ClassGate User Manual

A screen-by-screen walkthrough for every role · Demo High School

Run the whole school

Super Admin

School administrators and office staff who manage people, academics, money, and settings across the entire school. Several screens open into deeper workspaces — those are documented inline below.

11 screens · 29 deep-dive screens

01

Dashboard

/dashboard

Your landing page. A quick pulse of the school — total classes and students, the latest announcements, your classes, and a mini calendar.

classgate.io/dashboard
Super Admin — Dashboard

How to use it

  1. Read the top tiles for live counts of Classes and Students.
  2. Scan Announcements for what's posted school-wide; click View All to manage them.
  3. Use Take Attendance or the Quick Actions panel to jump into common tasks.
02

Calendar

/calendar

The school-wide calendar of terms, events, and holidays.

classgate.io/calendar
Super Admin — Calendar

How to use it

  1. Move between months with the arrows.
  2. Click a day to see or add events.
  3. Events here surface on every teacher, parent, and student calendar.
03

Students

/students

The full student directory — every enrolled student with personal info, grade, SACE number, email, documents, and linked parent. The eye icon on each row opens the complete student profile.

classgate.io/students
Super Admin — Students

How to use it

  1. Search by name, email, grade, or parent; filter with the All Students dropdown.
  2. Add New Student opens the enrolment form (deep dive below).
  3. The eye icon opens a student's profile; More Actions covers bulk operations and Archived holds withdrawn students.
Deep diveInside this screen — 9 areas
Profile · Details tab

Clicking the eye icon opens the student profile on the Details tab — legal names, date of birth, gender, birth country, address and contact. “Official” badges mark fields that came from registration/ministry and shouldn't be changed casually.

  • Header actions (right): Edit, Reset Password, Transcript, Registration, Archive, and … for more.
  • Manage fields shows/hides/reorders the fields on this tab.
  • Each section has its own Edit button.
Profile · Details tab
Profile · Family

Parents & guardians, custody, and authorized pickup.

  • Each guardian card shows the relationship, a Primary badge, and Authorized Pickup / Notifications flags.
  • Send temp password emails that guardian a login.
  • Custody holds Legal/Physical flags and admin-only court notes; Authorized Pickup lists who may collect the student.
Profile · Family
Profile · Classes

The classes this student is enrolled in.

  • Add to Class enrols them in another section.
  • Remove a class with the icon on its card.
Profile · Classes
Profile · Gradebook

This student's grades across every class, with an overall average.

  • Filter by term with the dropdown.
  • Expand any class row to see its assessment scores.
  • “No final grades recorded” simply means the term isn't finalised yet.
Profile · Gradebook
Profile · Attendance

This student's attendance history.

  • Tiles summarise Present / Absent / Late / Excused.
  • The colour-coded calendar marks each day; click a day to see its record.
Profile · Attendance
Profile · Medical

Health & medical notes for the student.

  • Empty by default — click to fill in allergies, conditions, and medications.
Profile · Medical
Profile · Incidents

A behavioural / incident log for the student.

  • Log Incident records a new entry.
  • Existing incidents list here with dates.
Profile · Incidents
Profile · Documents & Reports

Files on record and published report cards.

  • Document Checklist (Manage checklist) defines required documents per grade.
  • Upload documents — pdf, image, .doc/.docx, .xls/.xlsx, max 5MB.
  • Published report cards appear at the bottom of the tab.
Profile · Documents & Reports
Add New Student

The Add New Student button opens this create form.

  • First and Last name, School Assignment (required), Gender, Date of Birth, Grade (required).
  • Leave Generate Student Email ticked to auto-create a school email address.
Add New Student
04

Teachers

/teachers

The staff directory. Manage teacher accounts and the classes each one is assigned to. Rows carry view / edit / archive icons.

classgate.io/teachers
Super Admin — Teachers

How to use it

  1. Search or scroll to find a teacher; open one to see their classes and details.
  2. Add a teacher before assigning them to a class — classes need a teacher for gradebook and attendance.
  3. Add New Teacher opens the create form (deep dive below).
Deep diveInside this screen — 1 area
Create New Teacher

Add New Teacher opens this form.

