Polar GoFit User Manual
USER GUIDE FOR TEACHER
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Table of Contents 2
Polar GoFit 10
Sign-in 10
Computer requirements 10
Proxy settings 11
About the user guide 11
About the Polar GoFit app 11
About the Lessons for Life book 11
License agreement 11
Getting started 12
Activity monitoring 12
Heart rate monitoring 12
Fitness testing 13
Setting up Polar GoFit 14
Workflows 16
Activity monitoring workflow 16
Heart rate monitoring workflow 17
Fitness testing workflow 19
User accounts 21
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Teacher user accounts 21
Student user accounts 21
Products 23
Monitors in Polar GoFit 23
Sensors in Polar GoFit 23
Data transfer 25
Data transfer in activity monitoring 25
Data transfer in heart rate monitoring 27
Evaluation 29
Course evaluation 29
Test evaluation 31
Activarium 33
Activity points 34
Activarium controls 34
Courses 36
Activity courses 36
Creating an activity course 36
Editing an activity course 36
Adding students to an activity course 37
Removing students from an activity course 37
Assigning activity monitors 38
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Reassigning activity monitors 41
Transferring activity data 41
Viewing activity courses 43
Viewing "My Courses" on dashboard 43
Viewing activity courses on Courses page 44
Viewing activity data 45
Activating Activarium for a course 48
Opening Activarium 49
On the Dashboard 49
On the Courses page 49
Decorating the Activarium 49
Opening Activarium showcase 50
Showcasing school's all Activariums 50
Showcasing a course's Activarium 50
Removing an activity course 50
Heart rate courses 51
Creating a heart rate course 51
Target zones and badges 52
Target zones 52
Badges 52
Editing a heart rate course 53
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Adding students to a heart rate course 54
Removing students from a heart rate course 55
Assigning heart rate sensors 55
Reassigning heart rate sensors 56
Using a personal heart rate sensor 56
Transferring heart rate data 57
Viewing heart rate courses 57
Viewing "My Courses" on dashboard 57
Viewing heart rate courses on Courses page 58
Viewing heart rate data 59
Removing a heart rate course 62
Getting student list 62
Getting password list 63
Reports 64
Getting course evaluation report 64
Reading course evaluation report 64
Getting detailed student report 65
Reading detailed student report 65
Activity courses 66
Heart rate courses 66
Export MET values 67
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Reading MET value report 67
Getting school report 67
Activity reports 68
Heart rate reports 68
Reading school report 69
School 71
Students 71
Importing students 71
Creating students 72
Viewing student information 73
Editing students 73
Moving students to another class 74
Generating new password for student 74
Removing students 74
Teachers 75
Creating teachers 75
Viewing teacher information 75
Editing teachers 76
Resetting teacher's password 76
Ordering a new password without signing in 76
Resetting the password 76
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Deleting teachers 77
Monitors 77
Registering activity monitors 77
Viewing activity monitors 80
Removing activity monitors 80
Sensors 81
Registering heart rate sensors 81
Viewing heart rate sensors 81
Removing heart rate sensors 82
Evaluation 82
Configuring evaluation types 82
Editing evaluation types 82
Adding evaluation types 83
Deleting evaluation types 83
License status 83
Viewing license status 83
Fitness tests 85
Templates 85
Creating a template 85
Creating a test 85
Students from previous tests 85
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Students from student list 86
Editing a template 86
Removing a template 87
Tests 87
Entering results 87
Start entering results 87
Continue entering results 88
Editing a test 89
Removing a test 90
Results 90
Viewing results 90
Editing results 90
Getting student results report 91
Reports 91
Getting test results report 91
Getting school results report 91
Troubleshooting 93
Polar GoFit sign-in page does not load 93
I am unable to sign in to Polar GoFit 93
Important information 94
Medical devices in professional use 94
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Precautions 94
Minimizing possible risks 94
Copyright 95
Disclaimer 95
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POLAR GOFIT
Welcome to the Polar GoFit web service! Polar GoFit is a part of the Polar Physical Education solution. It
supports both activity monitoring and heart rate monitoring. The web service enables teachers and students to
track students' daily activity and the time spent in different activity zones. It also enables teachers and
students to track students' heart rate data during PE lessons and the time spent in different heart rate zones.
