The Manage Classes screen provides you with the ability to create a class and assign students to that class with a few easy clicks. You can also see all of the classes that the teachers in your school have created and edit them if necessary.

There are several steps that you must follow to successfully add or edit a class. Click on one of the steps listed below to learn more about that part of the class editing process.

1. Finding a Class
2. Activating or Deactivating a Class
3. Editing a Class
4. Viewing Class Information
5. Editing a post-promotion class
6. Adding a Class
7. Assigning Students to a New Class
8. Modifying Student Rosters in an Existing Class
9. Exporting a Class Roster

1. Finding a Class

• Select a teacher from the Teacher drop-down list. (This field is optional.)
  Note: If you do not select a teacher, then all of the classes in the your school will display on the list.
• To view a list of all classes that match the selected criteria, click the Find button.
• To reset the selections, click the Clear button.
• A list of classes will display in the table below the Classes head.
  Note: You can sort the list alphabetically by clicking on the column heads. You can sort by the class Name, Teacher, Grade, Period, or Status.
• To Add a new class, click on the Add Class button.
• To edit a class, click on the class name in the Name column.
  
  
  

1. Click the Schools & Classes tab, and then click Classes under Manage.
2. On the Manage Classes screen, the default value in the Teacher and Status fields is All. You can use the default value, or do any of the following:
• Select a Teacher.
• Set the Status to Active or Inactive.
3. Click Find.





4. On the class list, click the class name.
5. On the Edit Class screen, click Activate or Inactivate, and then click Save.





6. Read the message that appears, and click OK.
   

Note
• If the class is flagged for Soar to Success, ThinkCentral updates the class record and sends a request to Soar to Success to activate or deactivate the class.

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• To change the name of the class, type in the new name for the class in the Class Name entry field.
• Select a grade from the Grade drop-down list.
• Type in the class period in the Period entry field. (This field is optional.)
• Type in the description of the class in the Description entry field. (This field is optional.)
• Select the products that you want to make available to the class by clicking the check box next to the appropriate product titles. (These selections are optional.)
• To inactivate the class, click the Inactive button.
  Note: Once a class is inactivated it will no longer be viewable in the system.
• To save your changes to the class, click the Save button.
• To exit the screen without saving any of your changes, Click the Cancel button.
• To modify the list of students assigned to the class, click the Assign Students button. (This field is optional.)
  
  
  

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4.Viewing Class Information

1. Click Class Information on the Edit User screen.
2. On the View Class Information screen you can:
• Click the Class Name link to go to the Edit Class screen.
• Click Print to select print options and then print the class information.
• Click Cancel to return to the Edit User screen.

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5. Editing a post-promotion class

This topic describes editing a class that has been archived in the promotion process.

1. On the School & Classes tab, click Classes under Manage.
2. On the Manage Classes screen, click the name of the class you want to edit.
3. Scroll to the end of the Edit Class, Define Class Details screen, and click Assign Students, on the lower right.
4. On the Assign Students To Class screen, click Edit Class.
• You return to Define Class Details screen and the process to edit a class that has been archived in the promotion process is completed.

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6. Adding a Class

• To add a new class to the system, click on the Add Class button below the results table.
• Select a teacher from the Teacher drop-down list.
• Type in a unique name for the new class in the Class Name entry field.
• Select a grade from the Grade drop-down list.
• Type in the class period in the Period entry field. (This field is optional.)
• Type in the description of the class in the Description entry field. (This field is optional.)
• To make the class live in the system, click the Activate radio button.
• To keep the class in the system without deleting it, but to make it inactive so that it cannot be used, click the Inactivate button.
• Select the products that you want to make available to the class by clicking the check box next to the appropriate product titles. You may select as many or as few products as you wish. (These selections are optional.)
• To save your changes to the class without creating a student roster, click the Save button.
• To exit the screen without saving any of your changes, click the Cancel button.
• To create a roster of students assigned to the class, click the Assign Students button.
  
  
  

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• To create a roster of students assigned to the class, click the Assign Students button on the Add a Class screen.
• Select a grade to limit the list of students using the Select Students from Grade drop-down list.
• To view a list of students from that grade, click the Find button.
• To reset the student list, click Clear.
• To Add Students to a class:
  • To add all of the students from the list to your class, click the Add All button.
  • To add individual students, select the student(s) that you want to add to the class from the Students list on the left of the screen. Then click the Add button.*
• To Remove Students from a class:
  • To remove all of the students from your class, click the Remove All button.
  • To remove individual students, select the student(s) that you want to remove from the class from the Class roster list on the right of the screen. Then click the Remove button.*
• To edit the class information entered on the previous page, click the Edit Class button.
  Note: Returning to the Edit Class screen will erase any changes you have made on this screen. To save these changes, you must click the Done button. You can then return to the Edit Class screen to make changes.
• To exit the screen without saving any of your changes, Click the Cancel button.
• To save the new class roster list, click the Done button.
  
  * You can select more than one student by holding down the Control (Ctrl) key on your keyboard and clicking on multiple students. You can also click on one student, then hold the Shift key, and click on a second student to highlight all of the students between those two students.
  
  
  

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• Select a grade from the Select Students from Grade drop-down list.
• To view a list of students from that grade, click the Find button.
• To reset the student list, click Clear.
• To Add Students to a class:
  • To add all of the students from the list to your class, click the Add All button.
  • To add individual students, select the student(s) that you want to add to the class from the Students list on the left of the screen. Then click the Add button.*
• To Remove Students from a class:
  • To remove all of the students from your class, click the Remove All button.
  • To remove individual students, select the student(s) that you want to remove from the class from the Class roster list on the right of the screen. Then click the Remove button.*
• To edit the class information entered on the previous page, click the Edit Class button.
  Note: Returning to the Edit Class screen will erase any changes you have made on this screen. To save these changes, you must click the Done button. You can then return to the Edit Class screen to make changes.
• To exit the screen without saving any of your changes, Click the Cancel button.
• To save the new class roster list, click the Done button.
  
  * You can select more than one student by holding down the Control (Ctrl) key on your keyboard and clicking on multiple students. You can also click on one student, then hold the Shift key, and click on a second student to highlight all of the students between those two students.
  
  
  

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