  • Name, Phone, School Assignment (required), Gender, Email.
  • Generate Secure Password creates a first-login password the teacher can change later.
Create New Teacher
05

Classes

/classes

Every class/section in the school. The View button on a class opens a full course workspace where content, people, and settings live.

classgate.io/classes
Super Admin — Classes

How to use it

  1. Browse or search the class list.
  2. View opens the class workspace (deep dive below).
  3. Create a class, then assign a teacher and enrol students.
Deep diveInside this screen — 4 areas
Workspace · Course Home

View on a class opens its workspace on Course Home. Tabs across the top: Course Home, Content, Assessments, My Tools, plus a Student view preview.

  • The hero shows the course description and counts (students / assignments / quizzes); Add cover sets a banner.
  • Post to the class feed with text, Photo/Video, Event, or File.
  • The right rail shows Up next and the weekly Class info schedule.
Workspace · Course Home
Workspace · Content

The Content tab is the LMS — units on the left, items on the right.

  • Units list down the side (Unit 1–4, Final Exam, Participation, General).
  • These units are the same objects as the gradebook's Sections — under a weighted method each carries a % of the grade (see Gradebook deep dive).
  • Each item shows a type badge, points, due date and completion; drag the handle to reorder. + Add creates a new unit or item.
Workspace · Content
Workspace · Assessments menu

The Assessments tab is a menu of three views.

  • Assignments, Quizzes, and Grades.
  • Grades opens this class's gradebook directly.
Workspace · Assessments menu
Workspace · My Tools menu

My Tools holds class management actions.

  • Students, Teachers, Units, Resources.
  • Class settings, Edit class, Duplicate class.
  • Delete class (destructive) sits at the bottom.
Workspace · My Tools menu
06

Gradebook

/gradebook

View and manage grades for any class and term. New Assessment adds columns, Create Section groups them, and the header shows the active calculation method. How the final grade is worked out is chosen per class — see the deep dive below.

classgate.io/gradebook
Super Admin — Gradebook

How to use it

  1. Pick the class and term from the dropdowns.
  2. New Assessment adds a graded item; Create Section groups items into weighted buckets.
  3. The “Calculation” label shows the active method; it's set per class in My Tools → Class settings → Grading.
Deep diveInside this screen — 7 areas
Grade calculation method — where it's set My Tools → Class settings

This is the toggle. Open the class → My Tools → Class settings → Grading. Choose how this class's final grade is calculated — it's set per class, and there are three options.

  • Points — every item counts by its raw points; a simple points total (a 100-pt exam outweighs a 10-pt quiz).
  • Unit weights — each unit/section carries a % of the grade; items inside share their unit's weight.
  • Weighted categories — weight by type: e.g. Homework 15%, Tests 50%, averaged equally within each type.
Grade calculation method — where it's set
Sections & Units (the weight buckets) My Tools → Units

Under either weighted method, assessments are grouped into Sections — also called Units (Homework, Tests, Final Exam…). Each shows its share of the grade. Manage them here, or with Create Section in the gradebook.

  • Each card shows the section's weight, e.g. Unit 1 = 15% of grade, Final Exam = 25%.
  • Drag to reorder; the ⋮ menu on a card has Edit and Delete.
  • Across the class, section weights should add up to 100%.
Sections & Units (the weight buckets)
Create a section / unit

Create Section starts from a preset. (The modal is titled “Create New Unit” — sections and units are the same object.)

  • Pick a preset: Unit, Quarter, Homework, Test, Midterm, Final, Project, or Other.
  • Presets just pre-fill a name and icon; you customise the rest next.
Create a section / unit
Set the section's weight & internal grading

Name the section, give it a colour, and set how much it's worth.

  • Section Weight % — the share of the final grade this bucket is worth (0 = doesn't count). E.g. Homework = 15.
  • How items inside are graded: Split equally (every item counts the same) or Set weights myself (per-item %, totalling 100% within the section).
  • An assessment joins a section via the “Counts as” / section field in the assessment builder.
Set the section's weight & internal grading
Manage Weights (must total 100%)

The gradebook's ⋮ → Manage Weights panel reviews every weight for the term.

  • See each weight and the running Total for the term.
  • A banner flags when you're under or over the 100% target.
  • Reset reverts; Save Changes applies.
Manage Weights (must total 100%)
New Assessment · choose type

New Assessment first asks what kind of assessment it is.

  • Pick from Exam, Project, Activity, Participation, Homework, Classwork, Quiz, or Other.
New Assessment · choose type
New Assessment · build it

Then you fill in the assessment itself.

