Your first week as a ManageBac+ administrator: set up the school in order (settings, programme, people, classes, access), then send welcome emails. The full reference is at the end.
This guide takes you through setting up your school in the order that works: settings first, then programmes, people and classes, then access for staff, students and families. Programme coordinators can follow their own programme guide as well.
- Get your bearingsSteps 1 and 2: Settings and your school settings.
- Programme, people and classesSteps 3 to 5: programme settings, users and classes.
- Access and launchSteps 6 and 7: permissions, attendance and welcome emails.
The same steps are on the Start here page, where you can tick each one off as you go.
1. Get your bearings
Step 1: Sign in and find Settings
Sign in from the ManageBac+ login page. As an administrator you land on My Workspace; school-wide setup is under Settings (the gear icon at the top right), and reports and analytics are under Insights in the left menu.
Step 2: Check your school settings
Go to Settings > School Settings to set the school name, logo, languages, academic year, year levels and terms. These come first because classes, year groups and reports depend on them.
More: Configuring school settings: languages, academics, year levels and terms.
2. Programme, people and classes
Step 3: Turn on your programmes and subjects
Each programme has its own settings under Settings, for example IB Middle Years or Cambridge IGCSE. Turn on the subjects you teach first: only subjects that are turned on can be used for classes. Then set up curriculum templates and assessment.
More: Configuring programme subjects, levels, standards and unit templates.
Step 4: Add people
Go to Settings > School Directory. Use Add User for one person or Bulk Import Users for students, parents and teachers from a spreadsheet. If your school uses a student information system or OpenApply, set up that sync instead.
Step 5: Set up classes
Create classes and add students and teachers in bulk from Classes > Browse All Classes, or let teachers create and join their own classes if your school allows it.
- Creating and joining classes
- Assigning students and teachers to classes
- Class timetables and rotation days
3. Access and launch
Step 6: Permissions and attendance
Under Settings > Security & Permissions, choose what teachers, students and parents can do. If you take attendance, import timetables first, then set up attendance under Settings > Attendance & Calendar.
Step 7: Send welcome emails and launch
When everything is ready, select Send Welcome E-mails in the School Directory Details panel. Staff, students and parents set their own password from the email. Then introduce ManageBac+ to your community.
Programme guides
Coordinators: follow your programme guide after Step 3.
| What | Where to find it | Guide |
|---|---|---|
| IB Diploma and Career-related Programme | Settings > IB Diploma, IB Career-related | IB DP and CP administrator guide |
| IB Middle Years | Settings > IB Middle Years | IB MYP administrator guide |
| IB Primary Years | Settings > IB Primary Years | IB PYP administrator guide |
| UK, US and other curricula | Settings > the programme name | Curriculum First implementation guide |
| IB Continuum schools | All IB programmes | IB Continuum implementation guide |
Full reference
Everything else for this role, grouped by topic. Open a group when you need it.
Sign-in, single sign-on and billing
Integrations
Teaching and learning setup
Help for your community
When you need help
Faria Support can help with setup questions, data imports and integrations. Billing and subscription questions also go through a request.