Step 2: Set Up

After completing the Registration step you will land on the Admin home page shown below. 

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Set Up Identifiers, Assessments, Users, Classes, and Import Students

From the Set Up menu items on the left side go through the five primary steps in sequential order.

1. Identifiers 

Class Composer includes a list of identifiers to help you get started.  These can be edited (pencil icon) or deleted (red trash can).  To add a new custom Identifier: enter a three letter abbreviation, the full title, the grade level, then click the green Add button.  

Identifiers will appear in the Student Card and in the Digital Data Wall.

To learn more please visit our Identifiers article.

2. Assessments

To add a new custom assessment field: enter a three letter abbreviation, the full title, the grade level, then click the green Add button. 

Assessment fields will appear in the Student Card allowing assessment scores to be associated with each child.  

To learn more please visit our Assessments article.

3. Users

To add an individual user: enter first name, last name, email, choose role, then click the green Add button. 

For a bulk upload click on the Import Users button and follow the step-by-step instructions.  To learn more visit our Import Users article.

The School Representative who completed the Registration process will be automatically added to the list of users. 

As an Admin you are in control of the timing of sending out the invite email for your users to begin. The invite email will be sent out when you click on the blue letter icon under the Actions column. You will need to click on each letter icon for each user.

To learn more please visit our Users article.

4. Classes

At this step you will add classes for the current year and for the next year.

Clicking on the Add Class button will display a class for that grade level. Clicking on the drop down arrow next to the Add Class button will add a Split Class. Double-click on the class to assign a teacher and to add an optional class name.

After completely building out your current year classes the next step is to build out next year's classes. Scroll down to view the next year's classes build area which is located just below the current year set up. Then click on the green Create Next Year's Classes button. This will make a copy of your current year set up as a starting point. Adjust the classes and teachers for the next year as needed. 

To learn more please visit our Classes article.

5. Import Students

At this step you will guided to import students in bulk to each grade level through a csv sheet.  

This is an optional step.  Students can be entered individually in the teacher dashboard or in the current year Digital Data Wall.

To learn more visit our Import Students article.

Optional Set Up Steps: Import Assessment Scores and Assign Identifiers

1. Import Assessment Scores

At this step you can either can import assessment scores in bulk or enter them directly in the online table. The assessment scores will now be displayed in the Student Card for each student.

To learn more please visit the Assign Assessments article.

2. Assign Identifiers

At this step you can quickly assign identifiers to students for a class or for an entire grade level. The identifier selection will now be shown in the Student Card for each student.

To learn more please visit the Assign Identifiers article.

Set Up is Complete

The next step is to turn the Compose Mode to aon.