Creating and Managing Class Rosters Manually

Creating and Managing Class Rosters Manually

Overview

LanSchool Air classes can be created manually or imported from an external roster system.

This article explains how to:

  • Create a class manually
  • Add students or devices to a class
  • Add co-teachers
  • Edit class settings
  • Delete a manually created class
  • Understand how imported classes are managed

InfoImportant: Manually created classes and imported classes are managed differently. Imported classes cannot be deleted or modified directly in the same way as manually created classes.

  1. Importing Class Rosters from Google Classroom
  2. Importing Class Rosters from ClassLink (for Site Admins)
  3. Importing Class Rosters from Clever (for Site Admins)
  4. Importing Class Rosters from CSV Files (for Site Admins)

Creating a Class Manually

If your organization does not use an external roster integration, you can create a class manually.
  1. Log in to LanSchool Air. 

  2. From My Classes, select Create New Class.

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  3. Enter a name and description for the class.
  4. Select Create Class.



  5. Choose whether the class should dismiss automatically.



  6. Select a banner image for the class. 
IdeaTIP: Use different banner images to help identify classes, such as different class periods.

 

Add Students or Devices to a Class

When adding students to a manually created class, the type of device determines what is added to the roster:

  • Chromebooks: The student's user account is added.
  • Windows and Mac devices: The device is added.
To add students:
  1. Select Students.




  2. Select Add Student Devices to open the list of all student devices currently registered to your LanSchool Air organization.
  3. Search for a student using part of their name or their device name.
  4. Select students individually by selecting the check box next to each student's name. 



  5. Click on Finish Adding.
You can add up to 100 students to a manually created class.

What if a student is not listed?

A student device must be registered with LanSchool Air before it can be added to a manually created class.

For information about registering student devices, see:

Add a Co-Teacher

Instructors can add other instructors to a class. This can be useful for classroom aides, substitute teachers, or administrators.
  1. Select Instructors to add co-teachers to the class.



  2.  Search for the instructor by name or email address.



  3. Select Add Instructor.


  4. Select Done.



    For more information, see Using Co-Teaching.

Changing Student Name Display

Instructors can choose to display the device name instead of the Student Name.

To make this change:
  1. Select Configuration.
  2. Select Device Name (instead of Student Name).
  3. Select Done.

Setting Class Chat Preferences

Instructors can choose to disable chat or disable the chat notification sound for the class.  

To make these changes:
  1. Select Configuration. 
  2. Under Default Class Chat Preferences, select either Disable Chat or Disable Notification Sound.
  3. Select Done.



Edit a Class

You can edit the settings of a manually created class at any time.

  1. From My Classes, select the Settings icon on the class card.
  2. Make the desired changes.
  3. Select Done.

Depending on the class, you can configure settings such as:

  • Class roster
  • Co-teachers
  • Student name or device name display
  • Class chat preferences
  • Web Limiting
  • App Limiting



Configuring Additional Class Settings

Web Limiting settings apply to each class and can be configured by opening Classroom Settings for that class. For more information about creating web limiting lists see: 
  1. Using Web Limiting
App Limiting settings apply to each class and can be configured by opening Classroom Settings for that class. For more information about creating app limiting lists see: 
  1. Limiting Student Applications
Blank Screen settings apply to all classes and can be configured by opening Classroom Settings for any class. For more information, see:
  1. Using Blank Screen

Delete a Manually Created Class

Instructors can delete classes they created manually.

AlertImportant: Imported classes cannot be deleted directly from LanSchool Air. This includes classes imported from Clever, ClassLink, CSV files, and other roster integrations. The class must be removed from the external roster source or managed by a Site Admin, depending on the import method.


  1. From the My Classes page, select the Settings icon on the class card to open the Classroom Settings.



  2. Select Configuration.

  3. Click Delete Class.



  4. On the confirmation dialog, click Delete.


 If the Delete Class button is not available and says Sync instead, the class is a synced/imported class and cannot be deleted from this menu.

Frequently Asked Questions

What if my student is not registered in LanSchool Air?

Student devices are added to the Registered List after the LanSchool Air agent has been installed on their device. For Chromebook students, this means they will need to login to their device before being registered for the first time. For more information on installing the agent on student devices see these articles for Chromebook, Windows, and Mac.

Why do student names sometimes change after adding them to my class?

When creating custom classes, Windows and Mac student devices are added to the roster as devices. This means that the student name associated with the device will change when a new student logs into the device. To create a class roster in LanSchool Air that follows the user instead of the device, the roster must be imported.

What if I need to add students to an imported class?

Imported class rosters cannot be modified. Google Classroom classes can be modified or removed in Google Classroom. Other imported classes like Clever, ClassLink or CSV can be modified or removed by your LanSchool Air Site Admin. 

Can I delete classes that are hidden?

Yes, but the class must first be made visible.
  1. Click on the Show/Hide Classes icon on the My Classes Page.
  2. Locate the class you want to delete and toggle the class to Visible.