 2–3 IAs. Teachers mark them blind by criterion, without the students’ names; you see the spread, record the agreed level and a note, and complete the round. Live marking of that subject opens for its teachers when the round is complete. Switch it off per subject if you standardise another way; a subject with one teacher skips it.
9. Prepare marks for IBIS. The Marks tab lists each student’s criterion levels in the IB’s order, the total, the marking teacher and any second marker, with a “ready for IBIS” tick and a CSV. The candidate-number column is left empty for you to fill in: IA Studio never stores candidate numbers. A sample helper suggests a spread of marks to keep ready; the IB itself chooses the moderation sample in IBIS. You can also choose a second marker when a teacher asks for one.
10. Export progress notes. The Reports tab prints one progress note per student (or saves them as PDF from the print dialog) and downloads a CSV for your report-card system, filtered by subject, teacher or class. The notes say where each IA stands, with each teacher’s comment, and never show marks or grades.
11. Check authenticity. The Authenticity tab shows, for each student, the three conferences (held and co-signed), the student’s declaration and the teacher’s confirmation. Teachers’ private notes are never shown.

2 · The teacher

Any IB teacher. Free. Each teacher sees only their own classes and students.

1. Sign up. Open the same page, sign in and tell us your school and subjects. With your coordinator’s school code your request goes to them; without one (no coordinator on IA Studio yet), Stadira approves it.
2. Create a class code. One per class under Classes & codes. Students enter it when they start and appear on your page straight away.
3. Approve the plan. Checkpoint 1: the student sends their topic plan; approve it or ask for changes with a message. The next steps open when you approve (while the class lock is on, the default).
4. Give one round of draft feedback. Checkpoint 2: written feedback on one complete draft, with the comment bank (add your own comments). Once sent it is locked, as the IB allows one round.
5. Keep everyone on time. Status pills (Not started · On track · Watch · Concern · Submitted · Marked), one-click reminders, and per-student extensions on the Progress tab.
6. Record the final version. The student records the date they handed in; you keep a private final mark and confirm authenticity. Download the class CSV for your records.
7. Work from “This week”. Your dashboard home shows one card per student with the one thing to do (approve the plan, give draft feedback, answer a question, confirm authenticity), oldest first; the class list is one click away. The Monday digest email (07:00, only when something is waiting) lists the same. Answer students’ field questions on their Questions tab, and accept or decline students who ask you to be their IA teacher.
8. Comment beside the boxes. With your one round of draft feedback you can also comment on single boxes of the student’s work. Each comment shows beside that box in the student’s studio and goes in their email. Once sent, feedback and comments are locked.
9. Keep the conference log. On the student’s Conferences tab, record the initial, interim and final conference: the date and a brief summary that the student co-signs in the studio. Private notes stay with you and are never shown to the student. Keep using your school’s IB forms where the IB requires them.
10. Write progress notes. For parents and report cards: on the student’s Report note tab, IA Studio writes a plain-English note from what it records (steps done, checkpoints met or passed, the plan, the draft feedback, conferences). Add your own sentence and, if you wish, an effort line. No marks, levels or grades appear. Under Reports, print the whole class (one page each) or download a CSV.
11. Mark by criterion. On the Final version tab, move a slider for each strand and the helper suggests the best-fit level; you choose the level. Your comment is checked for words that belong to another band (for example “limited” with a top level), and the agreed levels from standardisation are shown beside the sliders. You mark; the helper never does. Ask a colleague to second-mark if you wish: they see the work without the student’s name.

3 · The student

1. Open your studio and sign in. From your course on Stadira. Your work saves to your own account on every device.
2. Enter your class code. Your teacher gives it to you. On your IA Studio course page, type it in the class code box, then open the studio. If your school has a licence the course opens with nothing to pay; otherwise use the code STADIRA100 (until 30 April 2027). You can also type the class code later in the studio under Settings. With it, your teacher sees your progress and your deadlines are your class deadlines. Without one, you work on your own and set your own dates.
3. Find your topic. Step 1 asks one question: “I already have a topic” or “Help me find a topic”. The finder starts from what interests you, and you can begin from a kind of question (a “shape”) and fill in your own subject. Where you live is optional.
4. Work through the steps. Each screen says what to do now. Press I’m stuck, open the glossary or see a worked example at any time.
5. Send your plan, then one draft. Checkpoint 1 is your plan; Checkpoint 2 is one complete draft for one round of feedback.
6. Watch your deadlines. In a school class, the strip at the top lists every IA date for every studio you use at your school, soonest first, with Add to calendar. On your own, you set your dates under Settings.
7. Record your final version. The date you handed it to your school, with your own-work declaration.
8. Ask when you are stuck on one part. In a class, press Ask my teacher on any box from step 2 to step 10. The answer appears under that box; mark it resolved when you are done.
9. Read your draft feedback. Your teacher’s comments appear in the feedback box and beside the boxes they are about.
10. Co-sign your conference log. After each checkpoint conference your teacher records a brief summary. Read it on Home and co-sign it if it is a fair record of your conversation.
11. No class yet, or the wrong teacher? On Home, press Ask a teacher to be my IA teacher and choose a teacher of your school, or type their email. When they accept, you move into their class; your work stays as it is.