Students and classes FAQ Follow
In this article:
- How do I add or remove students from my class?
- Can I sort students in Teacher Dashboard or Highlights alphabetically?
- Why does Highlights say that my students are "not connected" when they are online?
- I keep getting emails about students sharing documents with me.
- How do students access Hāpara?
- What folders do students see for my class?
How do I add or remove students from my class?
In most instances, teachers do not need to add or remove students manually. Hāpara receives this information from your Student Management System or administrator and automatically handles any updates.
Visit Adding and removing students or co-teachers to learn more.
Can I sort students in Teacher Dashboard or Highlights alphabetically?
Yes! The ⇅ sort icon is near the top right corner of your screen. This allows you to sort students alphabetically based on their first or last names.
Why does Highlights say that my students are "not connected" when they are online?
To troubleshoot this issue, please visit My students are appearing 'Offline' in Hāpara Highlights.
Why do I keep getting emails about students sharing documents with me?
This indicates that students are sharing documents with you by manually sharing the doc through Google Docs or Drive. If you encourage students to move the document into the right subject folder instead, this will share the document without sending you an email.
How do students access Hāpara?
The Student Dashboard can be accessed at https://app.hapara.com/student. If your school uses Hāpara Workspace, students can access all of their Workspaces via the Student Dashboard. Learn more about Student Dashboard here.
Students do not have access to the same areas of Hāpara that teachers do, but Hāpara can set up folders for student work in Google Drive. This gives teachers visibility into student work. A student using Google Drive, for example, might find subject folders for each of their classes already in place.
What folders should students see for my class?
This depends on how the class is set up. Some schools choose to configure their Hāpara setup with no folders.
In an elementary or middle school, a "Room 12" class might cover multiple subjects, such as ELA and social studies. As a result, each student in Room 12 would have an ELA folder and a social studies folder.
In a high school, a class usually corresponds to a single subject. In this case, the student would have one folder for the class.
The subject folders for a student are only visible to the student and teacher. To make access easier for students, subject folders appear in the My Drive section of Google Drive.
Subject folders are actually owned by the school account, rather than the student. The student, though, has ownership of the documents and subfolders.