Replacing a lost take-home sheet
A sheet got lost or ended up in the wrong hands. Swap the code for a new one.
Every student has an activation code on their take-home sheet — a friendly word combo like BEAR-MOON-4217. It's how parents sign up to follow their child. If a sheet gets lost, lands in the wrong backpack, or shows up somewhere it shouldn't, you can swap the code for a new one. The old one stops working immediately.
School admins can do this for any student, from the classroom page or the student's own page. Teachers and parents can't; they'll need to ask a school admin.
How to do it
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Find the student
Open the classroom from your sidebar, then find the student in the list.
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Click the new-code button
It's the circle-arrow at the end of the student's row (hover over it and it says New activation code). We'll ask you to confirm before going ahead.
Where to find the swap-code button - 3
Reprint just that student's sheet
On the same row, click the download icon to get just that student's sheet.
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Send the new sheet home
Same way as the first time — backpack, parent pickup, however you got the original out.
Already-activated parents stay activated
If a parent already used the old code to sign up, they keep their access — the swap only stops new sign-ups with the old code. So if you're swapping just because a sheet went somewhere it shouldn't have, you won't kick off anyone who's already in.
If someone who shouldn't have access already signed up, a school admin can remove them: open the student, find Families, and click Remove next to their email.
When you'd swap a code
- A take-home sheet got lost on the way home.
- A sheet ended up with the wrong family.
- A parent thinks their code might have been shared somewhere it shouldn't.
- A student moved schools mid-campaign and you want to retire their code.
What's next
- Printing take-home sheets.
- What parents see when they sign up — handy when you're walking a parent through it on the phone.