In addition, Polar GoFit web service provides a manual fitness testing system.
Teachers can use Polar GoFit for organizing courses and fitness testing. They can also follow and document
each student's effort and improvement in and out of the classroom. The web service makes it easy to create
reports and track long-term progress. The data can also be shared with parents and administrators.
Students can use Polar GoFit to review their daily activity and heart rate data, and test results. Polar GoFit
helps them learn a healthy lifestyle.
SIGN-IN
Sign in to the web service on the Polar GoFit home page (www.polargofit.com). The first teacher user account
was created when the licenses were purchased. A link to select a password for the account was provided in
the welcome email. More teacher user accounts can be created after signing in. Both teachers and students
use the same sign-in page.
COMPUTER REQUIREMENTS
For general Polar GoFit use:
l Internet connection
l Compatible web browser (Microsoft Internet Explorer 9 or newer, Apple Safari 4 or newer, Mozilla Fire-
fox 3 or newer, Google Chrome 12.0.1271.97m or newer)
l 1024 x 768 resolution display or higher
Additional requirement for Activarium:
Adobe Flash Player
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For data transfer between Polar Active activity monitors and web service with FlowLink and
WebSync:
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l Operating system: Microsoft Windows XP/Vista/7 or Mac OS X 10.5 or newer (running on Intel plat-
form)
l Internet connection
l Compatible web browser (Microsoft Internet Explorer 9 or newer, Apple Safari 4 or newer, Mozilla Fire-
fox 3 or newer, Google Chrome 12.0.1271.97m or newer)
l Free USB port for the FlowLink
l 1024 x 768 resolution display or higher
PROXY SETTINGS
Make sure your browser's proxy settings are set correctly. Contact your IT administrator if you need help with
the browser settings.
ABOUT THE USER GUIDE
The user guide includes instructions for different parts of the web service. You can download the entire user
guide in PDF format by clicking 'Download in PDF format' in the navigation panel on the left.
ABOUT THE POLAR GOFIT APP
Teachers use the Polar GoFit iPad app to monitor and share heart rate data during PE lessons. The data
transfer between the Polar GoFit app and Polar GoFit web service is automatic.
ABOUT THE LESSONS FOR LIFE BOOK
Lessons for Life is a teacher's guidebook to Polar Education Technology. It provides tips on how to use the
new technology to motivate students towards an active lifestyle. The book is purchased separately.
LICENSE AGREEMENT
Each teacher must accept the license agreement when signing in to the web service for the first time. The
licence agreement can be opened by clicking Legal Notice in the Polar GoFit footer.
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GETTING STARTED
ACTIVITY MONITORING
Follow the steps below when starting to use the Polar activity monitoring solution. See also Activity
monitoring workflow for more information on the general workflow in activity monitoring.
Activity data cannot be transferred from the activity monitors to the web service before the monitors have
been managed in the Polar GoFit web service.
1. Set up the web service according to the instructions in chapter Setting up Polar GoFit.
2. Create an activity course in the web service.
3. Assign the activity monitors to students who participate in the course. The activity monitors are
assigned individually for each student.
4. Give the activity monitors to the students. The activity monitors are worn on the wrist.
5. Transfer the activity data from the activity monitors to the web service regularly with the FlowLink data
transfer unit and the WebSync software.
Polar Active has room for 21 days in the activity diary. When activity data is transferred to the web
service, it is removed from the activity monitor. If activity data is not transferred to the web service during the
course, the activity monitor stops recording daily activity after 21 days of use. The web service informs on the
Dashboard how many days it has been since last data transfer. Students can also transfer activity data from
Polar Active to the web service with their own user credential.
Daily activity can also be tracked without the web service using the activity progress poster. For more
information on the activity monitors, see the Polar Active user manual.
HEART RATE MONITORING
Follow the steps below when starting to use the Polar heart rate monitoring solution. See also Heart rate
monitoring workflow for more information on the general workflow in heart rate monitoring.
1. Set up the web service according to the instructions in chapter Setting up Polar GoFit.
2. Create a heart rate course in the web service.
3. Assign the heart rate sensors to students who participate in the course.
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4. Students wear the sensors during PE lessons.
5. Monitor heart rate data via the Polar GoFit app during the lesson.
Data transfer between Polar GoFit and the Polar GoFit app is automatic.
