At the start of a new year, find your classes in Classes > My Classes, check the units that carried over, and bring last year's tasks and lessons into this year's classes.
Your school's admins move ManageBac+ into the new year. This guide covers what teachers do next: find your classes, bring in last year's units and resources, and welcome your students.
The school-wide steps are in Transitioning to the Next Academic Year.
Your checklist
| Step | What you do |
|---|---|
| 1. Your profile | Check your details, theme and notifications |
| 2. Find your classes | See the classes you teach, or create or join them |
| 3. Set up each class | Overview, members and attendance |
| 4. Units, tasks and resources | Bring last year's work into your new classes |
| 5. Welcome your class | Calendar and a welcome message |
1. Check your profile
Select your profile picture (top right) to open your profile menu.
Update your name, email, photo or password
Select your profile picture > Manage Your Profile, then select Edit Profile or Change Password.
Change your landing page, theme or accessibility settings
Select your profile picture > Personalisation. Choose your Landing Page (the page you see when you log in) and a Theme, and turn on Accessibility options such as High contrast mode if you need them.
Choose your notifications
Select the bell (top right) to see notifications. To choose what you receive, select your profile picture > Notification Preferences. Choose web notifications and emails for each feature, turn push notifications for the ManageBac+ app on or off under General, then select Save Preferences.
More in Updating your Personal Account Details, Notifications and Preferences.
2. Find your classes
Classes your admin has set up for you appear in the My Classes widget on My Workspace (if it is turned on) and in Classes > My Classes.
- No classes yet? If you have permission, select Add Class on My Classes. See Adding New Classes.
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Need to join a class? If classes are not locked, go to Classes > Browse All Classes, choose the programme and select Join next to the class.
3. Set up each class
Overview
The class Overview shows what is coming up. Open the Details panel on the right to see the class description, subject, class ID and terms, and to reach Edit Class Settings. Units appear automatically when they match the class's subject and grade level.
Members
Open the Members tab (under More when the Details panel is open) to see the students in the class. Select Add Students to add more. If the class is locked, only administrators can add or remove students. See Assigning Students to Classes.
Attendance
Only if your school uses class attendance. Open the class Attendance tab and select Attendance Settings. Choose the periods the class meets on each day and select Save Changes. Your admin may already have imported the timetable. Two-year classes have a tab for each academic year, so each year can have different settings.
4. Bring in units, tasks and resources
| Item | Carries over? | What to do |
|---|---|---|
| Units | Yes, by subject and grade level | Check them; set any that do not apply to Draft |
| Tasks | No, they belong to the old class | Add Task or Import Tasks |
| Unit resources | Yes, in Lessons & Resources | Link them to this year's lessons, or import lessons |
| Class files | No | Add Resources to import |
Units
The Units tab lists every unit that matches the class's subject and grade level. Change a unit's status to Draft to hide it from students, and use the Draft and Archived filters to find units. Switch between Grid, Weeks and Year to see the units in different layouts. Use Add Unit to create a new unit or Import Units to bring one in.
IB DP Language and Literature, Language Acquisition and MYP Language Acquisition classes can set their subject options in Overview > Edit Class Settings. More in FAQs on Managing Unit Plans.
Tasks
Tasks stay with the class they were created in, so new classes start with none. Open the class Tasks tab.
- Add Task creates a new task. If you teach several sections of the same subject and grade, you can add it to all of them at once.
- Import Tasks, in the Details panel, lists tasks created in the subject so you can pick the ones you want.
More in Adding and Managing Tasks.
Lessons and resources
Resources from last year's units are in the Resources section of each unit's Lessons & Resources tab. A resource must be linked to a lesson before students and parents can see it. Lessons belong to each class, so you can teach the same unit differently in each section.
- Link the resources you need to this year's lessons.
- Or open the Add Lesson menu and select Import Lesson(s) to copy existing lessons.
More in Adding Unit Resources, Tasks and Lesson Experiences from My School ResourceBank.
Class stream and files
The Class Stream collects posts for the whole class. You and your students (if your school allows it) can post with Add Class Content.
Use Files for files that do not belong to a unit. Open the Details panel and select Upload File or Add From GDrive, or use Add Folder to organise them. Add Resources imports files from other classes in the same subject.
Look back at last year's classes
On My Classes, select Show Archived Classes and pick terms from the All Terms menu. Archived classes keep all last year's information, and show student data while those students are still active. See Archiving Classes.
Two-year classes that moved up keep last year's data inside the class: on the Tasks tab, use the term menu to see earlier tasks.
5. Welcome your class
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Class calendar: open the class Calendar to set up event categories and add class events from Add to Calendar.
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Welcome message: post in Discussions or the Class Stream. Students and parents get a notification and can also receive it by email.