Students & classes

Classes, subjects and topics

Open Settings → Curriculum. The screen has three columns: Classes, Subjects and Topics.

• Classes: press + to open Add a class, type the Class name and press Add the class. The gear button sets the Section names used for new classes (A to H unless you change them). Each class’s menu has Teacher access…, Rename, Sections… and Delete.
• Subjects: Add a subject with its Name, an optional Code, and the classes it is Taught to.
• Topics: Add topic under a subject. A topic is a chapter or unit, and it is how questions are filed and drawn later.

Adding teachers and other staff

1. Open Settings → Users and press Add user.
2. Type their Email, choose a Role (Teacher, Technician or Administrator) and, if you like, a Name and Description.
3. Press Send the invitation. They show as Not signed in yet until their first sign-in. There is nothing for them to accept: signing in with that address activates the account.

Open a teacher with View to choose the Classes and subjects this teacher can access and their Extra permissions. You can also give access from a class in Settings → Curriculum with Teacher access….

Adding students

Students get real accounts the moment you add them. You can give them exams straight away, before they have ever signed in.

One at a time

On Students, press Add student. Fill in Name, Email, Class, Section and Roll number and press Add the student. The email should be the address the student signs in with.

A whole class from a spreadsheet

1. On Students, press Import, then Import a CSV.
2. Press Download the template if you need one. The columns are name and email (both required), roll_no, class and section. A class or section that does not exist yet is created for you. Any other columns are kept and shown on the student’s page under From the import file.
3. Choose your file. A CSV can be up to 2 MB and 2,000 rows; an Excel file is converted in the browser, first sheet only.
4. Under If already here, choose Update them or Leave them alone for students who are already on the roster.
5. Press Check the file. Nothing is saved by this step: you see how many students are To create, To update, Skipped and Rejected, and Download rejected rows gives you the rows to fix.
6. Press Import N students. Recent imports keeps a history.

Managing the roster

• Find students: search by name, email or roll number, and use Filters for Class, Section and Status.
• Move or deactivate several at once: press Select, tick the students, then Move to class or Deactivate.
• Export CSV downloads the list you are looking at.
• A student’s page shows their class and roll number and the exams they have sat. Change their details under Details and placement. An email address cannot be edited, because it is how they sign in.
• Deactivate account stops them signing in and can be undone with Reactivate. Delete permanently is only offered for a student who has never sat an exam.