Getting Started as a Student in Cambridge, Pearson or National programmes

The ManageBac+ Team
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Your first day in ManageBac+ as a student: sign in, find your way around My Workspace, hand in your first task and see your grades. Seven short steps.

ManageBac+ is where you find your classes, tasks, deadlines and grades. Follow the steps below on your first day. Each one takes a few minutes.

  1. Get set upSteps 1 to 3: sign in, find your way around and choose your notifications.
  2. Hand in workSteps 4 and 5: see what is due and submit to a task.
  3. Track your progressSteps 6 and 7: check grades and comments, and build your portfolio.
Prefer a checklist?

The same steps are on the Start here page, where you can tick each one off as you go.

1. Get set up

Step 1: Sign in

Use the link in your welcome email to set your password. After that, sign in from the ManageBac+ login page: enter your school email and it finds your school for you.

Get the app too

The ManageBac+ app for iOS and Android shows your deadlines on your phone and lets you photograph work and submit it straight to a task. See Using the ManageBac+ mobile app.

Step 2: Find your way around My Workspace

My Workspace is the first page you see after signing in. It lists your classes with their units and tasks, and has shortcuts to Submit Coursework, Portfolio and any service or projects your school uses. The left menu takes you to your Portfolio, Year Groups, Classes and Groups.

Screenshot: My Workspace for a Cambridge IGCSE student with shortcuts and My Classes
Where to find it: My Workspace, the first page after you sign in.

More: Navigating ManageBac+ as a student and Customising My Workspace.

Step 3: Choose your notifications

Select your profile photo at the top right, then Notification Preferences. Choose which updates you get on the web, by email and in the mobile app, for example new tasks, deadlines and year group events.

Screenshot: Notification Preferences with web, email and mobile options
Notification Preferences with web, email and mobile options.

More: Updating your email, password, contact details and notification preferences.

2. Hand in work

Step 4: See what is due

Go to My Workspace > Tasks & Deadlines. Upcoming lists what is due next across all your classes and year groups, Past shows finished tasks and Overdue shows anything you have missed.

Screenshot: Tasks and Deadlines with Upcoming, Past and Overdue and the Submit Coursework button
Tasks and Deadlines with Upcoming, Past and Overdue and the Submit Coursework button.

Step 5: Hand in your work

Select Submit Coursework next to a task, or open the task. In the Dropbox, select Upload Submission to add a file from your computer, or Add From GDrive if your school uses Google Drive. The task shows Submitted when your file is in.

Screenshot: Task Dropbox with the Add From GDrive and Upload Submission buttons
Task Dropbox with the Add From GDrive and Upload Submission buttons.

3. Track your progress

Step 6: Check your grades and comments

When your teacher has assessed a task, the grade and their comment appear on the task in Tasks & Deadlines (see the screenshot in Step 4) and in the Tasks tab of each class.

More: Viewing tasks, grades and report cards.

Step 7: Start your portfolio

Select Portfolio in the left menu. Your timeline collects work your teachers tag you in, and you can add your own photos, videos, files and reflections with Add Evidence of Learning.

Screenshot: Portfolio timeline with the Add Evidence of Learning button and the Timeline, Goals and Files tabs
Portfolio timeline with the Add Evidence of Learning button and the Timeline, Goals and Files tabs.

More: Uploading and organising your portfolio.

When you need help

For anything about your school, such as which classes you are in, a deadline or what a task needs, ask your teacher or advisor. Your school's key contacts are in the right-hand panel when you are signed in.

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