Observations Menu

The Observations section of Footsteps features a menu page where you are able to create new observations, view existing observations, complete next steps and see how many drafts you have outstanding. You are also able to review any home observations created by parents in Parent Portal, link them to the EYFS and add them to a child's learning journey.

The layout of the Observations Menu page if you have enabled the approval process and you have ‘Approver’ permission is as follows:

If the approval process has been enabled and you have been set as a user who 'Requires Approval' then you will also have an Awaiting Approval tile on your Observations Menu page; however, this page will show you all of the observations which you have completed and submitted for approval: 

If you have been set as a ‘Publisher’ in the approval process, or you have not enabled the approval process within Footsteps, the layout of the Observations Menu page will be slightly different:

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