Playground's Classroom Management tool enables administrators to easily create, view, and edit classrooms while efficiently assigning students and staff to classrooms.
Create and Edit Classrooms
To view all classrooms, navigate to My School and then select Classrooms. On this screen, you will see a table with all of your classrooms. Use the filter to adjust which classrooms appear. You can choose to filter out inactive classrooms. Use the cog icon to adjust which columns appear in the table. See the table below for a description of each column.
Class | Name of the classroom. |
Status | Status (active or inactive) of the classroom. |
Sign-in signature | Guardian sign-in requirement (required or not required) |
Sign-out signature | Guardian sign-out requirement (required or not required) |
Capacity | Number of students checked in per total capacity. |
Students | Number of students assigned to the classroom. |
Checked-in | Number of students who are currently checked in to the classroom. |
Present ratio | Ratio of staff to students. |
Color | Assigned color. |
Create a Classroom
From your Admin Dashboard, navigate to My School and then click Classrooms.
Click the blue + Add Class button in the top right corner of your screen. The Add Classroom window will appear.
Assign the classroom a name.
Adjust the optional settings. See below for descriptions of each setting:
Capacity: Enter the maximum number of students that can be assigned to this classroom. This number will be used to determine whether your classroom is in ratio.
Ratio: Enter the number of students per number of staff members that you will require for this room.
Age range: Enter the age range for the classroom in months.
Active class: Toggle this on if the classroom is active and should be visible in the app.
Signatures required for drop-off/pick-up: Toggle these settings to indicate whether guardians should be required to sign for their students when picking them up or dropping them off.
Select a classroom color: Choose a color to represent the classroom. When you assign a student to this classroom, this color will appear on their schedule.
Click the blue Save button to create the classroom.
Edit a Classroom
From the Classroom screen, click the pencil icon next to the classroom you would like to edit.
The Edit Classroom window will open, allowing you to modify all the settings.
Click the blue Save button to save your changes.
Classroom Settings
To access a specific classroom's settings:
Navigate to My School, Classrooms, select one of your classrooms, and click the Settings tab.
From there, you can adjust the classroom settings.
Check-In Questions
If you want to add check-in questions for guardians to answer during check-in, follow the steps below.
From the classroom Settings tab, click Add Questions next to Check-in Questions.
Select Create New Questions to start creating your Check-In Survey.
If you have already created a Check-In Survey for another classroom, you will have the option to Add Existing Questions.
Enter a Title, choose if you want the survey to be required or not, and start adding questions.
When creating your questions, fill out the Label, Type, and Required status.
If you are unable to make a question required, you may have the option to Allow parents to skip this form selected.
After all of your questions have been added, click the blue Save button.
To edit questions after saving, click Edit Questions.
To remove check-in questions, click Remove.
Guardians will then be prompted to answer your created questions during check-in.
💡 If you are unable to add check-in questions, you may have Wellness Checks enabled. To turn these off, navigate to Settings from your Admin Dashboard, and under Attendance, toggle Wellness Check.
Homeroom and Current Classrooms
Students and staff can be assigned to a homeroom classroom and a current classroom. See below for the difference between these classroom types:
Homeroom Classroom | A student or staff's homeroom classroom is the classroom they start their day in. |
Current Classroom | A student or staff's current classroom is the classroom they are currently assigned to. Students/staff can transition classrooms throughout the day, and their homeroom classroom will not always be the same as their current classroom. |
View Homeroom and Current Classroom Assignments on Web
From your admin dashboard, navigate to My School and then Classrooms.
Click on the classroom you would like to view.
Toggle between homeroom and current to see the assignments.
💡 The homeroom/current views are visible for staff and students. Use the tabs at the top of your screen to switch between students and staff.
View Homeroom and Current Classroom Assignments on Mobile
From the main screen of the Playground mobile app, click Roster at the top of the screen.
Select the Classroom filter to see the students assigned to a specific classroom.
Select the classroom you want to view. Then select Filtering by Classroom or Filtering by Homeroom.
Click the blue Done button to view the students.
Assign Students to a new Homeroom Classroom on Web
Students can be assigned to a new classroom from their student profile or in bulk from the Students tab or the Classroom tab.
Assign a Single Student to a New Classroom
Navigate to the profile of the student whose homeroom you want to change.
Click the blue Edit Information button, and the Edit Student window will open.
Choose the new classroom and then click Save.
Assign Students to a New Classroom in Bulk from the Students Tab
From your admin dashboard, click My School and then click Students.
Select the checkboxes next to the students whose classroom you want to change.
From the top gray bar, click Assign Class.
Select the new classroom and then click Save.
If you want to schedule the change for the future. Uncheck the Execute Action Immediately option and choose the change date.
Assign Students to a New Classroom from the Classroom Tab
From your admin dashboard, click My School and then click Classrooms.
Click the classroom to which you would like to add students.
Click the blue + Enroll Student button in the top right corner of your screen.
Search for the student you would like to add, then click + Add Students to add more students to the classroom.
Assign Students to a new Homeroom Classroom on Mobile
From the Playground Mobile app, tap the Roster button at the top of your screen.
Tap the student whose classroom you want to change.
Tap the three dots in the top right corner of their student profile and then click Edit Profile.
Tap the student's current classroom and then select the new classroom you want to assign to the student.
Click the blue Done button in the top right corner of your screen.
Assign Staff to a new Homeroom Classroom
Staff can be assigned to a new classroom from their staff profile or in bulk from the Staff tab or the Classroom tab.
💡 Staff can be assigned to multiple homeroom classrooms. Staff homeroom classrooms can only assigned on the web version of Playground.
🚨 If your school settings restrict teachers from viewing all students, they will only see students for the classrooms they are assigned to.
Assign a Single Staff to a New Classroom
Navigate to the profile of the staff whose homeroom you want to change.
Click the white Edit Profile button, and the Edit Staff window will open.
You can also access this window by clicking the pencil icon next to the staff name in the Staff Table.
Choose the new classroom(s) you want to assign to the staff member and then click Save.
Assign Staff to a New Classroom in Bulk from the Students Tab
From your admin dashboard, click My School and then click Staff.
Select the checkboxes next to the staff who you want to assign to a new classroom.
From the top gray bar, click Assign Class.
Select the new classroom(s) and then click Save.
