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Windows

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Mac

Safari / Mozilla Firefox

iOS

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Android

Google Chrome

There are announcements from the system administraion in the Login page and the My page. Please don’t miss it.

Once you log into manaba, please configure the following settings from the Settings menu.

Reminder settings

You can receive reminders by email whenever new announcements are made or new posts are added.

Reminders

  1. Click Settings in the upper right corner and select Change reminder settings.
  2. Select Receive or Do not receive.
  3. Enter in the Email address 1 the PC Email address that you want reminders to be sent to.
  4. Enter in the Email address 2 the cellphone Email address that you want reminders to be sent to.

Individual Settings

  1. Select Receive or Do not receive a message whenever course news is posted. 
  2. Select Receive or Do not receive a message when a new assignment is published.  
  3. You may choose from one of three options when a new comment is posted on a thread:  
    • Receive a message when a comment is made.
    • Receive all new comments at certain time of a day. 　　　(→ Select a preferred time from the dropdown menu.)
    • Do not receive a message.
  4. Select Receive or Do not receive a message when a new comment is made in a thread of your project.
  5. Select Receive or Do not receive a message when a new comment is made on your students’ assignments.
  6. Click Save and send test email and confirm reminders are sent to the email address you registered.

    7. Select Receive or Do not receive a message when a new assignment is published.

Profile settings

  1. Click Settings on the upper right corner, and select Change Profile.
  2. Upload an image of your choice.

In forums, collections and other parts of manaba, the [Memo] button will appear. By clicking the button, you can write a memo.

A memo is only visible to you; other users will not be able to view your memos.

Add Memos

  1. After clicking the Memo button, a new window will open.
  2. Write the memo, and then click the Update button.

In a course, instructors and students registered in the course have discussions in the forum, distribute / collect assignments or distribute course materials.

In order to view a list of courses you have been registered for, click Courses at the top of the screen.

Change course display format

Display can be changed according to course status and format.

Instructors can view the members who have been registered in the course you are a part of. Click Course member list and a list of instructors and students will appear.

View reminder settings / grades

In the Course member list, you may view the reminder settings of course members for the following items:

  • Course news
  • New assignment notifications
  • New comments in Forum

Also, if you click Grades for each student, you will be able to view every grade of tests and assignments that are assigned in the course.

View access data

Click Usage Data and you can view the following data regarding instructors and students in the course:

  • Page views (# of pages)
  • Last access (# in the course)
  • Number of tests submitted (except for Exercise)
  • Number of surveys submitted
  • Number of assignments submitted
  • Number of Forum comments 
  • Last comment in Forum

By clicking the "Settings" button, you can make various settings for the course.

Course Icon Settings 

You can set icons for the course. 
This icon is displayed in the course list of My page. Some sample icons are prepared, but you can freely set it by uploading the image (60 x 60 pixels).

If your Course Icon does not change even after the setting is done, try reloading your browser (clear your browser's cache).

Manage Course Data 

You can confirm the assignment and grades deleted by someone, the student's operation within this course and the record of the screen accessed by the student.

Course Period 

You can check the expiration date set for this course. The expiration date is set by the system administrator.

Course News is a way for instructors to send out announcements about their courses to all course members (only instructors can add course news).

  1. Click Add News on the course page.
  2. Enter the title and write the content of the news.
  3. Set the publication period of the news. (optional)
  4. Click Preview to view the news as your students will see it. Then, click Publish.

View access data

  1. Click any course news you published.
  2. In order to view the access data of the course news, click Access Data.
  1. Click Manage Course News (a) in the Course Top page.
  2. Click  in Course News Administration page, and click Edit Date (b).
    * You can also click Edit (c) in Course News to go to the Edit News page.

  3. Revise the course news and click Preview.
    * Course news is displayed in descending order of publication start date. If you want the edited course news to display at the top of the list, please set a new publication start date. 
  4. Click Update, and choose whether or not to send reminder.

Delete news

  1. Click Manage Course News in the Course Top page.
  2. Click  in Course News Administration page, and click Delete.

    In the Tests function, instructors may hand out, collect and grade tests easily in manaba. 
    Stimulate students’ motivation to learn by effectively using exercises and passing scores.  

    There are three types of Tests on manaba.

