Welcome

Thank you for choosing Showbie! We’re

thrilled you’ve selected Showbie to help
transform your classroom into an exciting
digital learning environment. This Quick
Start Guide is designed to teach you
how to:

• Create a Showbie account

• Set up your class

• Create and share assignments

• Use Showbie to provide feedback

to your students

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What Can Showbie Do for You?
Showbie will make your life easier. It eliminates photocopying, helps you
stay organized, and provides endless storage space for student work and
portfolios. Using Showbie, you can:

• Easily share documents with students

• Provide rich and timely feedback using features including Pen, Voice,
and Text annotation tools

• Collaborate and share files with colleagues

• Keep parents informed on student progress with

mobile updates
“Showbie is user-
friendly, even for
young students. The
paperless workflow and
ease of providing feedback
saves me hours of time.”

- Rachel Fondell, St John’s

Preparatory School
“Showbie is
intuitive, accessible,
interactive, and
functional. It facilitates
aspects of my classroom
instruction with an ease no
other technology offers.”

- Ron Perkins, Calvary Christian

High School

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Get Started in Showbie

Create a Showbie Account

Visit www.showbie.com or download Showbie from the Apple App Store
Click “Sign up for Free”

Enter your Name, Email, and a Password. You can also link your
account to your Google Sign In. To learn how click here.

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Lay of the Land: iOS App

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1 My Info Popover 2 Wrench Icon

At the top left of the sidebar, you’ll see At the top right of the sidebar, you’ll see a
your name. Tap this to open your profile wrench icon. Tap here to create new classes
where you will then see your picture and and assignments in Showbie, as well as see
your school. From here, you can edit your their settings.
information, change your notification
settings, or change your password
settings.

3 Navigation Tabs 4 Question Mark

Your default tab is Classes, but you The last thing to notice is the little question
can also click to move into Groups, or mark icon in the bottom right corner. Click
Students. The Groups tab will show all here to connect with Showbie Support if
of the Showbie Groups that you create you ever need our help!
or join, and the Students tab will show
all the students across all of your classes
once you connect with them in Showbie.

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Lay of the Land: Web App

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1 My Info Popover 2 Wrench Icon

In the top right, you’ll see your name. At the top right of the sidebar, you’ll see
Click the arrow to open your profile a wrench icon. Select this to create new
where you will then see your picture classes and assignments in Showbie, as well
and your school. From here, you can as see their settings.
edit your information, change your
notification settings, or change your
password settings.

3 Navigation Tabs 4 Question Mark

Your default tab is Home, but you The last thing to notice is the little question
can also click to move into Groups, or mark icon in the bottom right corner. Click
Students. The Groups tab will show all here to connect with Showbie Support if
of the Showbie Groups that you create you ever need our help!
or join, and the Students tab will show
all the students across all of your classes
once you connect with them in Showbie.

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Setting up Your Class
Now that you have an account, it’s time to set up your first class. To do this:

•• Select the menu (at the top)

•• Select “+” next to “New Class”
•• Name your class and “Save”

When you create a class, a code appears just below the

name. This code is what your students will use to join your
class when you’re ready. Each class code is unique and
your students will only need to use it one time. We’ll revisit
the class code later!

Before sharing your class code, let’s look at assignments There are other settings you
in Showbie. can adjust for your workflow,
but they’re not necessary
when getting started.

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Creating Assignments
Now it’s time to create your first assignment. Classes in Showbie are divided
into assignments, which are like a sub-folder where you can distribute
materials and where students will upload files and turn in their work. To create
an assignment:

•• Select
•• Select “+” next to “New Assignment”
•• Give your assignment a title, due date (optional), and select “Save”

It’s up to you how you want to organize your assignments. You

can create them in a traditional manner and provide one exercise
for your students to complete and hand in by a set due date,
or you can leave them open ended with no due date with the
Student access and schedules
intention that students will submit material regularly over the
are all advanced settings
course of the term.
within assignments. They’re
really handy for customizing
your assignments but are
not necessary when getting
started with Showbie.

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Adding Materials for All of Your Students
To add materials to an assignment just “post” your comment or “+”
add your file! You can add anything from a video, voice note, or item
from a Google Drive or Dropbox account. Any image or PDF shared
within Showbie can be marked up by you and your students using the
annotation tools, like the pen and pinned voice notes. To share items
with the entire class, add the materials to the Shared Folder. This
makes it easy for you to share assignment instructions and reminders
with all of your students at one time.

The upload options will vary

depending on what device
you’re using. Use the drag and
drop feature on our web app to
quickly add files directly from
your computer and Google
Drive.

Convert your paper assignments

simply by taking a photo
right from Showbie! Students
can complete the work right
from Showbie—no more lost
assignments.

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Adding Students
Now that your class and assignment are prepared, you can add your
students. Students can sign up for Showbie using a username and
password (they don’t require email) or they can also use Google
accounts.

Remember the class code that appeared when you created your
class? You’ll need that now. In the classes tab, select the wrench and
then select “Class Settings” to find your class code again. When a
class is empty, the class code will also be displayed for you in your
main classes tab, or inside an assignment within an empty class.

We recommend writing your

code on the board for the first
few classes to make sure your
students can find it easily.

From within their own accounts,

students select the icon
and Join a Class. After typing in
the class code that you provide to
them, their assignment folders will
be set up, they will automatically
be joined to your class and be
able to see the assignments and
instructions you’ve uploaded.

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Sharing Options
For every assignment, Showbie creates both a Shared Folder and an
Individual Folder for each student in your class.

Sharing with the

Entire Class
To share items with the entire
class, add the materials to the
Shared Folder. This makes it
easy for you to share assignment
instructions, worksheets, and
reminders with all of your
students at one time.

Sharing with
Individual Students
To share items with only certain
students, add the material to
each student’s Individual Folder.
Student folders are a great place
for extra instructional materials,
feedback, and grades.

Student-completed work will only

appear in that student’s folder.
Only you and other teachers see
the Shared Folder.

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Workflow and Feedback
You and your students can directly mark up PDFs and images right within
Showbie, using pen, voice, and text annotation tools. This allows your
students to provide creative ways to answer questions. For example,
students can use pinned voice notes instead of typing out a long answer
or you can provide personalized feedback using a tool that best works
for you.

You’ll become familiar with

indicators that help to show you
which students have completed
work, whose work you have
assessed, and which are left
outstanding. The indicates
that a student has submitted
work. The indicates that you’ve
provided feedback to the student.

Push and email notifications make it easy for both you and your
students to stay connected to progress in the classroom.

Students receive You receive notifications Students receive

notifications about work as students complete notifications as you
you’ve assigned and can course work. grade work and
complete assignments provide feedback.
right inside of Showbie
using the built in tools.

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Inside the Document Viewer

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The document viewer is where work is completed and assessed

within Showbie. It’s best to upload a document and experiment
with all the tools, but this is a quick tour to get you started.

1 Quickmarking 2 Annotation Tools

Quickly switch between students to leave These are the tools you and your students
feedback and grade assignments. The will use to complete, grade, and assess
icons next to the students name will tell work. Use anything from a pen to voice
you who’s submitted work and which work notes to help with feedback and learning.
you’ve given feedback on.

3 Grading and Feedback 4 Choose What You See

Showbie’s grading feedback is flexible for The layers icon allows you to toggle on
your classroom. You can leave traditional and off different layers of student work
letter and numerical grades or simply and feedback. Use this to easily see only
leave a comment or emoji—it’s up to you! student work while grading.

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App Smashing with Showbie
There are thousands of amazing apps that let students create and produce
content on the iPad. Students can choose apps like Book Creator, Explain
Everything, Microsoft Word, iMovie, and more. When you see the icon
appear, you can choose to send materials directly to Showbie. For a list of
apps compatible with Showbie, click here.

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Resetting Student Passwords
If students forget their passwords, there are a couple places in the
app where you can help them to reset their passwords. Additionally, if
they have email set up with their account, they can use the “forgot my
password” link on the sign in screen.

Navigate to the Students tab to see a list

of all your students. From here, you can
access the reset password button.

From within a class, navigate to “Class

Members”, select the student whose
password you wish to reset, then select
the reset password button.

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 To realize the full impact of Showbie, first you must try it out with
your class. Try setting up a simple exercise for your students, like
submitting a photo of themselves, just to get familiarized with using
Showbie. Once you get started, we’re sure that you’re going to love
using Showbie every day!

Want to Learn More?

Contact us at [email protected] or visit our support site:

showbie.com/support

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