Watch how it works
Short videos recorded on the real Classes site with made-up sample data. No sound; the captions explain each step.
1What this page is for
What this screen is for
It lists every lesson plan the school has, in name order, so you can find the one you need and open it. It also shows at a glance which plans students can reach (attached to a cohort) and which cannot.
The table
| Column | What it shows |
|---|---|
| Plan | The plan name. copied from Google Classroom underneath means the plan was brought over from the school's old Google Classroom course. |
| Program | The program the plan belongs to, or a dash if none is set. |
| Cohort | A green tag with the cohort's start → end dates when the plan is attached. An amber Not attached tag means no students can see it yet. |
| Items | How many items (materials, assignments, quizzes, questions) the plan holds, posted and draft together. Underneath, changed <date> is the last day anyone added or edited an item, or renamed or attached the plan. |
| Open | Opens the plan to view and edit it. |
On a phone the table turns into one card per plan: the plan name on top, then program, cohort and items, and a full-width Open button.
2The count under the title
Reads like 12 of 40 plans · 31 attached to a cohort.
- The first number is how many plans are in the table right now, after your search and menus.
- The second number is every plan the school has.
- Attached to a cohort counts all plans with a cohort, whatever the filters say.
3Search and filters
Three controls that narrow the table. They work together and update as you type or choose.
| Control | What it does |
|---|---|
| Search plans… | Keeps plans whose name contains what you type. Upper or lower case does not matter. |
| All programs | Pick a program to show only its plans. |
| All / Attached to a cohort / Not attached | Show every plan, only the ones students can reach, or only the ones they cannot. |
Nothing is changed or deleted by filtering. Clear the search and set the menus back to show everything again.
4Up to date as of …
The small grey line at the bottom of the list and of each plan, for example Up to date as of 10:42 AM. It is the last time this screen read the database.
- When you come back to this tab after half a minute or more away, the screen checks again by itself.
- While the tab stays open, it checks again every 5 minutes.
- It never checks while the side panel is open or while a save is still running, so a form you are filling in is never wiped.
Your search and menus stay as you set them. If a plan you had open is deleted by someone else, you are taken back to the list and the line under the title says so.
5Step by step
Open a plan
- Find the plan in the table (use the search box or the menus if the list is long).
- Press Open at the end of its row.
- The plan opens. Press ← All plans at the top to come back.
Find every plan students cannot see
- Set the last menu to Not attached.
- Every plan left in the table has no cohort. Open one and press Attach to cohort if it should be live.
- Set the menu back to All when done.
Start a new plan
- Press + New plan.
- Follow the three steps in the side panel: Program, Cohort, Start from.
- Press Create plan. The new plan opens ready to edit.
6If something looks wrong
7Flip-book edition
The same subject as a page-turning flip-book. Opens in a new tab.