Both Teachers and Administrators can create students in the digital platform and add them to classes. The following instructions are for teachers.
Reminder
The Roster Type of your class must be set to Students in order for you to track session history, student attendance, and assessments, and also to assign the students you are creating to the class.
To create students:
- Log in to Sonday System Digital at teacher.imaginesonday.com.
- From the dropdown menu by your name in the top right corner of the dashboard, select Manage Students.
- Click Add Student.
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Provide the requested information. Display Name is the only required field, as indicated by the asterisk (*).
Use the table below to learn more about each field:Field Description Display Name The name you will see in the educator portal when taking attendance and looking at class rosters. During active sessions, the name entered will appear to you, the student, and other students in the same class. We recommend giving each student in the License Group a unique display name, even if they are in different classes, so each student is distinguishable from the others. Student ID Optional field. Use, if needed, to keep track of the student's ID assigned by your school. First Name Optional field. The student's first name(s). Last Name Optional field. The student's surname(s). Default Class If you do not select a class now, you can assign the student to a class later. The Default Class is the one which will display in the Students List on your Manage Students page. -
Do one of the following:
If you want to... Then... Continue adding students
Click Save and Add Another Student.
Stop adding students Click Save and View Student.
You'll be taken to the Student Detail page for the profile you just created.
Additional Information
Once you have created a student, they appear in the Students tab on the Teaching Dashboard. Students are organized and color-coded by the class (or classes) they are in. Students in multiple classes have a tile for each class.