For: School Admins
Platform: TalkingPoint for Schools web application
School Groups let you organize existing students into custom groups that aren't synced from your student information system (SIS). Common examples include sports teams, clubs, bus routes, intervention groups, or students who were absent on a particular day.
✏️ Note: The screenshots in this article may look slightly different from what you see in TalkingPoints as we continue to improve the product.
❗ Important: Students who were manually added to TalkingPoints—either individually or through the self-serve .csv Uploader—must also be added to School Groups manually.
If these students are included in a School Group .csv upload, the upload will fail and an error message will appear.
We're actively working to improve this experience.
Create a School Group
Select Groups.
Select Add Group.
Enter a group name.
Select Create.
Add Staff
Select Add Staff.
Select the staff members you'd like to add.
Select Add Selected.
Add Students
There are two ways to add students to a School Group:
Upload a .csv file
Add students individually
Note: If your district has enabled student messaging, you'll also see options to invite confirmed students with a group code.
Option 1: Add via .csv
Students must already exist in TalkingPoints before they can be added to a School Group using a .csv upload.
Supported student sources include:
TalkingPoints Connector
Clever
ClassLink
Infinite Campus OneRoster
TalkingPoints self-serve .csv Uploader
Format Your .csv File
Create a spreadsheet with the following format - our template is linked here:
Column | Required Value |
Column A header |
|
Remaining rows | One student ID per row |
Important: Column A must include one of the supported headers. Without a header, TalkingPoints can't identify the student IDs.
Use the following student ID based on your rostering method:
Rostering Method | Student ID to Use |
Clever |
|
ClassLink |
|
Infinite Campus OneRoster |
|
TalkingPoints self-serve .csv Uploader | Student ID from the first column of the uploaded student list |
Not sure which student ID to use?
Create the School Group, select Add Students Individually, then hover over a student's name to view their Student ID.
🍎Tip: We recommend including only the Student ID column in your .csv file. Additional columns won't be imported and may increase upload times.
Upload the .csv File
Save your spreadsheet as a .csv file.
Open the School Group and select Add Students.
Drag and drop the file or browse your computer to upload it.
Choose one of the following options:
Replace the current group members with the students in your .csv file.
Add the students in your .csv file to the existing group.
Select Add.
Note: After the upload completes, TalkingPoints displays the number of students that couldn't be added.
This usually happens because:
the student was manually added and doesn't have a Student ID, or
the Student ID in the .csv file doesn't match a student in TalkingPoints.
Option 2: Add Students Individually
Open the School Group and select Add Students.
Select Add Students Individually.
Select the students you'd like to add.
Select Add Selected.
