Creating Your First Class

Creating a Class

Classes in ReportRocket organise your students by teaching group. Each class has a year level that determines which curriculum criteria are available.

The Classes Page at a Glance

When you open Classes, you'll see three summary tiles at the top:

• Total Students: count of all students across your classes
• Reports This Month: comments generated in the current month
• Pending Reviews: reports marked ready for review and still waiting on a review, whether or not they are in a pack yet

If you have reports finished and ready for peer review, a Reports Ready for Peer Review banner appears at the top of the page with a button that jumps you straight into creating a new Review Pack.

For school administrators: A Search by teacher filter appears next to the class list so you can quickly narrow down to one teacher's classes, which is useful when your school has many staff members. This filter only shows for admins.

Reading Your Class Cards

Each class card carries a status chip, so you can see where a class is up to without opening it. The chip describes the semester chosen in the sidebar filter (the current semester unless you change it), and shows the most pressing state:

A class with no comments yet shows no chip. When some reports are ready for review and not yet in a pack, the card also shows how many, with a Create Pack button.

Step-by-Step Guide

1. Navigate to Classes

Click Classes in the sidebar.

2. Click "Create Class"

The Create New Class dialog asks for:

• Class Name: e.g., "3B", "Year 2 Blue", "Foundation Koalas"
• Grade Level: Foundation/Prep through Year 6
• Year: the school year the class is for

3. Choose the Year Level Carefully

The year level determines:

• Which curriculum criteria appear when generating reports
• The language complexity of generated comments
• Available subject areas and content descriptors

Tip: If you teach a composite class (e.g., Year 1/2), create separate classes for each year level, or choose the year level that best matches your reporting requirements.

4. Save Your Class

Click "Create Class" and your new class appears in your list, ready for students.

Managing Classes

• View students: click a class card to open its student list
• Rename: open the menu (the three dots) on the class card and choose Rename Class
• Delete: choose Delete Class from the same menu (this also removes all students and their reports)

Year-Level Specific Content

Each year level has curriculum-aligned templates including:

• English (Reading, Writing, Speaking & Listening)
• Mathematics (Number, Measurement, Statistics)
• Science, HASS, The Arts, HPE, Technologies
• General Capabilities

Next Steps

• Add students to your class
• Generate your first report