［For students］

2020/4/23

Learning Management System (manaba) Manual for Students

(Ver. 2.94-2)

Table of Contents

1 Introduction 6 Projects
1-1 Login / Logout ・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・ 2 6-1 View projects / Forum ・・・・・・・・・・・・・ 15
1-2 My page / Documents ・・・・・・・・・・・・・・ 4 6-2 Submission / Mutual review ・・・・・・・・ 16
1-3 Settings ・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・ 5
7 Grades ・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・ 17
2 Course page
2-1 Course list ・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・ 6 8 Forum ・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・ 18
2-2 Course page / Course news ・・・・・・・・ 7
9 Resources ・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・ 19
2-3 Registration ・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・ 8
10 Respon (Attendance / Survey)
3 Tests ・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・ 9
・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・ 20
4 Surveys ・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・ 11
11 Contact ・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・ 21
5 Assignments
5-1 Browser-based assignment ・・・・・・・・12
5-2 File-based assignment ・・・・・・・・・・・・ 13
5-3 Re-submission of assignment ・・・・・ 14

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1 Introduction (1-1 Login / Logout (1))
2020/4/23

Login

Follow the steps below to log in to manaba.

1. Enter the URL below directly into your browser to

access the manaba login page. (The QR code for
logging in to manaba is on the right.)

https://manaba.tsukuba.ac.jp
2. The login screen of the University of Tsukuba Unified
Authentication System will be displayed. Enter the
Unified Authentication ID (UTID-13: 13 digits on the QR code for logging in to manaba
barcode on the back of your student ID) and password.
3. If you log in successfully, My Page of manaba will be
displayed. (For the various functions of My Page, see https://manaba.tsukuba.ac.jp
the page of “1-2 My Page / Documents” of this
manual.)

! To log in to manaba, you do not need to visit the

manaba support site in the Office of Educational Cloud
website. Please directly put the above URL in your
browser.

! Please be sure to access from the above URL when

logging in. If you set a bookmark on the login screen of
the Unified Authentication System, you may not be able
to log in correctly.

! If you use an account issued by the Office of

Educational Cloud, please login at the following URL. Login Page (Unified Authentication System）

https://manaba.tsukuba.ac.jp/local

Supported OS and browsers

manaba supports the following web browsers.

Windows
Google Chrome / Mozilla Firefox / Internet Explorer
Macintosh
Safari / Mozilla Firefox My page

iOS Android
Safari Google Chrome

• The supported version of OS conforms to the support of

Microsoft / Apple / Google.
• The browser supports the latest version provided for
each OS.
• There are restrictions on the functions that can be used
on the smartphone screen.
• Please enable cookies and JavaScript in your browser.

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1 Introduction (1-1 Login / Logout (2)) 2020/4/23

Login by feature phone

In order to log in to manaba from a feature phone, you

need to get a mobile passcode.
(You will be given a unique login URL and a passcode.)

In order to receive a login URL and a passcode, please

follow the steps below.

1. Login to manaba from a computer and click [Settings].

2. Click [Get mobile passcode] in Settings page.
3. Enter the email address of your mobile device and
click [Get passcode].
4. Your passcode will display (4-digit number) and you
will receive a login URL in the email address you
entered in the previous screen.
Settings page
5. Access the login URL from your mobile device. The
login page will appear.
6. Enter your passcode. If the combination of the
Passcode and the URL is correct, you will
successfully login to manaba.

! The authentication is performed by combining the login

URL and passcode. Each user has different information,
so be careful not to leak information to others.

Settings for Mobile Passcode page

Note on logout

manaba does not provide a logout function, so please

close all windows and tabs of your browser and exit the
application when you log out and use it.

! If you do not close the browser, other users may

continue to use it without authentication.

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 1 Introduction (1-2 My page / Documents) ［For students］
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My Page
（a）
When you log in, the screen as shown on the right appears
first. This is called “My Page.”

My page has several useful tabs. （b） （c） （d）

（ f）
(a) [Course]： shows the list of course pages. (For details,
see the “2-1 Course” page.)
(b) [Top]: moves the top page of My page.
(c) [Assignments]: shows various contents uploaded to
manaba. (For details, see the “11 Library”
page.)
(d) [Reminders]: shows the list of reminders received so
far. (For details on reminders, see the page
“1-2 Various settings”.)
（g）

The "My Page" tab is always displayed in the upper My Page

left corner of any screen, so you can always return
to My Page immediately.

There is “Portfolio” in the tab of My Page, but this

! function is not used in our university.

