Adding classrooms and students by hand

For a small school, or when you're just adding a single student mid-campaign, doing it by hand is quicker than fiddling with a spreadsheet.

Adding a classroom

1. 1

   Click Classrooms in your sidebar, then New classroom

   The "New classroom" button sits in the top-right of the classrooms list.

2. 2

   Fill in the name and grade

   The name is what families will see on the take-home sheet and donation page — pick something they'd recognize. Grade is just a label.

   New classroom

   Name and grade are visible to families on take-home sheets.

   Name*

   Grade

   Create classroom

Adding students one at a time

On the classroom page, scroll to the student list. Enter the student's full first and last name, then click Add student. PagePledge shortens the last name for privacy and adds a number if needed so you can tell students apart. It also creates their activation code and donation page. Even very short last names are never saved or shown in full. Once your campaign is paid for, you can't add students past your plan's limit; contact us to upgrade.

Editing or removing

Each student row has buttons to edit their name, swap their activation code (see Replacing a lost take-home sheet), or remove them. You can remove students up until reading wraps up — after that, the roster's frozen.

When changing a last name, enter the full new last name. PagePledge will shorten it and add a number if needed so you can tell students apart. Leave the last-name field blank to keep the current shortened name.

Adding and removing students is something only school admins can do. Teachers can see their roster and log minutes, but they can't add or remove students.

What's next

• Adding students from a spreadsheet — when you've got more than a handful.
• Inviting teachers.
• Print take-home sheets.