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• Quick guide to setting up Classlist for your school
  Well done if you are the new Ambassador for your school's Classlist site! If you are wondering about what the 2018 GDPR (data protection) legislation means for your PTA using Classlist, click here.  I've registered my school: now what? Ambassadors who have just registered might be wondering "What...
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• Why is the School Structure important?
  This article covers: Laying good foundations: why the structure is important How the structure works Examples A standard structure with at least two classes per year group A small school with a single form intake A mixed/split age structure with years and classes reversed Instructions on how...
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• What is Classlist? A presentation to share with your PTA and school
  Our Introduction to Classlist presentation is ideal for sharing with your PTA and school. Download it below as a PowerPoint presentation or a PDF.  You can also show our videos, including a Classlist demo video, here.  
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• Video demos of Classlist
  1 minute video demo of the Classlist App   Welcoming new joiners Creating Events on Classlist Headteacher testimonials - 1 minute The new Marketplace features PTA testimonials Classlist - How it works
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• Quick Start Guide to the Classlist app
  See what you can do on the Classlist app with this handy one-page guide. Download and print the PDF attached below the image.  Perfect for giving to the parents in your school.    
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• Sample letter for new parents Welcome Pack
  Here’s an example of a sign-up form that your PTA could put into the school’s welcome pack for new parents: [Your school logo at the top]  Welcome to [name of school]!  My name’s [Chair of the PTA] and I currently head up [Friends of/ the PA/ PTA]. We’re a group of parents who volunteer to run so...
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• Printable Classlist flyers
  Spread the word about Classlist at your school with these printable flyers. Select a flyer that's right for you: The Parent flyer includes information about how to get the Classlist app and sign up The Parent flyer with tear-off is ideal if you want to collect parents' email addresses so that yo...
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• Sample letter from the Head to parents
  Encourage all the parents in your school to sign up to Classlist with a letter from the Head. Below is a sample letter that your Head can send out.   Dear [Parent], Our school is now on Classlist Today we are launching an app for parents called Classlist and we would like to invite the whole scho...
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• Classlist logos and info to add to your school's website
  To help spread the word about Classlist within your school community, why not ask your school to add the Classlist logo and url link to the footer of their home page and the pages about Parents/PTA. Logos At the bottom of page are portrait and landscape logos, for both dark and light backgrounds,...
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• Summer Reads for busy Parent Association leaders
  School is about to finish for another year, you are finalising your accounts, writing thank you notes to your volunteers and about to relax after a successful summer fair. Perhaps you can switch off from school altogether, or possibly recent experience has spurred you to build your school communi...
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• The All Parents page - managing parents
  The 'All Parents' page on the Admin side allows admin members to view the status and details of the parents in your Classlist community. Simply click on the parent's name to go to their account page. Only Ambassadors can change a parent's admin status, deactivate/reactivate their account and dele...
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• How your school can help by sending Classlist email invitations to all the parents
  School administrators can assist their PTA by inviting parents to join Classlist, even if your PTA is a separate organisation to the school.  A school staff member can do this in two ways: As a Classlist Staff Admin they can simply paste in a list of all parent email addresses to invite parents ...
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• Inviting Parents in Admin Mode
  As an admin member of Classlist there are benefits to inviting parents by email from the Admin area - the parents are automatically approved, and before they join they will receive your announcements and events. Now you can also generate a flyer to give parents with a QR code on that will automat...
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• Sending Announcements
  Classlist Ambassadors, Class Admins and Community Reps can create announcements for the entire school or any group (eg classes/years, Ambassadors and Reps group, parent groups) using their Admin Accounts. Your announcement will appear in the Parent Board activity stream, will send an app notifica...
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• Moving up your classes ready for the new school year
  In the summer most pupils move into new classes, and need to be re-arranged into those on Classlist.  This can be done easily in single session by a Staff Admin or Ambassador.  Many schools do this before the summer holidays. The moving up procedure can be broken down into distinct stages. We rec...
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• GDPR - data protection
  Classlist is compliant with GDPR The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) runs to more than 200 pages. Data protection is a complex, rapidly evolving subject - and the regulation can get a bit technical - but you can rest assured that Classlist is fully compliant with the new legislation cam...
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• How do I send a notice to my School Community?
  If you are a Class Admin or an Ambassador you can post a message to any section of your school community (class, year goup, parent group), or the whole school, using Announcements. Community Reps can send announcements to their own groups. You must be on the green admin side of Classlist to acces...
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• Parent Accounts - An Overview
  What can I do on Classlist? Welcome to Classlist! This article gives you a quick run through of the main features on Classlist, with links to provide more information if you need it. Classlist is super-flexible, allowing you to talk with other parents in ways that are relevant for you, without ei...