FITNESS TESTING
Follow the steps below when starting to use the Polar fitness testing solution. See also Fitness testing
workflow for more information on the general workflow in fitness testing.
1. Set up the web service according to the instructions in chapter Setting up Polar GoFit.
2. Create a template by selecting the test items, or use an existing template.
3. Create a test by choosing the students.
4. Carry out the test and enter the results into the web service.
You can use an iPad in the test situation and enter the results into the web service as testing proceeds. Or
you can write the results by hand on printed result sheets, and enter them into the web service later.
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SETTING UP POLAR GOFIT
We recommend that the following steps are completed when starting to use the Polar GoFit web service in the
school. School settings can be modified later with any teacher's user account. See also Activity monitoring
workflow, Heart rate monitoring workflow and Fitness testing workflow for more information on using Polar
GoFit.
The system must be configured only once. Changes (new teacher accounts, new students, new
monitors, new sensors) can be done at any point.
You can return to this list by selecting Setting up Polar GoFit from the navigation panel on the left. For
further instructions on each step, click on the links below.
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1. If you are going to use Polar GoFit for activity monitoring, make sure you have all the necessary com-
ponents available for data transfer between an activity monitor and Polar GoFit.
2. Import or create students in School > Students.
3. If you are going to use Polar GoFit for activity and/or heart rate monitoring, Register the activity mon-
itors into the web service in School > Monitors, and/or register the heart rate sensors into the web ser-
vice in School > Sensors.
4. If you are going to use Polar GoFit for activity and/or heart rate monitoring, Configure evaluation types
in School > Evaluation.You can also use the default grades/evaluation types.
5. Create user accounts for the other teachers in School > Teacher. Teacher user accounts are limited
based on the number of purchased licenses.
After setting up the web service, you can continue by creating the first activity course or creating the first heart
rate course in the Courses section, or creating the first test template in the Fitness tests section.
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WORKFLOWS
ACTIVITY MONITORING WORKFLOW
The general activity monitoring workflow in the Polar GoFit web service is described below. Set up the system
first. Then proceed to create the first course and continue as shown in the picture below.
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You can have several activity courses in the Polar GoFit web service simultaneously. A student can
participate in one activity course at a time. An activity monitor can be assigned to one student at a time.
1. Create an activity course. Enter course information, course type, activity course settings and monitor
settings.
2. Add students to the course.
3. Assign activity monitors to the students.
4. Give the activity monitors to the students who wear them on their wrists. Activity measurement starts
automatically. For more information on how to use the Polar Active activity monitor, see the Polar Act-
ive user manual.
5. Transfer daily activity data regularly (at least once a week) to the web service. Both teachers and stu-
dents can transfer activity data from Polar Active to the web service.
Polar Active has room for 21 days in the activity diary. When activity data is transferred to the web
service, it is removed from the activity monitor. If activity data is not transferred to the web service dur-
ing the course, the activity monitor stops recording daily activity after 21 days of use.
6. Review the daily activity data during and after course.
7. Collect the activity monitors back from the students after the course ends. The web service evaluates
students automatically based on the selected evaluation type.Print out course evaluation report and
detailed student report.
See also Student user accounts.
HEART RATE MONITORING WORKFLOW
The general heart rate monitoring workflow in the Polar GoFit web service is described below. Set up the
system first. Then proceed to create the first course and continue as shown in the picture below.
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You can have several heart rate courses in the Polar GoFit web service simultaneously. Students can
participate in several heart rate courses at a time, and they can have several heart rate sensors assigned to
them. Moreover, one heart rate sensor can be assigned to several students at a time provided that the
students sharing a heart rate sensor are not participating in the same course.
1. Create a heart rate course. Enter course information, course type and heart rate course settings.
2. Add students to the course.
3. Assign heart rate sensors to the students.
4. Students wear the heart rate sensors during PE lessons. Teacher monitors and shares heart rate data
via the Polar GoFit app. The Polar GoFit app displays each student's heart rate as a percentage of the
individual maximum heart rate value. It also shows the reward badges students collect. For
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instructions on how to wear the heart rate sensor, see the heart rate sensor user manual.
Students pick up their assigned sensors in the beginning of each PE lesson and return them after
the lesson. Alternatively, if each sensor is assigned to only one student, students may keep their
assigned sensors at home. It is also possible for individual students to purchase their own sensors and
wear them instead of school sensors.
