Documenting the Mentoring Relationship |
  
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Documenting the Mentoring Relationship |
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Throughout the mentoring relationship it is useful, and in some cases important, to be able to document aspects of the relationship. It is possible to create 'activity logs' for specific meetings or events, and it is possible to add documents and photos that relate to the mentoring programme.
Activity Logs
Activity Logs can be used to document any event or milestone within the mentoring relationship. For example:
| • | Face to face contact - particularly when dealing with vulnerable groups, it's very important to ensure that every contact between mentor and mentee is logged. |
| • | Progress reports - there may be milestones in the mentoring relationship that are documented in order to track and record progress, e.g. monthly progress reports. |
Activity Logs can be created by either mentor or mentee and can be viewed only by the author and the administrator. For example, if a mentee creates an activity log, the mentee's mentor cannot see it.
Note: For instructions for using Activity Logs on Smartphones, see Using Activity Logs on Smartphones.
Documents
This provides an area where the mentor and mentee can share documents with each other. These documents are private between mentor and mentee - the only other person who can view these documents is an administrator. Documents can be any of the following file types and are typically Word documents (e.g. CVs or application forms), PDF documents, Excel spreadsheets, etc, or image files:
| ▪ | .doc, .docx, .gif, .htm, .html, .jpeg, .jpg, .pdf, .png, .ppt, .pptx, .rtf, .txt, .xls, .xlsx |
Photos
Photos can be uploaded and viewed in a slideshow format. This can be useful to document events during the mentoring relationship.
Videos
Videos can be uploaded in .mp4 format, and viewed through a video viewer within MentorNet.