On this page, you begin creating a new student group by selecting some initial parameters.
How do I get to this page?
- Select Manage Groups in the header of the Star Record Book.
- On the Manage Groups page, select Create New Groups.
Who can do this with default user permissions?
School Network Level Administrators, School Network Level Staff, School Level Administrators, School Staff, Teachers
- Use the School and Students to Group drop-down lists to select the students you want to create groups from.
- If you only have access to one school, you will not need to select a school (the School drop-down list will not be shown).
- School level administrators will only see classes at their own school.
- Teachers will only see their own classes.
To choose multiple specific classes (not just one), select Classes under the Students to Group drop-down list.
- In the pop-up window, tick the classes you want.
- To search for a specific class, enter the class name or part of the name in the field at the top; the list will automatically update to include classes that match your criteria.
- Tick the Class box at the top to select all of the classes shown at once (use the arrow next to "Class" to re-sort the list in alphabetical order, ↑ A to Z or ↓ Z to A).
- Choose Save Selection at the bottom to save your choices.
To choose specific students, select Students under the Students to Group drop-down list.
- In the pop-up window, enter all or part of a student name in the field at the top (a minimum of two characters is required).
- Use the drop-down list next to the field to find students in any year (All Years) or choose a single year to search in.
- Select the search icon ; the list will update to include students that match your criteria.
- Tick the students you want, or select Student above the list to tick all the students shown at once (use the arrow next to "Student" to re-sort the list in alphabetical order, ↑ A to Z or ↓ Z to A).
- Choose Add Students at the bottom to save your choices.
Students selected using this method must be placed into groups before you save the groups. Unassigned students will be removed from the selection after you save.
- Use the Subject drop-down list to select a subject for the group (Reading or Maths).
- Use the Benchmark drop-down list to choose which benchmark you want to use to group the students: KS2 SATs (GB) or NAPLAN (AU), School Network or School.
There is no need to select a scale; the Star Unified scale is used for group creation.
- Select Create Groups; see the instructions for the next step here.