  • Class, Title, Description, Total Points, Weight %, and “Counts as” (which section it belongs to).
  • The Rubric (Optional) tab attaches a marking rubric.
  • Create Assessment adds it to the gradebook; Change Type if you picked wrong.
New Assessment · build it
07

Attendance

/attendance

Take and review attendance for any class. (The full marking workflow is documented under Teacher → Attendance.)

classgate.io/attendance
Super Admin — Attendance

How to use it

  1. Choose the class and date.
  2. Mark each student Present, Absent, or Late.
  3. Save — records roll up into student profiles and reports.
08

Report Cards

/report-card

A full report-card workspace: review each student's card, generate comments with AI, keep a reusable comment bank, and publish per-student or all at once.

classgate.io/report-card
Super Admin — Report Cards

How to use it

  1. Header shows the term's publish status; Publish All / Unpublish All act on everyone.
  2. Three tabs — Detailed Report, Generate, Comment Bank (deep dive below).
  3. Back to Assessments returns to the gradebook; Export PDF downloads.
Deep diveInside this screen — 4 areas
Detailed Report

The default tab lists every student's report card with a Draft/Published status.

  • Filter or search the student list on the left; switch between list and table view.
  • Publish All / Unpublish All release or retract every card for the term at once.
Detailed Report
A student's card

Selecting a student renders their actual report card.

  • Shows the school header, term, and course-grade table.
  • Publish for Parents & Students releases just this one student's card.
  • Export PDF downloads a printable copy.
A student's card
Generate (AI)

The Generate tab drafts personalised report-card comments using AI.

  • Pick a class and term to begin.
  • It writes a comment per student for you to review and edit before publishing.
Generate (AI)
Comment Bank

Reusable comments you write once per class.

  • Write generic comments for a class.
  • At report-card time, entering a grade auto-fills the matching comment with the student's name and pronouns swapped in.
Comment Bank
09

Payments & Finance

/portal

The billing portal — a full finance workspace for tuition and fees, separate from the academic side.

classgate.io/portal
Super Admin — Payments & Finance

How to use it

  1. The dashboard summarises Outstanding A/R, Past Due, failed payments, and net revenue.
  2. Left menu: Transactions, Direct Charge, Deposits, Families, Tuition Plans, Auto-Pay, Monthly Statements.
  3. Reconcile deposits and follow up on families needing attention from here.
10

Announcements

/announcements

A school-wide feed for announcements, with a composer and reactions.

classgate.io/announcements
Super Admin — Announcements

How to use it

  1. Write in the composer and attach media, an event, or a file.
  2. Target the right audience; posts appear on that audience's dashboards.
  3. See the deep dive below for the feed layout.
Deep diveInside this screen — 1 area
Feed & composer

Announcements is a school feed rather than a plain list.

  • Write in the composer and attach Photo/Video, Event, or File.
  • Filter the feed; individual posts support Like and Comment.
Feed & composer
11

Settings

/settings

The control room for the whole school — tabs for setup, academics, users, roles, payments, and integrations.

classgate.io/settings
Super Admin — Settings

How to use it

  1. Setup tracks the five must-configure items (grade scale, school year, terms, teachers, classes).
  2. Terms and School Year define the academic calendar grades and report cards key off.
  3. Users and Roles control access (deep dive below); API Keys holds integration credentials.
Deep diveInside this screen — 3 areas
Settings · Users ?tab=users

Manage everyone who can log in.

  • Search, or Add New User.
  • Change a person's Role inline and toggle their active Status.
  • Row actions: edit, reset password, disable, Permissions (per-user overrides), delete. Import/Export bulk-loads users.
Settings · Users
Settings · Roles & Permissions ?tab=roles

Set what each role can do by default, and build custom roles.

  • Edit Teacher / Admin / Finance Admin defaults, or create Custom roles (e.g. Registrar).
  • Toggle granular permissions grouped by area (Communication, etc.).
  • Save applies to everyone with that role; per-user overrides live on the user list.
Settings · Roles & Permissions
Settings · School Year ?tab=school-year

Choose the active year and open registration windows.

  • The active year is what everyone sees by default; switch to view a past year or build next year.
  • Registration windows open re-enrolment per school with start/close dates; late submissions can waitlist.
Settings · School Year

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Teach, grade, and track your classes

Teacher

Classroom teachers managing their own classes — attendance, assessments, grades, and communication. The heavier workflows (marking attendance, entering grades) are documented inline below.

