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Overview
In this unit, get an overview of managing class enrollments in Axiom - What are they? How do you add and remove them? How do you enroll students into classes?
Demo Database: Comprehension questions and tasks follow each video. You can use your own school's database or our "Learn" demo database, the URL and credentials for which are listed in our customer support portal (separate login required). Contact your school's point person or your Veracross account manager with questions.
1. Class Enrollment & Grade Records
After watching this video answer or complete the following:
- See if you can navigate to an actual grade record in your database.
- How would you exclude grades from a class from one student's report card?
- What do you need to do to create a grade record for a student who doesn't seem to have one? What is a common scenario that would cause this to occur?
2. Add & Remove Class Enrollment Records
After watching this video answer or complete the following:
- How would you enroll any student that you wish into a class of your choice?
- If you're looking to keep a historical record of a student being in a class, but withdrawing from it, what field would you need to populate? Would this remove the student from the teacher's gradebook?
- Detail the steps for removing a student from a class and erasing the fact that they were ever enrolled (e.g., during an add/drop period at the start of the class).
3. Transfer a Student between Classes & Sections
After watching this video answer or complete the following:
- When you're just moving a student from one class to another, what are the three things you should do on the Schedule tab of the student's record?
- How long after withdrawing does a student remain in a class's gradebook?
- What is the name of the transfer that occurs when you transfer a student to the same class with the same teacher? What two fields should be the same when performing this transfer?
- What are the two procedure options available when you need to transfer grades? When would you run each of them?
- BONUS: How can you quickly navigate to documentation from Axiom?
4. Enroll Classes by Homeroom
After watching this video answer or complete the following:
- What must you do before you begin enrolling students by homeroom?
- What field should be included in the default Find Classes query to perform this process?
- How do you access the "Enroll Students by Homeroom" procedure?
5. Other Import & Enrollment Methods
After watching this video answer or complete the following:
- What are the three methods discussed for inputting enrollment data into the system?
- How do you open the Veracross Import tool through Axiom?
- Which link should you click on to batch add enrollment information?
- Which field contains the ID of the class you need to batch update students into classes? In which query can you locate this information?
- How could you batch add all 8th grade students into being enrolled into a class?