When you start using Go-Lab, you might wonder what the possibilities are. A good start is by looking at the spaces (online lessons) that were created by others. These spaces are premade and you can view them all.

How to view spaces

1. Go to www.golabz.eu.
2. Go to Spaces.
3. Click on one of the spaces that are listed.
4. Go to Preview.

There are two approaches when building your own space. The first is to find one you like and start adjusting it. First, you have to copy the space, so you can adjust it.

How to copy a space

1. Go to www.golabz.eu.
2. Go to Spaces.
3. Find and go to the space you like.
4. Go to Duplicate Space.
5. You are redirected to Graasp, where you can start adjusting the space.

The second approach is to create one from scratch. In this case, it is advisable to start with a lab. The lab determines the topic of your space and what your students can do and learn in this space. Later you can add apps and other content as you like.

How to use a lab to create a space

1. Go to www.golabz.eu.
2. Go to Labs.
3. Find and go to the lab you like.
4. Go to Create Space
5. You are redirected to Graasp, where you can start creating the space.

For your students to be able to understand the space and the apps and lab within the space, it is important that it is in their language. The spaces are in one language, but some have translations that can be found as a separate space. The labs and apps often have support for multiple languages. The platform display language for apps and labs is English, but when the language is supported, they will be "translated" when you change the language for the students' ILS in Graasp. For all three options (apps, labs, and spaces) you can search for specific languages.

How to search Go-Lab in my language

1. Go to www.golabz.eu.
2. Go to Apps, Labs, or Spaces.
3. Find Languages in the right side menu.
4. Go to the language of your choice.

Another important thing to keep in mind when creating an online lesson for your students is their age range. Their age range is an indicator of what their needs and talents are. In Go-Lab the age range is specified where possible.

Labs and spaces do have an age range specified. To use this do the following:

How to find labs and spaces for a specific age range

1. Go to www.golabz.eu.
2. Go to Labs or Spaces.
3. Find Age Ranges in the right side menu.
4. Go to the age range of your choice.

The apps have been created to support specific processes. Some of these are suitable for primary education, such as making an observation (use the Observation Tool), while others are not suitable, such as finding chemical elements (use the Periodic Table). Therefore, it is up to you to choose the apps you think are suitable for your students. Note that there is a list of examples of app that are suited for primary education (see tip 1 for advanced users). Also note that you can add explanations of the apps (see tip 2 for advanced users: how do I set up apps?). If you want to find and use an app, follow the how to below:

How to find apps

1. Go to www.golabz.eu.
2. Go to Apps.
3. Find Categories in the right side menu.
4. Go to the category of your choice.
5. Go to the app of your choice.

How to use the app

1. Find an app using the how to above.
2. Go to www.graasp.eu.
3. Go to the space where you want to add the app.
4. Go to the phase where you want to add the app.
5. Click on the + icon: Create item.
6. Go to Add App.
7. Go to Select app.
8. Find and go to the app of your choice.

The following list of apps are examples that can be used for primary education. This does not mean that apps that are not listed cannot be used in primary education.

• The Concept Mapper to let students think about what they already know or what they learned.
• The Quiz Tool to check what students know or learned.
• The Hypothesis Scratchpad to assist students in formulating expectations.
• The Experiment Design Tool to foster designing of experiments (and keeping track of results)
• The Observation Tool to allow students to write down what they found when conducting investigations in a lab.
• The Table Tool to let students write down what they found or keeping track of results.
• The Viewer to show content of other apps to aid students’ memory of what they have done previously.

After you have chosen an app, you have to prepare it for use. For some apps this is not the case, such as the Input Box, but for others there are settings you can adjust, such as the Hypothesis Scratchpad. It is important to do this for two reasons. First, to make sure the content of the app is in line with the content of the space (and the lab). Second, to make sure the app offers the support you want or on the other hand that the app offers the freedom you want. Let us use the Hypothesis Scratchpad as an example. The settings of the app can be changed in Graasp.

How to change the settings of an app

1. Go to www.graasp.eu.
2. Go to the space you created.
3. Go to the specific phase where the app is in.
4. Go to the app.
5. Go to Settings by clicking on the gears icon.

The Hypothesis Scratchpad comes with default terms. These terms can be used to create a hypothesis. Therefore, you have to change the terms to match the lab. An example is when you study photosynthesis. In this case, you need terms like: water, light, and air. It is important to keep in mind that for primary education a term like ‘water’ might be better understandable than ‘H2O’ or that ‘light’ or the ‘amount of light’ is more informative than Lumens.

Another feature of apps, including the Hypothesis Scratchpad, is that you can also provide an example in the app. You could use the first line in the Hypothesis Scratchpad to show a hypothesis as an example. In this case, prepare the hypothesis in Graasp when creating the space. You could leave the second line of the Hypothesis Scratchpad empty and instruct the students to create their own hypothesis on this line.

There are almost 200 labs for primary education available on Go-Lab. Feel free to find the lab of your choice. If you want some inspiration, the following list consists of examples that can be used in primary education and these are available in multiple languages.

