Create Groups

Create Groups

Create Class Groups

  1. 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.

  2. 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.

  3. You can add students from:

    • Your School

    • Your Groups, if you are the Owner of those Class Groups

    Note: Students from Class Groups (Class) from School Cockpit cannot be added as a Group.

  4. 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.

  5. 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.

  6. When all members have been added, click Save.

    Note:

    • 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.

    Edit a Class Group Details

    1. On the Class Group page, select the relevant Class Group card.

    2. Click the Admin Tab, followed by View & Edit.

    3. 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.

      Note: Tagging a Subject and Level to a Class Group will allow teachers and students to view the Learning Progress of this Class Group.

    4. Click Save to confirm your changes, followed by X.

Add Teachers as Students to a Class Group

Only Owners of a Class Group are able to add teachers as students. These teachers may be from the same school or different schools.

  1. From the Class Groups page, select the relevant Class Group card.

  2. From the Admin tab, click View & Edit.

  3. Select the Students () tab. The number in parenthesis indicates the number of students in the Class Group. This includes both teachers and students.

  4. Click Add Student and select either Student (School), Student (Group), or Teacher as Student.

Note:

  • If you add a teacher as a Student (School) or Student (Group), the teacher will be added as a student and can only view Assignments when they switch to their student account. They will not have admin privileges to the Class Group.

  • If you add a teacher as a Teacher as Student, the teacher will be added as a Liaison Teacher and will be able to manage students that are from the same school in the Class Group. They will also be able to view Assignments using their student account. You can change the role of the teacher through the Teacher tab.

  1. When you add a teacher as Student (School), you can search for the teacher's name from the Search Bar. Alternatively, click the Filter icon

    to narrow down the search results by Form Class and Level. Click Apply to proceed.

  2. When you add a teacher as Student (Group), select a Group from the dropdown list. You can then search for the teacher's name from the Search Bar. Alternatively, click the Filter icon

    to narrow down the search results by School. Click Apply to proceed.

  3. When you add a Teacher as Student, you can search for the teacher's name from the Search Bar. Alternatively, you can filter the teacher by school from the dropdown list.

  4. Select the checkboxes next to the names of the teachers you wish to add to the Class Group, followed by Add.

  5. Click Save to save the changes, followed by X.

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