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Create and edit classes for Classwork

You can create and edit classes for Classwork in Apple School Manager, or you can create them in Classwork.

Apple School Manager automatically creates classes when you connect your Student Information System (SIS) or upload content using SFTP. These classes will automatically appear in Classwork. For classes not in your SIS or SFTP upload, such as an after-school club, you can manually create a class in Apple School Manager or Classwork.

Find out which roles can create and edit classes in Apple School Manager

Administrators, Site Managers, People Managers, Managers and Instructors can create, edit and delete classes in Apple School Manager.

Manually create a class in Apple School Manager

  1. Sign in to Apple School Manager.

  2. Click Classes in the sidebar.

  3. Click Add class button.

    Add class screen
  4. In the Class Name field, enter a class name. This name will appear in Classwork for teachers and students.

  5. You can optionally enter a nickname, course name, class ID and class number.

  6. Select a location, then add teachers and students.

  7. Click Save.

Manually create a class in Classwork

  1. On your iPad, go to Settings and sign in to iCloud with an Instructor Managed Apple ID.

  2. Open Classwork.

  3. Click Add Class.

  4. In the Class Name field, enter a descriptive class name to help students and teachers identify your class.

  5. Select a location, then add teachers and students.

  6. Click Done.

Edit classes

You can edit the class name and class list for manually created classes in either Apple School Manager or Classwork.

For classes automatically created from your SIS or SFTP upload, you can edit the class name, but not the class list. Classwork will display the class name that is derived from the Course Name and Class Number fields defined in SIS or SFTP upload. You can add a class Nickname in Apple School Manager that will be displayed in Classwork. When you edit the name of a class in Classwork, this will update the class Nickname in Apple School Manager.

Delete classes

If a class that is used for Classwork is deleted in your SIS or SFTP upload, it will be converted to a manual class in Apple School Manager. This lets teachers preserve or reuse their existing Handouts in new classes.

You can delete manual classes in either Apple School Manager or Classwork.

If you delete a class that was previously used with Classwork, all Handouts and data will be deleted.

If a class doesn't appear in Classwork

If you can't see the correct classes in Classwork, try following these steps:

  1. Make sure the classes appear in Apple School Manager.

  2. Go to Settings on your iPad.

  3. Make sure you are signed in with the correct Managed Apple ID.

The Schoolwork app is named Classwork in Australia and New Zealand.

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