Managing classes and groups

Here a short video (2'35) that covers this topic

CLASSES AND GROUPS > MANAGE CLASSES AND GROUPS

The difference between Classes and Groups

Class is the main group you wish your students to be organised in.

Groups are other groups students might be in e.g. clubs, pastoral groups, other teaching groups.

• A student can only be in one Class.
  • If you move a student Into a new class, they will automatically be removed from the old class.
• A student can be in multiple Groups
  • If you add a student to any Group, they will remain in their main Class

Why is this significant?

You can see that the dashboards and the activity tab can all be filtered by either class or group.

This is designed so that different teachers can access their classes or groups easily.

Most secondary schools use pastoral forms as the class. Subject classes can then be set up in Groups e.g PE classes.

You can also use combined filters so if you want to see which students in class 3T attends the Athletics club, you can do so easily.

Setting up a new Group

1. Go to Classes and Groups
2. Manage classes and groups
3. Add the name e.g Year 7 Dance Club
4. Select whether it is a class or group using the slider
5. Add the name of the students - just start typing and when you see the name highlighted, hit return and the student will be added to this group.
6. Click SAVE when you have finished creating the group. 

Most schools set up the following Groups

• Extra curricular clubs
• School teams
• Houses
• Intervention groups
  • Eg If you are looking to support the physical activity of less active students, you can set up a group to help you easily see their progress. NB Students do NOT see which groups they are in but it does effect who they can see on the safe social connectivity function.