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    Setting up classes (using CSV)
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        Setting up classes (using CSV)

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            This article is for schools that don't have an MIS integration. If you have an MIS integration your students and classes are imported from your MIS
            Note: if they don't already exist, classes will be automatically created when you import your new and updated student data. See our Adding and updating classes/students (using CSV) article for more information. Should you wish, you can however create classes manually by following the guidance below.

            If you still need to create classes manually

            1. Got to Management > Class Manager
            2. Click Add New Class at the top right of the screen

              3. Create a class name and select the Year group

            Once your classes are in your Sparx Maths Site

            Add a Scheme of Learning

            Assign the class a Scheme of Learning (SoL) from your published list.

            You can leave the I don’t have a Scheme of Learning to set box if you don’t yet have any published SoLs but if you don’t publish and link SoLs to classes before you start using Sparx Maths with students

            Find out more about SoLs in the Creating your Schemes of Learning section.

            It is not currently possible to assign more than one Scheme of Learning to a class

            Choose an initial homework difficulty level

            Choose an initial Homework Difficulty Level for your class which will determine the level of questions new students see in their first few homeworks. This level won’t affect the homework level for students who have already used Sparx Maths before, but we ask for it in case any new students join the class that have never used Sparx Maths before.

            • If you have a class who are all working at roughly the same level please select the appropriate level from the list.
            • For mixed attainment classes, we recommend you select a level for the lowest-attaining students in the group.
            • If you have no information about the working level of a class we recommend selecting the easiest level available.

            In each case, the homework difficulty will adjust over the following weeks to each student’s individual working level. These can be viewed and changed on the Student Manager page.

            Find out more about difficulty levels in Sparx Maths here: What are difficulty levels?

            If a Scheme of Learning is not assigned it will not be possible to select an initial level. The initial will default to level 1 in these instances.

            Add staff

            • Go to Class Manager > Edit Class 
            • Scroll to the Teachers section and add the correct teacher/s to the class
            • Choose to Send teacher emails if you want them to receive important messages about the class homework each week:

            • Be sure to click Save once you have added your teachers to the class
            Note: if teachers are not assigned to classes they won’t see their groups by default when they log in.

            Complete homework hand-out and hand-in details

            Choose whether to turn times tables on

            Add 5 minutes of personalised times tables practice to students' homework. Find out more about here.

            Before you turn homework on

            Make sure students are ready to complete their homework: once a homework has been set it can’t be deleted.

            If homework has been set unintentionally please see Changing a class' homework to optional only for guidance on how to change it to Optional only.


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