Instructor Resources

Springboard Self-Help Guides

Instructor Help Guides

Click on the grey bar with the name of the tool that you would like more information on. Clicking on "Classlist", for example, will provide you with general information on the classlist tool, emailing your students and, adding a GA or guest to your course.

Popular Guides

Springboard Quick Reference Guides

Accessibility

About Accessibility (SBS)
Accessible Course Design (SBS)
Accessible HTML Templates (SBS)
Keyboard-only Navigation Accessibility Features (SBS)
Keyboard-only Navigation Tips (SBS)
Meeting Web Content Accessibility Standards (SBS)
Organizing Your Course Accessibility (SBS)
Referring Students to Accessibility Resources (SBS)
Screen Magnifiers, Zooming, and Color Contrast Accessibility Features (SBS)
Screen Magnifiers, Zooming, and Color Contrast Accessibility Tips (SBS)
Screen Reader Accessibility Features (SBS)
Screen Reader Tips (SBS)
Setting Release Conditions and Special Access to Support Students with Different Needs (SBS)

Attendance

About Attendance
Creating Attendance Schemes (SBS)
Creating Attendance Registers (SBS)
Managing Attendance Data (SBS)
Setting Default Attendance Schemes (SBS)
Understanding the Attendance Calculation (SBS)
Understanding Attendance Schemes and Statuses (SBS)
Viewing your Attendance Data (SBS)

Calendar

About Calendar (SBS)
Creating and Adding Events (SBS)
Creating Personal Tasks (SBS)
Exporting Events and Subscribing to iCal Feeds (SBS)
Managing Calendar Events (SBS)
Setting Up Your Calendar Display (SBS)
Viewing Your Calendar (SBS)

Chat

About Chat (SBS)
Creating and Managing a General (course) Chat Room (SBS)
Creating and Managing a Personal Chat Room (SBS)
Managing Chat Session Archives (SBS)
Using Chat (SBS)

Checklist

About Checklist (SBS)
Creating Checklists, Categories, or Items (SBS)
Managing Checklists, Categories, or Items (SBS)

Classlist

About Classlist (SBS)
Adding Course Participants from Classlist (SBS)
Changing Classlist Tab Settings (SBS)
Email Classlist (SBS)
Add a GA or Guest to your Course (SBS)
Update Enrollment Status
Using Classlist (SBS)
Viewing Classlist Enrollment Statistics (SBS)
Viewing User information (SBS)
Viewing User Progress (SBS)

Competencies

About Competencies (SBS)
Adding Associations Between Competency Structure Elements (SBS)
Creating Activities (SBS)
Creating Competencies (SBS)
Creating Learning Objectives (SBS)
Evaluating Activities (SBS)
Managing Competencies (SBS)
Managing Independent Learning Objectives and Independent Activities (SBS)
Managing Learning Objectives (SBS)
Managing Settings in Competencies (SBS)
Overriding Competency Structure Results (SBS)
Removing Associations Between Competency Structure Elements from Competencies and from Other Tool Areas (SBS)
Sharing Competency Structures (SBS)
Tracking Competency Versions (SBS)
Understanding Automatic Evaluation (SBS)
Understanding Competency Status Settings (SBS)
Understanding Competency Structures (SBS)
Viewing Competency Structure Results (SBS)

Content

About Content (SBS)
Associating Course Objectives with Learning Objectives (SBS)
Content Display Settings (SBS)
Course Content Feedback and Statistics (SBS)
Create Module and Topics (SBS)
Creating and Arranging Your Course Content Using Drag and Drop (SBS)
Downloading Content (SBS)
How to Convert Word doc to HTML (Windows)
How to Convert Word doc to HTML (Mac)
Managing Modules and Topics (SBS)
Submitting Feedback Using the Content Tool (SBS)
Understanding the Organization of Content (SBS)
Using Completion Tracking and Viewing Class and User Progress (SBS)
Using SCORM in Content (SBS)

Course Administration

About Course Administration (SBS)
About Mobile Brand Administration (SBS)
Copying Course Components Between Org Units (SBS)
Course Import Compatibility (SBS)
Editing Course Offering Properties (SBS)
Editing Tool Help for a Course Offering (SBS)
Exporting Course Components (SBS)
Importing Course Components from a File (SBS)
IMS Common Cartridge (SBS)
Mobile Web Branding Reference Sheet (SBS)
Renaming a Tool in a Course Offering (SBS)
Setting up Course Tools (SBS)

