Managing Students in Your Class (New Teacher Experience)

Table of contents

• How student management works
• Adding students to a class
• Removing a student from a class
• Restoring a removed student
• What happens to student access and progress
• Why hiding students is no longer available
• Important notes for SSO teachers
  
  

How student management works

Student management happens at the class level.

Each student is either:

• In your class, or
• Removed from your class

There is no hidden, paused, or partial state. What you see in your class reflects exactly what students can access.

From your class, you can:

• Add students
• Remove students
• Restore access if a student was removed by mistake

This approach helps keep student access, progress, and class records clear and consistent.

Adding students to a class

Students can be added to a class in more than one way, depending on how the class is set up.

Common ways students join a class include:

• Using a class code shared by the teacher
• Being added/registered directly by the teacher

Once added, students:

• Appear in your Student List
• Gain access to all active course content in the class

Removing a student from a class

Removing a student takes them out of the class completely.

When a student is removed:

• They no longer appear in your Student List
• They lose access to all course content in that class
• They cannot rejoin the class on their own using the class code

You may want to remove a student when:

• A student is no longer in your class
• A student joined the wrong class
• You need to correct class enrollment

To remove a student:

1. Go to My Classes.
   
2. Click View Class to select the class you want to update.
3. Open the Student List.
4. Find the student you want to remove.
5. Open the Actions menu next to their name.
6. Select Remove Student.

The student is removed immediately.

Restoring a removed student

If a student was removed by mistake or needs access again, you can restore them at any time.

Students cannot rejoin a class on their own after being removed. A teacher must restore their access.  If a student tries to rejoin with the class code after being removed, they’ll be prompted to contact their teacher.

To restore a removed student:

1. Go to My Classes and open the class.
2. Open the Student List.
3. Adjust the filter to show removed students.
4. Locate the student marked as Removed.
5. Open the Actions menu and select Reactivate Student.

The student immediately regains access to the class and its active course content.

What happens to student access and progress

When a student is removed from a class:

• They lose access to the class and its courses
• Their progress and scores are no longer visible in that class

When a student is restored:

• They regain access to the class
• Their previous progress and scores become available again

This ensures student data is preserved while keeping class access accurate.

Why hiding students is no longer available

The option to hide or unhide students is no longer available.

Student access is now managed at the class level. This means:

• Students are either active in a class or removed
• There is no hidden state that can cause confusion
• Student access matches what both teachers and students see

This change helps prevent issues like:

• Students appearing in multiple classes unintentionally
• Progress showing under the wrong class or teacher
• Confusing enrollment states

Important notes for SSO teachers

If your school uses Clever or ClassLink, student management may work a little differently due to district rostering rules.

In these cases:

• Class membership may be managed by the rostering system
• Some actions may be limited or behave differently
• Missing students or classes may be related to roster sync timing