    1. Click Add Test in the Tests Administration page.
    2. Select Autoscore Test.
    3. Enter the title and the description of test.
    4. Enter a start date and end date for the test. If you click the Start and End fields, a calendar will appear. Select a date and time, and click OK. (optional)
    5. Enter questions you would like to ask your students. （ See also “Add a test question” ）
    6. Select the time of publishing test results and correct answers.
    7. Click Next.
    8. Register answers and points to the questions.
    9. To set a Passing Score for a test, select Set passing score and enter a passing score.
    10. Click Save to save the test in manaba.

    1. Click Add Test on the Tests Administration page.
    2. Select Manual Score Test.
    3. Enter the title and the description of the test.
    4. Enter a start date and end date for the test. If you click the Start and End fields, a calendar will appear. Select a date and time, and click OK. (optional)
    5. Enter questions you would like to ask your students. （ See also “Add a test question” )
    6. Click Save and save your test in manaba.

    An exercise is a type of test where questions are randomly picked from a pool of exercise questions that the instructor registers in advance. 
    You may set up an exercise to be available for students to take multiple times.

    STEP 1. Add a question

    1. Click Questions Administration on the Tests Administration page.
    2. Click Add Question in Questions Administration page.
    3. Enter the title.
    4. Enter questions you would like to ask your students.（ See also “Add a test question” ）
    5. Click Next.
    6. Register answers and points to the questions and click Save to save the question in manaba.

    STEP 2. Add an exercise

    1. Click Add Test on the Tests Administration page.
    2. Select Exercise.
    3. Enter the title and the description of the exercise.
    4. Enter a start date and end date.
    5. Write the Question Text.
    6. Click Add Question, select exercise questions that you registered in STEP 1, and click Add. Should you want to exclude questions that you selected from an exercise, check those questions and click the Exclude Checked button. 
    7. Set the number of questions which should be chosen randomly in an exercise out of the number of questions you selected in 6.
    8. Set the maximum times that a student is allowed to submit answers.
    9. If the order of the options in a question needs to be randomized when a student answers it, choose Shuffle for Shuffle Questions.
    10. If you select Publish on submission for making the correct answer available after the student has submitted an answer, they will be able to check whether or not their answer was correct on the Results page.
    11. You may choose Set passing score to register a passing score.
    12. Click Preview to view the exercise as your students will see it.
    13. Click Save and save the exercise in manaba.

    You can add 8 types of questions in a test.

    Text line

    A question which allows for entering a word or a phrase.

    Multiple(2)

    A question which allows to select one or more answers from a list of possible answers.

    Dropdown

    A question which allows to select one answer from a list of possible answers. It is similar to a single answer question, but useful to save space for other questions.

    Matching

    A question which allows to match words or statements against another list of words or statements.

    Multiple(1)

    A question which allows to select only one answer from a list of possible answers.

    True/False

    A question which allows to select True or False.

    Ordering

    A question which allows to place answers in a particular order.

    Text box

    A question which allows to write paragraphs.

    Uploader

    A question which allows to upload a file.

    1. Let’s add a test question. Click a button in area (b) and a question template of your choice will be inserted. 
    2. Overwrite the example question with the one you would like to ask.
    3. Should you want to format your text with headlines or bold text etc., use buttons in area (a). 
    4. If the order of the options in a question needs to be randomized when it is answered, choose Shuffle in the Shuffle Questions field.
    5. In the Portfolio field, select "Add" if you want to add a submission to a student's portfolio. Only when the submission is added to the student's portfolio, the instructor and the student himself/herself can post a comment.
    6. Click Preview to view the exercise as your students will see it.

    Enter a text box

    Click Text box and a window to set number of lines for the text box and the word/character counter will appear.

    Number of lines

    Enter the number of lines you would like in the text box.

    Character count

    Both half-width and full-width characters, symbols and space are counted as one character. Line breaks are not counted.

    Word count

    Mostly used for questions that allow to type text in English. Words are counted correctly if they are separated with a half-width space; note that they are not counted if separated with a full-width space. If you break a line, it will be counted as one word.

    You may add files such as Word documents, images, and videos inside a question.

    Uploading video files or images from your computer

    1. Click File button.
    2. Enter the title of the file.(optional)
    3. Locate the file of your choice and click Add file to upload the file into manaba.
    4. Click Add and complete the process.

