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The page-tour icon is located in the red tab in the left hand panel of every page. Click it to display an overlay image that shows you where everything is on each page.
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Spongelab is a free online platform for playing, learning and teaching science. Interactive educational multimedia can be seamlessly placed in online lessons, then shared with students and integrated with powerful performance-tracking tools. Explore over 800 pieces of science content, including games, images, videos, animations, case studies & more.
The Spongelab platform is the toolbar at the top of every page.
It contains 5 keys areas: explore, my list, my lessons, my classes, my profile.
Click on the key areas below to find out more about how to use each section of the website or view our helpful video tutorials to guide you through the process.
The Spongelab platform helps you find high quality interactive science media, organize it, present and deploy lessons to your students and track your user activity once you have registered for a free account.
Our educational platform is made free for teachers and students through our unique partnerships.
Spongelab is a dynamic team of educators, researchers, designers, animators, programmers, partners and our users. Spongelab is a global science community where Spongelab, partners and users contribute and collaborate in the name of science education.
Registering for a free account unlocks all the features of the Spongelab platform. When you are registered you will collect credits that can be redeemed for more valuable teaching resources!
Save media and lessons in “my list”. Add students in “my classes” and contribute resources to the digital library in “my profile’. You will also earn credits that can be redeemed for discounts on valuable educational products!
Visit our registration page to get a free Spongelab account.
The Spongelab platform is the toolbar at the top of every page.
It contains 5 keys areas: explore, my list, my lessons, my classes, my profile.
Click on the key areas above to find out more about how to use each section of the website or view our helpful video tutorials to guide you through the process.
Click the Edit button in the Personal Details window in my profile to change your password.
You must click Update at the bottom of the page to save your changes.
Click the Edit button in the Personal Details window in my profile to change your password.
You must click Update at the bottom of the page to save your changes.
Contact us to retrieve your login name.
On the login form, click Lost your password?
By default, your profile page is set to "public", which means that any user can see your profile page. This allows you to make use of all of the great social features that Spongelab has designed for science educators.
If you make your profile "private", this means that only you can see it. If you've chosen to make your profile private, this means that you can't share lessons, show off your contributed content, or any of the other great features that a "public" profile page allows.
None of your personal information is ever displayed or made publically visible on Spongelab. On a public profile page, other users will be able to see your shared lessons, contributed content, Sponge-atar, followers, who you follow, recent badges, recent games played, your user level, points, hours logged and registration date.
IMPORTANT: If your username is currently your real name, it is a good idea to change it to something more private. Simply go to My Settings and pick a new custom username.
When you or your institution purchases a Professional Development License you will be given a school code that you will enter in my profile > my account > Affiliations window that will unlock school wide tracking and reporting capabilities.
Linked social accounts displays accounts you have chosen to link to your Spongelab account. As Spongelab.com continues to make more partnerships you will have more social networking options available to you in my community.
YES! Earn credits & points by contributing lesson plans, case studies, videos or quizzes that you have created in Contribute Content.
Go to Contribute Content in my profile. Click Create a lesson, case study or quiz; or Submit a video link and follow the instructions on the form. Make sure you click the Save button if you want to sign out and return at a later time to complete your contribution. Click the Submit button when your contribution is ready.
Please contact us for more information or visit the Content Contributing Partner (CCP) page to find out more.
Yes, you get credits and experience points when you submit, more when it passes QA and even more when other users access your contributions.
Pass QA means that Spongelab Interactive has thoroughly reviewed a submission for quality & assurance (QA) for educational purposes.
Yes, go to Buy credits in my profile.
We use PayPal for secure online transactions. So you can use your PayPal account, a credit or debit card to purchase credits.
A record of your activity including redemptions is displayed at Buy credits in my profile.
Yes, you can buy credits through our PayPal ordering system, in the My Profile area, to my credits in my profile.
For Purchase Orders Contact us for more information.
You earn credits for:
Click on the item and look to the left hand preview window to view:
You must register for a Spongelab account.
Actions are:
+ adds content to the list
-> moves content between lists
There are two ways to use content from my list. You can:
You can work with a lesson in 3 places:
In in the third column called class code in the Classes I've created window on the my classes page.
Go to my classes, and select Reports.
Access metrics track the number of times a lesson or interactive was opened or accessed.
Usage metrics track the length of time spent with a lesson or interactive.
Score refers to specific interactives that are achievement and goal based.
Notes that are entered can also be viewed.
You can see metrics for classes, students, and for each interactive or graphic.
Step 1: Classes
Define the group of users you'd like to see the metrics for. If a 'class' is checked, the report will populate an average across the whole class. If a multiple classes are checked, the report will populate an average across all the selected classes. Within a class you can select individual students or groups of students to look at more specific data averages.
Step 2: Lessons
Next, if a 'lesson' is checked, the report will populate an average across all your lessons. If a multiple lessons are checked, the report will populate an average across all the selected lessons. Within a lesson you can select individual assets or groups of assets to look at more specific data averages.
Step 3: Choose type of data to graph
In the Graph area, choose access, usage, score or notes to see data for each of these areas.
My community is a page where you can link your Spongelab account to other educational websites and social networks.
A professional development license unlocks administrator tracking and reporting capabilities allowing the license administrator to track detailed metrics about school-wide usage.
Contact us for more information.
The top menu bar displays your accumulating credits and points.
You can also see your score and badges in the Stats window on my account page.
Badges are awarded through very specific behaviors or activities. Each badge provides you with extra credits and experience points. There are many secret badges waiting to be discovered!
There are several partnership opportunities at Spongelab:
Please contact us if you have any other questions or feedback.
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