Documents

（e）
manaba support site
The support site has information on using manaba for the
first time ((e) in the figure on the right). In addition,
information from the Education Cloud Office, such as
system operation status, is posted at any time.

“Information” course
At the upper left of the course list, there is a special Support Site
course page called “Information” course ((f) in the upper （https://www.ecloud.tsukuba.ac.jp/en/manaba-2）
right figure). In the ”Resources” of this course page, you
will find documents such as FAQ (frequently asked
questions) regarding the use of manaba.

Manual
You can download the latest version of the manaba
manual (this booklet) from the “Manual” link at the bottom
of the manaba screen ((g) in the upper right figure).

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1 Introduction (1-3 Settings) ［For students］
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Before using manaba, be sure to make the following settings.

Change settings
Click [Settings] at the top right of the screen to display
various settings screens.

Reminder settings
The reminder is a function to receive an email when there
is new information or writing in manaba.

Reminders field
1. Select [Reminder Settings].
2. Select whether to receive reminders from manaba.
3. In the email address field, enter the email address(es)
of the PC you want to receive the reminder. Settings page
4. If you select “Receive all new messages at a time” in
"Receiving method", you can receive reminder emails
all at once. (For details, refer to “Reminder summary
function” on the next page.)

Individual Settings field

1. Select whether or not to receive reminders when new
course news is posted.
2. Select whether or not to receive a reminder when a
new issue is published.
3. Select the reminder setting from 3 patterns when a new
comment is posted on the bulletin board.
4. Select whether or not to receive a reminder when a
new message is posted on the project bulletin board.
5. Select whether or not to receive a reminder when there
is a new post on the student's submission in the course
that the teacher is in charge of.
6. Click [Save and send test email] to check if the
reminder email will be sent to the registered email
address. Change Reminder Settings page

If you write yourself, you will not receive reminders.

!

Even if the reminder is set to “Receive” in [Individual

! settings], the reminder will not be sent if the reminder
is set to "Not receive" in “Reminider” field.

Profile settings
You can register your own photo by clicking [Settings] at
the top right of the screen and select [Change Profile].

Change Profile

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2 Course page (2-1 Course list) ［For students］
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manaba provides a space called “course page” for each class. By accessing the course page, you can download the
lecture materials uploaded by the teacher and submit a report assignment, and so on.

Course list

Click [Course] at the top of the screen to display a list of

course pages registered as students.

Setting frequently used courses

Frequently used course pages can be displayed together at
the top of the course list. Click icon on the upper right
corner of the course frame ((a) on the right) to move to the My page
top.
Click again to return the course to its original location.
（b）
Change course list display format
The course pages are classified into the following groups
according to the period of use, and the display can be （a）
switched using the pull-down menu (see the right figure
(b)) in the course list.

Course list
[Current Courses]: Currently available courses are
displayed. You can post on the bulletin board
and submit issues.
[Past courses]: Course you used in the past are
displayed. You can only view the bulletin board
and submitted issues.
[Upcoming courses]: Courses that will be started
from now on are displayed. You cannot enter
the course yet.
[All courses]: All courses are displayed.

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 2 Course page (2-2 Course page / Course news) ［For students］
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View your courses

If you click the frame of the course page on the course list,
the top screen of the course page opens.

You can check the latest information by the

icons displayed in each course. (The color
changes when there is unread course news
or unsubmitted assignments.) Select a course

There is unread course news.

There are unsubmitted assignments or tests. （a）
Grades have been distributed.
There are unread comments.

Number of unsubmitted tests or assignments

will be displayed.

Course page

Course news

Information from the teacher will be posted on the course

page as “Course News.”
When course news is posted, you may receive a reminder
email. List of course news

A list of course news is displayed on the course top screen

(upper right figure (a)). If you want to see the contents of
the course news, click the news in the list.

Course news

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 2 Course page (2-3 Registration) ［For students］
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In order to access the course page of the class you are taking, you must be registered on the course page of manaba.
This registration is also called “course member registration”.

Registration for regular classes

For regular classes, simply register and cancel the course

on TWINS, and the course will be automatically registered
and canceled on the manaba course page, too.
• When you register for a class on TWINS, the course page
of the class you registered will be displayed and
accessible on the next day, in the list of courses on my
page in manaba.
• If you cancel your course registration with TWINS, the
course registration for manaba will be canceled the next Registration with course search
day and you will not be able to access the course page.

