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Boards & Beyond: Faculty Tools

Getting Started

With Faculty Tools in Boards & Beyond, you can set up groups, create assignments, view student activity, and more.

To use Faculty Tools:

1) Your Boards & Beyond administrator will need to create a Faculty Tools account for you. Please reach out to them if you need an account created; if you don't know who your administrator is, contact CustomerSuccess@mheducation.com 

2) After your Boards & Beyond Administrator creates a Faculty Tools account for you, you will receive an email from us with the subject You can now manage Groups within Boards & Beyond! Open this email and click Go to Application to set your password and sign in to activate your Faculty Tools account.

3) After you activate your Faculty Tools account, sign in at this URL: https://institution.boardsbeyond.com/ This is a link to the faculty interface, which is a different link than the main Boards & Beyond site

Tips for Success:

  • Start with our Quick Start Reference
  • Create a student-view account
    • A student-view account is completely different account from your Faculty Tools account
    • You may have received student registration instructions from your Administrator; if you didn't, reach out to them, check your library page for the instructions, or contact CustomerSuccess@mheducation.com 
    • We recommend creating a student account for yourself because it’s a little easier to navigate the Boards & Beyond content in the student account than in Faculty Tools (although you will be able to view videos and questions when you create assignments) and it helps you troubleshoot for your students if you add your own student account to any groups you create
  • Explore more with the videos below

Group Admin Overview Video (Faculty Tools)

Watch this brief overview video of the group admin (faculty tools) in Boards & Beyond with basic product information, including showing how to login and navigate the group admin login. Please see our other videos and user guides for additional information on using the group admin in Boards & Beyond.

Assignments Overview Video (Faculty Tools)

Watch this brief overview video on assignments in the group admin (faculty tools) in Boards & Beyond, including how to create and edit video playlists and quiz assignments, sending assignments to groups and individual students, and create duplicate assignments. Please see our other videos and user guides for additional information on using the group admin in Boards & Beyond.

Messages Overview Video (Faculty Tools)

Watch this brief overview video on messages in the group admin (faculty tools) in Boards & Beyond, including sending direct messages to individual students and groups, as well as receiving and replying to messages. Please see our other videos and user guides for additional information on using the group admin in Boards & Beyond.

Institutional Administrator Account Overview Video (for IP-Authenticated Subscriptions)

This video will show you how to log in to the institutional administrator account and introduce you to the functions of the IP Dashboard and the Faculty Tools Administrator Dashboard.

For more information about using Boards & Beyond as an instructor, please see any of our videos labeled Faculty Tools on this LibGuide.

Overview with the Editor

Watch this brief overview of Boards & Beyond narrated by Executive Editor, Dr. Delia Chiaramonte. The video covers pre-clinical and clinical uses of the product, how to incorporate it for teaching and learning, and also previews the Clinical Confidence product.

Group Setup Overview Video (Faculty Tools)

Watch this brief overview video on groups in the group admin (faculty tools) in Boards & Beyond, including setting up groups (create, edit, delete, duplicate), as well as adding associate group admins and changing group ownership. Please see our other videos and user guides for additional information on using the group admin in Boards & Beyond.

Invitations Overview Video (Faculty Tools)

Watch this brief overview video on invitations in the group admin (faculty tools) in Boards & Beyond, including inviting students to your group directly through lookup or CSV roster upload, sharing a link to students for them to request to join your group, and how to remove students from the group. Please see our other videos and user guides for additional information on using the group admin in Boards & Beyond.

Student Activity Overview Video (Faculty Tools)

Watch this brief overview video on how to view student activity in the group admin (faculty tools) in Boards & Beyond. Please see our other videos and user guides for additional information on using the group admin in Boards & Beyond.