Getting to know Teacher Dashboard Follow

In this article:

Accessing Teacher Dashboard

Student Tiles

Teacher Dashboard toolbar

Teacher Dashboard tabs

Share files feature

Teacher Dashboard overview

Hāpara Teacher Dashboard provides you with visibility and access to the work your students are doing in Google Workspace for Education. From one simple platform, you can access all of your students’ digital work so you can provide consistent feedback and differentiate instruction.

Accessing Teacher Dashboard

1. Visit app.hapara.com.
2. Log in with your school Google account credentials.
3. Click on your class. You’ll then be taken to your class Teacher Dashboard page.

Student Tiles

On your class Teacher Dashboard page, there are Student Tiles set up for each of the students in the class. Student Tiles in Teacher Dashboard are interactive windows into all the Google files students are working on. 

Each Student Tile includes:

• The student’s name
• Colored bars that show the Teacher Dashboard groups the student belongs to
• A clickable list of the most recent Google files the student has worked on (You can click to open the file in a new tab, or you can hover over the files to get a handy preview.)
• Who most recently modified the file and when
• A drop-down menu in the top right-hand corner, where you can open the student’s Google Drive folder, email the student or edit their groups

Teacher Dashboard toolbar

The Teacher Dashboard toolbar on the top right-hand side helps you customize how your Student Tiles appear. This makes it easy for you to align the view with the way you prefer to teach.

There are several features in the toolbar that allow you to customize your view.

Search for files

First, the search icon helps you find specific student work. You can type a title or a keyword to search for content within the file.

Manage groups

The Groups feature allows you to create and edit student groups in Teacher Dashboard. You can also narrow your Teacher Dashboard view to see only select groups’ Student Tiles.

Sort Student Tiles

The Sort menu allows you to instantly sort Student Tiles the way you prefer alphabetically. This is helpful if you previously sorted Student Tiles by dragging and dropping and now want to sort them by name. It’s also helpful if you want to sort them by the order of your class roster.

You can select to sort Student Tiles in alphabetical order by:

• First Name (A-Z)
• Last Name (A-Z)
• First Name (Z-A)
• Last Name (Z-A)

Change the number of files displayed

You can tell Dashboard how many files you want displayed in each Student Tile, from one to 25.

Sort using an existing layout

If you ordered Student Tiles in another tab or in Highlights, you can instantly copy that layout to your class Teacher Dashboard page. For example, you may have ordered your Student Tiles in Highlights by dragging and dropping them to match your seating chart. You can then use that same layout in Teacher Dashboard.

Refresh Student Tiles

You can also refresh the Student Tiles to make sure they are displaying the latest files students have been working on. Refreshing will show you student progress in real time. 

Teacher Dashboard tabs

On the top left-hand side of Teacher Dashboard there are tabs that allow you to view student work in a variety of ways, as well as student emails. This streamlines instruction and makes it even easier for you to manage student work. 

Subject folders

In the white section, you may notice folder tabs. This depends on what you teach and how your school set up Teacher Dashboard.

For example, if you teach younger students, you probably teach multiple subjects to the same class. In that case, you’ll see folder tabs for each subject you teach to that class. These tabs show a list of files students are working on in that Google Drive subject folder.

Gmail tab

In the dark blue tab section at the top left, you’ll find the Gmail tab. This allows you to view Student Tiles with your students’ most recent emails from their school Gmail accounts. 

This helps you make sure students are safely using their email so you can have conversations about digital citizenship when needed. You can also search for lost correspondence here if a student can’t find a class email or a school email.

Sharing tab

The Sharing tab in the dark blue section shows you Student Tiles with all of the files in students’ Google Drives. This includes files beyond those in the class you teach. You can use this tab to find lost work that isn’t in your class folders and make sure students are sharing files safely.

Class Info

In the dark blue section, you’ll also see the Class Info tab. This is where you can manage your class in Hāpara. 

Depending on your school settings, you may be able to:

• Modify your class roster 
• Add or remove co-teachers
• Reset student passwords and folders
• Send emails to your entire class

Teacher Dashboard also has tabs set up that give you quick access to Highlights and Workspace. That way you can access them quickly at any time from Teacher Dashboard. 

Share files feature

The Share files feature on the top right-hand side takes all the manual work out of sharing digital files. You no longer have to click into each file in Google Drive to create file sharing settings or type in every student email address. With one button, you can share any digital file with individual students, groups or your class. 

With this feature, you can quickly share a file from Google Drive or your device. You can also create a brand-new file directly from Share files. This makes it easy to differentiate instruction for any student during class or when you are planning your lessons.

Additionally, you can set file permissions from here, such as giving a student their own file copy to edit or giving the class one read-only file. 

Teacher Dashboard overview

Teacher Dashboard feature	What it does	Where to find it	Best practices
Student Tile	Provides visibility and access to all the work students are doing in Google Drive	On your class Teacher Dashboard — one Student Tile for each student	Use Student Tiles to preview student work, see when files were last updated, open files in new tabs to view progress and leave feedback and email students.
Teacher Dashboard toolbar	Provides options to customize your view of Student Tiles	In the white area on the upper right-hand side of Teacher Dashboard	Use the toolbar to:  Quickly search for files Filter Student Tiles by group to leave differentiated feedback Sort Student Tiles in the way that works best for your instruction Refresh Student Tiles to see learning progress in real time
Gmail tab	Provides visibility into student emails in their school account	In the dark blue tab section at the top left of Teacher Dashboard	Use the Gmail tab to find lost emails and monitor student communications to ensure they are using email safely.
Sharing tab	Provides visibility into all student Google Drive activity	In the dark blue tab section at the top left of Teacher Dashboard	Use the Sharing tab to find lost student files and make sure students are safely sharing files.
Class Info tab	Allows you to manage your class information in Hāpara	In the dark blue tab section at the top left of Teacher Dashboard	Keep your roster up-to-date in Hāpara, email the class to share encouragement or class announcements, reset passwords and folders to help with troubleshooting.
Share files feature	Helps you instantly share digital files with students	In the upper right-hand corner of Teacher Dashboard	Use Share Files to share resources with students, groups or the class to differentiate instruction. You can also set permissions such as giving students the ability to edit the file, view it or comment on it.