• Balancing Act about forces in balance on a seesaw.
• Gearsketch allows students to draw gears, which is very suitable for tablets or other devices with a touchscreen.
• Density And Buoyancy about floating and sinking with some predefined objects that help students’ investigation.
• Area Builder introduces the concepts of area and perimeter.
• Rate Of Photosynthesis Lab deals with plants and growth.
• Water Cycle Lab about the effect of sunlight on the water cycle.
• Building With Blocks about the shape of three-dimensional figures.
• Gravity Drop Lab about air, atmosphere, and dropping objects.

If you want your students to see your feedback in the space they are using, add the Teacher Feedback app. Add this app wherever you want to give feedback. It shows an input box to you, as a teacher, and the student sees the text. You can type feedback for individual students.

How to use the Teacher Feedback app

1. Go to www.graasp.eu.
2. Go to the space where you want to add the app.
3. Go to the phase where you want to add the app.
4. Click on the + icon: Create item.
5. Go to Add App.
6. Go to Select app.
7. Find and go to Teacher Feedback.
8. Go to Members in the right side menu.
9. Find and go to the student you want to give feedback to.
10. Go to the phase where the Teacher Feedback was added.
11. Type your feedback.

Go-Lab can be combined with your classroom activities. There are two main approaches to this. The first is to do the introduction and/or discussion in the classroom. The introduction consists of introducing the topic and providing information. In the classroom, you can ask students what they know about the topic and/or what they want to know. The discussion consists of sharing results. Students can tell the class what they have found out in the lab. The second approach is to prepare the experiment in Go-Lab and conduct it in the classroom. In this case, students prepare their hypothesis in Go-Lab and think about their experimental design. After the investigation, they return to Go-Lab to write down what they have found and draw a conclusion. This means that students can return to their assignment in Go-Lab. If they log-in to the space you created with the same name as the first time, they can see what they have done in previous sessions.

Whenever students accidentally log-out, run out of battery of their laptops, etc., do not worry. Go-Lab retrieves the information whenever the student logs in to the space with the same name. This applies to the apps that are used. Currently, labs do not support this feature.

Students can also create their own password for their log-in. If you want to use this enable logging in with a password.

How to enable student log-in with a password

1. Go to www.graasp.eu.
2. Go to the space where you want to allow logging in with password.
3. Go to Sharing in the right side menu.
4. Find and click on Nickname only under Standalone view settings.
5. Change this by clicking on Nickname and password.

Images can be added to your space and their size can also be adjusted.

How to add an image

1. Go to www.graasp.eu.
2. Go to the space where you want to add the image.
3. Go the phase where you want to add the image.
4. Click on the + icon: Create item.
5. Go to Add File.
6. Find and open the image you want to use.

How to change the size of an image

1. Go to www.graasp.eu.
2. Go to the space with the image.
3. Go the phase with the image.
4. Find Change view in the middle panel. There are three options, see figure: 
5. Click on the large square in the middle.
6. Click on the gears icon at the top right of the image.
7. Click on the preferred setting (Large, Medium, Small) under Preview size.

You can use your own content in a space. You can upload it by creating an item.

How to upload files

1. Go to www.graasp.eu.
2. Go to the space where you want to add the file.
3. Go the phase where you want to add the file.
4. Click on the + icon: Create item.
5. Go to Add File.
6. Find and open the file you want use.

Files, such as images, audio, video and text files can be viewed or listened to in Go-Lab. However, for text files, it is recommended to copy the text in Graasp, because when you upload it as an file, it is rather narrow and requires a lot of scrolling. To copy the text in Graasp, create a document.

How to create a document

1. Go to www.graasp.eu.
2. Go to the space where you want to add the document.
3. Go the phase where you want to add the document.
4. Click on the + icon: Create item.
5. Go to Create Document.

If you want to share the space you created with your students, you should give them a link. You can find the link in Graasp, as well as a short link. Also you can change the language settings of your space. This affects the language of the apps and lab in the space.

How to get the short link to your space

1. Go to www.graasp.eu.
2. Go to the space you want to share.
3. Find and go to Sharing in the right side menu.
4. Click on Get short link
5. Copy the link.

How to change language settings of a space

1. Go to www.graasp.eu.
2. Go to the space you where you want to set the language.
3. Find and go to Sharing in the right side menu.
4. Find and click on English only under Standalone view settings.
5. Click on the language you want to use.

Phases exist within an inquiry learning space. The most common phases are Orientation, Conceptualisation, Investigation, Discussion, and Conclusion. These can be used to structure your students’ investigation from start to end. Do not create (sub)spaces within these phases. They will not show.

Inquiry learning spaces exist within your Graasp account. You can create an inquiry learning space with phases to use with your students. If you want, you can also create a space with several inquiry learning spaces in it, for example you can create a space called ‘Plants and Growth’ and add an inquiry learning space, called ‘Plant nutrition’, and another called ‘Photosynthesis’.