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Add a New or Existing Student

Add a student to your course.

To add multiple students, see Import Multiple Students.

Add a New Student

  1. Click User Management in Spark.
  2. Click New User +.
  3. Enter the following information:
    First Name

    User's given name.

    Last Name

    User's family name.

    Email

    Optional: An email address where Spark can send the user a link to set their password, or verify their identity if they forget their password.

    Note Without an email address, the user cannot set, or reset their own password.
    Role
    Select Student.
    Username
    The username for the account.

    Usernames can include the following characters:

    A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
~ ` ! @ # $ % ^ & * ( ) _ - + = { [ } ] | \ : ; " ' < , > . ? /
    Password

    Select Use the default institution password.

    Or, select Send the student, or parent, an email with a link to set their password .

    Join Course(s)

    Select the course you want to add the student to.

    For the Online Placement Test, select General Online Placement Test.

    Upload an avatar

    Optional: Upload an image that will appear with the user's account.

    To let users upload or change their own avatars, turn on Allow upload/edit avatar.

  4. Add the student to a course.
    1. Select a course in Please select a Master Course.
      Join Course(s) menu with 2 options in dropdown menu
    2. Search for a course section, or select from available sections for that course.
      Sections dropdown with 2 options. Both options show the course key.
  5. Click Create.

The account is created and added to your course.

Add an Existing Student

Follow these steps to add a student with an existing Spark account.

  1. Click Switch to teacher view in the top-right of the screen.
  2. Click User Management.
  3. Click Existing Users +.
  4. Click the All Roles dropdown menu and select Students.
  5. In the Search field, enter the first few letters of the student's name, username, or email address.
    A list of matching students displays.
  6. Scroll to the student you want and click Add.
    The student is added to your course.