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Who can use this?

  • Who: Teachers
  • Plans: All plans
  • Where: New Class under My Classes on your dashboard

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Limits and notes

  • Time zone is a class setting, not an account setting. It decides how every due date and deadline in this class is read and shown.
  • The class colour isn’t chosen at creation. Change it later under Settings > General.
  • An assignment can only be created inside a class, so the New assignment dialog offers New Class if you have none.

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Create a class by hand

1

Open the chooser

On your dashboard, under My Classes, select New Class. The Add a class dialog offers Import from Google Classroom and Create a class manually. Choose the second.
2

Fill in the class

In Create a class: Class name, such as “US History — Period 2”; Grade levels; Subject. All three are required. Time zone [1] is filled from your profile; change it if the class runs elsewhere. Standards is optional and can be set any time.
3

Create

Select Create class. A toast reads Class created and the class appears in the rail. Open it for its Overview, where a checklist walks you through adding students and a first assignment.

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Import from Google Classroom

Choose Import from Google Classroom instead. The import runs in three steps, Connect, Select courses and Configure, and brings across the course, you, any co-teachers, and every student whose email Google shares. Manual enrolment is off by default on an imported class. Import classes and rosters covers it.

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How to tell it worked

The class is in the rail under My Classes with its student count, and its Overview tab shows Finish setting up this class.

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If something goes wrong

The dialog names the field: “Give your class a name.”, “Pick at least one grade level.”, or “Choose a subject.”
The class time zone is wrong. Change it under Settings > General > Time zone.
The dialog closes without opening the class. Find it in the rail on the left, or refresh.
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Last updated 19 September 2026

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