Teacher guide · School setup

Set up teachers, students, and classes

Add teachers and students to your school, create classes in My Classes, then help students sign in and join with a class code.

In this article

01Before you start

One person sets up the school list. Teachers then look after their own classes.

You need access to School Invite to add people for the whole school. Have each teacher and student’s school email address ready. A spreadsheet column is fine—you can paste many addresses at once.

Use the email address each person will use to sign in.
Check the spelling before you add anyone.
Add people to the school before asking students to join classes.

02Add teachers and students

Open School Invite, then stay on Add Members. Add teachers in the first box and students in the second.

Paste teacher emails

Separate addresses with a comma, semicolon, or new line. Choose Add Teachers.

Paste student emails

Use the same format, then choose Add Students.

Light-mode Add Members screen with separate teacher and student email lists — Fig. 1. Add teachers and students separately. Leibniz shows how many valid addresses it found before you continue.

Key idea

School access and class membership are separate. Add people here first. Teachers create classes in My Classes, then students join with a class code.

03What people receive by email

Invitation email

Sent to the address you added

Activate or sign in

Use that same email address

Join your class

Students enter the teacher’s class code

Teachers receive an invitation to activate their teacher account. Students receive an invitation saying they have been added to your school. Students then sign in and use the class code their teacher shares.

Do this

Ask everyone to open the invitation and continue with the same school email address you entered.

Emails are sent in the background and may take a few minutes. If one is missing, check Junk or Spam and confirm the address in Current Roster.

04Create classes

Once your teacher account is ready, open My Classes. Create your classes here after adding teachers and students to the school.

Choose New Class

Select New Class to open Create New Class. If you have no classes yet, you can also choose Create Class.

Name the class

Use a name students will recognise, such as Year 12 Loading course….

Select the course

Under Courses (required), select the course or courses this class studies. Check the curriculum and year level before you continue.

Create the class and share its code

Choose Create Class. Open the class and copy its Class Code. Share this code with your students.

Create New Class dialog in My Classes with a class name and course selection — Fig. 2. Create a class from My Classes. Give it a recognisable name and select its course before you choose Create Class.

Key idea

You do not need to paste student emails when creating the class. Students join it themselves after signing in and entering the class code.

Next, ask students to follow the join with a class code steps below. A new class stays empty until students join it.

05Students join with the class code

Use the class code for the whole class, including students who join later.

Activate school access and sign in

Add each student under School Invite → Add Members → Student Emails first. Ask them to open their invitation, use that same email address, and finish account setup. Existing users can sign in to their account.

Share the class code

Copy Class Code from My Classes, the class page, or its Settings tab. Give the code to students in that class.

Students enter the code

Each student opens Classes, chooses Join Class, enters the code, then chooses Join Class again. The class then appears in their class list.

Signed-in student entering their teacher’s class code in the Join a Class dialog — Fig. 3. Students sign in first, then enter the code shared by their teacher.

Do this

If the code is rejected, copy it again and remove extra spaces. Check that the student signed in with the email added to the school.

06Manage one class

Open the class from your teacher home, then use its Students and Settings tabs.

Review students

The Students tab shows everyone currently in the class. Choose a student to view their work and progress.

Remove a student from this class

Choose the remove-person icon beside their name. Their saved work is kept unless you deliberately choose the delete-data option.

Change teacher access

In Settings, use Teachers to add a co-teacher or remove someone’s access to this class.

Light-mode class Students tab with three students and a remove-person action on each row — Fig. 4. The class Students tab. Use the remove-person icon at the right of a row to take someone out of this class.

07Final check

Teachers and students have received their school invitations.
Each class has the right teacher, course, and student count.
Pending people know to check their school inbox and Junk or Spam.
Students have signed in and joined their class with its code.