Since TWINS and manaba are different systems,

! registering for courses with TWINS does not mean that
they are immediately registered with manaba. Once a
day, TWINS and manaba will work together at midnight,
and the course registration for manaba will be
registered only after the TWINS course information is
transmitted to manaba.
Therefore, there is a time lag between registering for
TWINS and manaba.
If the course page does not appear in the course list
! even the day after you register for courses with TWINS,
please contact the Office of Educational Cloud.

Self-registration

In regular classes, students do not have to do their own

work on the manaba to register for courses, but they may
register themselves only when instructed by the teacher.
This is called “self-registration.”
There are two ways for self-registration as follows.

Registration with course search

1. In My Page, click [Search and Register for Course].
2. Search for the course and select the course you want to
enroll. (If a registration key is required here, move to the
registration key input screen.)
3. Confirm and click [Register].

Registration with registration key

1. In My Page, click [Register using Registration Key].
2. Enter the registration key.
3. Confirm and click [Register].

Drop registered course

You can cancel your course registration by clicking [Drop
this course] button in the top of the course page (right
figure).

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3 Tests 2020/4/23

Types of tests

There are three types of tests on manaba as follows.

Autoscore test Manual score test Exercise

Answers will be scored automatically Answers to this test will be scored by This is a type of test which you may
after submission. your instructors manually after repeatedly answer in order to
submission. practice. Unlike Autoscore tests, the
grades will not be registered
automatically

Take a test

1. From the tab menu at the top of the the course page,
click the [Tests] tab.
2. In the list of tests, select one.
Tests page
3. Confirm the detail of test then click [Start] to start the Select a test
test.
4. Select or enter the answer.
5. When you have finished, check the contents and then
click [Confirm].
* If there are multiple pages, click [Next] to display the next
issue. When you open the final page, you can click
[Submit].
6. Click [Submit] to complete the submission. To confirm / Test Room page
correct your response, click [Back].

! When submitting, be sure to click the [Submit] button

to confirm the submission. If you do not click the
[Submit] button, it will not become “submitted.”

You can also click the navigation at the top

of the question to display the corresponding
page. (On smartphones, you can switch
pages using the pull-down menu.)

Complete
Tests with prerequisite Confirm / Edit submission

Some tests have conditions for taking them. You cannot

take such a test unless you pass another test.

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3 Tests 2020/4/23

Display the correct answers of a test

After taking a test or submitting a exercise, you can check

the correct answer by the following procedure.

1. Click the title of the test in the list.

2. Click [Correct Answer] in the grade result and answer
history.

! For exercises, the correct answers can be shown

only when your instructor allows to show the correct
answers.
Grade Confirmation

If the teacher has set the commentary, you

can read it as well as the correct answer.

Correct Answers

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4 Surveys 2020/4/23

Answer a survey

1. From the tab menu at the top of the course page, click
the [Surveys] tab.
2. In the list of surveys, select one.
3. Confirm the detail of survey then click [Start] to start Surveys page
the test. Select a survey
4. Select or enter the answer.
5. When you have finished, check the contents and then
click [Confirm].
* If there are multiple pages, click [Next] to display the next
question. When you open the final page, you can click
[Submit].
6. Click [Submit] to complete the submission. To confirm /
correct your response, click [Back].
Survey Room page

! When submitting, be sure to click the [Submit] button

to confirm the submission. If you do not click the
[Submit] button, it will not become “submitted.”

You can also click the navigation at the top

of the question to display the corresponding
page. (On smartphones, you can switch
pages using the pull-down menu.)

Survey Room page

Confirmation page

Revise / fix Complete

submission

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5 Assignments (5-1 Browser-based assignments)
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Submit an assignment

There are two types of assignments on manaba.

Browser-based assignments File-based assignments

An assignment submitted by entering text into An assignment submitted as a file such as a
manaba. Word document.

Browser-based assignments

1. In Assignments page, select an assignment.

2. Check the details of the assignment and enter your
answers.
3. Confirm your answers and click [Preview] after you
have answered all the questions. Assignments page
Select an assignment
! The submission is not completed at this point.

4. Check your answers. If there are no revisions to make,

click [Submit] to submit your answers. If you need to
revise your answers, click [Back].

! When submitting, be sure to click the [Submit] button

to confirm the submission. If you do not click the
[Submit] button, it will not become “submitted.”

Answer
field

Submit Assignment page

Your answer

Revise Complete
your answer submission

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5 Assignments (5-2 File-based assignments)
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File-based assignments

1. In Assignments page, select an assignment.

2. Check the details of the assignment and put together
your answer.
3. Locate the file and click [Upload] to upload the file into
manaba. Assignments page
Select an assignment
! The submission is not completed at this point.

