Table of Contents

• 1. Overview of the Dashboard

• 2. Key Sections in Your Dashboard

• 3. Customizing Your Profile

• 4. Accessing Resources

1. Overview of the Dashboard

Welcome to The Big Challenge! In this tutorial, we'll guide you through the essential features of a teacher's account and how it helps in organising participation for your students.

🏠 Step 1: Start from the Dashboard

Once you log into your Teacher Account, the dashboard is your starting point. Here, you'll find quick links to manage contest registrations, access teaching resources, and monitor class activities.

🆘 Step 2: Use the Home Tab

Under the Home tab, you’ll find the Getting Started section with all the help you need. Just below that, you can:

• Check the status of your registration

• View a contest overview

• Access learning tools for students

🏫 Step 3: Explore the My School Tab

Click on the My School tab to access your school dashboard. Here you can:

• View a full overview of your classes and students

• Add new classes

• Create student accounts

 💡 Pro tip: Use the dashboard daily to keep track of your registration progress and student readiness.

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2. Key Sections in Your Dashboard

Welcome to The Big Challenge! This tutorial will guide you through your Teacher Account, helping you navigate My School, registration, the contest, class activities, reports, resources, and your profile. Each section is designed to help you organize, track, and support your students effectively.

🏫 Step 1: My School Tab

This is your school dashboard, where you can view and manage your classes, students, and colleagues. Here you can create new classes and student accounts.

👩‍🎓 Step 2: Create and Manage Student Accounts

Creating student accounts is optional for the contest, but it allows you to:

• Track student activity in the training app

• Monitor their progress and engagement

Click on All Students to see a list of all students. From here, you can:

• Change a student’s name

• Update school year

• Change class assignment

• Grant access to class activities

• Delete student accounts

• Change the contest level

• Reset temporary passwords

👥 Step 3: Manage Colleagues

Click on the Colleagues menu to view all the teachers at your school. If you are an admin, you can click on a teacher's name to manage what actions they are allowed to perform.

🧾 Step 4: Registration Dashboard

This section gives you an overview of your school's participation. You can:

• View registration details

• Manage student licenses for class activities

• Download your registration confirmation

• Access payment details

🏆 Step 5: Contest Dashboard

This is where you plan and manage The Big Challenge contest. Once results are published, you can view them in the Results section.

📚 Step 6: Class Activities & Homework

The Class Activities Dashboard helps you manage student training. The Homework Dashboard allows you to assign and manage homework. A Class Activities License is required to assign homework.

📖 Step 7: Topic Library

Explore vocabulary and grammar lessons in the Topic Library. You can:

• Browse alphabetically organised topics

• Assign topics to individual students or entire classes

📈 Step 8: Reports

Gain real-time insights into student performance. The Reports Dashboard shows:

• Your most active students and classes

• The most studied topics

Use this data to offer targeted support and improve learning outcomes.

🎒 Step 9: Resources

Access exclusive teaching materials from the Resources Dashboard, including:

• Music, videos, and audiobooks

• Past papers and teaching aids

• Student certificates for contest participants

• Exclusive content for early-registered teachers

These tools help you track progress and make learning fun!

 💡 Pro tip: Each tab of your dashboard is designed to support specific teaching and administrative needs—explore them all for the best experience!

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3. Customizing Your Profile

Welcome to The Big Challenge! This guide will help you update your profile quickly and easily so your account stays up to date and secure.

👤 Step 1: Access Your Profile

Log in to your teacher account. On the homepage, click the profile icon in the top-right corner. Then, click Profile from the dropdown menu.

🖼️ Step 2: Update Your Profile Picture

To update your profile picture, click on the image next to your name and upload a new one. The change will be saved automatically.

📝 Step 3: Edit Your Information

Your profile page is divided into three sections:

• User Details

• Login Details

• Contact Details

Each section has an Edit button. Click it to make the fields editable. After editing, click Submit to save your changes.

 💡 Pro tip: Use a strong password and, if available, enable two-factor authentication for additional security.

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4. Accessing Resources

Welcome to The Big Challenge! In this tutorial, we'll take a quick tour of the teaching material section — your go-to hub for making English lessons more engaging and fun. You'll find a wide variety of resources to bring energy into your classroom, from songs and videos to audiobooks and printable posters.

📁 Step 1: Navigate to the Resources Tab

Start by logging into your Teacher Account, then go to the Resources tab in the main menu. Locate the Teaching Material section and click See More to open the full collection.

🔍 Step 2: Use Filters to Explore

You can filter the content by:

• Media Type: Audiobooks, music videos, posters, exercises, and more

• Student Level: Adjust the difficulty to suit your class

• Access Type: Printable vs. interactive screen-based resources

🔎 Step 3: Search by Keyword

If you're looking for something specific, type a keyword or title into the search bar. The system will display all matching resources instantly.

🔓 Step 4: Understand Access Levels

Resource availability depends on your registration and license status:

• All teachers can browse basic materials

• Contest registration unlocks exclusive content

• Early registration grants early bird content access

• Class Activity Licenses provide access to interactive content like games and digital tasks

 💡 Pro tip: Look for tutorials linked in the resource description to learn how to activate licenses or register your school.

🚀 Step 5: Bring Materials to Life

That’s it for this overview. Now it's your turn to explore and bring these materials to life in your classroom. Thank you for watching, and happy teaching!

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