Student Groups Overview | Otus Help Center

Student groups can be created at both the district level (administrator) and the class level (teachers). District groups can be used district wide, while class groups are created by the teacher, and can only be used for their specific classes. The differences between district and class student groups is found below:

District Student Groups

Example:

Created by an administrator.
Can be used for any class in the district.
Can be used as a filter in Analytics.
Can be used to run reports such as queries, historical reports, and report cards.*
Can be used for assigning lessons, assigning assessments, and adding students to plans.
Can be used for giving recognitions and sharing bookshelf resources.
Represented by a semi-circle.*
District groups appear in the student's Groups section of the student profile.*

❓ Who Can Add/Remove Students from District Groups?

Only Administrators can add and remove students from district student groups.

Class Student Groups

Example:

Created by a teacher of a class.
Can be used just for that specific teacher's classes.
Can be used as a filter in analytics
Can be used for assigning lessons, assigning assessments, and adding students to plans.
Can be used for giving recognitions and sharing bookshelf resources.
Represented by a full circle.
Teachers can only add their students to class groups. To add a student to a district group, that must be done by an administrator.
Class groups do not appear in the Groups section of the student profile.

❓ Who Can Add/Remove Students from District Groups?

Teachers can add and remove students from class student groups.
Administrators can add students to class groups if they are a co-teacher on the class.
Administrators can remove students from class student groups, even if they are not a co-teacher.

*These are the distinguishable differences between district-level student groups and class-level student groups.

For more information regarding district student groups, click the button below.

District Student Groups

For more information regarding class student groups, click the button below.

Class Student Groups

District Teacher Groups

Class Student Groups

District Student Groups

Viewing Sites, Teachers, and Students from an Admin Account

Add Students to Plans