(A1) Create Class Groups
(A1) Create Class Groups
- From the homepage, open the left menu and click Class Groups, followed by All Class Groups. Alternatively, under the Class Groups tab, click Class Groups.
- Click Add New Group to open Create New Group subpage. Enter the Name and Expiry Academic Year, Description (optional), Group Image (optional), Subject (optional), and Level (optional). Tagging a Subject and Level to a Class Group allows teachers and students to view the learning progress for this Class Group.
- You can add students from:
- Your School
- Your Groups, if you are the Owner of those Class Groups
- You can add teacher users from your school or other schools as Students in your Class Group.
Note: Teachers added as a Student to a Group will only be able to access this Class Group using their accounts in Student View. They will also be given the Liaison Teacher role. - You can add teachers with the following roles:
Role Able to ... Remarks Owner - add/remove teachers (Owner only)
- change roles of teachers (Owner only)
- add/remove students
- archive a Class Group
- create/delete Class Group Announcements, Events in Planner, Assignments, Quick Create Activities/Quizzes, Resources and Categories, Topics and Polls in Forum, and Subgroups
- change Forum Settings
- edit a Class Group description
- install/uninstall Apps (Owner only)
- manage, edit, pause and monitor Assignments
Default role when a teacher creates a new Class Group. There can be multiple Owners in a Class Group. Co-teacher - same as above (except for Owner only)
Added by a teacher who is the Owner of a Class Group Observer (New in R19) - add/remove students (from the teacher's school only)
- create/delete Class Group Announcements
- view events in Planner, Apps, Class Group Details
- access Assignments and Class Group Resources
- create/delete Posts and Polls in Forum (if permission has been granted)
Added by a teacher who is the Owner of a Class Group Liaison teacher - add/remove students (from the teacher's school only)
When a teacher is added into a Class Group as a student, the teacher will have a Liaison Teacher role. - When all members have been added, click Save.
- Teachers can only add students from their school.
- To add students from other schools, Group Owners will need to add teachers (minimally as Liaison Teachers) from the same school as the intended students and have these teachers add their students.
- To add Students from other schools to your own Class Groups, Group Owner can switch students to different Class Groups owned. The system will add the Liaison Teacher into the changed Class Group if a student that is not from your own school is added.
- On the Class Group page, select the relevant Class Group card.
- Click the Admin Tab, followed by View & Edit.
- In the Edit Details subpage, you can change the Name, enter a brief description of your Class Group, add a group image, change the Group type or Expiry Academic Year and add teachers and students. If it is a Group created within SLS, you can also select a Subject and Level from the respective dropdown lists.
- Click Save to confirm your changes, followed by X.
Note: Students from Class Groups (Class) from School Cockpit cannot be added as a Group.
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Edit a Class Group Details
Note: Tagging a Subject and Level to a Class Group will allow teachers and students to view the Learning Progress of this Class Group.