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Add, edit and remove students, and give each one access to their own dashboard.

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Students are added under Settings → Manage Students. Each student gets their own checklist, calendar, gradebook and, if you want, their own sign-in.

Adding a student#

  1. Click the three dots '...' near your profile icon and go to Settings, then Manage students in the left nav.
  2. Click Add Student.
  3. Fill in Student Name and Birthday, and optionally a Grade.
  4. Choose a School year. Pick an existing one, or click Create school year and set a Start Date and Goal End Date.
  5. Click Add Student.

The Add New Student dialog

The school year is the calendar lessons are scheduled onto. You can add more later. See Adding a new school year.

Editing a student#

Open the … menu on the student's row and click Edit to change their name or birthday, then click Update Student. Grade belongs to a school year rather than the student, so it is changed on the student's calendar, where you manage school years.

Removing a student#

Open the … menu and click Delete. This is permanent: the student's transcripts, attendance and lesson history are deleted with them, and there is no archive. If you only want a student out of the way for a while, leave them in place and pause their courses instead. See Pausing a course.

Giving a student their own sign-in#

Each student can sign in to their own dashboard. From the student's page, open the Student Portal tab and click Grant access. There are three ways in:

  • Email sign-in — enter the student's email and click Send invitation. They accept the link and sign in with a code sent to that address, with no password to remember.
  • One-time code — click Generate one-time use access code and give the student the code. They enter it at app.openskyplanner.com/access on their own device and stay signed in until they log out. The code is single-use and expires, so generate it when the student is ready to sign in.
  • Profile switch — on a shared device, switch between profiles with a parent PIN. See Profile swap PIN.

The same tab holds the student portal settings that control what a student can do. See Student access and Permissions.

Parents are not students#

A parent or guardian is added from Parent Access, not here, and never counts as a student. See Invite other parents.

Need more help?#

Reach out any time at support@openskyplanner.com and we will be happy to help.

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