Quick Start Guide
Video Tutorial
1. Registering an Account

An introduction to the BOLD Student Data Portal website. This video provides an overview of the system and describes how to register and create a course.
2. Submitting Data

This video follows the submission of a DNA barcode record from the specimen data all the way to the sequence. It focuses on the student interface, but it allows instructors to follow the steps students will need to undertake in order to create their records.
3. Overseeing a course

This video provides an overview of the tools available to instructors to monitor student work and participation. It also describes the steps needed in validating and approving student-generated data for publication on BOLD and GenBank.
 

Registering an Instructor Account

New instructors may create a BOLD-SDP account by following the instructions on the right hand side of the Instructor Login page (available by clicking on the "Instructors" button in the middle of the SDP home page). To register an Instructor account, users need to fill in an appropriate group-code. If one was not already provided, the group code ‘BOLD-EDU-SDP' can be used to submit the New User Application to register as an Instructor.

*Please note that standard BOLD accounts do not qualify for access to the BOLD-SDP. A new BOLD-SDP Instructor account must be generated, even for those who already have a regular BOLD account. If a user no longer needs a regular BOLD account, this account can be converted to an SDP Instructor account by emailing edu@boldsystems.org with this request.

 

Example Instructor Account

A sample instructor account and course registration has been established for tutorial purposes. First-time visitors may choose to login using one of our sample accounts to explore the BOLD-SDP Instructor Console

Account 1
Username: mpage
Password: BarcodeSDP

Account 2
Username: jclement
Password: BarcodeSDP

 

Instructor’s Login
Instructor login Figure 3-1: Login screen for instructors, which can be accessed from the BOLD-SDP homepage by clicking on the instructors icon.
New User Registration
User registration Figure 3-2: When registering for a new teacher account, BOLD-EDU-SDP should be entered into the ‘Optional Group Code’ field, unless Instructors were provided with a different code.