1. QuickStart Guide for Account Setup
- The guide above provides an overview of ManageBac+ account setup and maintenance for Curriculum-First curriculum, which include Cambridge Advanced, IGCSEs and Lower-Secondary, Pearson Edexcel A-Levels & International GCSEs, and Advanced Placement.
- The steps should be completed by an Administrator user, generally your Programme Coordinator and/or Tech Director
- Following on below is a feature overview of ManageBac+ for UK, US or National Curriculum, to make sure you get the most out of ManageBac+!
2. Feature Overview: Managing Curriculum-First Programmes with ManageBac+
Designed for the modern International School.
- All-in-one curriculum planning, assessment, and report cards for multi-curricula international schools
- Supporting all major curricula including Cambridge, Edexcel and American Curriculum with the flexibility for schools to design their own curriculum
- Integrated remote learning and communications to support learning in different settings and Unified Family Experience
Supported Curriculum Programmes and Build-Your-Own
Turnkey Design
Built from the ground up to support multi-curricula international schools, Curriculum-First (C1) extends ManageBac+ beyond the IB programmes by providing curriculum-agnostic features to support your Curriculum Design, Teaching & Learning, and Assessment & Reporting processes. Over 600 sets of academic & accreditation standards are available in our system for you to craft the programme that reflects your school’s mission and values.
Designed for Multi-Curricula International Schools
ManageBac+ provides an ideal solution for international schools seeking to:
- Provide systematic support for your curriculum pathway (e.g. Cambridge Primary, Lower Secondary, IGCSEs, and IB Diploma)
- Offer a combination of National and International Curriculum for dual-curricula schools
- Build your school’s unique curriculum, drawing from different standards and based on the foundation of the school’s mission and values
- Consolidate learning platforms across the whole-school in order to provide a Unified Family Experience
- Manage joint-accreditation frameworks including IB Standards & Practices, CIS, WASC, NEASC and/or local requirements
Portfolio
Students gradually build a digital portfolio over time as they submit coursework into their classes for individual assessments.
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Track Progress
- Track the progression of a student’s core values and focus area through their learning goals and submitted work
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Centralise Coursework
- All submitted work is automatically grouped into subjects with learning goals
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Export Locally
- Portfolios can be exported as PDFs or synced to our partners when taking the next step in your students’ learning journey
Remote Learning
Bring your curriculum to life with a unified remote learning platform on ManageBac+ with built-in Zoom, AssessPrep, and KeyChat integrations.
Design
Three pillars supported by PD & best practices:
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Teaching & Learning
- Seamless Online Lesson delivery with Zoom and Presentation Mode
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Communication
- Whole-school communication with KeyChat
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Engagement
- Engagement analytics and automated reminders with weekly digests
KeyChat
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Centralise Whole-School Communication
- Designed to support school communication with Remote Learning. Channel membership is provisioned and managed automatically based on Class & Year group memberships as well as Teacher & Advisor relationships
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Improve Collaboration for Remote Learning
- Teaching & Learning to support Staff communication, Teaching & Advisory relationships (e.g. Subject Teachers, SL or PBL Advisors) and School Office for Administrative contacts
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Provide Social & Emotional Support
- Allow students to express themselves to their classmates and advisors by sharing how they are feeling via text or through the use of emojis
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Enhance School-to-Home Communication
- Streamline Parent communications to provide a Unified Family Experience
AssessPrep
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Online Exams
- Securely manage remote examinations
- Provides accurate and easy-to read answers which allows for faster grading
- Choose your exam delivery method and take advantage of powerful analytics
- Criteria or Points-Based Assessment
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Live Invigilation
- Deliver assessments within a live, synchronous online lesson
- Ability to monitor the students visually during remote testing using online meeting platforms
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Flipped Classroom
- Assign assessments for students to complete asynchronously
Online Lesson & Presentation Mode
Schedule your virtual lesson using your video conferencing tool or take advantage of our built-in Zoom integration. Start the lesson with one click from your calendar or your unit’s Stream.
Online Events & Meetings
The same Zoom integration that is allowing for Online Lessons to be created and linked to Zoom is now enabled for Calendar > Events. Add a new Event to the Calendar using the Add Event button to see the updated Event interface with Create Zoom Meeting button. Events differentiated for different students will show and allow only linked students to join the Zoom call.
Curriculum
Collaboratively plan your curriculum with real-time unit planners, integrating assessment and learning experiences with a flexible unit template editor and the world’s largest collection of academic standards & benchmarks.
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Collaborative Curriculum Planning
- Collaboratively create, edit and share unit planners across year levels in real-time
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See the Big Picture
- Browse whole-school curriculum and analytics to track coverage of concepts and skills
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Resources
- Embed notes, files, photos, videos and websites with our drag & drop Stream & Resources
C1 Unit Planners
The C1 unit planner allows you to collaboratively organise and plan your curriculum with resources.
