Tip: Press the Enter or Return key as a shortcut to rapidly add new students.

Alternatively you may import students or let them add themselves online.

Remove erases the student from your class. Note: Students' grades and information are never deleted, so if you accidentally remove a student, you can restore them by clicking Add/Undelete and entering their name or ID.

Withdraw is like Remove, but you still have the option to print reports for the student, e.g., in case you need to print grades for withdrawn students at the end of the term.

To transfer a student to a different period just Add them to the new period and Remove them from the old one. Their grades will transfer automatically. See details.

Students' First and Last names are for official records. Their Preferred name is usually a variation of their first name, like "Mike" instead of "Michael"; this is the name that appears in gradebooks and informal reports. Changing a student's name affects all teachers. For this reason, your Admin may restrict you from changing names. If you want to give nicknames to your students (such as a Spanish teacher naming a student "Pablo") use the Custom field below.

ID # is a unique identifier for each student. Typically this is numbers, but it may include letters. This is important to distinguish students who have the same name. If you leave this blank, it will auto-generate an ID number for new students. If you allow the Self-Enroll feature, students can choose their own ID.

Passwords are generated automatically when you add a new student, so you don't actually edit it on this page. You can see these on the page.

Custom is an optional column for your gradebook. Typically this is to assign each student a roster number and sort them in a non-alphabetic order, but you can also use it for nicknames (such as a Spanish teacher naming a student "Pablo"), or any custom notation, such as reading groups, special needs, etc. Unlike the ID, this can be different for each class, it doesn't affect other teachers, and you can hide it on student reports.

Email addresses are required for emailing reports, and they allow students and parents to retrieve their own password if they forget, but otherwise it is optional. You may list more than one email address for each student and parent. Students and parents may update their own email addresses when they login (but students cannot change or remove their parents' email addresses). The Staff email is useful for sending reports to a student's counselor, special ed. teacher, coach, etc. See Email

Phone numbers, Parent names and relations (mother/father/etc.) are displayed as contact information on the and pages. You may type multiple phone numbers (e.g., work, home, mobile) in any format. Students and parents may update their own contact information when they login. (Parent info is not available for Adult Education)

Grade Level appears on Report Cards. It also lets Admins select students by grade, e.g. to print all 3rd grade report cards. (Not available for Adult Education)

Language is used to automatically translate reports and emails to Spanish. See details


See also: Add Students, Student Comments & Notes, Manage Student Records