Quick Start Guide

Registering a Course

*Please note that the course registration process REQUIRES a valid Registration Key. If you do not have course registration keys, please contact edu@boldsystems.org for more information.

Each course that an instructor plans to facilitate must be registered independently with unique registration keys. Once a registration key is obtained, the registration process involves the entry of institution information and course information, including student names and their contact information (strict adherence to privacy policies is assured), and the listing of any collaborating instructors. Co-instructors have the same level of access to student data as main instructors. Each course must be registered with a unique name. If the same course is being taught in different semesters, semester information should be included in the name to disambiguate the classes.

Once registered, an instructor will be provided with student login information for the course. Every student within that course will use the same account information (username and password) to access the site and to submit/analyze their data. The use of a single account simplifies the management of accounts for instructors, without compromising their ability to track contributions made by individual students.

Manage Courses Page

Figure 3-3: Landing page for instructors after logging in. From this page it is possible to Register a New Course or go directly Course Management, where instructors can monitor student work in existing courses.

Classroom Registration Form

Figure 3-4: A course can be registered with more than one instructor, if required. Email addresses for each student are recommended, but not required. Upon registration, a shared account with a single username and password will be generated for all students in the course to use. Instructors are asked to circulate the login information to their students.