DreamBox Math Student Tagging and Custom Groups are available to customers with the Advanced subscription package.
Follow the directions below to create a group and add students.
Gathering The Information You Need
Review group creation parameters
| Q: Who can create custom groups? |
A: DreamBox administrators and teachers can tag students and create up to 50 groups each.
| Q: How big can groups be? |
A: Each custom group can contain up to 50 students.
| Q: Can anyone else see the custom groups an educator creates? |
A: No. Only the administrator or teacher who creates the custom group can see that group in the dashboard. Other educators need to create their own version of the group to see it.
| Q: Can educators create assignments for a group? |
A: Not at this time.
Gather the information you'll need
- The list of students who should be part of the custom group.
- Student roster details:
- Administrators: The school, teacher, and classroom name for each student.
- Teachers: The classroom name for each student.
| Gathering the school, teacher, and classroom name for each student will speed up the student tagging process. |
Opening the Groups Tab (Teachers & Admin)
(DreamBox administrators and teachers access the Groups tab inside Settings, but what each role can see and do differs.)
To open the Groups tab:
- Log into your educator dashboard, select the Settings icon, and then select the Groups tab.
| Administrators | Teachers |
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Creating a Group
After you open the Groups tab, creating a group is similar for administrators and teachers, but some steps differ based on their role.
- Click Add New Group. If you have already created a group, the button will be in a different place. (The images below are of the teacher view.)
| Creating the first custom group | You have created at least one group |
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- When the Naming Your Group pop-up opens, type the new group's name and click Submit.
- When the Student Tagging view opens:
| Administrators: Select the school, teacher, and classroom in the Student Rosters box. | Teachers: Select a classroom in the Student Rosters box. |
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Administrators: Depending on your permissions, you may not need to select a school. Teachers: To add a student to a custom group, you must be associated with the classroom in DreamBox Math. |
- The Student Rosters box appears, listing all students in the classroom. Click the + icon next to each student you want to add to the group. The Students in Group box activates, showing each student name as they are added. (The image below is of the administrator view)
| Tagging students to add them to a custom group will not remove them from their current classroom/s. |
- After you have added students from the selected classroom, you can select a new classroom to continue add students or move to the step below to confirm your changes and save the group.
- When all students have been added to the group, click the Confirm button. (The image below is of the administrator view.)
| When you select Cancel, it will remove the students but retain the custom group. You can add or remove students to the group when needed. |
FAQs
| Q: Can two educators create a group with the exact same name? |
A: Yes.
| Q: I am an intervention educator but not a DreamBox administrator and work with students across multiple classrooms. Is there a way my DreamBox admin could create a group for me? |
A: If you are added as a teacher to each of the classrooms your students are in, you can create a group of your intervention students from the Groups tab in your dashboard.
| Q: Can I create a custom group to monitor summer school progress? |
A: Yes. There are two things to keep in mind:
- Not all reports are year-round. The Growth and Impact reports will not show data until the new school year begins.
- If a student leaves the school or district after summer school the group roster and report data may change when district rosters are updated for the new school year. If the student is removed from district rosters, they will be removed from the group.
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