If your Institution has already purchased access to Labster, you should have received an automated email to activate your Labster account.

Once you have activated your account and logged in, it’s time to get started!

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📜Written step by step

1. Begin by creating a course

Click on ‘Create a new course’
Enter the name of your course (including any section information)

Create a course

Add co-Instructors to the course.

Click on the name of the course and then click the "+ Add Co-Instructor" button

2. Now it is time to explore our simulation library and add simulations to your course.

Click on ‘Add simulations’
Explore our catalog of simulations
Choose the simulations you want to assign by clicking ‘Add’

You can add simulations from multiple spots

3. Schedule the dates or Publish the simulation

Under your Course on the Simulation tab
Click on ‘Schedule’ next to the simulation
Choose the date you want your students to start playing the simulation
Choose the date the simulation is due
Save your preferences by clicking on "Apply"

Schedule

You can publish the simulation manually at any time by clicking on "Publish"

4. Limit the number of scored attempts students can use

Once the simulation has been published, click on ‘Set attempts’
Use the + and - buttons to adjust the number of attempts your students can use for their grade
Click ‘Apply’ to save your changes

Set Attempts

5. Add students to your course

You have several options to do so:

Option to add students

a. Adding students manually or from a CSV file (Import from file):

Under your Course click on the ‘Students’ tab
Click on the ‘Invite students’ option
Choose to add students from a CSV file, or manually
Students will receive an email to activate their account

See the manual steps or from a CSV file

b. Adding students by sharing an Invite link or the Course code:

Under your Course click on the ‘Students’ tab
Click on the ‘Invite students’ option
Choose the ‘Share a link’ option
Click on the ‘Generate link’ button
Copy and share the Invite link or the Course code with students

See the Invite link or the Course code

When students access the Invite link, they will need to confirm their email address to join the course.

Their screen will look like that

If you share the Course code with students, they will need to access Labster via https://my.labster.com/join-course, fill in the required information, and input the provided Course code

You can check the status of their account by visiting the ‘Students’ tab at any time:

6. Monitor student progress

Once your students have started playing simulations you can monitor their progress by clicking on the ‘Grades’ tab on the left of the screen
You can view grades per student, or per simulation
Click on any attempt to see more details about your students’ responses

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