Education

How to create course on Softbook

To create a course on the Softbook platform, you need to have a registered account here. So, the process of creating a course consists of the following steps: In the following articles, we will take a closer look at each of them.

1. Setting up a course

1. Log into your account on the platform and find the “Education” section in the navigator on the left. In the list that opens, click on “Courses.” A workspace will open up for you. Find the “Create a course” button. Softbook platform space before the creation of the first course 2. Click on the “Create […]

2. Filling a lesson with content

In this article, we’ll look at how to create a lesson in a course and fill it with content. To do this, click on the “Open course” button in the “Courses” section. You will see the name and description of the course with two buttons – “Create lesson” and “Create module”. A module is a […]

3. Creating homework

Move on to the next stage of working on the course – creating homework. You will find it under the house icon. Make the “Enable hometask in this lesson” item active so that students can see this block. The “Enable auto-accept homework” item allows you to configure the course so that a student who has […]

4. Creating testing

Let’s move on to the next stage – testing. Like the others, this block has a main part for editing and key options for setting up: Tests can be created with one or more correct answers. Each question should be entered in the appropriate field, and answer choices should be added to the question and […]

5. Changing the order of blocks in the lesson

Next stage – changing the order of blocks in the lesson. The standard arrangement of blocks looks like this: “Content — Homework — Tests”. However, in some cases, it may be necessary to change this order. For example, you might want to offer students to take the test first to assess their initial knowledge, and […]

6. Creating a module

A module is a thematic block of a course that combines several lessons and other learning materials. This is useful if you have a large course with many topics. Go to your course, find the “Create” button, and click “Module”. After that, you can add lessons to the corresponding module. That’s it. Now you know […]

Adding students

Option 1: Adding students manually 1. Open the “Learning” section and go to the “Students” tab. 2. In the editor that opens, find and click on the “Add Student” button in the upper right corner. 3. In the opened form, enter the student’s name, surname, and email address. Select a course for the student to […]

Adding students using API

The third alternative method for adding students to the online school. If you prefer not to use the sales module provided by Softbook platform, you can set up your own website or server to add students to your online school after specific actions are completed. For this, you will require the services of a developer. […]

Student groups

If your online school has gathered a large number of students and new ones are regularly being added, you can organize them into groups. For this purpose, the Softbook platform provides a special feature called “Student Groups.” It facilitates work with students in two main ways: sorting and scheduling customization. So, if you need to […]

Homeworks

How to work with homework assignments submitted by students? Where to find them?If you want to know the answers to these questions – go to the “Education” section and find the “Homeworks” subsection. This subsection consists of five groups: Data in any group can be filtered and downloaded as a CSV file for further processing. […]

Class Schedule

The class schedule is a tool for organizing the course progression in a specific order tied to dates. If you want to set up time constraints for student learning on your courses, learn how to do it correctly from the following instructions: 1. Log in to your Softbook account and open your online school. Go […]

Certificates

A certificate is documentary proof that its holder has attended a certain course and has mastered knowledge and skills at a sufficient level. A certain category of people like to take courses just for the sake of another certificate with their name on it. The rest use them as a quick confirmation of their skills. […]

Plans

If you want to sell courses in your school at different pricing plans to attract more students but don’t want to spend a lot of time developing them, you will need the “Plans” subsection. Before creating Plans, make sure your school has a course fully loaded with content. Then proceed to develop the Plans: 1. […]

Announcements for students

If you need to communicate something to all the students in your school, make use of the “Announcements” feature on the Softbook platform! With just a few clicks, all the necessary information will appear in the students’ dashboard. No more chaotic group chats or mass email distributions. Here’s how to do it: 1. Log in […]

Video protection

If you have already created your online course on the Softbook platform, sooner or later you will start thinking about tools to protect your intellectual property. We do everything possible and within our control to address this concern. First and foremost, it is important to remember three key points: How does the video protection system […]

Content protection

On the Softbook platform, there is a content protection feature available to all online school owners. To enable it, you need to have courses hosted on your platform. Follow these simple instructions to protect your content from copying: 1. Log in to your Softbook account and navigate to the relevant online school. Open the “Courses” […]