Every Bloom has one configuration page, and that page is split into a row of tabs running across the top. Each tab controls one slice of how your Bloom looks, teaches, and behaves. This article is the map: a one-paragraph summary of every tab in the order they appear, plus a link to the deep-dive guide for each one. Bookmark this page if you are new to Bloom administration.
Where to find the configuration page
Sign in at app.bloom.study, open Manage Blooms, and click the Bloom you want to edit. You will land on the configuration page, with the Initial Setup tab open by default. The tab strip appears just below the page title and scrolls horizontally if your screen is narrow.
Initial Setup
The default tab. This is where you set the Bloom’s identity: Title, Education Level, Welcome Message, Context and Instructions, Example Questions, Language, and Voice. Everything here is what students see or hear in their first thirty seconds with the Bloom.
When to come back here: renaming the Bloom for a new term, refreshing the welcome message, rotating example question chips, or switching the read-aloud voice. Full walkthrough: How to create your first Bloom.
Knowledge Base
Upload the documents the Bloom can ground its answers in: PDFs, Word files, slide decks, Markdown, text, JSON, or URLs. Files are extracted, chunked, embedded, and stored for retrieval. You set per-file access levels to control whether a source can be cited, shown, or only used in the background.
When to come back here: at the start of every term, when a syllabus updates, or when a student reports a wrong answer that points back to a missing or stale source. Full walkthroughs: Upload course materials, Managing documents, and The document viewer.
Pedagogy
Tune how the Bloom teaches, not what it knows. Controls cover the Socratic style (how much it nudges versus tells), response length, encouragement tone, when to offer worked examples, and how strict it is about staying on topic. This tab is where a generic AI tutor becomes your tutor.
When to come back here: after the first week of student use, once you can see whether the Bloom is too chatty, too terse, or giving away answers too easily. Full walkthrough: Set the teaching persona and pedagogy.
Workspace and Sharing
Workspace controls which student-side tools are enabled inside this Bloom: the canvas (rich-text editor for essays and feedback), quizzes, document viewer panes, and similar layout features. Turn off what you do not want students to see.
Sharing controls guest access. Toggle on guest links to let anyone with the URL try the Bloom without an account, useful for open days, parent demos, or first-week onboarding before accounts are ready.
When to come back here: before a public showcase (turn Sharing on), or when you want to lock down a feature mid-term. Full walkthrough: Invite students and share access.
Users and Moderation
Users lists everyone enrolled in this Bloom and lets you change their role (student, educator, manager), remove them, or invite new people directly. It only appears once the Bloom has been saved.
Moderation controls the safety guardrails: blocked topics, allow-list framing, assessment-question refusal, and content filtering thresholds. This is where you tell the Bloom what it must never answer, even if asked nicely.
Full walkthroughs: Manage Bloom users and Control what your Bloom will and will not answer.
AI and Branding
AI picks the underlying model provider for this Bloom. Most educators leave this on the recommended default. Switch only if you have a specific reason (latency, regional data preferences, or comparing teaching quality across providers).
Branding is where you customise the look: bot name, avatar, accent colour, and (on white-labelled plans) your school logo and full theme. Branding changes take effect immediately in chat for new conversations.
Full walkthrough: Brand your Bloom.
Common issues
I cannot see the Pedagogy or Branding tab
Tabs are gated by role. You need to be a Space Owner, Bloom Manager, or Educator on this Bloom. Students and viewers see the chat interface only, never the configuration page. If your role is correct but tabs are still missing, refresh the page; role changes do not push live until your next page load.
Branding changes are not appearing for students
Branding applies to new conversations and reloaded chat windows. Ask the student to refresh the tab, or start a new conversation. Avatar and logo files are also cached aggressively by the browser, a hard refresh (Ctrl+Shift+R) clears it.
I saved on one tab and lost changes on another
The Save button at the bottom of the page saves every tab’s changes at once. If a field on a different tab fails validation, the whole save is rejected and the tab strip flags which tab has the error in red. Click the red tab, fix the field, and save again.
The Users tab is missing
The Users tab only appears in edit mode, that is, after the Bloom has been created and saved at least once. If you are creating a brand-new Bloom, save it first, and the Users tab will appear.
What’s next
- Start with the basics → Create your first Bloom
- Tune the teaching style → Teaching persona and pedagogy
- Ground answers in your syllabus → Upload course materials