    Embed videos from YouTube

    1. Click File.
    2. Select Embed content.
    3. Enter the embed code of the video you would like to embed.
    4. Press OK and complete the process.

    Insert an explanation

    Click Explanation button, and you can insert the explanation in the question. 
    (The explanation cannot be inserted for Choices of True / False questions.) 
    You can select two types of the explanation below.

    1 line

    A explanation which you would like to insert into the individual question.

    Multi-lines

    A explanation which you would like to insert into the whole question.

    Set a page break

    Click the Page break button, and you can specify the position of page break.
    Pages will be switched at the place indicated with a blue broken line.

    In order to publish a test to students, click on Tests Administration page.

    Follow the steps below, in order to change the dates or questions of a test.

    1. Click on Tests Administration page and select Edit. 
    2. Revise the test and click Save.
      * Save the test after registering answers and allotting points if it is an autoscore test. 

    Instructors may set a prerequisite for students to take a test based on whether they achieved a passing score on another test.

    1. Click 　on Tests Administration page and select Set Prerequisites.
    2. If you select Set, a list of tests which are set up with passing scores will appear.
    3. Select all the tests you would like to set as prerequisites and click either AND or OR.  
      * If you select AND: Students need to pass all the tests. 
      * If you select OR: Students need to pass at least one of the tests you selected. 
      * If you have selected only one test, you may click either AND or OR.
    4. 4. Click Save and finish the process.

    You may view the names of the students who submitted answers to a test and their scores or grades.

    Autoscore test / Manual score test

    Click 　of a test in Tests Administration page and select Submission Status. A list of students and their submission status for the test will appear.

    Exercise

    Click 　of a test in Tests Administration page and select View Scores. A list of students and their scores for the test will appear.

    In the following the steps, the instructor withdraws the student's answers that has already been submitted and can return to the state before the submission was confirmed. (Excluding Exercise)

    After withdrawal by the instructor, students will be able to access the test and respond again.

    1. Click on the name of the student whose assignment you wish to withdraw in "Submission Status".
    2. Click the "Request resubmission" button on the "Student's Questions and Answers" screen.
    3. Click "OK" button on the confirmation screen.

      The course instructor can simulate submission for tests and surveys from the Tests Administration and Surveys Administration pages.

      The trial submission function allows the instructor of the course to confirm the submission procedure of the test or survey, as many times as wanted, regardless of the acceptance and submission status. 

       The trial submission can be made in the following way: 

      1. Find the test or survey for which you want to make a trial submission and click on the gear icon   　in the Manage column of the Test Administration or Survey Administration page.
      2. Click Trial Submission.
      3. Click on the Start button to start the test. The answering steps are the same as how students would answer the test.
      4. If you want to finish the trial submission, close the tab of the window.

      There are two methods to score and register grades of autoscore tests and manual score tests. 
      * If you need to register grades for an exercise, you may do so in the Grades tab. （ See Also “Register grades”）

      STEP 1. Register scores

      1. Click 　on Tests Administration page and select Submission Status.
      2. Click Register Answers on the submission status page.
      3. Enter points of questions.
      4. Set passing score if needed.
      5. Click Save and finish the registration process.

      STEP 2. Score a test individually

      1. On Submission Status page, click name of each student. Student’s answers and the score field will be displayed.
      2. Click Correct if student’s answer is correct; manaba will add up the score automatically. If you would like to give partial credit to an answer, enter points in the box. 
      3. Enter Rating In case of evaluating with character string such as "Good,Excellent,A,B". (optional)
      4. Enter Feedback about the student’s test.(optional)
      5. If there is no revision to make, click Save and complete the score count.

      B：Score a test / register grades  using an Excel sheet

      1. Click 　on the Tests Administration page and select Manage Grades (Excel) .
      2. Click Download in Test Grades administration page and download Test Evaluation Sheet.
      3. Enter in either "#Score","#Rating" or "#Comment" on the Test Evaluation Sheet.If you would like to register a score of 0, please input 0 in "# Score".
        *Test sheets of autoscore tests already have grades entered.
      4. Upload an Excel file with grades and complete registration of grades.

