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Managing Manual Classes
- 07 Oct 2024
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Managing Manual Classes
- Updated on 07 Oct 2024
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Classes can be added manually from the Classes menu.
Adding a new class
Click the Add New Class button to begin, then select Add New Class from the dropdown menu.
From the sidebar that appears, assign the class to a location, then give it a name and description.
Pressing Add will create the class and immediately take you to the class edit screen.
Editing a class
You can get to the class edit screen at any time by clicking on the class name from the Classes screen in card view, or the class's row in table view.
From this screen, all attributes of a class can be edited. You can also add teachers and students to the class. Students can be added manually by email address or from the linked Google Directory.
Class Details
In the Class Details section, you can change the classes name, description, and card color. The color dropdown in the upper right of the Class Details section allows you to select the color that will be used in the rest of the Securly Classroom interface to refer to that class.
Class Session Options
| Setting | Description |
|---|---|
| End class after | Set the time the class should end, or select duration to set the length of the class in hours and minutes. |
| Limit Tabs | This setting will determine the maximum number of tabs students may have open during the session. |
| Use block list | Choose a list of sites to block during the class session. For more information, see Block Lists |
| Site Lock to Collection | Start the class with Site Lock active. Select a collection to enable this option. |
| Close all open tabs on start | All open browser tabs on student devices will be closed when class starts. |
| Allow students to raise hands | This setting enables or disables the hand raise feature, which is available when students click the Securly Classroom extension icon. |
| Allow students to initiate chat | When enabled, students can initiate a chat session with the teacher by clicking the Securly Classroom extension icon and selecting the Chat opiton. When disabled, the student must wait for the teacher to initiate the chat. |
| Play chat alert sound for students | This option will cause an alert sound to play on student devices when the teacher sends a chat message. This can be useful during remote teaching to get student's attention. Typically, it would be disabled during in-person class sessions to avoid sounds that could distract other students in the room. |
Class Schedule
For more information, see Scheduling Classes.
Adding students
To add students to a manual class, click the plus button on the upper right of the Students panel.
You can select either Add new student, Import from Google Directory, or Import from CSV.
Add new student allows you to add a student by typing in their email address. Make sure you use their school email address that is associated with their Google Workspace account. You will also need to enter their first and last name.
Import from Google Directory allows you to import students directly from your school's Google Workspace OU structure.
Import from CSV allows you to import students in bulk via CSV. The uploaded CSV file should be in the format: Email, First Name, Last Name. The Email field is mandatory.
Use the search bar to filter the list and find students by name, or click Select OU to filter to a particular OU.
For more on scheduling classes, see the Scheduling Classes article.
Exclude a rostered student by default
The “Exclude by default” option in the student roster section for classes sets a student to be excluded from the session when the class automatically starts by schedule. The student will also be unselected on the student selection screen when starting a class manually. This is useful when a student will be absent for an extended period of time, but will return at a later date and is still being included in the synced class roster.
If the “Exclude by default” option is enabled for a student, the student’s name will appear with a symbol next to it on the class roster.
Deleting a class
To delete a manual class, go to the Classes menu, then switch to list view by clicking the list view icon on the right side of the filter bar.
On any manual class you wish to delete, click the overflow menu (3 dots), then select Delete this class. Note that once a class has been run and has history, it cannot be deleted. However, you can archive a class to hide it from the main list.
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