7 screens · 8 deep-dive screens

01

Dashboard

/dashboard

Your teaching home — class count, announcements, your classes, a calendar, and Quick Actions for daily tasks.

classgate.io/dashboard
Teacher — Dashboard

How to use it

  1. Jump into a class from Your Classes.
  2. Quick Actions: Create Announcement, Take Attendance, Assessments, Messages.
  3. Take Attendance (top-right) starts today's roll call.
02

My Classes

/classes

The classes you teach. View opens the same full class workspace documented under Super Admin → Classes (Course Home, Content, Assessments, My Tools).

classgate.io/classes
Teacher — My Classes

How to use it

  1. Open a class to reach its roster, content, gradebook, and attendance.
  2. Post announcements and build content units from inside the class.
  3. Use it to confirm your rosters at the start of a term.
03

Gradebook

/gradebook

Score work and track class performance. With a class chosen it becomes an editable grade grid.

classgate.io/gradebook
Teacher — Gradebook

How to use it

  1. Select the class and term at the top.
  2. Enter scores directly in the grid (deep dive below).
  3. New Assessment adds a column; Create Section groups items for weighting.
Deep diveInside this screen — 3 areas
Grade entry grid

Once a class with assessments is selected, the gradebook is a spreadsheet-style grid.

  • Columns are assessments (with due date, weight, and points); rows are students.
  • Type a score straight into each cell; the Grade Entry toggle switches between Points and other modes.
  • New Assessment / Create Section manage the columns; the ⋮ menu holds more options.
Grade entry grid
How the grade is calculated My Tools → Class settings

Each class picks its own grading method under My Tools → Class settings → Grading.

  • Points — a simple raw-points total across all items.
  • Unit weights — each unit/section is worth a set % of the grade.
  • Weighted categories — weight by type, e.g. Homework 15%, Tests 50%, averaged within each type.
How the grade is calculated
Sections, units & weights

For the weighted methods you group work into Sections (Units) — Create Section in the gradebook, or My Tools → Units.

  • Give each section a Section Weight % (its share of the grade); the ⋮ card menu edits or deletes it.
  • Inside a section, items Split equally or you Set weights myself.
  • An assessment joins a section via its “Counts as” field. Section weights should total 100%.
Sections, units & weights
04

Attendance

/attendance

Take the daily roll. A full workspace with list, seating plan, and absentees views.

classgate.io/attendance
Teacher — Attendance

How to use it

  1. Pick the grade and confirm the date.
  2. Mark each student, or use the Quick Actions (deep dive below).
  3. Finalize Attendance locks the day once you're done.
Deep diveInside this screen — 2 areas
Marking the roll

The Attendance List tab is where you actually mark students.

  • Choose Grade and date (teachers are limited to today).
  • Mark each student Present / Absent / Late / Excused, or use Quick Actions (Mark All Present, etc.).
  • The progress bar and tiles track how many are marked; Finalize Attendance locks it — only admins can edit afterwards.
Marking the roll
Seating Plan

A visual seating chart for the class (Seating Plan tab).

  • Create Seating Plan lays out the room.
  • Once built you can take attendance by seat; the Absentees tab lists who's out.
Seating Plan
05

Assessments

/assessments

Build and manage assignments, quizzes, and tests. Filter by upcoming/past, published/scheduled, and class.

classgate.io/assessments
Teacher — Assessments

How to use it

  1. New Assessment opens the same type-picker and builder as the gradebook (deep dive below).
  2. Save as draft, Schedule it, or Publish to students.
  3. Student View previews exactly what students will see.
Deep diveInside this screen — 2 areas
New Assessment · choose type

New Assessment starts by asking the type of work.

  • Exam, Project, Activity, Participation, Homework, Classwork, Quiz, or Other.
New Assessment · choose type
New Assessment · build it

Then you fill in the details.

  • Class, Title, Description, Total Points, Weight %, “Counts as”.
  • Add a marking rubric on the Rubric (Optional) tab.
  • Create Assessment saves it — then publish or schedule from the Assessments list.
New Assessment · build it
06

Timetable

/timetable

Your weekly teaching schedule at a glance.

classgate.io/timetable
Teacher — Timetable

How to use it

  1. See which classes fall in which periods across the week.
  2. Confirm room and time before class.
  3. Admin changes to the schedule appear here automatically.
07

Messages

/messages

Two-way messaging with parents, students, and colleagues — direct or by class group.

classgate.io/messages
Teacher — Messages

How to use it

  1. Pick a recipient to start a thread and send.
  2. Unread counts show on the Messages nav item.
  3. See the deep dive below for direct vs class chats.
Deep diveInside this screen — 1 area
Direct vs Class chats

Messages covers both one-to-one and group conversation.