Course Builder

About Course Builder (SBS)
Understanding the Organization of Course Builder (SBS)
Understanding Nodes, Modules, Placeholders, and Objects (SBS)
Understanding the Relationship Between Course Builder and Content (SBS)
Managing Nodes in the Course Tree (SBS)
Building and Managing your Course Structure (SBS)
Creating and Editing Objects (SBS)

Course Offering

Edit Course Offering Information (SBS)

Discussion

About Discussion (SBS)
Assessing (evaluating) a Discussion Topic (SBS)
Creating Discussion Forums and Topics (SBS)
Discussion Settings (SBS)
Finding and Reading Messages (SBS)
Managing Forums, Topics, and Messages (SBS)
Moderating Discussions and Approving Messages (SBS)
Posting and Replying to Messages (SBS)
Restricting Access to Discussion Forums and Topics (SBS)
Viewing and Exporting Discussion Statistics (SBS)

Dropbox

About Dropbox (SBS)
Associating Dropbox Folders with Learning Objectives (SBS)
Creating Categories and Dropbox Folders (SBS)
Leaving Feedback and Grading Dropbox Submissions (SBS)
Managing Categories and Folders (SBS)
Managing Dropbox Submissions (SBS)
Previewing Dropbox Folders and Submissions (SBS)
Submitting to a Dropbox Folder (SBS)
Using Dropbox GradeMark (SBS)
Using Dropbox OriginalityCheck (SBS)
Viewing Submitted Files (SBS)

Email

About Email (SBS)
Changing Email Settings (SBS)
Composing Emails (SBS)
Disabling your Course Address Book (SBS)
Managing Email Messages (SBS)
Using Email Folders (SBS)
Using the Address Book (SBS)

ePortfolio

About ePortfolio (SBS)
Creating Artifacts (SBS)
Creating Reflections (SBS)
Creating Collections (SBS)
Creating Presentations (SBS)
Allowing Comments and Rubric Assessments on Your Content (SBS)
Sharing Items (SBS)

FAQs

Getting Started

Changing your Email Address (SBS)
Creating a Personal Profile (SBS)
Getting Started in Learning Environment (SBS)
Navigating inside Learning Environment (SBS)
Setting your Notifications (SBS)
Setting your Account Preferences (SBS)

Glossary

About Glossary (SBS)
Creating, Editing, and Deleting Glossary Terms (SBS)
Importing Glossary Terms (SBS)

Grades

About Grades (SBS)
Calculating Final Grades (SBS)
Changing Grades Settings (SBS)
Creating a Grade Book With the Grades Setup Wizard (SBS)
Creating a Grade Book Category (SBS)
Creating a Grade Item (SBS)
Creating a Grade Scheme (SBS)
Creating a Formula in the Grades Formula Editor (SBS)
Editing the Calculated or Adjusted Final Grade (SBS)
Entering Grades (SBS)
Importing and Exporting Grades (SBS)
Manage Grades Event Log (SBS)
Managing Grade Categories and Items (SBS)
Managing Grade Schemes (SBS)
Tracking Grades with User Progress (SBS)
Understanding Grading Systems (SBS)
Understanding Final Grade Calculations (SBS)
Understanding Grade Schemes (SBS)
Understanding Grading Systems (SBS)
Viewing Grade Statistics (SBS)
Viewing your Grades (SBS)

Groups

About Groups (SBS)
Creating a Group Category (SBS)
Creating a Group (SBS)
Deleting Groups and Categories (SBS)
Deleting a User from a Group (SBS)
Editing Groups and Categories (SBS)
Enrolling Users in a Group (SBS)
Setting up Self-enrollment in Groups (SBS)
Understanding How Groups Are Set Up (SBS)
What Users See in the Groups Tool (SBS)

Homepage

About Homepages and Widgets (SBS)
Adding and Moving Widgets on Your Homepages (SBS)
Creating and Activating Your Course Homepage (SBS)
Creating and Editing Custom Widgets (SBS)
Editing Widget Display (SBS)
System Widgets (SBS)

HTML Editor

About the HTML Editor (SBS)
Creating Content in the Design View in the HTML Editor (SBS)
HTML Editor Views (SBS)
Inserting Equations in the HTML Editor (SBS)
Inserting Images in the HTML Editor (SBS)
Inserting Quicklinks in the HTML Editor (SBS)
Inserting Tables in the HTML Editor (SBS)
Using the Spell Checker in the HTML Editor (SBS)

Import/Export/Copy Components

Copying Course Components Between Org Units (SBS)
Importing Course Components From a File (SBS)
Exporting Course Components From a File (SBS)

Intelligent Agents

About Intelligent Agents (SBS)
Creating, Running, Editing, and Deleting Intelligent Agents (SBS)
Replace Strings for Intelligent Agents (SBS)

