Science Interactive Instructor Help Guides

General Questions About the SI Experience

The Instructor Experience 21
  • Are all sessions done individually or are there virtual lab group options?
  • Are your lessons ADA-compliant?
  • Can students complete Exploration and return later to complete Experimentation and Evaluation?
  • What systems or computers is SI Cloud compatible with?
  • Are the assessments graded by the instructor?
  • How does the system prevent cheating?
  • Is there a tutorial to assist students in using your system?
  • Does your system lock the students' browsers during evaluation?
  • Do students have to complete one lab before moving onto a different one?
  • Can the time for completing each section and assessments be adjusted?
  • How do you prevent student impersonation?
  • Are videos ever used?
  • What if I find an error in a lesson?
  • I get a "Whoops" error when accessing SI Cloud through my LMS.
  • Are questions customizable? Or just the informational part of the lab manual?
  • Is there a minimum number of labs that have to be included in a course?
  • Bookstore Account Policies
  • How Do I Reset a Completed Lesson for a Student?
  • I Accidentally Removed a Student from My Course. What Do I Do?
  • What Happened to Hands-On Labs?
  • I found your copyrighted contented on a different website. How can I report this to you?
The Student Experience 19
  • Are kits shipped directly to students?
  • Are the experiments in the kits individually packaged?
  • How is waste disposed of?
  • Do you have students sign a liability waver?
  • Do all of the experiments in a course arrive separately or all at once?
  • Do students keep the materials in the lab kit, or must they be returned afterwards?
  • How quickly are kits delivered to students after they order?
  • Does the fee for the kit cover the online lesson as well?
  • Is there a list of required supplies for a full course?
  • I get a "Whoops" error when accessing SI Cloud through my LMS.
  • Why Does My Student Have Locked Lessons
  • My student’s microorganisms are not growing. Do they need to order replacements?
  • Are the microorganisms included in the kit safe for students to use at home?
  • What Happened to Hands-On Labs?
  • How do my students contact Customer Service?
  • My students received burner fuel that does not have a wick. What should they do?
  • My student reported that burner fuel leaked in their kit. What should I do?
  • If a student needs to travel by plane, can they bring their kit with them?
  • Why Won't My Students' Data Tables Open?
Microbiology FAQ 10
  • Are all lab procedures BSL-1?
  • Why not have students culture their own staph by pressing fingers into a plate instead of shipping cultures?
  • The bacteria were listed in the Student Supplied section of materials. Do they not come in the kit?
  • Do you have any labs without live cultures?
  • Do students continuously culture the strains provided during the entire course?
  • Do you provide students with parafilm to seal their culture plates?
  • How are bacteria shipped?
  • How are students incubating cultures?
  • Are instructors able to request additional slides for the V-scope that aren't in the Slide Library?
  • If a student spills stains, cultures, etc., can they get replacements?
Biology FAQ 6
  • Is your Biology content for majors or non-majors?
  • What happens if a student does something incorrectly with the V-scope?
  • Do you have lessons using a hemocytometer?
  • Are the containers inside kits plastic or glass?
  • What kind of glassware is used for a titration?
  • What type of heat source is used for experiments?

Other Resources

  • Help Manuals

  • LTI Integration
  • SI Cloud Instructor Manual
  • SI Cloud Administrator Manual
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Are all lab procedures BSL-1?

Updated Jan 20, 2021

Yes, students do not work with environmentally sourced cultures. Only pure cultures provided by Science Interactive are manipulated by students.

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