4. To add more files, repeat the Step 3 above.

5. If there are no revision, click [Submit] to submit your
files.

! When submitting, be sure to click the [Submit] button

to confirm the submission. If you do not click the
[Submit] button, it will not become “submitted.”
Submit Assignment page
Upload files

Uploaded file

Complete
submission

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5 Assignments (5-3 Re-submission of assignment)
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Re-submission of assignment

Some assignments can be re-submitted even if they have

been submitted during the acceptance period.
If you can re-submit, you can return to the state just before
submission by the following operation and correct the
content to re-submit.

1. Click the [Assignments] tab from the tab menu at the Assignments page
top of the course page. Select an assignment
2. Select an assignment you want to re-submit from the
list and display the submission window.
3. Click the [Resubmit]. Click the [OK] to return the
assignment to the state before the submission was
confirmed.
4. For a browser-based assignment, click the [Back]
button, correct the content, and then click the [Send]
button. In case of the file-based assignment, re-upload
the file you want to replace.

! The submission is not completed at this point.

4. Check the content, and then click [Submit] to complete
the submission process.

! When submitting, be sure to click the [Submit] button

to confirm the submission. If you do not click the
[Submit] button, it will not become “submitted.”

The assignment returned to pre-

submission status.

Revise Complete
your answer submission

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6 Projects (6-1 View projects / Forum)
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In a project, students in the course can be divided into multiple teams to discuss one theme (project assignment) and
submit the assignment. Each team has a bulletin board (Forum) where only team members and teachers can write and
an assignment submission window. Submitted assignments can be viewed by students and commented on by each
other.

View a project assignment

Follow the steps below to view the details of the project

description and issue contents.

1. Click the [Projects] tab from the tab menu at the top of
the course page.
2. After selecting a project in the list, click [Project
Details].

Forum

Each project has a bulletin board (Forum) for each team.

You can display the forum by the following operations.
Project page
1. Select a project in Projects page.
2. Then click the team name.

! Depending on the setting by the teacher, you can click

only your team.

Discuss in the team forum

You may post comments in the team forum in the same

procedure as for posting comments on a thread. (See also
Chapter 8 “Forum” of this manual.)

! After the end date of the project, you will not be able to
make comments in the team threads. (You may still
view the comments.)
Team forum

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6 Projects (6-2 Submission / Mutual review)
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Submit a project

There are two ways to submit a project as follows. The

assignment can be submitted from the [Submit Project]
button at the top right corner of the forum of each team.

Submit a project as a team

If the submission format is set to “Submit project as a
team,” one team member out of the group will submit the
assignment. The submitted project will be added to the
portfolios of all team members.

Submit a project individually

If the submission format is set to “Submit project
individually,” each team member will submit their own files.
The submitted project will be added only to the submitter’s
portfolio.
1. Click [Submit Project] in your team forum.
2. Locate the file and click [Upload] to upload the file into
manaba.
3. After confirming, click [Submit] to submit your files. Project submission page

Mutual review of submissions

Once you submit assignments, view the submission in

“View Submissions” page.

If the teacher turned on mutual review for the project, you

can view submissions of the other teams or students by
the following operation.

1. Click a project from the “Project List”.

2. On the “Team Progress” page, click the “View
submissions" link (see right).
Project main page
You can also put your comment on the submissions of
other students or teams.

View submissions page

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7 Grades 2020/4/23

In Grades page, you can view the scores of tests and assignments you have submitted.

View your grades

By clicking the [Grades] tab on My Page, you can see the

grade results of each grade that has been published and
the comments from the instructor.
You can also see the average score of the students in the
course and the position of your grade in the entire course.

! For each assignment, the teacher determines whether

or not the grade can be viewed.

Grades page

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8 Forum 2020/4/23

Each course provides a threaded bulletin board (Forum). It can be used as a place for questions to teachers and
discussions among students. (Before using, please get permission from the teacher.)

Add comments

Create a new thread

Click the [New Thread] button in the “Thread” frame on Select a thread Threads page
the top page of the course or on the thread list screen to
open the thread creation screen and create a new
thread.

Write a comment
1. Select a thread in the Forum and click [Comment] (a).

Click [Reply] (b) to reply to a specific comment. The

reply button is only available in the forum.
(a)
2. Enter the title and text.
3. Click [Post] and your comment will be added to the
thread.
Delete a comment
Comments can be deleted by their author and the
(c) (b)
instructor. Click (c) to delete your comment.

Add files to your comment

You may add files to your comment, including images,
video files and word files.

