Polar GoFit – Physical Education Solution Web Service

: June 8, 2024
: Polar

POLAR GOFIT USER GUIDE FOR STUDENTS

Welcome to the Polar GoFit web service! Polar GoFit is a part of the Polar Physical Education solution. It enables teachers and students to track students’ heart rate data during PE lessons, evaluate students based on this data, and share reports. It also provides a tool for organizing fitness testing and tracking the students’ results.

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 heart rate data and fitness test results. Polar GoFit helps them learn a healthy lifestyle.

Polar solutions for heart rate monitoring give teachers objective evaluation tools. They allow evaluation based on effort, not just skills. The idea is that teachers do not give grades, but students earn them instead.
Fitness testing provides accurate and reliable information about students’ level of physical fitness. It provides teachers (and parents) a way to teach the students about the importance of being active and fit throughout their lives.

Sign in to the web service on the Polar GoFit home page (www.polargofit.com). The student user credentials are provided by the teacher.

HEART RATE MONITORING

Heart rate data is collected with Polar heart rate sensors or Polar GoFit compatible wrist devices. See list of Polar GoFit compatible devices on support pages.
HEART RATE MONITORING

VIEWING HEART RATE DATA

Heart rate data is collected during PE lessons. Each student wears a heart rate sensor and exercises as instructed by the teacher. The teacher monitors heart rate data via iPad and shares it to students on a screen.
Heart rate data is transferred to Polar GoFit automatically. There is no need for additional data transfer software or equipment.

You can purchase your own heart rate sensor and wear it instead of a school sensor if you wish. If you purchase your own sensor, write down the ID printed on your sensor and give the ID to your teacher. Your teacher needs the ID to register your new sensor to the system.
Students can only see their own heart rate data in Polar GoFit.

VIEWING HEART RATE DATA IN POLAR GOFIT

Go to the Polar GoFit home page (www.polargofit.com), and sign in using your student user credentials. Each student has a user account to the web service. Contact your teacher to get user credentials.
Your courses are listed on the Dashboard page with a course summary. The heart rate course summary shows:
course name,
achieved percentage of the target time in target zone,
number of completed lessons,
teacher’s name,
start date, and
end date.
Find the course you are looking for and click View charts.
The Course summary page shows the following Course information:
number of students,
number of lessons,
teacher,
evaluation type,
start date, and
end date.
It also shows:
achieved percentage of target time in target zone,
time spent in different heart rate zones, and
list of lessons.
The list of lessons shows the following information for each lesson:
date and time,
target zone,
time spent in different heart rate zones, and
***** lesson duration.
Click View lesson summaries or Open to view lesson summaries with heart rate curves. The Lesson summary page shows the following information for each lesson:
time spent in different heart rate zones (target zone indicated with a red frame),
achieved time in target zone compared to target time (both as a percentage and as minutes),
calories spent (optional),
evaluation,
saved data percentage (data can be lost, for example, if you had to leave the class for a few minutes and the connection between your heart rate sensor and the teacher’s iPad was interrupted),
lesson number,
possible badges,
short description of the benefit of the lesson (if you stayed in the target zone for at least ten minutes),
va curve graph displaying your heart rate during the lesson, and
***** maximum and average heart rate during the lesson.

Move between the lessons with the arrows above the curve graph area.
Click View course summary to return to the Course summary page.

If there are gaps in the heart rate curve (no heart rate detected), make sure that you are wearing the heart rate sensor as instructed. The strap must be tight enough and the electrodes must be properly moistened.
In addition to your own course(s), you can also take lessons from other courses. A permission from the course’s teacher and an available heart rate sensor are required. The lessons you took from other courses are listed in Visited lessons, where you can view and print the lessons summaries.

Use the following questions to discuss the heart rate data with your parents or teacher:

How did you feel in each heart rate zone?
What are the benefits of exercise in each heart rate zone?
Why is it important to have a warm-up and a cool-down phase?
See how your maximum/average heart rate varies between the lessons. Can you explain the differences?

TARGET ZONES AND BADGES

TARGET ZONES

Your teacher has selected a target zone for the heart rate course. The target zone can be changed for a single lesson too. The available target zones are:

Performance (70-100% of maximum heart rate): develops maximum performance and speed,
Healthy heart (70-90% of maximum heart rate): improves aerobic fitness and performance capacity,
Active (60-80% of maximum heart rate): improves basic endurance and muscle tone, and
Custom teacher can select the target zone according to his/her liking.

The teacher has also selected a Time in target zone, which indicates for how long you should aim to stay within the target zone in every PE lesson. The system evaluates your course automatically based on your achieved percentage of the target time in target zone.

BADGES

There are two kinds of badges: reward badges and personal best badges.
For every five or ten minutes (according to course or lesson properties) that you stay in the target zone during a lesson, you receive a reward badge. The reward badges are named after cats:

a domestic cat for 5/10 minutes in the target zone,
a cougar for 10/20 minutes in the target zone,
a lion for 15/30 minutes in the target zone,
a leopard for 20/40 minutes in the target zone,
**** a tiger for 25/50 minutes in the target zone, and
a cheetah for 30/60 minutes in the target zone.

Polar GoFit lesson summaries show the badges that you have received for each lesson. If you stay in the target zone for less than 5 / 10 minutes (according to course or lesson properties) during a lesson, you do not receive a reward badge for that lesson.
In each heart rate course, you receive a personal best badge for your best lesson. Your best lesson is the one during which you stay in the target zone for longest. The personal best badge is shown in the lesson summary of your best lesson.

