Teacher Dashboard

Teacher Dashboard provides an instructional management layer on top of Google Apps, giving educators a snap-shot view of student activity across Docs, Sites, Blogger and Calendars.

Getting Started 

To access Teacher Dashboard, first log into your Google Apps account.
In a new tab, open the following: Hobsonville Point Teacher Dashboard
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You'll be asked for approval to link your Google Apps account with Teacher Dashboard.
Once you OK this approval, you'll see your classes on the home screen.

Organising your Dashboard
When you open a class in Teacher Dashboard, you see all of your students along with any items they have shared with you through the class folder.
There are a few additional options that allow for grouping and sorting on this screen.

Sorting 

Allows you to sort the way you see students on your dashboard (e.g. first name, last name, group).


Class Group Setting

Allows you to set up colours and names for groups in your class. Click on the colour to the left of each student to organise your groups.

View Docs & Filter

The drop down menu allows for you to view more than 3 docs (up to 25) on your home screen. The Filter search box allows you to quickly call up items that may have a specific title.

Smart Copy Wizard - How to use it

Share docs with the whole class, or a group of students, with just a few clicks.

Teacher Dashboard Tools & Features: Hapara's how to's tutorials