DreamBox Math Educator Dashboard: Add Students to a Classroom (Teachers)

As a teacher, school-level administrator, or district-level administrator, you may be able to add students to a classroom roster from the teacher Settings section of your educator dashboard. This article walks through how to add students to a classroom. 

Looking for directions on how to remove students from a classroom? Click here to open the instructions.

How Do You Open DreamBox Settings?

Educators follow different steps to add students to a classroom based on how their DreamBox Math educator dashboard is configured. The quickest way to determine which directions to follow is to open your Math educator dashboard and check if the Settings icon appears in the top navigation pane. 

In the table below, find the image that matches your dashboard and click the link to jump to the correct instructions.

Settings Icon	Teachers can see the Settings icon in their DreamBox Math educator dashboard.  Click here to open directions on how to add a student to a classroom.  (Click image to enlarge it)
Drop-Down Menu	Teachers cannot see the Settings icon in their DreamBox Math educator dashboard, but when they select in their name in the top right corner of the screen they can see and select Roster Management. Click here to open directions on how to add a student to a classroom. (Click image to enlarge it)

From the Settings Icon: Adding Students to a Classroom

From the Settings Icon: Do You Have the Correct Permissions?

Check Your Permissions

Are You An Administrator?

Your DreamBox Math role and dashboard access permissions affect whether you can edit or view a classroom roster. 

Click here to learn how to see which dashboard rostering access and permissions you have.

DreamBox Math administrators see a different set of Settings tabs than teachers. Administrators can see a teacher's Settings tabs, but they need to follow different instructions. 

Click here to learn how to open the teacher settings tabs as an administrator.

From the Settings Icon: What is the Difference between Adding or Creating a Student?

There are two ways you can add a student to your classroom roster. You can add a student who already exists in the DreamBox Math system, or you can create a new student in your roster. 

Most students are loaded in to DreamBox Math by your site or district IT team. If a student already exists in DreamBox Math, creating a new version of the student will create a duplicate account, and if the student plays using both accounts, the progress from each account cannot be merged. Please check with your IT team or DreamBox administrator before creating a new student.

Add Existing Student

Create New Student

Adding an Existing student means moving a student that already exists in DreamBox Math into the classroom.

This will help ensure students use the same DreamBox Math accounts year after year, enabling the system to track their progress over time.

Creating a New student means creating a student account for a student who does not exist in DreamBox Math.

If the student already exists in the system, this will create a duplicate account, possibly confuse the student when they sign in, and divide student progress between the two student accounts.

Click an article section below to jump to that section:

• The Settings Tab: Adding an Existing Student To a Classroom
• The Settings Tab: Creating a New Student
• The Settings Tab: Required Student Information, Potential Errors, and Possible Solutions

From the Settings Icon: Adding an Existing Student To a Classroom

If your district or school manages your rosters, we recommend you reach out to your school or district IT team and/or DreamBox Math administrator to confirm the student has been already been shared with DreamBox Math.

After you confirm the student has been shared and created in DreamBox Math:

• Click the Settings icon, select the Roster tab, and select a classroom (if needed).

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• Click the Select Action drop-down list and select Add existing student.  

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• Click the Select School drop-down and select either:
  • Unassigned students: The student has been added to DreamBox Math but is not associated with the schools you are associated with.  
  • School Name: The student has been added to DreamBox Math and is associated with the schools in the list.

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• Start typing the student's name in the Select Student field. The student list updates, narrowing the list. When you see the correct student name, you can select it.

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• Click the Add to Roster button. The student will appear on the roster below, but this addition to the roster has not yet been confirmed and saved. 

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• You have multiple options based on what you want to do next.
  1. To add another existing student, click the Select Student drop-down list and choose the next student you wish to add. 
  2. To remove one of the existing students you just added, you can click the trash can icon in that student's row. 
  3. Save your changes to the roster (See Step 6 below).

If you see an error message and need help addressing it, jump to this article's Potential Errors and Possible Solutions section.

• Click the Update button to save the changes to this classroom roster.

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From the Settings Icon: Creating a New Student

Important: Before you create a new student, contact your district or school  IT team to verify if the student has already been shared with DreamBox Math. If the student has been shared, jump back to the Add an Existing Student instructions.

Creating a new student is similar to adding an existing student, with a few key differences.