Links

About Links (SBS)
Creating Links and Link Categories (SBS)
Managing Categories and Links (SBS)

Locations

About Locations (SBS)
Adding Locations to Calendar Events (SBS)
Resetting a Layout (SBS)
Setting a Location as Active or Inactive (SBS)

Manage Dates

About Manage Dates (SBS)

Manage Files

About Manage Files (SBS)
Creating a Content Topic in Manage Files (SBS)
Creating a New Folder (SBS)
Creating HTML and TXT Files in Manage Files (SBS)
Managing Files and Folders (SBS)
Uploading and Downloading Content (SBS)

Metadata

About Metadata (SBS)
Adding/editing a Resource's Metadata (SBS)
Copying a Metadata from a Course, Module, or Topic (SBS)
Importing and Exporting Metadata (SBS)
Importing a vCard (SBS)
Metadata Interfaces (SBS)
Troubleshooting Metadata Conflicts (SBS)

Navigation

About Navigation (SBS)
Creating Custom Navbar Links and Groups (SBS)
Create a Navbar (SBS)
Managing Custom Links and Link Groups (SBS)
Managing Navbars (SBS)

News

Notifications

Setting Your Notifications (SBS)

Overviews

Pager

About Pager (SBS)
Adding and Removing Pager Contacts (SBS)
Sending and Receiving Pages (SBS)
Viewing Pager Logs (SBS)

Preferences

Setting Your Account Preferences (SBS)

Profile

Creating a Personal Profile (SBS)

Question Library

About Question Library (SBS)
Creating Arithmetic Questions (SBS)
Creating Fill in the Blank Questions (SBS)
Creating Image Information (SBS)
Creating Likert Questions (SBS)
Creating Long Answer Questions (SBS)
Creating Matching Questions (SBS)
Creating Multi-select Questions (SBS)
Creating Muli-short answer Questions (SBS)
Creating Multiple Choice Questions (SBS)
Creating Ordering Questions (SBS)
Creating Questions in the Question Library (SBS)
Creating Sections in the Question Library (SBS)
Creating Short Answer Questions (SBS)
Creating Significant Figures Questions (SBS)
Creating Text Information (SBS)
Creating True or False Questions (SBS)
Importing Questions into the Question Library (SBS)
Managing Questions in the Questions Library (SBS)
Understanding Regular Expressions (SBS)

Quizzes

About Quizzes (SBS)
Associating Quizzes with Learning Objectives (SBS)
Creating and Managing Quiz Categories (SBS)
Creating Bonus Quiz Questions (SBS)
Creating Quizzes (SBS)
Creating Quiz Questions (SBS)
Creating Quiz Sections (SBS)
Creating Random Sections in Quizzes (SBS)
Grading a Quiz (SBS)
Importing Quiz Questions (SBS)
Importing Questions from Respondus (SBS)
Managing Quizzes (SBS)
Managing Quiz Questions (SBS)
Submitting a Quiz Attempt in Progress (SBS)
Taking a Quiz (SBS)
Viewing Quiz Reports (SBS)
Viewing Quiz Statistics (SBS)
Viewing Your Submission Information and Graded Quizzes (SBS)
Why Do My Students Have Quiz Scores Like 0.08/10? (SBS)

Registration

About Registration (SBS)
Enrolling and Importing a User in a Course (SBS)
Managing Self Registration (SBS)
Setting up Self Registration (SBS)
Understanding Self Registration (SBS)
Unenrolling Users from a Course (SBS)

Release Conditions

About Release Conditions (SBS)
Best Practices for Creating Release Conditions (SBS)
Removing Release Conditions (SBS)
Reusing Release Conditions (SBS)
Setting up Release Conditions (SBS)

Respondus

Role Switch

Role Switch Guide (SBS)

Rubrics

Seating Chart

About Seating Chart (SBS)
Creating Seating Charts (SBS)
Creating Sessions (SBS)
Managing Seating Charts (SBS)
Managing Sessions (SBS)
Understanding Seating Charts and Sessions (SBS)

Sections

Self-Assessments

About Self Assessments (SBS)
Creating and Managing Self Assessment Categories (SBS)
Creating Random Sections in Self Assessments (SBS)
Creating Self Assessment Sections (SBS)
Creating Self Assessment Questions (SBS)
Creating Self Assessments (SBS)
Importing Self Assessment Questions (SBS)
Managing Self Assessment Questions (SBS)
Managing Self Assessments (SBS)
Quicklinking Self Assessments to Course Content (SBS)

Special Access

About Special Access (SBS)

Surveys

About Surveys (SBS)

Additional Services

Additional Services

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