DreamBox Math Educator Dashboard: Edit Your Name and Account Details

As an educator in DreamBox Math, you may be able to edit your first and last name, classroom association, and other account details from one of two places: 

  • Inside the Settings icon on your DreamBox Math educator dashboard.
  • From the Profile Panel in your Discovery Education Home page. 

How you update your account details depends on the configuration of your DreamBox Math educator dashboard. 

How Do You Open DreamBox Settings?

Educators follow different steps to adjust how their names and other account settings appear in DreamBox Math based on how their DreamBox Math educator dashboard is configured. The quickest way to determine which directions to follow is to sign into your 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 Tab

Educators access program settings by clicking the Settings icon in their DreamBox Math educator dashboard.

  • Click here to open directions on how to update how your name appears in DreamBox Math. 

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Drop-Down Menu

 

Educators cannot see the Settings icon in their DreamBox Math educator dashboard. To adjust programs settings like your name, select your name and then click Roster Management in your DreamBox Math educator dashboard. 

  • Click here to open directions on how to update how your name appears in DreamBox Math. 

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From the Settings Icon: Update Your Name and Account Details in DreamBox Math

Support Icons_Tip Box_50px.png Educator email addresses cannot be edited from the educator dashboard. If your or another teacher's email address needs to be changed, please reach out to your DreamBox Math site or district administrator.

Click a link below to jump to the instructions you need:

From the Settings Icon: Before You Begin

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. 

Support Icons_Learn More_50px.png 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. 

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From the Settings Icon: Editing Your Name and Account Profile Details

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Unless you are a district administrator, you cannot update your role in DreamBox Math. It will remain grayed out in the My Profile tab. If your role or permissions need to be updated:

  • Teachers and Site/School Administrators: Contact your district DreamBox Math administrator
  • District Administrators: Update them from the Educators tab. Click here to open directions. 
  • Click the Settings icon in the top navigation pane. It will default to the My Profile tab. 

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  • If you need to adjust your first or last name, type the changes in the First Name and Last Name field. The updated text will be green until you save your changes. 

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  • To remove your association with a classroom, click the trash can icon next to the classroom name.  

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  • To add yourself to a classroom, select Add Classroom, select the classroom from the drop-down list, and click Add

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  • If you are done changing your DreamBox Math profile information, click the Update button to save your changes.

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Support Icons_Tip Box_50px.png If you exit the My Profile tab without clicking Update, you will discard any changes you made.

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Selecting Roster Management: Updating Your Name in DreamBox Math

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If your district or school manages your rosters and student and educator accounts, we recommend you reach out to your school or district IT team and/or DreamBox Math administrator and ask them to update your name, email, or other account details in the Clever or ClassLink files your IT team shares with DreamBox. 

Any manual changes you make in your Discovery Education Profile page will be eliminated in the next data sync. 

 

Click a link below to jump to the instructions you need:

Roster Management: Updating Your Name & Email

Educators can update their name and email from the Profile page of their Discovery Education Experience Home page. 

If you are currently viewing your Math educator dashboard:

  • Click your name and select Roster Management in the drop-down list.
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  • When either the All Classrooms or My Admin page opens, click the Discovery Education logo in the top left corner. 
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  • When you have opened the Discovery Education Experience Home page, click here to open directions on how to update your name. 

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Roster Management: Adding or Removing a Teacher from a Classroom

How you update your or another teacher's classroom association depends on your rostering method and your role in DreamBox Math & Discovery Education.

Teachers Administrators
If you need to be associated with a different or additional classroom, reach out to your school or district IT team, or your DreamBox Math administrator  Administrators can update a staff member's name using the My Admin tools in their Discovery Education dashboard. The directions in this section focus on administrators. 

Administrators: Depending which dashboard you are currently viewing, you will open My Admin in one of two ways:

From the DreamBox Math Educator Dashboard
  • Click your name in the top right corner of the page and then select Roster Management
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rFrom the Discovery Education Experience Home Page
  • Click the Global Nav icon on your Home page, and then select Admin Dashboard.
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  • When the My Admin page opens:
    • Click here to open directions on how to manually add a teacher to a classroom. 
    • Click here to open instructions to manually remove a teacher from a classroom. 

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