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How to set up your class on Khan Academy - 2019

Get step by step directions on how to set up your classroom and manage rosters. Be sure to check out other videos that show you how to make assignments and use Khan's new course mastery system.

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- Hi, I'm Ankita from Khan Academy. This video is an overview of how to set up your classes and rosters. First, log in, and you'll see your teacher dashboard. This is your hub for all teacher activity. From the teacher dashboard, you can quickly navigate to your classes, see a list of your students, and access teacher resources. You can create a new class here. We recommend you create separate classes for each period or group of students you teach. If you already use Google Classroom, importing your classes is the fastest way to get your students set up. If you don't use Google Classroom, you can create a new class from scratch. Next, assign a course. Scroll down to view the full list of courses available. You can choose one or multiple courses. Many teachers use courses from the prior year for review and remediation. Don't worry, you can edit your class name and courses later if you change your mind. Next is class rostering. Again, if you use Google Classroom, we recommend importing your rosters using that method. Students can also join your class themselves by using the class code. Remember, all students should sign up with their school email when they're using Khan Academy as part of your class. If your students are under 13 and don't have Google Accounts, you can manually create Khan Academy accounts for them. We generate usernames and passwords. You can edit the passwords to whatever you prefer for your students, and you'll have the chance to download the full list of usernames and passwords for later reference. Students may forget their information, so make sure to download and save this master copy. To keep your roster up to date, select a class, and go to the roster tab. If a new student joins your class, click the add new students button and use your preferred rostering method. If a student switches to a different class period, select that student and then click the add to class link. Afterwards, you may want to use the remove the student link to take the student out of the original class. If you're no longer teaching a student, select their name and click the stop coaching link. That will remove the student from all your class rosters. You may want to empty out your entire class roster at the end of each school year by selecting all students and then clicking the stop coaching link. As a teacher, you can edit any student's display name by hovering over the student's name and clicking the edit display name link. Type in a new name, click save or enter, and you're done. A student can change their name from their student homepage by clicking the box with their name and editing real name field at the top. For most other changes to your class, go to the settings tab. Here, you can edit the class name, change the subject, delete the class altogether and make other important changes. For more information, go to khanacademy.org/resources.