Classlist tool (including Groups)

What is Possible with ICON’s Classlist Tool?

• View list of students, staff, and group members
• Enroll a student, co-instructor, or TA in your ICON course
• Track an individual’s grades and course usage (discussions postings, content viewed, assignments submitted) on a single screen.
• View student homepages.
• View participant profiles (email address, phone, hobbies, goals, or other information students choose to enter)
• Search the classlist
• Create groups for restricting access to specified course components:  discussions, news postings, assignments, checklists, content modules, quizzes.
• Send email to lists of individuals or groups

Note: The default placement for the Classlist link in all new courses is a homepage widget titled "Classlist." This widget is not visible to students, only to Instructor-Designers and T.A. Designers. In order for students to access the Classlist, instructors will need to place a link in the NavBar.

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Creating Groups

You can restrict access to discussions, news postings, checklists, content modules or other course components to a selected group of class members.

To create a group:

1. Click Classlist in the homepage widget titled Course Tools (or in the NavBar for courses created prior to 11-17-05).

Note: The default placement for the Classlist link in all new courses created on or after 11-17-05 is a homepage widget titled Course Tools. This widget is visible only to Instructor-Designers and T.A. Designers, not to students. Instructors who want their students to access the Classlist will need to place a link in the NavBar.

1. Click Manage Groups (upper right).
2. Click Add Group Type (the group type specifies how the groups will be created and how students will be enrolled).
3. Enter a Group Type name (e.g., Case Study Discussion Groups) and description.
4. Select an enrollment style from the dropdown list:

If you wish to enroll students manually:

1. Select # of Groups - No auto enrollment.
2. In the Enrollment Quantity textbox, type the desired number of groups. ICON will create the groups without adding members.
3. Click Add.
4. Click the  Enroll icon beside the Group Type you just created.  You will see a list of users and a column for each of the groups ICON created.
5. Select the users for each group by clicking in the checkboxes.
6. Click Update.

If you want ICON to enroll students for you:

1. Specify either the maximum number of students in each group (Groups of #) OR the desired number of groups (# of Groups).
2. In the Enrollment Quantity textbox, enter the desired number of students or groups. 
3. Click Add. ICON will create the groups and enroll students automatically.
4. To view the groups and their members, click on Classlist in the Course Tools widget on the course homepage.

If you want students to enroll themselves:

1. Specify either the maximum number of students in each group (Self Enrollment – maximum x people per group) OR the desired number of groups (Self Enrollment – x groups).
2. In the Enrollment Quantity textbox, type the desired number of students or groups.
3. Click Add.  ICON will create the groups, and students can enroll themselves following the steps outlined under Groups in the online Student Guide to ICON.
4. Add the Classlist to the NavBar so that students are able to access it.

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Viewing a List of Enrolled Students or Staff

1. Click Classlist on the homepage widget titled "Classlist"  (or on the NavBar if your course was created before 11-17-05).
2. Click the Students or Staff tab. 

You will see a list of participants.  Those who are currently online will have a green dot.

Note: The default placement for the Classlist link in all new courses created on or after 11-17-05 is a homepage widget titled "Classlist." This widget is not visible to students, only to Instructor-Designers and T.A. Designers. Instructors who want students to access the Classlist will need to place a link in the NavBar.

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Enrolling Students, TA’s, and Instructor-Designers

Students who are officially registered for your class will be enrolled in your ICON course automatically (you don’t need to submit a registration request). ICON is updated by the OSIRIS database, so it will continue to add and remove students daily.

You can enroll additional people in your course and assign them student, TA, or instructor-designer status, provided they are members of the UI community (i.e., they have HawkIDs).

Note:  To request a guest account for a non-University individual, send email to icon@uiowa.edu.

To enroll an a student, a TA, or an instructor-designer in your ICON course using the Classlist tool:

1. From the Course Home, click Classlist in the Navbar.
2. Click Add Participant.
3. In the Search for: box, type the HawkID or the person’s name (this can be the first or last name or even part of a name).  Then click Search. The search results will appear in the list below.
4. Select the person you wish to add to your ICON course.
5. From the Role droplist, select Student, Instructor-Designer, TA(high-level), or TA(low-level).

Note: Both high-level and low-level TA ‘s can manage communication tools, view and grade quizzes, and enter grades in the gradelist.  High-level TA’s can also customize communication tools, customize the gradelist, and add course content materials.

6. To email an enrollment notice, click the checkbox for Send an enrollment email.
7. Click Enroll. The new participant’s name will appear under the Staff or Students tab, depending on the role assigned.

If, when enrolling a participant, you mistakenly assign the wrong roll (e.g., you enroll a TA as a student), you must delete and then re-add the participant.

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Viewing an Individual’s Group Memberships

1. Click Classlist in the homepage widget titled" Classlist" or in the NavBar (for courses created prior to 11-17-05).
2. Click the Students tab.
3. Click the  View Group icon to the left of the student’s name.

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Tracking an Individual’s Grades and Course Usage

To track individual student grades and course usage (discussions postings, content viewed, assignments submitted):

1. Click Classlist in the homepage widget title "Classlist" or on the Navbar (for courses created after 11-17-05). 
2. Click the Students tab.
3. Click the  View Progress icon to the left of the student’s name.

Note: Statistics on time spent logged in refer to all of ICON, not to individual courses.

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Viewing Student Homepages

If your students have created personal homepages, you can view them with the Classlist tool:

1. Click Classlist in the homepage widget titled "Classlist" or in the NavBar (for courses created prior to 11-17-05). 
2. Click the Students tab.
3. Click the   Homepages icon to the left of the student’s name. (If this icon is not darkened, the student has not made a homepage available.)

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Viewing Participant Profiles

Class members can, at their discretion, provide their address, phone number, birthday, pictures hobbies, goals, and other information.  To view a student’s profile:

1. Click Classlist in the homepage widget titled" Classlist" or in the NavBar (for courses created prior to 11-17-05). 
2. Click the Students tab.
3. Click the  icon to the left of the student’s name (click this icon next to your name, on the Staff panel, to edit your own profile).

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Sending Email to Student/Staff/Group Lists or Individuals

Note: to send email to everyone in a course section, use the Email tool. (See Sending an Email Message under Email Tool.)

Sending Email to Everyone under the Staff or Students or Groups Tab

• Click Classlist in the homepage widget titled" Classlist" or in the NavBar (for courses created prior to 11-17-05).
• Click the Student, Staff, or Groups tab.
• Click Email everyone on this page.

Sending Email to Everyone in the Classlist

• Click Classlist in the homepage widget titled" Classlist" or in the NavBar (for courses created prior to 11-17-05).
• Click Email everyone in the Classlist. 

Sending Email to Individuals

• Click Classlist in the homepage widget titled" Classlist" or in the NavBar (for courses created prior to 11-17-05).
• Click the Student, Staff, or Groups tab.
• Click the individual's email address.

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Searching the Classlist

1. Click Classlist in the NavBar.
2. Type the name (or partial name) in the Search for: textbox and click Search.  You will see only the search results. 
3. To make the entire list visible again, you must cut (delete) the text from the Search textbox and click Search.

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