Getting started
Here is where you can find guides on how to get started with Boom Cards, including quick start guides to help you hit the ground running.
- Adding Or Changing Your Email Address, Username, Or Sign-In Assistant
- Quick Start Guide for Teachers
- Quick Start Guide for Schools and Admins
Teaching with Boom Learning
A collection of articles about how to create a classroom, assign Boom Cards, read reports and play data, and how to ensure your and your student's privacy meets your standards.
- How to Create a Classroom in Boom
- Assigning, Un-Assigning, and Playing Boom Cards
- Student Data Reports (Grades And Progress)
- Boom Learning Opt-In Permission Slip
- How to Change & Reset a Student's Password
Buyer Questions
Articles that will help answer any questions you may have about memberships, Points, buying Boom Cards, redeeming external purchases, and more.
- What is Boom Learning?
- Managing your Membership Renewal
- Memberships Vs. Points: What's The Difference?
- Redeeming Purchases From External Websites (External Redemptions)
- How to Renew School/Org Memberships - for School Admins
Buying for Schools and Businesses
Here you can find articles to answer questions about purchasing for a school, including how to pay with a Purchase Order and more.
- Buying Subscriptions or Points for Others
- Add-on Purchases for Schools
- Buying Boom Cards For A School Or Organization (Paying With A Purchase Order)
- Pay by ACH
- Boom Cards | Voluntary Product Accessibility Template (VPAT)
School/ Organizational Account Managment
Articles to help School or Organizational Account Admins navigate all you can do, including provisioning teacher memberships, releasing or transferring teacher accounts, and more.
- Adding And Provisioning Teacher Accounts With The School Dashboard
- School/Org Admins: Transfer An Account To A New Teacher
- For School Admins: Delegate School Dashboard Access
- School/Org Admins: Releasing Teachers From The School Dashboard
Managing Your Account Details
How to manage your account, including how to update your password, manage your membership, and much more.
- Change Your Password (Teacher)
- How To Delete Your Teacher Account
- Cancel An Account
- Not Receiving Emails
For Parents and Students
Here are some articles to help introduce a Guardian and Learner to Boom Cards including how to login, request a password reset, and interpret play data.
- Parents and Students: Change your own Password
- How Students can see Results: Progress, Plays, and Gems
- Student Log in
- Parent Letter - Logging in and Understanding Progress Reports
- How do Students earn Coins, Gems, and Pulses (Lightning Bolts)?
Creating Boom Cards
A selection of articles covering how to create Boom Cards.
- What answer types are there? Does every card need to have a question?
- Positioning Elements in your Decks
- Prevent Blurry Images: Optimal Image & GIF Sizes For Boom Cards
- Recording sound in Boom
- Using Containers To Group Items Together
Selling Boom Cards
How to sell Boom cards in the Boom Store or on external sites. Including information about seller tools, payments, sales tax, and more.
- Selling Boom Cards On External Sites - MANDATORY READING
- Acceptable Use Policy For Public Authors (Publish To The Store)
- Publishers: Optimizing Product Discoverability
- Payment Schedule: Payouts & Service Fees (Getting Paid)
Troubleshooting
Articles to cover some known issues users can come across when using Boom.
- Forgot My Password / Reset Password
- Boom Learning Terminology- Helpful Definitions
- Images Are Not Showing Up (Missing Images)
- How To Merge Existing Boom Accounts
- My Library Is Gone! I Can't Find My Students! Where Is My Deck?!