      Publish grades

      Autoscore tests

      Once students submit their answers, their grades will be published.

      Manual score tests

      Grades are not published when they are registered using either the web or Excel sheets. Grades are published in the following way:

      1. Click the Grades tab and open Grades Administration page.
      2. Click 　of the test you would like to publish.

      Instructors may export a test and save it to own their computer. 
      You may replicate the test in another course by importing data you have exported. 

      Export an autoscored / manual score test

      Export tests one by one

      Click 　of a test on Tests Administration page and select Export (a). 
      The test will be downloaded as an MHT file.  

      Export all tests in a course

      Click Export All Tests (b) at the bottom of the list and a zip file containing all the existing tests will be downloaded. 

      Export exercises

      Export questions one by one

      Click 　of an exercise and select Export (c) on Questions Administration page. The questions will be downloaded as an MHT file. 

      Export all exercises and questions in a course

      Click Export All Exercises (d),　and a zip file containing all the existing exercises and their exercise questions will be downloaded. 

      Import a test or exercise

      Click Import (e) on Tests Administration page and upload the test / exercise data. There are three different kinds of data that you can upload. 
      The sections to import are different: 
      ・Autoscore tests / manual score tests 
      ・Exercises and exercise questions 
      ・Exercise questions 

      Import an autoscore test and manual test

      Use Import individually (Upload MHT files) under Autoscore and Manual Score Tests Import if tests should be uploaded one by one.
       Use Import All (Upload ZIP files) below if tests should be uploaded all together in a zip file.

      Import an exercise and exercise questions

      Use Import All (Upload ZIP files) under Exercise and Questions Import if an exercise and its questions should be uploaded all together in a zip file. Use Import individually (Upload MHT files) under Questions Import if exercise questions should be uploaded one by one.

      Instructors may hand out and collect surveys easily in manaba.

      1. Click Add Survey on Surveys Administration page.
      2. Enter the title of the survey.
      3. Enter a start date and end date for the survey.(optional) If you click the Start and End fields, a calendar will appear. Select a date and time, and click OK.
      4. Enter questions you would like to ask. （ See also “Add a test question”）
      5. In the Portfolio field, select "Add" if you want to add a submission to a student's portfolio. Only when the submission is added to the student's portfolio, the instructor and the student himself/herself can post a comment.
      6. Set resubmission permission / non-permission.
      7. Use the Preview button to view the survey as your students will see it.
      8. Click Save and save the survey in manaba.

      In order to publish a survey you add, click 　on Surveys Administration page.

      Follow the steps below, in order to change the acceptance dates or questions of a survey.

      1. Click 　on Surveys Administration page and select Edit.
      2. Revise the content of the survey and click Save.
      1. Click 　on Surveys Administration page and select Collect.
      2. Click Download results.
      3. An Excel sheet with a list of students with their answers to the survey will download.

      Instructors may export a survey and save it to own computer. The survey will replicate the survey in another course by importing data you have exported.

      Export

      Export a survey individually

      Click 　in Surveys Administration page and select Export (a). 
      The test will be downloaded as an MHT file.  

      Export all surveys in a course

      Click Export All Surveys (b) and a zip file containing all the existing surveys will download. 

      Import surveys

      1. Click Import (c) on Surveys Administration page. 
      2. Use Import individually (Upload MHT files) if surveys should be uploaded one by one. Use Import All (Upload ZIP files) if surveys should be uploaded all together in a zip file.

      Instructors may hand out and collect an assignment easily in manaba.

      1. Click Add Assignment on Assignments Administration page.
      2. Select the format of the assignment (form-based or file-based).

        File-based submission

        These are assignments for which students send responses in files, such as Word documents.

        Browser-based submission

        These are assignments for which students answer questions in the web browser.

      3. Enter the title of the assignment.
      4. Enter a start date and end date for the assignment.(optional) Click OK.
      5. In the Settings field, select how you would like the assignment to be handled.

        Accessible to all course members.

        All course members can access and comment on the student’s response.

        Accessible to instructors and course members who have submitted the same assignment.

        Only instructors and those who have already submitted an assignment on the same topic can access and comment on the response.

        Accessible only to the student and the instructors. (Individual)

        Only the student and the instructors of the course can access and comment on the response.

        Only available to collect the submissions and is not added to anyone’s portfolio.

