Letter to the moderator
I've just finished putting together my sample for the moderator, which sounds dubious for those not familiar with the IB but it isn't. I mark electronically so the only time I see students work on paper is when I print the sample. I've been experimenting with different ways of marking, I sometimes use comments and sometimes insert speech bubbles. The speech bubbles look much better when printed as the comments make the rest of the page so small.
Before I package everything up I always write a covering note to the moderator explaining how I manage students working in pairs (only one of the pair writes up the practical) plus a bit of extra information about design prompts and the group 4 project. The more information the moderator has the easier their job is.
The new investigations will be moderated electronically so hopefully no more printing for me.