5. Data transfer between the Polar GoFit app and Polar GoFit is automatic.
6. Review the heart rate data during and after course in both Polar GoFit and the Polar GoFit app.
7. The course ends. The web service evaluates students automatically based on the selected evaluation
type.Print out course evaluation report and detailed student report.
See also Student user accounts.
See Using heart rate monitoring in school in the Lessons for Life book to learn more about the basic
structure of a heart-rate-based lesson.
FITNESS TESTING WORKFLOW
The general fitness testing workflow in the Polar GoFit web service is described below. Set up the system
first. Then proceed to create a template and continue as shown in the picture below.
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1. Create a template by choosing the test items, or use an existing template.
In addition to the optional test items that you can choose, Height & Weight is included in each
template by default. This is because students' height and weight influence the evaluation of their per-
formance.
2. Create a test by choosing the students.
3. Arrange testing and enter the results into Polar GoFit.
4. View the test results and edit them if necessary.
5. Print out the reports.
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USER ACCOUNTS
TEACHER USER ACCOUNTS
The number of teacher user accounts is limited based on the purchased licenses. The school receives the first
user account to Polar GoFit service when the licenses are purchased. After the sign-in, more user accounts
can be created. It is recommended that each teacher has their own user account because created courses are
attached to teacher accounts. Separate accounts help to organize courses more efficiently.
The number of available licenses for teacher user accounts is shown at the top of teacher list. To view the
teacher list go to School >Teachers.
Teachers sign in to the web service to:
l create and manage courses,
l organize and carry out fitness testing,
l review, analyze and follow up students' activity data, heart rate data and test results,
l create reports,
l manage school settings.
Teachers sign in to the web service on Polar GoFit home page (www.polargofit.com) with the email address
and password. When a teacher account is created, a link to select a password is sent by email. The password
can be reset after sign-in under School > Teachers. The same user credentials are also used with WebSync.
See also, Adding teachers, Editing teachers and Resetting teacher's password.
STUDENT USER ACCOUNTS
The number of student user accounts is not limited in Polar GoFit. Students can sign in to the web service to
review their activity and heart rate data, and test results. Students can see only their own data.
Students sign in to the web service on Polar GoFit home page (www.polargofit.com) with a username and
password. The username consists of school alias and student ID (school-alias/student-ID), for example polar-
school/johnadams. The same user credentials are also used to transfer activity data from the activity monitors
to the web service with Polar WebSync software.
Passwords are generated automatically when students are added or imported to the web service.
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A password list can be printed out on the course page. The list contains course information, student names,
usernames, passwords, and the address of the sign-in page. For security reasons, the passwords can only be
printed out once. If you print out the list again, the passwords will not show. A Password assigned previously
text will appear instead. A password can be regenerated with any teacher account under School >Students.
See also, Creating students, Editing students, Getting password list and Generating new password for
student.
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PRODUCTS
MONITORS IN POLAR GOFIT
Polar GoFit is compatible with the Polar Active activity monitors. It is mandatory to register the activity
monitors to Polar GoFit before starting to use them. Activity data cannot be transferred from the activity
monitors to the web service before the monitors are registered to the Polar GoFit web service.
Monitors are registered to the web service only once. During each course, the activity monitors will be
assigned for students so that the activity data can be transferred to the web service.
There can be up to 1248 Polar Active activity monitors in the web service. The monitor IDs are set to the
activity monitors in Polar GoFit when the monitors are registered to the web service. A monitor ID consists of
a letter (A-Z) and a number (1-48). The monitor ID tells which case the activity monitor belongs to.
For instructions on registering the products to the web service, see Registering activity monitors. See also
Assigning activity monitors.
SENSORS IN POLAR GOFIT
Polar GoFit is compatible with the Polar heart rate sensors that use Bluetooth®Smart technology. It is
mandatory to register the heart rate sensors to Polar GoFit before starting to use them. Heart rate data cannot
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be monitored in the Polar GoFit app or transferred to the Polar GoFit web service before the sensors have
been registered.
The sensor IDs are inserted into Polar GoFit at registration, and the registered sensors are labeled with
stickers. Sensors are registered to the web service only once.
