Quick Start Guide
Video Tutorial
1. Registering an Account

An introduction to the BOLD Student Data Portal website. This video provides an overview of the system and describes how to register and create a course.
2. Submitting Data

This video follows the submission of a DNA barcode record from the specimen data all the way to the sequence. It focuses on the student interface, but it allows instructors to follow the steps students will need to undertake in order to create their records.
3. Overseeing a course

This video provides an overview of the tools available to instructors to monitor student work and participation. It also describes the steps needed in validating and approving student-generated data for publication on BOLD and GenBank.
 

Navigating the Student Consoles

An instructor must first register a course in order to obtain a username and password to allow students to login.  Every student in a given course will utilize the same login information provided by their instructor. Click on the Students icon from the homepage to bring up the Student Login page.

Student Login Page
Student Login PageFigure 4-1: Login page for students, which can be accessed from the BOLD-UNI homepage by clicking on the "Students" icon.

Once a student is logged in, the Main Student Console will appear. The Data Management Console permits student users to upload specimen data, images of specimens, and forward and reverse trace files generated from their amplicons. This console also contains an integrated tool that enables users to assemble, edit, and upload nucleotide sequence data from trace files.

Main Student Console
Main Student ConsoleFigure 4-2: The Main Student Console is the landing page after students log in. Here students can upload and manage their barcode data, view and download the data already available, and utilize powerful analytic tools to examine their barcode data.