This is the first article in a series about the Student Import Assistant feature.
To access the student import assistant, click 'Add students' on the Students page of your account.
This feature may not be available for all schools. You must be an account administrator to use this feature.
The following topics are covered here:
Other articles in this series:
- Best practice and tips
- Preparing and importing your file
- Reviewing your suggested matches
- Confirming your changes and reviewing errors
Purpose
The student import assistant will help you to update your student list by uploading a single XLSX file:
- Add new students to your account
- Update the details of existing students, including replacing or adding to students' list of assigned tags
- Unenrol past students no longer at the school (optional)
No changes will be made to your account until you confirm at the final step of the process.
How it works
Suggests matches
The assistant will find likely matches between students in your new student file and students already existing in your account. You will be asked to review these suggested matches and confirm which are correct and which are incorrect.
Updates matched students
For all matches that you confirm, the existing student records in your account will be updated with the new information from your file (for example, year levels, usernames or class groups). You will be offered the choice of either replacing the existing tags assigned to these students or keeping the tags and adding any new ones from your file.
Adds new students
Students appearing in your file but not already in your account will be added.
Updates tags how you want
You have two options:
- Replace all existing student tags with the tags from your file
- Keep the existing tags assigned to students, while adding the new tags from your file
Unenrols past students
For students in your account but not your file, you will be given the option of unenrolling them. This will remove them from your main student list in your account but retain their details and test history for future reference.