FITNESS TESTING

The tests are performed during PE lessons. In each test, you perform a set of test items that the teacher has chosen. The test items can measure your:

aerobic capacity (for example Walk Test),
flexibility (for example Shoulder Stretch),
body composition (for example Skinfold Measurement) and
muscular strength and endurance (for example Trunk Lift).

Teachers also have a possibility to create custom test items in which they can choose what they wish to measure and what is the target result.
The teacher writes down your results.

VIEWING TEST RESULTS

Even though the tests are performed at school, you can also view the results at home.

Go to the Polar GoFit home page (www.polargofit.com), and sign in using your student user credentials. Each student has a user account to the web service. Contact your teacher to get user credentials.
Go to Tests. All the tests that you have completed are listed here.
Find the test that you wish to view.
Press the icon .
View the results. The test items are grouped into four categories according to what they measure: aerobic capacity, flexibility, body composition, or muscular strength and endurance. In addition, teachers can create their own test items that are grouped into the fifth category, Own test items.
To return to the list of Completed tests, press Done.

You can also find the tests you have completed on the Dashboard .

SIGNING OUT

To end the session in Polar GoFit, choose Sign out in the drop-down menu at the top right corner.

IMPORTANT INFORMATION

PRECAUTIONS

Polar GoFit web service is designed to enable:

tracking and documenting students’ heart rate during PE lessons and the time spent in different heart rate zones,
fitness testing and documenting test results.

No other use is intended or implied.

MINIMIZING POSSIBLE RISKS

Physical activity and exercising may include some risks. Before beginning a regular exercise program, answer the following questions concerning your health status. If you answer yes to any of these questions, consult a physician before starting any exercise program.
The following questions are for students:

Have you been physically inactive?
Do you have symptoms of any disease?
Are you taking heart or any other medication?
Do you have a history of breathing problems?
Are you recovering from a serious illness or medical treatment?
Do you use a pacemaker or other implanted electronic device?

If you feel unexpected pain or excessive fatigue when exercising, stop the exercise or continue at a lighter intensity.
If you are allergic to any substance that comes into contact with your skin or if you suspect an allergic reaction due to using the product, check the listed materials in the Technical Specifications of the Polar Active activity monitor or the Polar heart rate sensor.

COPYRIGHT

Copyright © 2020 Polar Electro Oy, FIN-90440 KEMPELE. All rights reserved. No part of this manual may be used or reproduced in any form or by any means without prior written permission of Polar Electro Oy.

DISCLAIMER

The material in this manual is for informational purposes only. The products it describes are subject to change without prior notice, due to the manufacturer’s continuous development program.
Polar Electro Inc./Polar Electro Oy makes no representations or warranties with respect to this manual or with respect to the products described herein.
Polar Electro Inc./Polar Electro Oy shall not be liable for any damages, losses, costs or expenses, direct, indirect or incidental, consequential or special, arising out of, or related to the use of this material or the products described herein.
The Bluetooth® word mark and logos are registered trademarks owned by Bluetooth SIG, Inc. and any use of such marks by Polar Electro Oy is under license.

IMPORTANT INFORMATION

PRECAUTIONS
Polar GoFit web service is designed to enable:

tracking and documenting students’ heart rate during PE lessons and the time spent in different heart rate zones,
fitness testing and documenting test results.

No other use is intended or implied.

MINIMIZING POSSIBLE RISKS

Physical activity and exercising may include some risks. Before beginning a regular exercise program, answer the following questions concerning your health status. If you answer yes to any of these questions, consult a physician before starting any exercise program.

The following questions are for students:

Have you been physically inactive?
Do you have symptoms of any disease?
Are you taking heart or any other medication?
Do you have a history of breathing problems?
Are you recovering from a serious illness or medical treatment?
Do you use a pacemaker or other implanted electronic device?

If you feel unexpected pain or excessive fatigue when exercising, stop the exercise or continue at a lighter intensity.
If you are allergic to any substance that comes into contact with your skin or if you suspect an allergic reaction due to using the product, check the listed materials in the Technical Specifications of the Polar Active activity monitor or the Polar heart rate sensor.

COPYRIGHT

Copyright © 2020 Polar Electro Oy, FIN-90440 KEMPELE. All rights reserved. No part of this manual may be used or reproduced in any form or by any means without prior written permission of Polar Electro Oy.

DISCLAIMER

The material in this manual is for informational purposes only. The products it describes are subject to change without prior notice, due to the manufacturer’s continuous development program.
Polar Electro Inc./Polar Electro Oy makes no representations or warranties with respect to this manual or with respect to the products described herein.
Polar Electro Inc./Polar Electro Oy shall not be liable for any damages, losses, costs or expenses, direct, indirect or incidental, consequential or special, arising out of, or related to the use of this material or the products described herein.
The Bluetooth® word mark and logos are registered trademarks owned by Bluetooth SIG, Inc. and any use of such marks by Polar Electro Oy is under license.

PRIVACY NOTICE

POLAR GOFIT – INSTRUCTIONS FOR STUDENTS AND THEIR LEGAL GUARDIANS

In order to add the student’s information into Polar GoFit service, the school must first ask for the written consent of the student or their legal guardian. The student, or in the case of a minor, the legal guardian of the student has the right to revoke the consent at any time, in which case the school must delete the student’s information from the service. The student receives a user name with which they can view their information. All information in Polar GoFit service will be saved on the servers of the service provider. The servers are located in the EU or the USA. If agreed with the student, or in the case of a minor, their legal guardian, the information can be shared with the school district. Information can also be shared with third parties outside the school if agreed with the student, or in the case of a minor, their legal guardian.
More information on Polar data protection at www.polar.com/en/legal/privacy- notice

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