Classroom Product Filters: Overview (Administrators)

The Classroom Product Filters tool lets district and school-level administrators control which classrooms appear in each DreamBox product dashboard, so teachers only see the classes that are relevant to them. 

Administrators can set filters for:

	DreamBox Math
	Reading Plus
	Reading Park

Classroom Product Filters: Overview

Role	District-Level Classroom Filters	School-Level Classroom Filters
District Administrator	Edit access	Edit access
Site/School Administrator	View-Only access	View and edit only assigned schools Site/School-level administrators do not need approval from district administrators to adjust filters for their schools.

A: No. District filter settings are applied to schools that do not have school-level filters. If school-level filters have been configured, the school's filters will override district filter settings. 

Filter Options: What Will Teachers See?

Class Grade is one of	Teachers will see classrooms that match at least one of the selected grades. A district can set only one Class Grade is filter at the district and/or school level per DreamBox product.
Class Subject contains	Teachers will see classrooms that match at least one of the typed subject keywords.
Class Name contains	Teachers will see classrooms whose names contain any of the typed keywords or word fragments typed.
Class Name is one of	Teachers will see classrooms that match at least one of the selected classroom names.

Curious about recommended filter settings or filtering FAQs?  Click here to learn more about recommended classroom product filter settings.  Click here to open classroom product filter FAQs.

Opening Classroom Product Filters

Depending on your administrator role, open classroom product filters in one of two ways. Click a role to jump to instructions. 

1. District administrator
2. School administrator

Opening the DE Admin Dashboard

Opening the DE Admin Dashboard can be done in several ways, depending on what product you are viewing. Click a location to jump to instructions.

• From the DE Experience Home page
• From the DreamBox Math Educator Dashboard
• From the DreamBox Reading Plus and/or Park Educator Dashboard

From the DE Experience Home page	Click the Global Nav icon on your DE Home page. Select Admin Dashboard in the navigation pane.  (Click image to enlarge it) (Jump to the next step) (Jump back to top of Opening Admin Dashboard instruction options)
From the DreamBox Math Educator Dashboard	Click your name in the top-right corner of the page and then select Roster Management.  (Click image to enlarge it) (Jump to the next step) (Jump back to top of Opening Admin Dashboard instruction options)
From the DreamBox Reading Plus and/or Park Educator Dashboard	Click your name in the top-right corner of the page and then select Roster Management.  (Click image to enlarge it) (Jump to the next step) (Jump back to top of Opening Admin Dashboard instruction options)

Opening District or School Classroom Product Filters

Depending on your role, you will open classroom product filters in one of two ways. Click your role to jump to the relevant instructions. 

• District administrator
• School administrator

District Administrator

• After you have opened the Admin Dashboard (MyAdmin), click Manage District and select Manage Classroom Product Filters. This will allow you to see and adjust district and school classroom product filters. 

(Jump to filter setting instructions for district administrators)

School Administrator

If you are associated with only one school:

• After you have opened the Admin Dashboard (MyAdmin), click Manage School and then select Manage Classroom Product Filters. 

(Jump to filter setting instructions for school administrators)

If you are associated with more than one school:

• After you have opened the Admin Dashboard (MyAdmin), scroll down to the Schools Overview section and either:
  1. Click the three dots next to the school name and select Manage Classroom Product Filters.
  2. Click a school name. When the school page opens, click Manage School and select Manage Classroom Product Filters. 

(Jump to filter setting instructions for school administrators)

District Admin: Setting Classroom Product Filters

District administrators can set, adjust, or remove Classroom Product Filters for the entire district and/or any school in the district. Select a role to jump to the appropriate instructions. 

• District-Level Filters
• School-Level Filters

Updating District-Level Filters

Open the District-Level Classroom Filters page, and review the District Level Filters section of the page to see if any filters have been added by another district administrator.

If you still want to make changes to district-level filters:

• In the District-Lever Filters section, click + Add Classroom Filter and select a filter.  (The below image shows a district administrator adding an additional classroom product filter. The Class Grade is filter has already been configured and is no longer available in the filter options dropdown.) 

If no filters have been set, you will see No filters set — All rostered classrooms will be included in the [Product] dashboard in a banner at the top of the page.

• After you have selected a filter, you will either select an option from a pre-existing list or type the filter parameters. If the selected filter includes:

Filter Type	Action
"is one of"	Select from pre-existing grade level or class name options.
"contains"	Type all keyword/s the system should use to filter classrooms.

• After you have selected or added the filter criteria, review the filter criteria and either click Save to add the filter or click the X to remove the filter and start again.

The Unsaved Changes notification appears on the page as soon as you have started to add a filter. It can only be removed by either saving your changes or removing the filter.  The Saved Settings confirmation will appear after you have saved any changes to district or school-level classroom product filters.

(Jump back to district or school instructions selection)

Updating School-Level Filters (District Admin)

Open the District-Level Classroom Filters page, and review the District and School-Level Filters sections of the page to see if any filters have been added by another district administrator.

If you still want to make changes to school-level filters:

• From the District-Level Classroom Filters page, scroll down to the School-Level Filters section. In the School is one of section, click Select school(s) and select one or more schools.

• Click + Add Classroom Filter and select a filter. 

• After you have selected a filter, you will either select an option from a pre-existing list or type the filter parameters. If the selected filter includes:

Filter Type	Action
"is one of"	Select from pre-existing grade level or class name options.
"contains"	Type all keyword/s the system should use to filter classrooms.

• After you have selected or added the filter criteria, review the filter criteria and either click Save to add the filter or click the X to remove the filter and start again.

The Unsaved Changes notification appears on the page as soon as you have started to add a filter. It can only be removed by either saving your changes or removing the filter.  The Saved Settings confirmation will appear after you have saved any changes to district or school-level classroom product filters.

(Jump back to district or school instructions selection)

School Admin: Setting Classroom Product Filters

Open the School-Level Classroom Product Filters page and:

• Review the District-Level Filters sections of the page. School-level filters will override district filter settings, but depending on the district-level settings you may not need to add school-level filters. 
• Scroll down to the School-Level Filters section to review any previously-set school-level filters. 

In the example below, there are district-level filters set for DreamBox Math that the school administrator can see but not configure, but no filters are set for the school administrator's school. 

If no filters have been set, you will see No filters set — All rostered classrooms will be included in the [Product] dashboard in a banner at the top of the page.

If you want to add school-level filters:

•  In the School is one of section, your school will be pre-selected. If you are associated with more than one district school, you can select one, some, or all of your schools. In the image below, the school the admin is associated with has been pre-selected.

• Click + Add Classroom Filter and select a filter. 

Depending on which filters have been configured at the district or school level, you may not be able to select all of the filter options.

• After you have selected a filter, you will either select an option from a pre-existing list or type the filter parameters. If the selected filter includes:

Filter Type	Action
"is one of"	Select from pre-existing grade level or class name options.
"contains"	Type all keyword/s the system should use to filter classrooms.

• After you have selected or added the filter criteria, review the filter criteria and either click Save to add the filter or click the X to remove the filter and start again.

Learn More   

Click an article title to learn more about Classroom Product Filters:

• Classroom Product Filters: FAQs
• Classroom Product Filters: Settings Recommendations