This article will provide guidance on how to add, manage and delete your groups in Student Pulse if your school has a Clever setup. If you are a Pulse Coordinator, you will find the Settings in the left-hand panel of the dashboard. This is where you can manage enrollments, scheduling, and question modes.
To add, edit or delete a group, click on Enrollments in Settings.
Add groups
Groups that already exist in your SIS
Go to ‘Settings’ and ‘Enrollments’. Select the three vertical dots in the top right corner of the school structure panel, then select ‘Add a group from your SIS’:
Pulse will re-sync with your SIS. This can take a few minutes:
You will see the groups available to sync in the 'Available groups' column. Drag across the groups you would like to include from the ‘Available groups’ column on the left to the ‘Included groups’ column on the right. Select the arrow on the right of the screen to proceed when you have dragged all the necessary groups across:
On the Build School Structure page, you will see your current school structure in Pulse. Place the new groups under the group they need to be a part of, then click the arrow on the right to proceed:
Pulse will take a moment to reconfigure:
Then let you know when the configuration is complete:
You will then be able to see the new groups in your Pulse dashboard:
Groups that do not exist in your SIS
Go to ‘Settings’ and ‘Enrollments’. Select the three vertical dots in the top right corner of the school structure panel, then select ‘Add a group’:
A widget will pop up where you can add a group name and select where in your school structure this new group should sit:
Add in these details, then select Save.
This group will now show up in your school structure, ready for you to add students and staff to:
Important note: Groups that you add in Pulse will not sync with your SIS, so any changes, such as adding students and staff, will need to be made manually in Pulse. Groups that you add in manually will also not be reflected in your SIS.
Edit groups
Go to ‘Settings’ and ‘Enrollments’. Select the pencil icon next to the group you wish to edit:
If it is a group from your SIS, you will not be able to rename it, but you will be able to move where it sits in the school structure:
If it is a group that has been manually added, you will be able to both rename it and move where it sits in the group structure:
Select 'Save' to save the changes made.
Remove groups
Go to ‘Settings’ and ‘Enrollments’. Select the bin icon next to the group you wish to delete:
The following widget will show up. If you wish to proceed, select ‘Confirm’: