LabArchives ELN for Education has proven results in thousands of STE lab courses. Engage your students and improve learning outcomes, remotely or in-person, across multiple scientific disciplines from chemistry to physics to biomedical engineering.
Here are a few important things to help you get started.
Create your LabArchives Course Notebook
- If you do not have an account yet, create your LabArchives account here (select one of our regional links):
- If your institution has enabled Single Sign-On, select it from the Sign in through your institution list.
- If you would like to create a free account, click Sign up for free.
- If you are prompted to select how you plan to use LabArchives, select I’m an instructor and follow these steps to create your course.
-
An Activation link will be sent to your email. If you do not receive the Activation email, please check your spam folder.
Build Your Course Content
Organize your Notebook using folders, subfolders, and pages.
Upload existing course assets (handouts, PDFs, forms and more).
Add text and format your page using the Rich Text entry and Headings.
Use the LabArchives Assignment entry on pages that contain work your students need to submit.
Choose if you would like to make the assignment a group assignment or deselect this option for individual assignments.
Benefits of the Assignment feature:
- Notifies instructors and students when an assignment is submitted or graded.
-
Adds efficiency to the grading process.
Create a Course and Add Students
Click on the Course Manager icon to begin creating your course in LabArchives or through the triple dot menu, choose Utilities and Course Manager.
Follow the course creation wizard to create your course.
Be sure to select the correct instructor Notebook to share with students.
Add Sections if needed and even assign Teaching Assistants to specific sections.
Invite students using a Sign-up URL or add student emails through the Students tab in the Course Manager.
Students will need to activate their accounts to access Notebooks. Upon activation, you will see them listed along with their activity notifications on the Students tab in the Course Manager.
If your institution or course has enabled the LabArchives LMS LTI integration, select from our list of partners to learn how LabArchives works with Canvas, Moodle, and Blackboard.
Interact with Student Notebooks
Once students submit their assignments, you can provide feedback and assign grades through the Course Manager.
First, access student Notebooks from the Students list.
Use Assignment Navigator to quickly jump to different Notebook assignments.
Grade students’ work using the Assignment entry.
Additional Help and Support Resources
While in the LabArchives Notebook, find help through the Information icon and visit the Knowledgebase to browse by support topic, view Video tutorials or submit a question directly to our Support team.