Beacon FAQ

Yes, you can select multiple files to import in bulk. When importing multiple files, you can choose whether to import all files as one curriculum component or to create a new curriculum component from each selected file.

When importing files, you can only import individual documents; you cannot import folders.

For more information, see:

• Importing a Course

• Importing a Unit

• Importing a Lesson

• Importing a Resource

Yes, all curriculum components that are linked to a course can be found by opening the relevant course from Courses. Lessons and resources, even if they are not linked to a course, can be accessed from either Lessons or Resources.

You can add the user as a Contributor to the unit and as a Viewer to the course. This way, they can see the course but can only make changes to the unit. For more details about sharing and permissions, see Sharing Curriculum Components.

While there is no copy function in the Planner, Beacon saves all curriculum components from previous years so that you can easily reuse them time and time again. Search the Curriculum Explorer to locate components and build your plans.

Yes! The planner will still be accessible to anyone with whom the teacher shared their planner.

If you have a Google Drive, you can create curriculum components by importing content directly from your Drive.

You can import files up to 20MB. When importing multiple files, there is no cumulative limit. As long as each file is under 20MB, Beacon can successfully import all of the files you selected for the batch import.

Beacon accepts most common file types as long as each file is under 20MB, including but not limited to: