Sessions and Homework

Classter allows you to notify any type of user (students, parents, teachers) whenever you add new homework. To complete this action, you need to activate the respective settings. Logged in as an Admin, from the configuration menu, go to Academic Settings → Sessions&Homework → General Settings. (Figure 1) Figure 1

Watch the How-to Video Once you have created the timetable for your educational institution, it is useful to create the respective sessions. There are 2 methods to complete this action with Classter. Tip: Find out how to create your first session here. Method 1 Logged in as an Admin, from

Academic Settings / Sessions & Homework / General Settings / Sessions / Basic Settings / Select session features availability for Student’s and parents E.g. In the parent’s portal in sessions, daily sessions we can show some details and features, in this setting we define what the user can see. Setting

Academic Settings / Sessions & Homework / General Settings / Sessions / Basic Settings / Calendar Category for Session events When a session is published, a calendar category is suggested. Here you can define which calendar category should be used in the session publishing process. Setting -> Active -> After

Academic Settings / Sessions & Homework / General Settings / Sessions / Basic Settings / Default Date Range For Session List Here you can choose the default time span for daily sessions. Setting -> Active -> this month (Figure 1) Figure 1 Setting -> Inactive -> Default Value is next

Academic Settings / Sessions & Homework / General Settings / Sessions / Sessions Creation Settings / How users select time when a new session is created Here you define how the user will choose the time in the session. Setting -> Active -> Free time selection The user can freely

Academic Settings / Sessions & Homework / General Settings / Sessions / Sessions Creation Settings / Auto-create sessions using the timetable If you enable this setting, then employees will be able to auto-create session per week using the standard week timetable/ schedule. Thus, this option will enable a new button

Academic Settings / Sessions & Homework / General Settings / Sessions / Sessions Creation Settings / Check For Duplicate Session Checks if the created session overlaps with another session. No Check will ignore any overlaps. Warning will prompt the user that the created session overlaps with other sessions. Prohibit Duplicate

Academic Settings / Sessions & Homework / General Settings / Sessions / Sessions Creation Settings / Allow New Sessions in Holidays Here you set whether classter will allow the creation of a new session during holidays. Setting -> Active -> Warning (Figure1) Figure 1 Setting -> Inactive (Figure 2) Figure

Academic Settings / Sessions & Homework / General Settings / Sessions / Sessions Creation Settings / Assessment Types used in Sessions Here you enable the assessments types to be available when a session add a new assessment in the Session creation form. You this setting to establish a particular list

Academic Settings / Sessions & Homework / General Settings / Sessions / Visibility Settings & Rights / Teacher’s Session Visibility Here you define whether Teachers can view Sessions in which they do not participate but teach the Unit in this Class. Setting -> Active -> All Sessions of the Teacher’s

Academic Settings / Sessions & Homework / General Settings / Sessions / Visibility Settings & Rights / Disable to access in external platforms, if there are outstanding payments Students should not be able to access their WebEx classroom if there are outstanding payments (Applicable only if you use Classter-WebEx interconnection).

Academic Settings / Sessions & Homework / General Settings / Sessions / Visibility Settings & Rights / Choose Years For Which Parents Will be Able to Join Session In parent’s portal on the dashboard the online session that has been created is displayed, if the parent belongs to the year,

Academic Settings / Sessions & Homework / General Settings / Sessions / Notifications / Enable Save & Send Message option on session scheduling Here you define whether “Enable Save & Send Message” option will be visible on session scheduling. Example in Teacher’s portal Setting -> Active (Figure 1) Figure 1

Academic Settings / Sessions & Homework / General Settings / Sessions / Notifications / Default Message Category You must have enabled the (Enable Save & Send Message on session scheduling) option in Academic Settings / Sessions & Homework / General Settings / Sessions / Notifications. Setting -> Active -> Push

Academic Settings / Sessions & Homework / General Settings / Sessions / Notifications / Template Here you set the email template that will be sent as a notification for each new session. You must have enabled the (Enable Save & Send Message on session scheduling) option in Academic Settings /

Academic Settings / Sessions & Homework / General Settings / Sessions / Notifications / Message Method Here you set the message method to be sent for each new session. You must have enabled the (Enable Save & Send Message on session scheduling) option in Academic Settings / Sessions & Homework

Academic Settings / Sessions & Homework / General Settings / Sessions / Notifications / Recipient Types Here you can select the users who will receive the notifications. You can select Students, Teachers or Parents. You must have enabled the (Enable Save & Send Message on session scheduling) option in Academic

Academic Settings / Sessions & Homework / General Settings / Homework / Basic Settings / Filter Homework copies based on timetable When a user copy homework from one Class to another, Classter will use the timetable entries of the Class/Unit to be copied in order to identify the actual days

Academic Settings / Sessions & Homework / General Settings / Homework / Basic Settings / Set the time for automated publication of Homework to parents/Student Here you can set the time of the day that homework is published to parents’ or Student’s portal. Note, that If you set a time

Academic Settings / Sessions & Homework / General Settings / Homework / Basic Settings / Set default from filter value 10 days than today’s date In student’s portal at Classwork / Homework From Date filter will be set 10 days before today’s date. Setting -> Active (Figure 1) Figure 1

Academic Settings / Sessions & Homework / General Settings / Homework / Homework Notifications / Enable Save & Send Message option on duty scheduling Here you define whether the “Enable Save & Send Message” option on duty scheduling will be visible. Example in Teacher’s portal Setting -> Active(Figure1) Figure 1

Academic Settings / Sessions & Homework / General Settings / Homework / Homework Notifications / Default Message Category Here you set the default notification category that the user will receive. You must have enabled “Enable Save & Send Message option on duty scheduling “option in Academic Settings / Sessions &

Academic Settings / Sessions & Homework / General Settings / Homework / Homework Notifications / Template Here you set the message template you want the user to receive in the notification. You must have enabled “Enable Save & Send Message option on duty scheduling “option in Academic Settings / Sessions

Academic Settings / Sessions & Homework / General Settings / Homework / Homework Notifications / Message Method Here you set the message method you want the user to receive in the notification. You must have enabled “Enable Save & Send Message option on duty scheduling “option in Academic Settings /

Academic Settings / Sessions & Homework / General Settings / Homework / Homework Notifications / Recipient Types Here you can select the users who will receive the notifications. You must have enabled “Enable Save & Send Message option on duty scheduling “option in Academic Settings / Sessions & Homework /

Academic Settings / Sessions & Homework / General Settings / Homework / Homework Notifications / Enabled homework categories for notification Here you define for which homework categories you want to send notifications. Requires you to have activated “Enable Save & Send Message option on duty scheduling “setting in Academic Settings

To plan homework and have it not visible to parents or students, from the configuration menu, go to Academic Settings > Sessions & Homework > Homework Scenarios. (Figure 1) Figure 1 In the next window, click on the button “Main Scenario”. (Figure 2) Figure 2 For the homework category you

Academic Settings / Sessions & Homework / Homework / Basic Settings / Time until users will preview today’s homework as preselected for timetable view Here, depending on the time you set, it depends on which homework will be considered tomorrow’s homework. It is used when the “Default homework list view”

Academic Settings / Sessions & Homework / General Settings / Sessions / Visibility Settings & Rights / Present Recording Links from external sources (WebEx and/or Zoom) Here you can define if the recorded link from Webex/Zoom or MS Teams meetings will be available.   Example Setting -> Active One of

Academic Settings / Sessions & Homework / General Settings / Sessions / Visibility Settings & Rights / The recorded video will be available for X days after session recording   Here, you can specify for how long the recorded video will be available after the session is recorded. After the

Academic Settings / Sessions & Homework / General Settings / Homework / Basic Settings / Allow Staff/Teachers to Enter/Modify publish time   Here, you can define if the staff/educators will be able to edit the publication date of the classwork/homework.   Example Setting -> Active When the educator adds homework,

Academic Settings / Sessions & Homework / General Settings / Homework / Basic Settings / Default filter value for Parents/Students   Here, you can define the default filter value for parents and students. Example Setting -> Last record per Subject “Last record per Subject” view is preselected when the classwork/homework

Academic Settings / Sessions & Homework / General Settings / Homework / Basic Settings / Allow Teachers to copy homework from previous period even if they weren’t assigned to this Subject   Here you can define if educators will be able to copy homework from previous periods even if they

The following filters are now part of the Advanced Filters section:   Visibility & {Grade} {Stream} in Advanced Filters   In the session list, you can filter (Advanced Filters) sessions by their visibility status: Draft, Public, All and by {Grade} and {Stream} to manage sessions more specifically.    NOTE that if

This setting automatically generates session titles based on a customizable format. Instead of manually entering session titles, you can configure the system to build the titles for you by combining different fields like the group name, subject, date, and time. This ensures consistency in session titles across all screens.  

This feature ensures that the classroom you choose for a session is available at the desired time, preventing double bookings. It checks the availability of classrooms for both individual and bulk actions like Mass Import or Timetable Creation, offering alternative rooms if the selected one is occupied.   In the