FAQ on How to Prepare for Live Classes and Save Boards for Future Classes
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3 min readSep 29, 2020
How can I create a live class material before the beginning of the class and use it for future classes?
- Once you have uploaded your worksheets, and other teaching material to an instructor board, you can “Save a Copy” of this board for your future classes.
- Subsequently, after logging-in, from the instructor board, you can click on “Manage Boards” to see all of your previously saved and copied boards.
- Select the one for the class you are currently conducting by clicking on the arrow on the lower right corner of the tile
- It will take you to your previously saved board. Now you can start inviting students just like you would usually do.
Can all the boards be saved into one PDF file after the class has ended? How can I do that?
- Yes. To save boards of all of your students boards, click on “Download” from the left side panel.
- You will have an option to download only yours and as an instructor you have an option to download the entire class.
- The boards will be downloaded as a single PDF which you can find in your download folder of your computer.
How can I re-use my previously saved boards for future classes?
- After logging-in, from your instructor board, click on “Manage Boards” and launch the board from your previously saved boards by clicking on the arrow at the lower right corner of the tile.
- That will launch your previously saved board and you can now start teaching the usual way by inviting students to this board.
Will students have access to their boards even after the class has ended?
- Yes. This can work in two ways. If students have signed-up and have logged-in, they can use “Manage Boards” on the left side panel to save their board for future use.
- If students have not signed-up, they can always use the invite link in the same browser/device to go back to their boards.
- By default all boards are auto-saved and hence accessible for 3 weeks. If you need to access your boards for longer than 3 weeks, you can extend the expiry date by clicking on the “refresh” icon next to your board.
- For longer duration storage, you can “export” your board (Tools →Manage Book →Export Board), save the downloaded file to your local computer safely. Later, at the beginning of your next school year, you can use Tools →Manage Book → Import Board, point to previously saved file and import the board.
Is it possible to prevent students from adding/updating the boards after the class had ended?
- Yes. A teacher can now lock the boards so students can not make any changes.
- From the Instructor board, a teacher can click on “Avatar” on the upper right, and it will open up a pop-up window.
- Select “Lock Class”. This will lock all students’ boards and they will see a message “Board Locked by Teacher”.
- To unlock, simply click on the “Avatar” on the upper right and select “Unlock Class”.
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