FPSOnline Instructions

Use a browser such as Google Chrome, Firefox or Safari.

Open the FPSOnline website via the link: https://fpsonline.org/

Select LOGIN NOW, and select Student from the dropdown box

Enter your user name and password. 
Note that the username will not be your email address.  User names and passwords are provided by your coach.  If you have forgotten your Username and/or Password, select Forgot Password.  You cannot change your username.

From your Dashboard, select “FPS Topics".
This will list your competitions.
Hover over your current topic and select "Start Project".
Select “Go To Virtual Booklet”.  (This will trigger a warning window stating that this will start the timer in timed competition.  Please ensure all team members are ready before selecting this option). Select OK.

All links are in the left menu.
Select "Dashboard" to return to the previous view.
Select "Instructions" for details on each step.
Select "Future Scene" to read the FS. (Note the FS cannot be printed from here)
Select Step 1 from the left side menu, then "Enter a New Challenge". Write the details of your Challenge into the box, and select Enter.
Make suggestions on other Challenges using Add Comments button.
Select Edit to update the Challenge or Delete to remove. (Note the Email option is not functioning)
Move through Step 2 and subsequent steps.
After each step is completed, all of the progress bars will show 100%.
Select “Dashboard” from the left side menu and the progress bar to ensure all steps have a green dot.
Select “Submit for Assessment” on the right side of the screen to submit your virtual booklet for evaluation. Submit before the competition timer expires or the entered data will be lost.

Note that if more than one student has the same text area open, some students work will be overwritten.  To avoid this, we make the following suggestions:
For Step 5, coordinate with other team members to ensure that only team member is working on the grid.
For Step 6, we highly recommend that students complete the Action Plan on a collaborative document outside FPSOnline (eg. Google Docs, Word Online, etc.) Once complete, all text should be pasted into Step 6, with a "see attached" note to make sure the evaluator sees the additions, and then diagrams can be uploaded via the Upload button on the Dashboard. 

If students upload an pdf attachment, in addition to the virtual booklet, students can continue to edit the booklet after the attachment has been loaded.

If students copy and paste text into FPSOnline, do not use special formatting, as this may cause problems with Criteria choices and the action plan.

A video tutorial can be viewed here. (Note that this tutorial is the FPSPI version, and some functionality may appear slightly different from the Australian version.)

To view the Future Scene:
From your Dashboard, select “View My Topics,” or “My Topics.”
You can view your competitions. Select the current topic.
Select “Go To Virtual Booklet”.  (Note that this will start the timer in timed competition.  Please ensure all team members are ready before selecting this option).
Select the Future Scene from the Left Side Menu. (Note the FS cannot be printed from here)
Complete your booklet using your own template.

To view the Upload you booklet to FPSOnline:
Convert or scan your booklet to a PDF (make sure that your names and school are not written on the booklet anywhere)
Select “Upload GIPS Booklet” and select your file. Select “Upload.”
You may double check that the correct file has been uploaded by clicking on it to view it. Select the red “X” to remove and repeat upload.
Note that “Submit for Assessment” is for booklets completed within FPSOnline only. Please do not select this button.

Once the booklet has been evaluated, select “My Feedback” on the main menu.