After registration, the sensors can be assigned to students so that their heart rate data can be monitored in the
Polar GoFit app and transferred to the web service. One sensor can be assigned to several students at the
same time provided that the students are not participating in the same course. Moreover, students can
participate in several heart rate courses at a time, which is why they can also have several sensors assigned
to them.
For instructions on registering sensors to the web service, see Registering heart rate sensors. See also
Assigning heart rate sensors.
It is possible for individual students to purchase their own heart rate sensors and wear them instead of
school sensors. Sensors purchased by students need to be registered to Polar GoFit, too. For more
information, see Using a personal heart rate sensor.
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DATA TRANSFER
DATA TRANSFER IN ACTIVITY MONITORING
To transfer data between an activity monitor and Polar GoFit, make sure you have the following available:
l Polar GoFit user credentials,
l a Polar FlowLink data transfer unit, and
l the Polar WebSync software (version 2.4 or newer).
You can download WebSync at www.polar.com/support. To install WebSync, download the installer, run
it and follow the instructions on the screen.
To start the data transfer, plug the FlowLink data transfer unit into a free USB port and place an activity
monitor on the FlowLink with the display facing down. When the activity monitor is aligned correctly, the Align
light is lit on the FlowLink.
When the activity monitor is detected and WebSync is running, WebSync prompts for Polar GoFit user
credentials. The WebSync icon turns green in the task bar (Windows) / menu bar (OS X) simultaneously.
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Use data transfer to:
l register activity monitors to the Polar GoFit web service,
l assign activity monitors to students when creating courses, and
l download activity data from an activity monitor to Polar GoFit.
Depending on what kind of data is transferred, the needed actions vary. See the table below for reference.
I want to... Location in Polar GoFit WebSync FlowLink
register activity mon-
itors to the web ser-
vice for my school.
assign activity mon-
itors to students for
course duration.
download activity
School > Monitors Start the software if it is not
already running.
If there is a WebSync icon in the
Courses > Create course >
Assign monitors / Courses >
select and open course > Assign
monitors
task bar (Windows) / menu bar
(OS X), the software is ready to
be used.
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Plug the data
transfer unit
into the USB
port.
data from an activity
monitor to the web
service.
Working with several activity monitors: When WebSync confirms with a green tick that the activity
monitor is okay, leave the software running and place the next activity monitor on the FlowLink. If you
accidentally closed WebSync, it prompts for the user credentials again when needed.
For more information on the WebSync software, see the WebSync software help.
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DATA TRANSFER IN HEART RATE MONITORING
Heart rate data is transferred from the heart rate sensors to the Polar GoFit app automatically via Bluetooth
Smart technology, provided that all the preparations (setting up the system, creating a heart rate course and
assigning heart rate sensors) have been done as instructed. Teacher just needs to sign in to the Polar GoFit
app in the beginning of a PE lesson, select the right course, and start a new lesson. Students wear their
assigned heart rate sensors and start exercising as instructed by the teacher.
Also the data transfer between the Polar GoFit app and Polar GoFit is automatic. There is no need for
additional data transfer software or equipment. All you need is an Internet connection.
Before PE lesson: Course and student data is synchronized from Polar GoFit to the Polar GoFit app.
Just before PE lesson: Teacher can edit exercise target in the Polar GoFit app. If a sensor is lost or broken,
a teacher can assign a new sensor to a student in the Polar GoFit app. The changes are synchronized from
the Polar GoFit app to Polar GoFit. Visitors are added to lessons in the Polar GoFit app.
During PE lesson: Heart rate data is transferred from the heart rate sensors to the Polar GoFit app via
Bluetooth®Smart technology.
Just after PE Lesson: Course and student data is synchronized from the Polar GoFit app to Polar GoFit.
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After PE lesson: The Polar GoFit app shows the latest date when data was synchronized to Polar GoFit. The
synchronized data is available in both Polar GoFit and the Polar GoFit app.
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EVALUATION
COURSE EVALUATION
The most common evaluation types are pre-defined in the web service. However, you can also edit, remove
and add new evaluation types. For instructions on adding and editing the evaluation types, see Configuring
evaluation types.
Default evaluation types:
l A+
l A
l A-
l B+
l B
Letters fractionalized
Letters
l B-
l C+
l C
l C-
l D+
l D
l D-
l E
l F
l A
l B
l C
l D
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l E
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