How-to guides

Sign in for the first time

1. If your institution admitted you by email, you received an invitation. Create your account with that exact email address — your admission is applied automatically.
2. Already have a Folio account on that email? Just sign in; your admission is already there.
3. You land on your student record — the hub for registration, grades, and your transcript.

Note: Signing up with a different email address will not connect you to your institution. Use the address your registrar has on file.

Register for courses

1. Open your record and choose Register (or Catalog to browse first).
2. While a registration round is open, rank the courses you want in order of preference — your #1 matters most.
3. When the round closes, seats are assigned by a fair allocation over everyone’s rankings — not first-come-first-served, so there is no rush to click fast.
4. You’ll get the result by email and in the bell: which courses you’re enrolled in and any waitlists.
5. If a seat opens later, the longest-waiting student is enrolled automatically and notified.

Submit an assignment with an Integrity Certificate

1. Open the assignment link your instructor shared (it looks like /a/CODE) and join.
2. Write your work in Folio — your drafting process, citations, and any AI assistance are recorded as you go.
3. On the assignment page, pick your document and press Submit. This publishes your Integrity Certificate — a verifiable record of how the work was made.
4. You get a receipt email with the certificate code. You can resubmit until the assignment closes; the newest submission stands.

Take a quiz — and learn from it

1. Quizzes appear in their course module. You have one attempt, so answer everything before pressing Submit answers.
2. After submitting, press Review answers: you’ll see what you picked, what was correct, and your instructor’s explanation of why.
3. Your score counts toward the course average shown on My grades.

See your grades

1. In a course, open My grades: every assignment and quiz, your course average, and any instructor feedback.
2. Weighted items show ×N — they count more toward your average.
3. You also see the writing-process signal your instructor sees on each submission. Nothing is hidden from you.
4. Final course grades appear on your record; your institution can issue a verifiable transcript from it.

Note: A letter grade like “A-” displays but is not folded into the numeric average — only percentages and fractions (17/20) are, so the average is never a guess.

Complete a peer review

1. When your instructor assigns peer reviews, they appear on the assignment page as “Peer reviews assigned to you.”
2. Press “Read the submission” to download the peer’s paper, then pick a rating (1–5) and write a short note.
3. Reviews are anonymous in both directions — they see your feedback, never your name. You can revise until you’re happy.
4. Feedback you receive appears on the same page under “Feedback from your peers.”

Find your exam schedule

1. Open Exams from your institution’s menu (or /exams on your institution’s site).
2. Exams are listed by date with time and room. You’ll also get a reminder email the day before each exam.