Reading Plus and Park administrators can use Manual Roster Import to create and update, teachers, students, and classrooms in bulk.
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If you want users to log in via Single Sign-On (SSO), you need to set up rosters via Clever or ClassLink. Manually updating Math and Reading rosters in DreamBox? Please fully update Math rosters before you begin updating Reading rosters. |
Manual Roster Import: The Basics
Reading administrators can create and update student, teacher, and classroom roster data by uploading two spreadsheets through the dashboard.
- Teachers spreadsheet: Create administrators, teachers, and classrooms.
- Students spreadsheet: Create students and associate them with classrooms
| If you use Reading Plus and Reading Park, you need to import the Teachers and Students spreadsheets separately for each product. |
Complete and Import the Teachers Spreadsheet
Step 1: Download the spreadsheet templates and review the spreadsheet guidelines.
- Sign in to the educator dashboard and select Manage.
- Inside the Manage page, click Import.
- When the Import Students and Staff modal opens, download the Teachers spreadsheet template.
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Step 2: Prepare and import the Teachers spreadsheet.
| If you are using DreamBox Math and Reading: You must create new Reading educator accounts using Manual Roster Import. The Reading and Math products are part of the same system. If you try to create an educator account through the Reading educator dashboard and the account already exists in DreamBox Math, the system will think you are creating a duplicate account. |
- Complete the Teachers spreadsheet. Refer to the guidelines and do not alter the text or placement of the columns or column headers in the spreadsheet.
- When the spreadsheet is complete, save the spreadsheet as a CSV file, and name it "teachers.csv".
| Your spreadsheet must be saved as a CSV file and named "teachers.csv" to import successfully. |
- Click Import.
- When the Import Students and Staff modal opens, click Select your Staff CSV to upload, and then select the teachers.csv file you just saved.
- The system will review the file and either:
- List file errors that need to be corrected. If there are errors: correct the file, re-save it, and run it again.
- Confirm a successful file review and provide a preview of the changes the file will make.
- If the file review is successful, use the tabs and expand arrows to preview the staff account and class changes that will be made. After you validate the changes the file will make, click Run Import to make the changes in the system.
- The system will process the changes, and confirm when the import is complete. You can review the changes in the modal, click Done, or select Import New File.
| A quick way to validate the changes in your dashboard is to open the Classes page and validate new classrooms were created/names were updated. |
Complete and Import the Students Spreadsheet
Step 1: Download the spreadsheet templates and review the spreadsheet guidelines.
- Sign in to the educator dashboard and select Manage.
- Inside the Manage page, click Import.
- When the Import Students and Staff modal opens, download the Teachers spreadsheet template and the appropriate Students spreadsheet template. The Reading product/s you use determines which Student spreadsheet template/s you should download.
| Product/s | Student Spreadsheet/s |
| Reading Plus | Plus Students CSV |
| Reading Park | Park Students CSV |
| Both Plus and Park |
Plus Students CSV Park Students CSV |
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- The system will review the file and either:
- List items that need to be corrected. If there are errors: correct the file, re-save it, and run it again.
- Confirm a successful file review and provide a preview of the changes the file will make.
- If the file review is successful, use the tabs and expand arrows to preview the staff account and class changes that will be made. After you validate the changes the file will make, click Run Import to make the changes in the system.
- The system will process the changes, and confirm when the import is complete. You can review the changes in the modal, click Done, or select Import New File.
Download the Teachers and Students Spreadsheets Templates
Click the attachments at the bottom of this article to download the spreadsheet templates you need, and then:
- Click here to jump back to the Teachers Import directions.
- Click here to jump back to the Students Import directions.
- teachers.csv73 Bytes
- plus-students.csv143 Bytes
- park-students.csv134 Bytes
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