Using Child Groups for Record Keeping

You can use Transparent Classroom to organize children into groups. Groups are classroom-specific sets of children that can be used when record keeping. In this article, we will cover:

• Creating Groups
• Editing Groups
• Using Groups on Activity Page
• Using Groups in By Day Lesson Plan 
• Groups Containing Non-Current Children

Creating Groups

Any teacher or admin with access to record keeping for a classroom can navigate to [Children] > [Groups] to begin creating their own groups. 

From this page, click [New] in the top right corner to create a new group. You'll then be prompted to create a name and assign children to the group. This name is what you will use later to reference the group on the Activity and By Day Lesson Plan pages.

Editing Groups

Editing and deleting groups is easy. To edit a group's name or children, click [Edit] to the right of the group you would like to modify. To delete a group, simply click [Delete] and confirm that you would like to remove this group from the classroom. You will not be able to recover a group after deleting it. 

Using Groups on Activity Page

On the [Activity] page, you can use groups to quickly tag many students in a post. Simply type '@' followed by the name of the group to include all students associated with that group in the post.

Selecting a group will replace the group name with the children included in that group.

Using Groups in By Day Lesson Plan

When adding a group of children to a lesson in the By Day Lesson Plan, you may either click on the desired group from the drop-down or type out the name of the group. After a group has been selected (or if all children from any given group have already been added as planned for that lesson), that group will no longer appear as an option in the drop-down. As always, be sure to click [Save] to complete adding children for that lesson.

Groups Containing Non-Current Children

Groups will not automatically update to reflect the students currently placed within a classroom. When students are removed from a classroom, their names will still appear in groups for that classroom. When using groups for record keeping, however, these students will not be added to activity posts or lessons. Furthermore, upon updating any group containing non-current children, those non-current children will be removed from the group. 

Questions?

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