        The instructor collects only the student's responses. The student responses will not be added to their portfolio. Also, mutual reviews and posting comments are not available.

      6. Set whether to allow or disallow resubmissions.
      7. Write the description of the questions you would like to ask students.
      8. Use the Files section to add various files you would like your students to use for reference when completing the assignment, such as PDF files and images.
      9. Click Preview to view the assignment as your students will see it. Click Back after you check the preview.
      10. Click Save to save the assignment in manaba.

      In order to publish an assignment you add, click 　on Assignments Administration page.

      Follow the steps below, in order to change the dates or questions of an assignment.

      1. Click 　on Assignments Administration page and select Edit.
      2. Revise the assignment and click Save.

      There are two methods to view student’s responses to an assignment.

      A: View individual responses on the web

      1. Click 　on Assignments Administration page and select Submission Status.
      2. On Submission Status page, you may view the student’s response by clicking on the name of the student.

      It is possible for the instructor to have a student resubmit the assignment. If you click Request resubmission, the assignment will return to one step before the submission and the student will be able to edit and resubmit the assignment.

      B: Download all responses submitted

      1. Click 　 on Assignments Administration page and select Manage Grades.
      2. Click Download with submissions and you will be able to download submitted responses in a zip file. (Submitted responses are separated in folders by student.)

      There are two kinds of methods to evaluate students’ responses and register grades of an assignment.

      A: Evaluation / grade registration on the web

      1. Click 　on Assignments Administration page, select Submission Status and Submission Status page will appear.
      2. On Submission Status page, you may view the students’ responses by clicking on the name of each student.
      3. Enter the points in the field Score.
      4. Enter Rating In case of evaluating with character string such as "Good,Excellent,A,B". (optional)
      5. Enter your comments to the student’s response.(optional)
      6. Use Guidance Note as a memo that is only visible to you; students will not be able to view your memos.
      7. Click Update once you fill out the necessary fields.

      B: Evaluation / grade registration using an Excel sheet

      1. Click 　on Assignments Administration page and select Manage Grades.
      2. Click Download and download Assignment Evaluation Sheet (this is an Excel file).
      3. Enter in either "#Score","#Rating" or "#Comment" on the Assignment Evaluation Sheet .If you would like to register a score of 0, please input 0 in "# Score".
      4. Upload the Excel file with grades and complete registration of grades.

      Publish grades

      Neither uploading the grades on the web nor using an Excel sheet makes the grades available to your students. You must now publish the grades to let your students know about them.

      1. Click Grades tab in course menu and open Grades Administration page.
      2. Click 　of the assignment you would like to publish.

      Instructors may export an assignment and save it to their own computer. The survey will replicate the survey in another course by importing data you have exported.

      Export assignments

      Export an assignment individually

      Click 　in Assignments Administration page and select Export (a). The test will be downloaded as an MHT file.  

      Export all assignments in a course

      Click Export All Assignments (b) and a zip file containing all the existing assignments will download. 

      Import assignments

      1. Click Import (c) button on Assignments Administration page. 
      2. Use Import individually (Upload MHT files) if assignments should be uploaded one by one. Use Import All (Upload ZIP files) if assignments should be uploaded all together in a zip file

      In projects, course instructors can provide space to divide enrolled students into several teams and have them discuss and eventually submit their project. 
      A forum and a window for submitting a project are available for every team. 
      The submitted projects can be mutually reviewed by students depending on the settings.

      There are two ways to submit a project.

      A: Team submission

      1. Click New Project on Projects Administration page.
      2. Select Submit project as a team and Add Project page will display.
      3. Enter the title of the project.
      4. Enter a start date and end date for the project.(optional)
      5. In the View Settings field, you may specify who has access to the team space.

        Accessible only to assigned team members.

        Accessible to all course members in this project.

      6. In the Submitted Items field, you may specify who has access to the submitted items. 

        Accessible to all course members in this project.

        All course members in the project can access and comment on the submitted items .

        Accessible to team members who have submitted the same project.

        Only instructors and students who have already submitted a project on the same topic can access and comment on the submitted items.