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• How to unsubscribe from Classlist notifications and emails
  As a member of Classlist you need to sign in to Classlist to unsubscribe - because the notifications settings is part of your profile and is therefore protected externally. Log in to your account Go to your Profile section On a phone this is found via the 'More' menu at the bottom right On a co...
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• Deleting your account: "I want to delete my account"
    If you no longer want to be part of your school's Classlist you can delete your account anytime.  This is not the same as unsubscribing, which relates to the email notifications we send you (i.e. unsubscribing doesn't delete your account).   Deleting your account As a member, you must be logged...
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• How can I communicate with other parents?
  Classlist is super-flexible, allowing you to talk with other parents in ways that are relevant for you, without either blanketing everyone with mass communication or inadvertently excluding people. You can communicate via automatically populated 'school' groups, in tailor-made parent groups or on...
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• Community Guidelines - rules for users
  Users are expected to follow a code of conduct which is outlined below. For a fuller explanation of the behaviour guidelines members must adhere to, please see our Terms and Conditions. Classlist passionately wants to benefit schools and parents: we believe that the school community is one of the...
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• Who will see what I've posted, and how will they know it's there?
  Who sees my post? When you write something on Classlist's Parent Board, you can always check who will be able to see it before you hit the 'Post' button. When you write a post, you will be prompted to choose which group you want to send it to: eg in the image below where it says 'Posting to...Yea...
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• My notifications
  Notifications let you know when another member has added messages and content to your Classlist community that are relevant for you: notifications can be in the form of a red badge/bell on the app and the website.  You will also get an email alert if you are opted in, and a banner notification an...
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• The Contacts Page (previously your Classlist page)
  The Contacts page allows you to find other parents (or their children) who are registered on Classlist at your school, and operates in accordance with GDPR and the privacy settings you select. You can filter based on the school Groups which are automatically populated when parents register their ...
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• About Groups
  The Groups system allows parents on Classlist to communicate with a different audience for each message, comment or invitation they want to share. There are two types of groups: automatically-populated school groups and parent-created bespoke groups. Whenever you post any content you can select w...
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• Buying tickets for a paid event
  Community event creators now have the option of taking your card payments via Stripe, which is easier to use on phones than Paypal.   You can pay via credit card without leaving the Classlist app if the event creator chose Stripe to process the payments.   Alternatively, if they chose Paypal, you...
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• Why do I see some children twice in the class list?
  Classlist links a child to an individual parent, not to a family or set of two parents, because each account is held in the name of the parent not the child. This means children can appear twice in the Classlist. We have taken the decision not to link both parents to a child, but to allow each pa...
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• Forgot your password?
  To log into Classlist you will need to enter your username and password.  Your Classlist 'Username' is simply the email address you used to register with us.  If you are having trouble logging in, but are sure that you have got your password correct, please visit this help page, or contact us by ...
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• Registration form/Online sign up - Staff registration
  If you are a member of staff who wants to join your school's Classlist community, the standard way is for you to become a Staff Admin. This gives you the same powerful admin rights as an Ambassador, but you do not have access to the parent area of the site and you cannot engage with parent-genera...
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• Registration form/Online sign up - Parent
  Mandatory fields in the online registration forms are indicated with an asterisk (*): if you cannot see a 'Next' button or are unable to progress to the next screen, it is probably because a mandatory field is incomplete.  Important: Internet Explorer is not supported. If you find you cannot proc...
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• Dads' campaign 15th - 19th October 2018 FAQ
  Why we are running the campaign? We want everyone to be included in their Classlist site. However, we wanted to highlight: A survey we ran in 2017 found that three quarters of parents don't feel as involved in their child's school life as they would like to be and that two thirds of parents don...
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• Classlist - Product Updates
  Get the latest on our product updates here! Coming soon: We've got exciting improvements planned for Events. If you'd like to help us test our new designs, get in touch at hello@classlist.com. October Control your notifications settings more easily New ‘select all’ options and separate pages wher...
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• How to sign your school up to use Classlist
  In order to begin the process on a web broswer: Visit https://classlist.com and tap 'Sign Up'.   Select the option which best fits your situation: are you a parent with a child at the school you want to set up, or are you a member of school staff or a governor? When you have completed the re...
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• Video: The sponsorship opportunity on Classlist in 60 seconds
  Do you have 60 seconds to find out about the benefits of becoming a sponsor on Classlist? Click the video below to learn more.    
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• Set up your Classlist account now!
  If you want to get started with Classlist right away, just follow this link and follow the onscreen instructions. https://start.classlist.com/#/  If you need any further help, don't hesitate to return to this Help Centre for great tips, tricks and advice!
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