Uploading videos or images from your computer

1. Click [File] button.
2. Enter the title of the file (optional).
3. Locate the file of your choice and click [Add File] to Attach files
upload the file into manaba.
Comment page
4. Click [Add] and complete the process.
Embed videos from YouTube
1. Click [File].
2. Select [Embed content].
3. Enter the embed code of the video you would like to
embed.
4. Click [OK] and complete the process.

Display of comments
There are two ways to display comments. Click the button in
the top right corner to switch the format.
List
Comments are displayed top-down from the latest post.
Tree
Comments are displayed top-down by the oldest post.
Response for each comment is displayed associating with
the original comment.

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9 Resources 2020/4/23

“Resources” are web pages created by the teachers. Documents related to classes, such as course materials and
syllabus, are usually posted.

View resources

You can access your course contents by clicking the

[Resources] tab on My Page. The contents are structured
like a bookshelf that contains multiple books.
As shown in the right figure, one book is called Resource 1 Resource 2 Resource 3
“Resource” in manaba, and multiple pages are provided in
the book.

Pages Pages Pages

View resources

Follow the steps below to access the contents in

“Resources.”
1. Click the [Resources] tab on My Page to display a list
of course content.
2. Click the title to display the first page of that resource.
In addition, on the right side of the screen, the list of
the titles of the pages included in the resource is
displayed.
3. Click the title of the page you want to browse from the Resources page
list of page titles.
Select resource

Download files

Click the button in a page to download the uploaded file

such as PDF.
Click the YouTube or Microsoft Stream video embedded Titles of pages
in the page to start streaming.

! In order to play Microsoft Stream videos with restricted

access, it is necessary to open another tab in your
Resource page
web browser and authenticate beforehand.

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 10 Respon (Attendance / Survey) ［For students］
2020/4/23

When attending a class or taking a survey with manaba, a tool called “respon” is used. Respon provides a convenient
smartphone app for free.

Install smartphone app

Respon smartphone app can only be downloaded in the
Respon cannot be used for accounts issued by
Japanese app store. ! the Office of Educational Cloud (accounts
Therefore, you need to get an account in the Japanese whose ID starts with “ex”). If you are instructed
app store before installing. For details, please see the to use respon in your class, please consult with
guide below. the teacher.
https://respon.jp/doc/
respon_App_international_students_20200406.pdf

Set up
1. Start the application and tap "Settings" in the menu at
the bottom of the screen. Enter the email address (not
necessarily the one issued by the university), and tap
[Register]. A registration number will be sent by email
to the address you entered.
If you are using the junk email filter, please change the
! settings so that you can receive emails from respon.jp.
Screen at Step 1
2. Enter the registration number included in the email and
tap [Next]. Enter the correct number to complete
registration.
3. On the next screen, tap [Set up a server ID] (a).

If you accidentally tap “Start with a free account”, tap

! “Settings” in the bottom menu, tap “Server 1”, and
proceed to the following.
4. On the server settings screen, enter the following URL
in (b), and tap [Next]. Screen at Step 2

https://atmnb.tsukuba.ac.jp
5. The login screen of the Unified Authentication System
appears in the application. Enter the Unified
Authentication System ID (UTID-13: 13 digit number on (a)
the back of your student ID) and password, and tap
“Login.”
6. If you log in successfully, the registration confirmation
screen will appear. After confirming that your
Screen at Step 3
information is displayed correctly, tap [Register].

How to operate
The online manual is available in the following page.
(b)
https://respon.jp/doc/faq_en_student.htm
If you submit a card from the app in a location with
! poor signal reception, “Tentative submission” may be
displayed.
In such a case, move to a place with good reception,
select the card that is "provisional submission" from
the "Log" screen, and tap the [Send] button again.
Screen at Step 4
Registration will be performed at the time when the
message "temporary submission" is displayed.

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11 Contact 2020/4/23

Help desk

Learning management system (manaba) help desk, Office of Educational Cloud,

Academic Computing & Communications Center, University of Tsukuba

Email address

• Please email your questions to [email protected].

• Please be sure to specify your affiliation and contact information in the email.
• When inquiring about defects, please specify the OS and browser type.

! Inquiries by phone are not currently accepted.

Support site URL

https://www.ecloud.tsukuba.ac.jp/manaba
Information regarding usage such as system shutdown schedule and version updates is posted.

Mailing list

Information about manaba may be sent from the Office of Educational Cloud via the mailing list.
The mailing list address is [email protected]. (All users are already registered, so no
registration procedure is required.)

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