Users are able to select a default landing page so that they are automatically directed to a specific page in ManageBac+ upon logging in. This can be set by clicking on your Profile Photo > Personalisation > Landing Page > selecting desired landing page.
Click the school name in the top left corner of any screen to access your Dashboard page at any time.
My Workspace Sections
Custom:
This section includes user role-specific widgets, but all users will have Daily Calendar, Recent Search Results, Guides & Handbooks available by default.
See further below for more information on changing the order and selected widgets.
Quick Links:
This section will show configured Quick Links or Link folders depending on how the school has configured these.
Different user types can see different links and folders. The configuration of the links is only possible for admin level users on a school level in the Settings > School Settings > Quick Links page.
Tasks & Deadlines:
Tasks & Deadlines is a new widget for teachers and administrators, but has been available for students and parents already. Use the Upcoming/Past buttons to switch between future and past items.
Making this component available to all users make it easier to compare Dashboard views.
Weekly Calendar:
Use the View All button to view the full user Calendar. The Weekly Calendar will include items from all Classes, Groups, Year Groups the user has joined as well as any Personal Calendar items added.
Weekly Timetable:
The Weekly Timetable is available for schools with Attendance module enabled and Class Attendance configured. Use the View All or Weekly calendar view to look at different Timetable information beyond the weekly snapshot.
My Classes and Groups:
These section will display a list of classes and groups that you are assigned to for quick access. You will also have the ability to pin classes or groups to bring them to the top of the list. Please note, if you had classes or groups previously pinned on the left-hand menu, these will carry over.
Use the View All buttons to browse all Classes or Groups. Additional options for Classes and Groups are also available for each item in your My Classes/My Groups list.
Unit Calendar:
Admins and Teachers can enable the Unit Calendar widget via Dashboard Customisation. The widget allows you to view the Unit Calendar for any of your classes from the My Workspace page. You can select the different programmes and classes. Hovering over the info icon will reveal further Unit details.
Dashboard Customisation
Use the Customise Dashboard button at the top right of your My Workspace page to make changes to the widgets and order of items in your Dashboard.
Within the Customise Dashboard menu, rearrange available widgets in the Custom section.
Rearrange sections as you see fit or enable/disable those sections you do not need in your Dashboard. The widget and section options available have been tailored to suit the different user types: Admin, Teacher, Student or Parent.
Top Menu
The top navigation menu allows you to access the Dashboard, search for users and content, view your inbox, access helpful resources, and edit your profile. This menu is accessible from all ManageBac+ pages.
Default or Expanded Menu
Click 3 lines menu icon to expand or collapse your left menu. Collapsing it will give more screen space for the page you are viewing. You can also use the key strokes from wherever you are in ManageBac+ to bring you back to that page. For example tapping "W" will bring you back to the My Workspace page.
Your School's Name
Clicking on your School Name on the top left will take you back to your dashboard. You can click here from any page within ManageBac+ to quickly return to your dashboard.
Global Search
The Search bar is displayed at the top of every page on ManageBac+. You can search for Users, Classes, Groups and Units, and navigate directly by clicking the result from the available list.
Mailbox
Click the Bell icon to quickly expand your recent messages and notifications. You can navigate directly to your full inbox and customize your message and notification preferences.
Settings
Important
User Type: Admins only. Teachers with access to certain sections of Settings will find this in their left-hand menu for the specific page that have been granted permission to access.
Configure your School & programme preferences via Settings, upload academic handbooks, configure attendance and academic terms, behaviour and permission preferences.
Help & Support
Click the question mark (?) icon to access Help & Support links. For Admins & Teachers, this list includes
- Help Tutorials - Bringing you to the ManageBac+ Help Centre
- QuickStart Guides - Assisting you to get started
- QuickStart Checklist - Assisting you to configure relevant areas of your account.
- Other Faria Resources - like ManageBac+ mobile App or Events pages
Your Name & Profile
Click your name and view the dropdown of options to manage your profile.
- Manage your Profile - Edit your personal and professional information, email address, password and profile photo or set your colour theme for your account
- Notification Preferences - Set and configure your preference for notifications.
- Personalisation - configure your landing page and user account theme and other user-related settings.
- Logout - Logout of your ManageBac+ account.
Quick Add
+ Quick Add icon at top of the page - This allows teachers and admins to add content directly from your dashboard:
For Admins and Teachers, the Quick Add function allows you to
- Start Online Lessons
- Schedule Online Lessons
- Create new Units
- Create new Tasks
- Create Lesson Experiences
- Create Discussions
- Add Goals or Reflections to a student Portfolio.
Left Menu
The left-hand menu allows you to access your homeroom, browse your schools curriculum, view and add to student portfolios, access your classes and year groups. This menu can be expanded or collapsed.
My Workspace
- My Workspace - View your Dashboard page.
- Homeroom - Take daily homeroom attendance, add advisory comments, and review homeroom term grades. Note: This view is unique to each user and will only show those students assigned to you as a Homeroom Advisor.
- Reviews & Progress - Approve CAS, SA or SL experiences for your advisory group, view experience updates, and manage your TOK, EE and Personal Project groups.
Academics
- Portfolio - Access student Portfolio's which contain all the files they've submitted to their classes, projects or directly to the Portfolio. Teachers can also add Learning Goals and other resources for an individual student.
- Year Groups - Create and access year groups, oversee experiences and projects, review plans worksheets and add messages and files to students in particular grade levels. Note: The name of this tab is customizable and therefore may not be as shown.
- Classes - Create and join classes. Classes allow you to post assignments, record grades in an online gradebook, and complete Internal Assessment requirements for your subject. Note: A maximum of 10 classes will show for a user, with further classes found via See all classes.
- Groups - Create and join activity or extra-curricular groups linked to CAS Projects, Homeroom, Sports Team, Club, Society or other as configured by your school.
- Parents Association - Message parents and add parent-specific calendar events and deadlines. Note: This will only appear if the Parents Association is enabled, with the group name customizable by your school.
Insights
Teachers and Administrators can access Curriculum and Analytics information from this menu.
Administrators for schools who use ManageBac+ for Reports and or Attendance, will find additional tabs here to generate report grades, review term grades and track attendance for all students and classes.
Note: Teachers can be granted access to the Reports and Attendance tabs, as well as other limited administrator rights such as the School Directory, Importing Users or configuring programme Curriculum Settings. Read more about configuring teacher permissions.
- Attendance Manager - Track attendance for the whole school and issue attendance reminders.
- Reporting - Generate Report Cards and Transcripts as well as review Term Grades data
- Curriculum - Access your school's whole school curriculum, unit calendars, POI, subject group overview, curriculum digest and unit analytics.
- Engagement Analytics - Review student engagement with Online Lessons and Tasks in their classes.
Explore
- Pamoja Home - for schools with Pamoja Online Course integration. Read more about the Pamoja Online Courses in our Pamoja Online Courses QuickStart Guide
- Explore - pages with subject and topic resources for subjects enabled per academic programme in the school
Teacher and Advisors
Teachers with Permissions
In this example, we are a teacher who has been granted access to the Attendance Manager, Reports, Student Directory, the ability to Import Users, and customize IB Primary Years Programme Settings.
Important
Note: If you are an admin user, you will find these features and full setting options via the top-right Settings icon.