Adding New Students/Contacts

Learn how to add new students and contacts if your school/district partners with TalkingPoints.

Paige DeLozier avatar
Written by Paige DeLozier
Updated over a week ago

Step 1: Select the group where you would like to add a student.

Step 2: Click "Add Students".

Step 3: Select the option to manually add students.

Please note: you will only see this option if your school or district has given you permission to manually add students. If they have not, you will only be able to add existing students.

Step 4: Select the school that the student(s) belong to.

Proceed to step 5a to manually enter student(s), or 5b to copy and paste from a spreadsheet.

MANUAL ENTRY

Step 5a: Enter the necessary information.

Step 6a: Click "Add".

COPY AND PASTE FROM A SPREADSHEET

Download the courtesy spreadsheet template of your choice and populate with your student and contact data, or create your own with the appropriate column headers.

Step 5b: Copy the rows of data (excluding the header row) and paste the information into the "Student Name" cell.

Step 6b: Click "Add".

To add an additional contact to an existing student:

Please note: you will only see this option if your school or district has given you permission to manually add contacts.


Step 1: Select the student, and click "Add another contact".

Step 2: Fill out the necessary information.

Step 3: Click "Save".

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