      7. In Allowing resubmission field, select whether to allow students to resubmit.
      8. Enter details of the project or questions you would like to ask.
      9. In Portfolio field, select if submission should be added in the students’ portfolios.
      10. Click Preview to check details of the project
      11. Click Save. Then, add a team in the next page.

      B: Individual submission

      1. Click New Project on Projects Administration page.
      2. Select Submit project individually and Add Project page will display.
      3. Enter the title of the project.
      4. Enter a start date and end date for the project.(optional)
      5. In the View Settings field, you may specify who has access to the team space.

        Accessible only to assigned team members.

        Accessible to all course members in this project.

      6. In the Submitted Items field, you may specify who has access to the submitted items.

        Accessible to all course members in this project.

        All course members in the project can access and comment on the submitted items.

        Accessible to course members who have submitted the same project.

        Only instructors and those who have already submitted a project on the same topic can access and comment on the submitted items.

        Accessible only to the student and the instructors. (Individual)

        Only the student and the course instructors can access and comment on the submitted items.

      7. In Allowing resubmission field, select whether to allow students to resubmit.
      8. Enter details of the project or questions you would like to ask. 
      9. In Portfolio field, select Add if submission should be added in student’s portfolio.
      10. Use Preview to check details of the project.
      11. Click Save if no revision needs to be made. Then, add a team in the next page.

      Add a team

      1. Click 　on Projects Administration page and select Manage Teams (a). 
      2. Click Add Team and Add Team page will display. In the field for the team name, manaba has automatically allocated a team name. (e.g. Team A, Team B …)
      3. Check course members you would like to add in a team and click Add Team.
      4. Check details and click Save if no revision needs to be made.

      Copy teams from past projects

      You may copy teams of past projects.

      1. Click Manage Teams in Projects Administration page. 
      2. Click Use previously created teams (b) in Add Team page. 
      3. A list of past projects will appear in a pop-up. Confirm team names and members from Teams. Select the project which contains teams that you would like to add and click Add Team.

      Modify a team

      Follow the steps below in order to change a team name or team members:

      1. Click Edit (c) on the team you would like to modify. 
      2. Modify the team name and members and click Edit Team.
      3. Check details and click Save if no revision needs to be made.

      Delete team

      Follow the steps below in order to delete a team:

      1. For the team you wish to delete, click Delete 　 （d）

      Each team has their own forum where only the assigned team members and course instructors can post comments.

      Forum

      You may comment in the forum of your team’s project in the same process as adding a comment to a forum in a course. （ Also see see “Add a thread/Add a comment” ） 
      Instructors may make a comment on the forum of any team. 

      Students cannot comment after the end date, which the instructor entered when the project had been added. (Students can still view the forum after the end date.)

      Submit project

      In the forum of a students’ team, students will submit their work from the Submit Project button. They may submit files until the end date which the instructor entered when the project was added.

      In order to view submissions of other teams or members, click Submitted.

      You can post comments to their submissions.

      In the following the steps, the instructor withdraws the student's submission that has already been submitted and can return to the state before the submission was confirmed. 

      After withdrawal by the instructor, students will be able to access and resubmit the assignment.

      1. In the "Projects Administration" screen, click the "Submitter" field of the assignment.
      2. On the "Submission Status" screen, click the team (or student) you want to resubmit in the "Team List".
      3. Click the "Request resubmission" button on the "Submissions" screen.
      4. Click "OK" button on the confirmation screen.

      You may score the student’s submissions for projects and register grades in manaba.

      1. Click 　and select Register Grades (Excel) in Projects Administration page.
      2. Project Evaluation Sheet will download.
      3. Enter points in the column titled # Grade and enter your feedback in the column titled # Comment.
      4. Upload the Project Evaluation Sheet with grades data from Upload, and complete registration of grades.
      5. Click Grades tab in the course menu and publish grades from the Grades Administration page.

      You may publish grade information of tests and assignments handed out in manaba; grade information may include scores and feedback. You may also register grades of extracurricular activities, practical training, labs or attendance.

      Register grades of Autoscore Tests, Manual Score Tests, Assignments and Projects

      1. Register grades of an Autoscore test, a Manual Score test, an assignment, or a project from the administration page.
        * Please refer to "Score and register grades of a test" to register Autoscore or Manual Score test grades. 
        * Please refer to "Evaluate submissions / Register grades" to register assignment grades. 
        * Please refer to "Score project / register grades" to register project grades.  
      2. Click Grades tab in the course menu and open Grades Administration page.  All grades registered from Tests Administration page and Assignments Administration page and Projects Administration page are automatically listed in the Grades area.