  • Direct messages an individual; Class chats posts to a whole class group.
  • Filter contacts by All / Teachers / Parents / Staff / Students.
  • Pick a contact to open the thread; keep parent conversations here so they're logged.
Direct vs Class chats

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Follow your child's school life

Parent

Parents and guardians keeping up with their children's classes, grades, attendance, report cards, and school messages.

6 screens

01

Dashboard

/dashboard

Your family home page — number of children, their classes, what's coming up, announcements, and re-enrolment status.

classgate.io/dashboard
Parent — Dashboard

How to use it

  1. Watch the Re-enrolment banner for when it opens for next year.
  2. Read Announcements for school-wide news.
  3. Tiles and the calendar show upcoming items across your children.
02

My Children

/children

The heart of the parent view. Pick a child to see average grade, attendance, class count, and graded work — with tabs for Overview, Assessments, Grades, and Attendance.

classgate.io/children
Parent — My Children

How to use it

  1. Select a child from the Children list.
  2. Overview shows upcoming assignments and headline stats.
  3. View Reports opens that child's report cards.
03

Child · Grades

/children

The Grades tab for the selected child — scored work per class.

classgate.io/children
Parent — Child · Grades

How to use it

  1. Switch to the Grades tab inside a child's profile.
  2. Review scores by class and assessment.
  3. Use Attendance and Assessments tabs for the full picture.
04

Report Cards

/report-card

Your child's official term report cards.

classgate.io/report-card
Parent — Report Cards

How to use it

  1. Choose the term/semester.
  2. A card marked Draft / Not Available hasn't been published by the school yet.
  3. Once published, read it and use Export PDF to save or print.
05

Messages

/messages

Message your child's teachers and the school directly.

classgate.io/messages
Parent — Messages

How to use it

  1. Open a thread with a teacher to ask a question.
  2. Replies appear here and notify you on the Messages nav item.
  3. Everything stays tied to your family record.
06

Classes

/classes

The classes your child is enrolled in.

classgate.io/classes
Parent — Classes

How to use it

  1. Browse your child's classes and teachers.
  2. Open a class for more detail.
  3. Cross-reference with the timetable and grades.

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Stay on top of your studies

Student

Students tracking their own classes, assignments, grades, exams, and timetable.

7 screens

01

Dashboard

/dashboard

Your study home — class count, overall average, attendance, and what's due soon, with tabs for Overview, My Classes, Assignments, and Notices.

classgate.io/dashboard
Student — Dashboard

How to use it

  1. Check Due Soon and Upcoming Assessments so nothing sneaks up.
  2. Watch your Overall Average and Attendance tiles.
  3. Use the calendar to see assessment dates.
02

My Grades

/grades

Every grade you've earned, with a summary (average, total items, A's) and a per-class breakdown.

classgate.io/grades
Student — My Grades

How to use it

  1. Filter by Term and Class.
  2. Read the Grade Summary for headline numbers.
  3. Expand each class for individual scores with letter grades.
03

Classes

/classes

The classes you're enrolled in and their teachers.

classgate.io/classes
Student — Classes

How to use it

  1. Open a class to see details and materials.
  2. Know who teaches what.
  3. Pair with the timetable to plan your week.
04

Assessments

/assessments

Your assignments, quizzes, and tests — what's set, what's due, and what's graded.

classgate.io/assessments
Student — Assessments

How to use it

  1. Check due dates and open an assessment for instructions.
  2. Complete and submit online where allowed.
  3. After grading, your score shows up in My Grades.
05

Exams

/quizzes

Your quizzes and exams in one place.

classgate.io/quizzes
Student — Exams

How to use it

  1. See upcoming and past quizzes/exams.
  2. Open one to take it or review your result.
  3. Results feed into your overall average.
06

Timetable

/timetable

Your weekly class schedule.

classgate.io/timetable
Student — Timetable

How to use it

  1. See which class is in which period each day.
  2. Check it each morning.
  3. It updates automatically if the school changes the schedule.
07

Report Cards

/report-card

Your official term report cards.

classgate.io/report-card
Student — Report Cards

How to use it

  1. Choose the term/semester.
  2. If not yet available, the school hasn't published it.
  3. Once published, read it and export a PDF if needed.

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