School Setup
Learn how to configure your school’s ManageBac+ account, settings, and academic structure.
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Implementation & Quick Start Guides
Implementation guides for each programme to set up ManageBac+ step by step.
- IB Continuum (DP, CP, MYP, PYP) Implementation QuickStart Guide & Student Journey
- Diploma Programme (DP) & Career-related Programme (CP) QuickStart Guide
- Middle Years Programme (MYP) Implementation QuickStart Guide
- Early Years (EYP) & Primary Years Programme (PYP) Implementation QuickStart Guide
- Curriculum First (Non-IB) Implementation QuickStart Guide
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School & Academic Settings
Configure school settings, languages, programmes, subjects and levels, and export your data.
- Exporting data from ManageBac+: what you can export and where
- Configuring School General Settings (Languages, Academics, Year Levels, Terms)
- Configuring programme subjects, levels, standards and unit templates
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Adding & Managing Users
Add and manage students, parents and teachers: year groups, advisors, welcome emails, profile edits, archiving and deleting users.
- Adding Students, Parents & Teachers to ManageBac+
- Creating & Managing Year Groups & Students Grade Levels
- Assigning Students to Advisors: Homeroom, CAS, Community Engagement, EE, TOK, Personal and Community Projects
- Assisting Users Access to ManageBac+ (Sending Welcome E-mails or Change Passwords)
- Editing user profiles (names, emails and personal information)
- Archiving, Unarchiving and Deleting Users
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Permissions & Security
Control who can see and do what: user permissions and security, homeroom advisors and read-only observer accounts.
- Assigning Homeroom Advisors
- Managing User Permissions & Security
- Observer User (Read-only permissions & Site Visitor)
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Curriculum & Classes
Set up unit planner templates, standards and classes, and manage class membership.
- Customising Unit Planner Templates
- Adding Standards as an Administrator
- Assigning Students & Teachers to Classes
- Managing Non-IB Classes
- Archiving Classes
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Timetables & Attendance
Set up timetables, rotation days and attendance, record homeroom or class attendance and manage attendance excusals.
- Receiving Attendance Excusals
- Assign Homeroom Advisors, Configure Substitute & Attendance Manager Permissions
- Recording Homeroom or Class Attendance
- Attendance QuickStart guide
- Configuring Attendance Settings
- Configuring class timetables and rotation days
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New Academic Year Transitioning
Move ManageBac+ into the new academic year: what to export and check before, the transition steps, and what to do after.
- Transitioning to the Next Academic Year
- Recommended Steps Before Transitioning Your Account
- Recommended Steps After Transitioning Your Account