• Follow the directions above to open the Roster tab and select the correct classroom.
• Click the Select Action drop-down list and select Add new Student.

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• When the new, blank student row appears at the top of the roster, add the information for the new student. Add the information for the new student in the blank fields.

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Required Fields: The First Name, Student ID, and Text Password (if selected password type) You can jump to this article's Potential Errors and Possible Solutions section if you have questions about student information requirements.

• You have multiple options based on what you want to do next:
  1. Click Add More to create another new student. 
  2. To remove one of the new students you just created, click the trash can icon in that student's row. 
  3. Save your changes to the roster (See below step).

• Click the Update button in the top right corner of the page to save the changes to this classroom roster.

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Note: If you see and need help addressing an error message, jump to this article's Potential Errors and Possible Solutions section.

From the Settings Icon: Required Student Information, Potential Errors, and Possible Solutions

There are a few ways you might see an error when creating a new student or updating an existing one. You can use the chart below to learn more about possible errors that might appear for specific student information fields and how to address them.

If you see an error at the top of the Roster page after clicking Update, it could mean multiple errors or the system identified a mistake while trying to save your changes. Scroll down to the roster and look for the red error messages next to specific student information fields.

*Required Field​​​​

Student Information Field	What is the information in this field used for in DreamBox Math?	Requirements	Learn More & Potential Errors and Solutions
Grade	Grade sets the student's enrolled (rostered) grade at the school. It does not set their placement in DreamBox Math.	Select a grade level from the drop-down list.	(See the Initial Placement row)
Initial Placement	Initial Placement sets the level at which the student will begin in DreamBox Math before completing additional placement tasks.	Select a placement level from the drop-down list.	Note: You can adjust a student's Initial Placement anytime before they start playing their first lesson, but after they begin playing you will need to contact DreamBox Math. Click here to learn more.
Gender	Specifying a student's Gender is not required for DreamBox Math.	Leave this field blank, or select either Male, Female, Other, or leave blank.	NA
Language	Language isthe language the student will see and hear in DreamBox.	Leave as-is to default to English, or select Spanish.	Note: English is the default language. You must select Spanish if that is the student's preferred DreamBox Math language.
Username*	This is the Username the student will use to sign in to DreamBox Math via the Direct Login method.	Usernames must be at least two characters and contain no spaces or dashes.	(Click image to enlarge it)   If you see this error, it means the username you entered is either too short, contains spaces, or both. Ensure the username is at least two characters long and does not contain spaces.
Student ID*	Student IDs identify unique students in DreamBox and are the way the system tracks their progress.	All Student IDs in your district must be unique.	(Click image to enlarge it) If you see this error, the student ID you entered already exists in your school district. If creating a new student, try searching for an existing student to add instead.
Password (Text)* (If selected as class password type)	This is the Password the student will use to sign in to DreamBox via the Direct method.	Passwords must be at least four characters long.	(Click image to enlarge it)   If you see this error, it means that the password you entered needs to be longer. Add additional characters until it is at least four characters long.

From Roster Management: Adding Students to a Classroom

There are two ways you can add a student to your classroom roster. You can add a student who already exists in the DreamBox Math system, or you can create a new student in your roster. 

From Roster Management: What is the Difference between Adding or Creating a Student?

There are two ways you can add a student to your classroom roster. You can add a student who already exists in the DreamBox Math system, or you can create a new student in your roster. 

Most students are loaded in to DreamBox Math by your site or district IT team. If a student already exists in DreamBox Math, creating a new version of the student will create a duplicate account, and if the student plays using both accounts, the progress from each account cannot be merged. Please check with your IT team or DreamBox administrator before creating a new student.

Add Existing Student

Create New Student

Adding an Existing student means moving a student that already exists in DreamBox Math and/or Discovery Education into the classroom.

This will help ensure students use the same account to access DreamBox Math accounts year after year, enabling the system to track their progress over time.

Creating a New student means creating a student account for a student who does not exist in DreamBox Math.

If the student already exists in the system, this will create a duplicate account, possibly confuse the student when they sign in, and divide student progress between the two student accounts.

Click an article section below to open the appropriate directions:

Are you an Administrator? Click here to learn how to impersonate a teacher so you can follow these directions.

• Create a New Student in a Classroom
• Manually Add an Existing Student to a Classroom

Related to

• DreamBox Math

Updated June 24, 2026 01:38