Student's User Guide
1. Introduction
2. Quick Start
3. Features
3.1. Reset Password
3.2. Progress Report
3.3. Classes
3.3.1. Joining A Class
3.3.2. Leaderboard
3.3.3. Forum
3.4. Quizzes
3.5. Profile Customization
3.5.1. Profile Settings
3.5.2. Account Settings
4. Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)
Knewbie is an educational platform that provides tailored content to suit the individual's learning ability. Students will be recommended content based on their current abilities to ensure that they progress at a steady rate. Hence, this will provide motivation for students where they will be able to celebrate their small successes before gradually, attempting tougher challenges. Read on to find out how to use Knewbie.
- Access the Knewbie website.
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Click on register to create a new account (make sure you are creating a student account). As you will need an active email account, please ensure you have an email account before continuing.
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Enter your FIRST NAME, LAST NAME, email, password and click on register. By clicking on register, you would have agreed to our [terms and conditions]. (Not up yet)
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You will receive a verification link sent to the email address you registered the account with.
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Log in to the email and verify your account.
- You can now log in using your email and password!
1. If you have forgotten your password, you can reset it here.
2. Input the email address you created your account with.
3. A link will be sent your email address. This link will only be valid for 10 minutes.
If the link expired, you will have to request for a new one.
4. Clicking the link will take you to a page to reset your password.
1. All students are given a unique Knewbie ID which can be used to access their progress report.
2. To access your progress report without logging in, scroll to the bottom of the homepage.
3. Enter your Knewbie ID to retrieve your progress report.
4. The Knewbie ID is confidential. Share with only people you trust (i.e your parents).
5. The progress report shows the following three graphs.
- Overall progress over time.
- Difficulty progress over time (percentage of the questions answered correctly, depending on difficulty).
- Topical Progress (proficiency based on the respective topics).
1. You will be able to view all your enrolled classes from your dashboard.
2. When you first sign up, you will not have any classes.
1. Only educators will be able to create a class.
2. When your educator create a class, they will share a class code with you.
3. Under the Join A Class Section on your dashboard, enter the unique code.
4. Every class has a sidebar to access the various features (forum, quizzes, leaderboard).
5. Within the class, you can access quizzes assigned to your class by your educators as well as all of our existing tailored quizzes.
1. You can view the progress report of your digital classmates.
2. You can contact classmates good at particular topics to assist you.
3. The leaderboard is not meant to be competetive but so you know who to approach for help!
4. The leaderboard is sorted based on overall proficiency.
1. You are free to use the forum to clarify your doubts or reach out to your educator.
2. The main forum page will display the timestamp of the last post the number of posts as well as the title of the threads.
3. Students will be able to post a new threads and reply to clarify doubts.
4. To create a new thread, click on 'Create A New Thread' near the top of the page.
5. Input the title of the thread and the message. Click on post.
6. To view the content of a thread from the forum, click on the thread title.
7. You can view the message along with all the other replies.
8. You can post a reply, edit and delete your posts.
1. You can view all tailored quizzes from your dashboard.
2. Quizzes are sorted into topical and practice quizzes. You can attempt these quizzes at your own time.
3. Topical quizzes are sorted by topics and practice quizzes will display questions from a mixture of topics.
4. Questions are tailored to your ability. Attempting more questions improves the accuracy of those recommended.
5. The quizzes on your dashboard exclude any quizzes assigned by your educators which can be accessed within the class.
6. At the end of the quiz, you will get feedback, displaying the questions you get right and wrong.
7. The correct answers will not be displayed so that you can learn and re-attempt.
8. You can access your progress report through your dashboard or homepage.
1. You can change certain features from your profile.
2. You can access the settings page from the navigation menu.
3. In the default settings page, you can change your first name, last name, and profile picture (avatar). Click 'SAVE'.
4. You can request for a new Knewbie ID if it has been compromised.
1. In the account tab, you can change your password or email associated with your Knewbie Account.
2. You can also deactivate your account. This action is irrevocable.
3. Clicking on it will bring you to a page where you would need to input your email to confirm deactivation of your account.
4. A link will be sent to the email you entered. The link will last for 10 minutes.
5. Your account will officially be deactivated upon clicking on the link.
- You can access the list of FAQ through the link at the footer (bottom of every page), the navigation bar, or through this link.
- If you have a question, issue or feedback not listed here, please do not hesitate to contact us. Similarly to the FAQ page, you can access the contact us page either through the link at the footer, the navigation bar, or through this link.