      Register other grades

      1. Click Add Grades from Grades Administration page.
      2. Enter the title of the grade.
      3. Enter the start date and end date of the test / assignment.(optional)
      4. Download Grade Registration Sheet.
      5. Enter in either "#Score","#Rating" or "#Comment" on the Grade Registration Sheet.
        * Steps to fill out the sheet are explained inside this sheet.
      6. Click Upload and upload the Grade Registration Sheet you have filled out.
        On this sheet, registration is possible only for the line in which information is entered in one of "#Score", "#Rating" and "#Comment".
        If you would like to register a score of 0, please input 0 in "# Score".

      7. Once grade registration is completed, Download registered grades to confirm section will appear. Click Download and check the grade data you uploaded.

      In order to publish registered grades to students, click in Grades Administration page.

      Follow the steps below in order to change scores or comments of a test or assignment.

      A : Register grades on the web

      1. Click   on Grades Administration page and select Submission Status.
      2. Click the user’s name you would like to score and the user’s Register Grades page will be opened. 
      3. Click Update once you fill out the necessary fields. 

      B : Register grades using an Excel sheet

      You can not use the Excel sheet to delete all items of registered grades.
      The method of correcting the registered grade is as follows.

      1. Click   on Grades Administration page and select Manage Grades.
      2. Upload Grade Registration sheet again from Upload and the grade data will be updated with new data.
      3. Once update is completed, click Download and check grade data you uploaded.

      Click Export All Grades from Grades Administration page. You may download all the grades registered in manaba at the moment.  

      There is a forum in each course. You can use it for discussion purposes among instructors and students.

      1. Click New Thread in Forum page.
      2. Enter the title of the thread.
      3. Enter the description of the thread.
      4. Click Post and create a new thread.
        ※Students receive reminders by email if they set Receive in the following reminder on the Individual Settings. “New comments made on your course”

      Delete a thread

      Each thread can be deleted the author and the instructor. Click Delete Thread (a) to delete the thread. 

      1. Select a thread you would like to add a comment to and click Comment (b).
      2. Enter the title and text.
      3. Click Post to add a comment in the thread.
        ※The other course members receive reminders by email if they set Receive in the following reminder on the Individual Settings. “New comments made on your course”

      Delete a comment

      Each comment can be deleted by the person who posted it as well as instructors by clicking (d) on the comment. Once you delete a comment, it can not be recovered.



      Instructors can view student access data of each thread. Please click View on the target thread.

      There are two ways to display comments. 
      Go the Style button to switch the setting.

      List

      Comments are displayed top-down from the latest post.

      Tree

      Comments are displayed top-down by the oldest post. Response for each comment is displayed associating with the original comment. 

      What is the “Like” button?

      By clicking the "Like" button (a), you can "Like" comments on the forum. You can also view the list of users who have liked your comment by clicking the "Reactions" button (b). 

      Resources is a space where instructors can easily post resources, including teaching materials.
      Resources added are published only to the course members. 

      1. Click Add Resource from Resources page, to open Add Resource Page.
      2. Enter the title of the resource.
      3. Set the resource icon or description, click Additional Settings. You can select the icon and enter the description. Size of an icon is 60x60 pixels. (Different image sizes can be uploaded.)
      4. Enter the title of the page.
      5. Set the period for this resource to be published.(optional)
      6. Enter the text for the page of the resource.
      7. 7. A panel will appear after you click on Save.
      8. 8. Click on Add a resource published if you want to make the page available to the students immediately. Or choose Add a resource unpublished if you want to keep the page unavailable to students for the time being.

      Edit title and description of resources

      1. Click  in Manage Resources page and select Edit Title and Description (a). 
      2. Modify the contents title, icon and description then click Save.

      Add page

      1. Click in Manage Resources page and select Edit Pages (b). 
      2. Click Add Page (c) and open Add Page screen. 
      3. Enter the page title and text. You may add multiple pages.
      4. For each page, you may set the publication period.
      5. Check details of the page and click Add to add the page if no revision is needed.

