There are two options for adding students to Classes:

1. Bulk Manual Assignment (best for one or two sections per grade)
2. Individual Manual Assignment
3. Student Roster Import by Spreadsheet (recommended only for large schools with more than 3 sections per grade)
4. *Please see notes at bottom of the this Help article for information about Academic classes*

Bulk Manual Assignment (can also be done for just one student)

1. To assign Students to classes, please navigate to the Students menu selection.
   
2. Select the “Filter” button
   
3. Select the Grade you wish to assign & click “Apply“
   
4. In the resulting display, you can select all or individual names using the checkboxes in the list. Select the names for the class you wish to assign.
5. As you select names, the screen shows “Select Class” and “+Add to class” at the top of the list. Use the drop-down menu to select the class for the group of students you have chosen.
6. Click “+Add to class” to complete assignment.
   
7. Repeat Steps 2-6 as needed to assign groups or individuals to classes.
8. ARK will process the data and bring you back to your registered Students screen. This screen will refresh, and you should see all the added Students now displayed. Please note that you can Filter the display by a variety of options. 
9. If assigning a grade-level of students to more than one class, after the first group is assigned, select “Unassigned to Classrooms” to further filter the grade-level list to only Students not yet assigned to a class.

Individual Manual Assignment 

1. Navigate to your Classes tab
   
2. Find the class of interest and click the three dot menu on the far right side
   and in the menu, select "View"
   
3. In the resulting window, select "Students" then select "+New"
   
4. In the popup window, select the Student you wish to add
   
5. Press 'Save and Close' or 'Save & Add More' depending on the number you need to add.
   

Spreadsheet Import for Multiple Sections per Grade

1. After building all Classes, Navigate to your Classes Menu.
2. Select “Export” in the upper right corner of the ARK screen.
3. Save the resulting file to a location on your computer.
4. Before or after Importing Students, open your student import spreadsheet. (note: you can also “Export” your current Student list from the ARK Student menu for existing students.)
5. Copy the “ARK Class ID” from the exported Classes List and paste into the “Classes” column for the respective Students in the Student sheet.
6. IMPORTANT! The Class ID used per student MUST match the grade level for the Student. All mismatches will be rejected during the import and listed in a resulting error file.
7. Reimport your students from the Student tab. This will not create duplicates but WILL import all the students into their selected class.

To Duplicate a Class as a Testing Section:

1. After all Students are assigned to Classes, navigate to your Classes list.
2. Select “Duplicate Class as Testing Section” for all classes you want

Notes for Academic testing:

• Students CAN BE ASSIGNED to more than one class, but NOT To multiple classes in the same SUBJECT AREA.
• Duplicating the Class will assign ALL selected subject-tests to that testing section. The proctor CAN navigate between test subjects.
• We do NOT yet have the ability to assign a single student to multiple classes through bulk import.

Common errors preventing Adding Students to Classes:

1. To assign any student to a class from the Students list, you always must filter to that grade level first.
2. Missing data - Verify that all students have grade levels and birthdates assigned.