Academic Standards & Curriculum Updates
We have added over 607 sets of academic & accreditation standards and benchmarks for our schools comprising the world’s largest indexed collection of over 1.5 million fully-licensed academic standards.
Teaching & Learning
ManageBac+ C1 supports effective implementation of your chosen curricula:
- When you create a class, you choose from pre-built subjects linked to exam paper codes, which allow teachers to collaboratively share curriculum, resources, tasks and assignments effortlessly
- Differentiation is supported naturally (i.e. Extended and Core classes) allowing units, resources and assessment tasks to be taught separately
- When a curriculum review occurs, changes are automatic, saving schools countless hours each year and ensuring that curriculum is accurate & up-to-date
- Transition years, when curriculum reviews go into effect, are managed seamlessly, e.g. Year 12 will teach a new subject guide, while Year 13 remains on the old curriculum
Classes
Staff can view events, tasks, deadlines, exams, and entire calendars by year group, individual class or activity group (e.g. Basketball Club). Students also have access to their own calendar, which is populated with their assignments and activities, and updated in real-time.
Tasks
Create summative and formative tasks linked to units, custom categories, and resources with support for differentiation. Support for task-specific clarification of assessment criteria. Allow for student uploads and plagiarism checking with our Turnitin integration. Supported file types Websites or Videos, GDocs, Files (PDF, PPT, DOC, TXT), Photos or Text Notes.
Messages
Communicate with year groups, teachers, and individual students to provide feedback, suggestions, and add clarity about tasks and assignments. Parents using ManageBac+ can also receive messages about their students performance alerting them to potential issues as they happen.
Calendar
As a teacher or administrator you can view assignment deadlines, exams, and entire class calendars by year, group (such as Basketball or Drama Club), or by individual class. Students also get a real-time view of their term as calendar items are synced as soon as they are added by their instructors.
Attendance
Teachers record class attendance based on the configured preferences (i.e. weekdays and rotation-based, categories, days off). Admins can manage attendance by student, class, or curriculum and set daily digests, send reminders to teachers, and absences to parents. Parents can also submit attendance excusals through ManageBac+.
Assessment & Reporting
Tailored for the unique needs of international schools, our systems provide customisable gradebooks, built-in assessment and annotation tools, as well as integrations with Google Docs for coursework submission and TurnItIn for plagiarism prevention.
Gradebook
Submit individual task and term assessments assessments by custom assessment criteria, points, or comments. Create term rubrics for all or specific subjects, and automatically convert to local grades. Administrators can track the progress of term grade submissions by subject or student in real-time.
Google Docs
In less than 3 clicks, teachers can link, assign, and distribute a Google Doc template to their entire class. For students, this provides one-click access to their GDocs editor with the coursework template pre-loaded, and automatically saves the submitted GDoc to their portfolio with all marks and annotations preserved for future reference.
Turnitin
Our Turnitin integration allows student coursework to be automatically submitted through Turnitin prior to grading in order to improve student writing, empower original thinking, and prevent plagiarism. Access all Feedback Studio features directly from within ManageBac+.
Annotations
Vantage Reader is a built-in tool for all marking and annotation of submitted coursework. Designed to be collaborative, multiple authors can comment and annotate individual assignments in parallel - Just like in Google Docs.
Report Cards
Customisable report card templates that are seamlessly integrated with homeroom, class gradebooks, and attendance. Include a cover letter with signatures, summary of achievement, class reports, advisor and student reflections, attendance, extra-curricular activities, and grade and rubric descriptions. Generate reports in bulk as print-ready PDFs which can also be distributed securely to parents and students online.
ManageBac+ for Mobile
For Students, Parents, Teachers, and Coordinators
The new ManageBac+ mobile app supports all user types including students, parents, teachers, coordinators, and admins across all curriculum programmes with an improved experience on tablet & phone for all key functions: taking attendance, classroom management, messaging, managing SA and project requirements.
School-to-Home
Provide students & families with a consistent, modern and intuitive user experience from initial inquiry to enrolment and school life & beyond.
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Teaching & Learning
- Our core teaching and learning offering improves the classroom experience for teachers and students with curriculum planning, assessment and reporting and academic management
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Admissions & Enrolment
- OpenApply, our School Admissions Management System is integrated with ManageBac+ and supports your entire family throughout the admissions and enrolment process. Streamline family information updates, confirm re-enrolment, and complete the application process for siblings all in one place
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Communications
- Streamlined communications & notifications support the school-to-home experience as well as increase student and teacher engagement
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SchoolsBuddy
- Our Extra-Curricular and Activities Management System, is integrated with ManageBac+ and allows schools to easily book & manage activities and parent-teacher conferences alongside an advanced payments solution supporting student life beyond the classroom