8.3. Setting up classes

8.3. Setting up classes
	Chapter 8. Setting up a school

Setting up classes is optional; the first step is to decide whether either of the scenarios below are relevant to the way BELTS will be used by the school, as this will determine whether or not classes are required.

Scenario 1

Teachers wish to organise lessons under class headings When lessons are created, a teacher has a choice about whether or not to organise his or her lessons under a class heading so they are easier to browse and manage. If lessons are not organised this way, they will appear in a single list on the teacher’s lessons page.

If teachers wish to organise lessons under class headings, classes will need to be created. The teacher will need to be assigned to the classes they wish to use. In this scenario, there is no need to assign students to the class.

Scenario 2

Students will access lessons via an individual user login, rather than a lesson login. If it is determined for some reason that students will not use lesson logins to access lessons in BELTS, the only other option for them to access lessons is to be created as a Student. This student is then assigned to a class to which the lesson is also assigned. When the student logs into BELTS they will be able to view a list of lessons assigned to their class(es).

If this scenario is required, then classes will need to be created. Both the teacher AND students who require access to the class lessons will need to be assigned to the class.

	Note
	If you decide to use classes, please note that a class id is required to be unique within the BELTS installation. It is advisable to define a naming convention that can be used for creating unique, but meaningful, class ids and publicise this to users who will be creating classes within your system.


8.2. Setting up school users		Chapter 9. Preparing and presenting content to students