      Edit each page

      1. Click   in Manage Resources: Resource’s page and select Edit (d). Then, you can open the Edit Page. 
      2. Click Update after editing the page.
        * You can also edit pages from the bottom of each page for the students.

      Pages can be published individually and the entire resource can also be published including all its pages.

      Publishing entire resource

      Click 　in Manage Resources page

      Publish specific pages

      1. Click 　and select Edit, and open Manage Resources page.
      2. Click to publish or click to unpublish each page. 

      Instructors can view access data of each student. Click Access Data on each page to view it.

      About status

      Instructors may export a resourse and save it to own their computer. You may replicate the resourse in another course by importing data you have exported. 

      Please refer to the tests or assignments’ page, in order to inport / export a resourse. 

      Delete entire resource

      1. Click Manage Resources on the top right button of the Resources screen.
      2. Change the content to Unpublish on the Manage Resources screen.
      3. Click   of the content and select Delete.

      Delete page by page of content

      1. Click Manage Resources on the top right button of the Resources screen.
      2. On the Manage Resources screen, click on the Title of the content.
      3. Change the status of the page to Unpublish.
      4. Click   of the page and select Delete.

      Students have a portfolio space to accumulate their work submitted and comments for each course.

      Tests / Surveys

      Course instructors can choose to add or not to add tests or surveys into the course members’ portfolios from the add test and add survey pages.

      Assignments

      Course instructors can choose to add or not to add assignments into the course members’ portfolios from the add assignment page. Submitted assignments by students can be stored into their respective portfolio by selecting the setting from the list below:

      Projects

      Projects submitted are all added into course members’ portfolios. All projects submitted by team are added into each team member’s portfolio. 

      Comments

      All comments made in forums and mutually reviewed projects / assignments are stored into each course member’s portfolio.

      1. Click Course Member List from the course main page.
      2. Click the name of a student and open the corresponding portfolio.
      3. Click the title of the assignment to view student’s submission.
      4. Click Comments to view the history of students’ comments. If you click the title of the comment, the corresponding page will appear. 

      Instructors may not access all students’ portfolios. They can only access their course members’ portfolios. 

      The data instructors have access to:

      • Grades
      • Comments in the forum
      • Assignments which have been set up to be added into student’s portfolio

      You may use manaba either on a smartphone.

      When you access the site page with your smartphone, the link for the smartphone-optimized screens are displayed at the top (of the screen).

      * To return to the desktop-optimized screens, please access the link at the bottom of the screen

      The smartphone-optimized screens mainly can be used on the student's functions.

      Old smartphone-optimized screens is scheduled to be discontinued. To access it, click on the link on My Page in the desktop-optimized screens.



      You can check the deleted date and user who deleted for deleted grades, forums, resources (excluding pages), and course news. Mistakenly deleted contents can be restored by selecting Change state to be active from Manage .

      How to check deleted contents and revert to previous state

      1. Click Manage deleted contents from Course settings.
      2. List of deleted contents within the course shows up.

      How to restore deleted contents to previous state individually

      1. Click  (A) in Manage column of applicable content.
      2. Select (B) Change state to be active.
      3. Select OK in confirmation popup.

      How to restore more than one deleted contents to active state

      1. Place a check in the check box under the very left column (C) of the applicable content.
      2. Click (D) The states of the content you checked will be change to be active in the bottom of the page.
      3. Select OK in confirmation popup.

      Deleted items which can be reverted

      Access Log

      Students' operation history (e.g., assignment answers, access to news, etc.) within the course could be viewed by specifying date, applicable assignment, and news.

      Check Access Log - How to view log

      Log is shown in updated order, meaning that the latest log is showing in the very top of the list. The viewed page (e.g., List) will be shown under Display/Operation in black, and operation (e.g., Submit) such as button click will be shown in red.



      Check Access Log - How to check assignment operation log

      1. Click Log in Submission Status page of assignment.
      2. You can check the applicable students' access log and operation history.

      How to check Access Log - entire log within courses

      1. Click Access Log in course settings page. List of students taking the course shows up.
      2. You can check the operation log within the course of an applicable student by clicking the student name.
      3. Click the Title (A) shown under Note and you can show only the log related to that assignment and news by specifying the date (B).

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