If your district enrolls through a third-party enrollment method (such as Clever, ClassLink, GG4L, or OneRoster), your classes should be synced from your enrollment method.
If your district enrolls directly with Amplify through the Admin Portal,
teachers can create and manage their Amplify classes, add co-teachers, invite students with a class code, and, if applicable, add programs to their classes.
The help materials linked in this article assume that your district has already worked with Amplify to determine that self-enrollment is the best option to meet your enrollment needs. If you have not made this determination, refer to this website to review your Amplify enrollment options. Click here to learn more about how to Manage classes.
Creating an Amplify class
Click New class.
From the menu, click Amplify class.
The Create Amplify class options display.
If you belong to one school, the school name auto-populates.
If a class is assigned to the wrong school, an administrator with system or enrollment permissions can edit the school.
Enter the Class name, and select the Grade(s) and Subject(s).
Click Create class.
The class details display, and a class code is issued. The class code automatically expires after 30 days. Learn more about class codes.
From the class details, you can present or share the class code, and add programs and co-teachers to your class.
Managing Amplify classes
The Manage classes landing page lists all the classes you have created, imported, or been added to as a co-teacher.
a. Go to Educator Home
b. Sync Google Classes (only available if classes have been imported
c. Create New Amplify classes or import classes
d. Class list navigation
e. Class cards
f. View Archived classes
g. Access help pages
Click the class card to open the class details. You can also click the three-dot menu to archive the class. Learn more about Archived classes.
Amplify class details
Click a class card to open its corresponding Class details page. From the Class details page, you can view the class information, along with students and teachers rostered in the class, and the class code.
b. Programs
c. Students tab
d. Teachers tab
g. Class Grade
h. Edit
Class name, Grade(s), and Subject(s)
Click the pencil icon to edit the class details.
Programs
Amplify Desmos Math is entitled to your organization. After you set up your account and log in, you have access to Amplify Desmos Math in your classes.
To ensure your students get the right content, you or an administrator at your school must associate at least one Amplify program with the class. A program is a unique set of content or applications, such as Amplify Desmos Math K–5 or Amplify Desmos Math 6–A1. Learn more about programs.
Each class can be assigned one or more programs.
If a program is entitled to your organization, it is automatically available to any actively-enrolled educator. If your district or school assigns programs to classes, ask your administrator if you aren’t seeing your programs.
If applicable, you can add programs to your classes. If a class has been archived, you must restore the class before you can add programs.
Click the class card to view the class details.
Click the Add programs field.
A list of your available programs displays.
Select the programs you want to add to the class.
All the programs your class has access to display, including programs you added and organization-level programs.
Students in the class have access to the programs. You can assign student work through individual lessons and activities.
If you don’t have access to a program that you should, contact your administrator.
Students tab
Share your class code with students to add them to the class. Once they enter the class code, they are enrolled in your class, and have access to all the programs associated with the class. Learn more about class codes.
Assign work to your students within individual lessons and activities.
Students cannot remove themselves from a class once they have joined. If they are no longer in the class, the teacher or administrator can remove them by clicking the Recycle bin icon to the right of the student’s name.
If the student is removed, they will still be able to log in to Amplify, but will only have access to their active classes.
Edit
From the Students tab, you can edit each student’s information individually (first and last name, and their grade).
Students enrolled via external sources must have their information edited in the external enrollment source, with the exception of students enrolled from Google Classroom, whose grade level can be edited.
Student names synced from external sources like Google, Clever, or ClassLink cannot be edited. Student grades synced from external sources like Clever or ClassLink cannot be edited.
Click the pencil icon.
The edit pop-up displays in the student’s row. Click the field for the information you want to edit. The edit pop-up looks different depending on the student’s enrollment method. In the example, the student is enrolled via the Admin Portal, so the name and grade can be edited.
Click Save to save your changes.
To exit the edit options without saving changes, click X.
Changing the students’ information will be reflected in your Amplify programs. This may affect other educators using Amplify as well as the students whose information was updated.
Edit the grade for all students in the class
Click the three-dot menu to the right of Grade.
Select the grade from the drop-down menu.
The grade you selected is applied to all students in the class whose grade can be edited.To remove the class grade for all students in the class, click Remove all grades.
The assigned grade is removed from all students whose grade can be edited.
Changing the students’ grades will be reflected in your Amplify programs. This may affect other educators using Amplify as well as the students whose grades were updated.
Teachers tab
From the Teachers tab, you can add or remove co-teachers from the class.
Adding co-teachers
Click Add co-teachers.
The Add co-teachers options display.
Enter the teacher’s email address.
Click Add.
The teacher will receive an email inviting them to join your class.
If they have an existing account, they can sign in to Amplify using the email associated with their account. If not, they should sign up for a new account.
Co-teachers can be removed from a class, but Primary teachers cannot. A Primary teacher must contact their administrator to be removed from a class in Admin Portal. Co-teachers can remove themselves from a class.
Present class code
A class code generates when a class is created. It displays on the Class details page. Share the class code with your students so they can enroll in your class. Learn more about class codes.
If a student is no longer in a class, or is enrolled in the wrong class, a teacher or administrator can remove them from the class. If the student is removed, they will still be able to log in to Amplify, but will only have access to their active classes.
Student Login options
You can generate QR codes for your students. QR codes allow students to log in to Amplify curriculum and applications quickly and easily by scanning their own unique code. They can be printed and distributed to students.
Generate QR codes for your class:
Navigate to the Students tab of the Class details page, and click Login options.
Click Download ZIP to download the QR codes or View QR codes to generate the QR codes on your screen.
If you clicked Download ZIP, you can print the codes for your students to scan using their device.
If you clicked View QR Codes, your students can scan the code from your screen using their device.
Learn more about Amplify QR code logins, or check out the QR Code Login FAQ.
Archive class
Archiving a class hides the class from teacher and student work spaces, but the archived class retains the teacher and student enrollment records, and can be restored.
Only primary teachers can archive a class.
To archive a class from the Manage classes page:
From the class card, click the three-dot menu to archive the class.
The class card disappears from the Manage Classes page and is moved to the Archived classes page.
To archive a class from the Class details page, click Archive class.
The page refreshes and displays the archived class page. The class code is expired, and the students and staff are inactive.
To restore an archived class:
Click Archived classes in the left navigation to view your archived classes.
Click the class card to open the class details.
The archived class details display.
Click Restore class.
The class is removed from the Archived classes page, and is visible to the enrolled teachers and students.
It will display on your Manage classes landing page again.