Mana’s Journeys help educators follow the full Cycle of Planning or Individual Learning Plans with ease, clarity, and support while helping you manage your workload.
Step-by-Step: Starting a Journey
1. Start a new Journey
Go to the Journeys tab.
Choose/create a child to begin
2. Set Duration and Goals
Choose the duration (e.g., 3 months)
Add up to 3 goals per journey or leave this empty to edit later and select Next.
Tips:
Collaborate with educators or families when setting goals.
Ensure goals are child-centred and linked to framework.
Use the Enrich button to auto-enhance goals with your centre’s philosophy and the framework.
Use the Suggest icon to get AI-generated goal ideas based on the child's existing documents and age.
3. Enter Stages view of your Journey
Once created, you’ll see the journey in Stages view with the layout of the exact stages of your cycle / ILP
4. Choose your first step
Select a suggestion or "Create document" under the stage to begin
You can click into the document type to change your preference
5. Write and generate a document
Once you make a choice, it's time to add the content.
Make sure your writing mode is set to Write with Mana in order to use Mana's AI feature
Enter your notes using:
Text box: type in all your thoughts and notes on observe, assess and where to go
Write with Sue: start chatting with Coach Sue from the start to build your learning story (she will prompt you to provide details about the observations, assessment and extension)
Record voice: hit record and speak naturally about the observation, learning and next steps (names and quotes will be picked up too!)
Select Generate
Important notes:
Depending on the amount of information provided the document will either be generated or you'll be prompted by Coach Sue to give more detail.
If more detail required, chat until progress bar reaches 100% at which point you it will turn into a green Generate icon.
Read, review, edit and approve your document while in Edit Mode
Edit the document content/title directly
Use the Magic Edit bar ("What should I change?") to make instant text changes (e.g., change tone, include different outcomes, add other details)
- Translate your document into any available language with Translate (original in English will appear below the translation)Use Fix Grammar & Spelling if you wrote in additional information directly
Upload media (images, videos, PDFs)
Select Save to enter Viewing Mode
Use the panel on the right to scroll through:
Info: your original text & observed, created, and last modified dates
Coach Sue: review and continue your conversation with Sue (only for coaching purposes- she can no longer edit)
Follow Ups: to view location of the document and choose next steps