1. Click on the "Search for your school" button in the "Join Your School" box on the dashboard

2. Join your school by entering the name of your school, selecting the matching school listing from the school list, then clicking on "Join this School" (click "Can't find school? Add it now" if it is not in the search results)

1. Click on the "+ New Class" tile

2. Enter a name for your class, select your class grade level or year, and choose your sharing points preference

3. Click the blue “Create class” button

4. From your new class, click on the “+ Add students” tile

5. Enter a student's first and last name. You'll see a drop-down menu appear. If there's a matching student in the Student Directory you'll see a "Matches from School Directory" notice above the name of the student and the name of the last class the student was in (or the current class they are in). Below that will be an "Add [student’s name]" option. Selecting the option with the class name will import from the School Directory, selecting the "Add [student’s name]" option will add the student as new. If you're connected to a school, students who are already in your School Directory should auto-populate as you enter the first few letters of their name.

6. To finish, you can invite families to join your class or create customized skills!

Sharing a class allows you to give another teacher access to your class so they can award students in that class points, message parents, post to the class story, and more. Common uses for sharing include team teaching, substitute teachers, and classes that travel together (i.e. for math or music). All reports will reflect which teacher gave what points, and each sharing teacher gets their own private messaging channel to connected parents. Please note, only the owner of a class can share the class.

For Successful Sharing:

-Double check that you're inviting the same email address your colleague used to register with us.

-Make sure that your colleague knows to accept the share via the website. They cannot accept via the app at this time.

Here are step-by-step instructions on how to get set up:

1. Log into the website

2. Find the class you want to share and click the gear icon in the top right corner of the class tile

3. Select "Add co-teachers"

4. Type the email of the teacher you want to share with, or find their name in the verified teacher list below the entry line and click "Invite

5. The teacher you invite will receive an email asking them to accept the invite by clicking on the "Accept" link, or log into the website and click on the "Accept" button on the class tile that will have appeared on their account dashboard

Note: If your colleague doesn't receive your invitation to share your class, please double-check the sharing screen and confirm that it says "Connection Pending." This means they should see an invitation to share on their ClassDojo dashboard so they can check there instead of use the email. If it says "Invitation Sent," you've entered an email address for your colleague that isn't linked to their ClassDojo account, so instead of receiving an invitation to share your class, they'll receive an invitation to join ClassDojo.

Teachers connected to your class will be able to:

• Give points under their name

• View student reports

• Reset point bubbles

• Use ClassDojo Messaging with all connected parents

• Add, edit, and delete students

Teachers connected to your class will NOT be able to:

• Send ClassDojo Messages under your name

• Connect other teachers to your class

Class Story is our class-wide bulletin board. Class Story can be seen by all connected parents in the class, but not by the whole school. This is a great place to post class news, images from class events or projects, or post reminders that are relevant to your parents only.

To Post to Class Story:

1. Open your class

2. Click on the "Class Story" tab

3. Tap on "Add Image" to add a photo, "Add File" to upload an attachment (we currently support the following file attachments: PDF, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Text, and CSV), or "Add Card" to add a pre-created ClassDojo card.

4. Add your text in the "What's happening in your classroom?" box

5. Click on "Post" to publish

Activities are a wonderful way to assign classwork (or even homework) to your students, and to keep track of who's completed an Activity and who hasn't!

1. To assign an activity to your students, log into your ClassDojo teacher account using a computer

2. Choose your class

3. Tap the "Portfolios" tab

4. Tap "Create activity"

5. Enter an Activity name, i.e. "Reading reflection"

6. Enter Activity instructions, i.e. "Write five sentences about the 10 pages you read last night, and include a two-sentence description of your favorite character so far!"

7. Select how you want students to respond to the Activity (i.e. Text entry, Video recording, Photo, or Drawing)

8. Tap "Assign to class"

The Activity will be immediately assigned directly to your students. You can tap on an Activity in your queue to see which students have responded to the activity. You can also tap the “Edit” button next to the gear icon on the Activity to archive it or delete it from your Activity queue.

You can now use the activities feature in ClassDojo Portfolios to assign worksheets to your students! At this time, activities can only be assigned using the ClassDojo website. Here's how:

1. Log into your account on the ClassDojo website

2. Open your class

3. Select the “Portfolios” tab under the class name

4. Tap "Create activity"

5. Enter the activity name, instructions and then under "Response type" choose "Worksheet"

6. Click "Upload attachment" and then follow the prompts to select the file or image you would like to add as a worksheet

7. Click "Assign to class" to assign to the entire class or follow the steps in this tutorial to assign to certain students in your class

Students will be able to write, draw, add text and even stickers to their assigned worksheet.

You can share these instructions with your students on how to access and respond to assigned activities.

ClassDojo Portfolios is a 100% free, digital student portfolio that allows students to share classwork with their teachers and family! Students can add to their portfolio using Chromebooks, laptops, and iOS/Android devices (coming soon: Kindle Fires). Teachers can view and approve student work on Portfolios using any device!

Students create and upload photos, videos, drawings, and journal entries through ClassDojo, and can also upload Microsoft Office files, PDFs, and image files from any laptop. Teachers can also use Activities to assign projects directly to student devices to which students can respond. For now, teachers can only create Activities using a computer.

Teachers also must approve any posts before they are shared with parents. Once approved, only parent accounts connected to their student can see those particular posts!

Parents and teachers can leave positive feedback in the form of a like and/or comments.

You can post text, photos, files (web only), and video (app only) onto a student’s Portfolio! Here's how:

1. Open a class from your dashboard

2. Select "Portfolios" from the menu near the top of the screen

3. Select whichever student you'd like to add a post to from the left side of the screen

4. Select "+ Add post"

5. Add a photo, file, and/or text and select "Post"