Classes

What a class card shows

• A coloured tile with the class name. The colour comes from the grade, so a grade always looks the same.
• The grade, with a Homeroom badge on the class you are class teacher of.
• The class teacher, a stack of teacher pictures and a +N for the others. A class includes its class teacher and every teacher and co-teacher on its timetable.
• Three counts: students, due (work still open) and new (recent updates). They are coloured only when something needs attention.
• The next online class, when one is scheduled.

Finding a class

• With nine or more classes, a Search classes box appears. It matches the class, teacher and campus.
• With more than one campus, filter buttons appear: All campuses and one for each campus. Classes are grouped under a heading per campus.

The tabs inside a class

• Updates: posts to the class, newest first. The tab shows how many are new.
• Classwork: homework and quizzes for this class, with due tags. The tab shows how many are open.
• Materials: notes, slides and links shared with the class.
• Online: live sessions for the class.
• People: the class teachers and every student. Only staff see this tab.

Post an update

1. Open the class and stay on the Updates tab.

   

2. Press New post.
3. Optionally add a Title (up to 160 characters).
4. Write the Announcement. You can format it and add pictures.
5. Optionally attach Pictures, video or file: up to 25 pictures and videos together, or one audio file, YouTube or Vimeo link, or PDF. Audio and video play right in the post.
6. Press Post to class.

Set classwork

1. Open the class and choose the Classwork tab.
2. Press New assignment, or Add quiz.
3. For an assignment, enter the Title, choose a Subject, set a Due date, and choose How will students answer?: Online, in the portal, or On paper. Press Create assignment, then add the questions on the next screen.
4. For a quiz, enter the Quiz title, Subject, Total marks and Due date, then press Add quiz and add its questions.

Share a material or schedule a session

1. On the Materials tab press Add material. Give it a Title, an optional Subject and a file (press Upload for a PDF, audio or video, or paste a link), then press Add material.
2. On the Online tab press Schedule online class. Give it a Session title, optional Subject, When and Meeting URL, then press Schedule online class.

The People tab

• Teachers are shown as cards with a Class teacher tag, the subjects they teach and their periods a week.
• Students are shown as cards with a View profile button, where your role may open the profile.