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How to use Edform with ClassLink

If your school system uses ClassLink, teachers and students sign in to Edform with one click, and teachers import their classes straight from the school's roster, so nobody types names or join codes. Edform only reads from ClassLink and never changes anything there.

How to use Edform with ClassLink

Sign in with ClassLink

  1. Step 1: Open Edform from ClassLink

    Click the Edform app in your ClassLink LaunchPad. You're signed in to Edform right away, as a teacher or a student, as your school set you up.

  2. Step 2: Or press “Continue with ClassLink”

    On Edform's sign-in page, press Continue with ClassLink and find your school on the ClassLink page that opens. You come back to Edform signed in.

    Edform sign-in page with the Continue with ClassLink button

Import a class from ClassLink

  1. Step 1: Open “Classes”

    Go to Classes in the menu on the left.

  2. Step 2: Press “Import from ClassLink”

    The button with the ClassLink logo is next to “Create class”. If you signed in to Edform another way, ClassLink asks you to sign in once, then you come back to the same page.

  3. Step 3: Press “Import” next to a class

    You see the classes you teach in your school's roster, with their period and grade. Edform creates the class with all its students and opens it. A class you imported before shows “Open class” instead, so it is never made twice.

    Import from ClassLink dialog with the classes from the school's roster

Keep the class in sync

  1. Step 1: Let it sync every night

    A class imported from ClassLink checks your school's roster every night: new students are added and changed names are updated.

  2. Step 2: Or press “Sync with ClassLink”

    The button at the top of the class syncs right away and shows when the class was last synced.

    Class linked to ClassLink with the Sync with ClassLink button

Students land in their class

Imported students show as “Invited” until they first sign in. When a student opens Edform from ClassLink, Edform recognizes them from the school's roster and puts them in the class: no code and no email needed.

  1. Step 1: Give homework as usual

    Homework you give the class shows up for each student as soon as they sign in with ClassLink.

For ClassLink administrators

Two switches in ClassLink turn this on for the whole school system.

  1. Step 1: Add Edform to LaunchPad

    In ClassLink Management Console, add Edform from the App Library and assign it to the teachers and students who should see it.

  2. Step 2: Share rosters with Edform

    In Roster Server, open Applications, add Edform and share the schools, classes, teachers, students and enrollments that Edform may read. Teachers can import their classes a few minutes later.

Questions

Does Edform change anything in ClassLink?

No. Edform only reads your classes and students' names and school emails from your school's roster.

Import says my school system hasn't turned on Edform rostering. What now?

Your ClassLink administrator needs to share rosters with Edform in Roster Server. Until then you can sign in with ClassLink and add students with a class code or a pasted list.

Can a student be in a ClassLink class and join with a code too?

Yes. Edform matches the student by their roster record, so they are never in the class twice.

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