Know what to do next.
You do not need to memorize Checkmate. Use this Playbook when you want to learn the system, solve a problem, help your student, or find the right college resource.
Start with your role
You do not need to read the whole Playbook. Start with the guide made for you.
Your Quick Start
Learn your Board, Current Move, Messages, Ask for Help, Huddles, and what to do first.
OPEN STUDENT GUIDE → Parent / SupporterSupport without taking over
Know what your role is, what to ask, when to step in, and how Checkmate builds independence.
OPEN PARENT GUIDE → Payor / Membership ManagerMembership Quick Start
Understand billing, membership logistics, privacy boundaries, and where to go for account help.
OPEN PAYOR GUIDE → College ToolsOfficial Resources
Find FAFSA, Federal Student Aid, transfer tools, career resources, and official school links.
OPEN RESOURCES →Prefer a web page? Read the Student Quick Start, Parent Quick Start, or Membership Quick Start as an accessible HTML guide.
The full Family Playbook
Need more than the Quick Start? The full Playbook walks through Checkmate from beginning to end, including examples, scenario tours, troubleshooting, college resources, a glossary, and an index.
Your college. Your Playbook.
Choose from all 28 Florida College System schools. Every school has its own color-coded guide, clickable topic menu, official-source links and PDF. The web guides are easiest to navigate on a phone.
FIND YOUR COLLEGE →
Registration, financial aid, advising, tutoring, records, transfer and campus support, organized school by school. School colors are navigational cues; Checkmate does not claim a partnership with the colleges.
The easiest way to use Checkmate
Open your Board and find your Current Move.
Do the real-world action. You do not need to solve everything at once.
Tell Checkmate what happened. If you are stuck, Ask for Help.