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Coordinator guideRainflower user guide Handbook PDF Student guide →
Contents · page 6 of 10
  1. 1Welcome
  2. 2Getting started
  3. 3Bringing students in
  4. 4Approving and managing students
  5. 5Guardian consent
  6. 6Supporting research
  7. 7Reviewing content
  8. 8Tasks, expenses and reports
  9. 9What your students see
  10. 10Getting help

Coordinator guide · 6 of 10

Supporting research

Research groups, paper questions, experiment requests and your reviews in the 13-week plan.

Research groups

See your students' groups at /dashboard/coordinator/research-groups. You can rename a group, edit its description and cover, add or remove members and see its files. You cannot upload files to a group.

Approving a claim is done by Rainflower admins, not coordinators.

Action Lead Teammates Coordinator
See files and versions Yes Yes Yes
Upload or remove files Yes Yes No
Rename, description, cover, add members Yes No Yes
Remove members Before approval only No Yes
Withdraw the group Yes No No

Paper questions

Students ask questions on a proposal page. When Thunder can't answer, you get an email. Answer from the link in the email (no sign-in needed) or on the proposal page. The student is emailed when it is answered.

Experiment requests

Approve or reject students who ask to join an experiment at /experiments/requests.

Your reviews in the 13-week plan

Weeks Stage Who reviews
1 to 2 Choose and plan You review the plan
2 to 3 Permission and pilot
3 to 4 First sample An advisor
5 to 8 Full data collection
9 to 10 Analyze
11 to 12 Write
13 Final review You review the final draft

Remind groups to use codes such as H01 instead of people's names, and not to upload photos of children's faces.

The Research Team Handbook

A printable book for your research teams: the platform, claiming and running a team, research ethics, and every open research paper in full. Share it with groups before they claim: Research Team Handbook (PDF).