This article covers common queries regarding My Classroom in Arbor, detailing who can edit room layouts (creators or those with admin permissions), flipping seating plans, and limitations like no meal register or detention assignments within My Classroom. It covers questions around setup steps, data refresh needs, printing options, and deleting layouts, emphasising permissions and room allocation requirements for functionality.
If you cannot find an answer to your query in this article, check our section of the Help Centre dedicated to My Classroom here.
How can I make My Classroom take up more of my screen?
If you are struggling to fit your whole seating plan on screen, use the Hide sidebar button near the top of the page (see screenshot) to allow My Classroom to take up more of the screen.
Click Show Sidebar to undo this.
Who can make changes to a layout?
Room layouts can be used by anyone who teaches a lesson in the same room as your class.
Only these people can make changes to the layout:
- The creator of a layout
- Someone with the Classroom Management: Administer All Room Layouts permission.
This is to prevent others from making changes to the creator's layout. To edit someone else's layout, you need to be given permission or make a copy of the layout you want to use.
Can I flip the My Classroom seating plan perspective?
Yes, you can flip the seating plan in Student view so that students will see the seating plan from the other perspective. To do this, you need to add a new layout and seating plan that has the mirror-flipped perspective. You can then quickly switch via the drop-downs to switch the layout and seating plan.
Can we take the Meal Register from within My Classroom?
No, it is not possible to take the meal register from within My Classroom. If you use meals at your school, you will need to use the standard lesson dashboard to input meal choices for the day.
Can we add or remove demographic indicators or tags from seating plans in My Classroom?
No, it's not possible to add additional tags to My Classroom, or remove specific tags. You can view which demographic indicator tags are shown on My Classroom by default here, and it's not possible to selectively turn specific tags off.
Can we display User Defined Fields (UDFs), ad hoc assessments, or documents on My Classroom seating plans?
No, this isn't currently possible. Student profile tags, such as Pupil Premium and EAL, can be pulled through to My Classroom, but User Defined Fields (UDFs) and ad hoc assessments cannot be displayed. For example, a reading age stored as a UDF will not show on the seating plan.
It's also not currently possible to view documents attached to a student's profile, such as pupil passports or IEPs, from within My Classroom.
To check this information for a student, you'll need to open their individual student profile.
Can we check which classes have seating plans in bulk?
Currently, we do not have a central page where you can see which classes have had room layouts or seating plans created for them.
You would need to click into My Classroom for the lesson to check, and you can see how to access My Classroom to check seating plans here: How to open My Classroom.
Is it possible to create, edit, or delete seating plans in bulk?
No, it is not currently possible to complete these actions in bulk.
Can I print out seating plans in My Classroom?
There's no built-in print button in My Classroom, but you can print or save any layout or seating plan using your browser's own print function. This does meqan you can only print seating plans on a per calss basis, you cannot print these in bulk.
- Open the seating plan you want to print in My Classroom.
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Use the zoom bar at the bottom to make sure the full plan is in view
- Open your browser's print menu, for example, press Ctrl+P (Windows) or Cmd+P (Mac).
- Choose Save as PDF as the destination to download a copy, or select a printer to print it directly.
If your plan is being cut off or split across pages, try switching your print settings to landscape orientation or turn on fit to page before printing.
If you are struggling to fit your whole plan on screen, use the Hide sidebar button near the top of the page (see screenshot) to allow a seating plan to take up more of the screen.
If you wanted to crop out any of the screen, you could take a screenshot of the page instead and put it into a Word document or similar programme to edit and print from there.
Do we have to set up our seating plans for My Classroom every year?
Yes, there are certain steps that need to be completed each year for you to be able to use My Classroom.
You can use layouts from past years as these are linked to the room, but you will need to set up seating plans each year as there will be different students in your classes. You can see how to do this here.
As teachers can access My Classroom at any time for their lessons, once you have completed Step 6 of the new School Year Setup process to schedule your classes, your teachers will be able to set up their seating plans before students return in September.
When is data updated in My Classroom?
My Classroom does not automatically refresh, so if someone makes a change, you will need to refresh your page to see updated totals.
If someone assigns your student behaviour points from the Lesson Dashboard, you need to refresh your page to see the updated totals. This also applies to attendance marks.
We recommend only opening My Classroom to take attendance right before you need to take attendance.
Can we assign detentions from within My Classroom?
No, it is not possible to assign detentions directly from My Classroom, but you can record behavioural incidents, which may trigger automatic detentions depending on how you have chosen to set up your behaviour incident workflows.
Can we add room features to My Classroom?
No, it is not possible to annotate My Classroom seating plans or room layouts to include shapes for:
- Doors
- Windows
- Teacher desks
- Cupboards
- Benches
- Computers
Why can't I add or edit a My Classroom layout?
If the lesson does not have a location, the My Classroom button will not be available to click on, so teachers will not be able to use My Classroom for that lesson.
Layouts are saved against the room/location, so it will only be possible to set up a layout if a room/location has been added to the timetable slot of the lesson.
Make sure that all classes have been allocated a room using the School > Timetable > Timetable Administration > Timetable Slots page. If you need to allocate a lesson to a room, follow these instructions.
How are the behaviour scores calculated in My Classroom?
Behaviour scores show the behaviour recorded for the pupil during the current lesson. Each incident counts as one score point and behaviour award points are counted by their value (e.g. 3 star points would show a 3 on the behaviour score and a negative 4 incident would count as 1).
Positive incidents and positive behaviour award points are added up in the green circle whereas negative and neutral incidents and behaviour award points are added up in the red circle.
How do I delete a room layout in My Classroom?
To delete a room layout in My Classroom, you need the Classroom Management: Administer All Room Layouts or the Classroom Management: Administer My Room Layouts permission. If you have either of these permissions, follow these steps:
- Navigate to the Lesson Dashboard for the lesson that is scheduled for the room.
- Click on My Classroom.
- Click on the three vertical dots in the top-right corner.
- Click Edit Room Layout.
- Check that you have the room layout you want to delete on the right-hand panel and click on the red Delete Layout button.
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