> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.deandesk.com/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Students

> View your course roster, add students, record final grades, change enrollment status, and remove students from inside a course.

> [!NOTE]
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> **School-level feature** — managed within your school portal at `yourschool.deandesk.com`.## Video walkthrough

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> [!NOTE]
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> This walkthrough uses the real DeanDesk interface with the fictional Northstar Academy demo school and a calm, AI-generated English voice. Payments and outside services are not connected in the demo.The **Students** tab is your class roster inside a course. Only course staff (the instructor, assistants, and admins) see it. Students never see this tab.## Open the rosterOpen a course you teach and choose **Students** in the course sidebar. The badge next to the tab shows how many students are enrolled.The **Enrolled students** table lists each student with these columns:| Column | What it shows |
| - | - |
| **Student** | Name, profile picture, and email |
| **Status** | Enrollment status: **Active**, **Completed**, or **Withdrawn** |
| **Enrolled** | The date the student joined the course |
| **Sections** | The course sections the student belongs to, or **All sections** |
| **Grade** | The recorded final grade and optional percentage, once you assign one |
| **Actions** | **Manage**, which opens the student's options |Click **Refresh** to reload the roster, for example after an admin enrolls someone.## Add students**1. Open Add Students**Click **Add Students** at the top of the tab.**2. Find the students**Type in **Search students** to search by name, username, or email. The list shows active students at your school who aren't already in the course.**3. Select and add**Tick each student you want, then click **Add Students** (the button shows how many you selected, for example **Add 2 Students**). The students appear on the roster as **Active**.> [!TIP]
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> To enroll many students across several courses at once, admins can use [Bulk enrollment](/lms/bulk-enrollment.md). Students can also join by purchasing or enrolling through the catalog, and full courses can use a [waitlist](/lms/waitlists.md).## Manage one studentClick **Manage** on a student's row to open **Manage: *student name***. It shows the student's email, status, enrollment date, and current grade, plus three sections.**1. Assign final grade**Open **Assign final grade** (or **Update final grade** if one exists). Choose a **Letter grade**, optionally enter a **Numeric score (%)** from 0 to 100 and **Comments**, then click **Assign grade**. Saving a final grade also sets the enrollment to **Completed**.**2. Change enrollment status**Open **Enrollment status** and click **Set Active**, **Set Completed**, or **Set Withdrawn**.**3. Remove from course**Open **Remove from course** and click **Remove student from course**. Confirm with **Confirm removal**, or click **Cancel** to keep the student.Removing a student ends their enrollment in this course only. Their account stays at your school.> [!NOTE]
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> The letters available for final grades come from your school's [grading standards](/lms/grading-standards.md). You can also record final grades for the whole class in the [course gradebook](/teaching/gradebook.md).## Remove several students**1. Select students**Tick the checkbox on each student's row, or tick the header checkbox to select everyone. A bar shows how many are selected. Click **Clear selection** to start over.**2. Remove them**Click **Remove selected**. The dialog lists every selected student. Click **Remove from course** to confirm, or **Cancel**.If some removals fail, those students stay selected so you can try again.## Related- [Attendance](/teaching/attendance.md) — take attendance for the students on this roster.
- [Gradebook](/teaching/gradebook.md) — score assignments and record final grades.
- [Courses](/lms/courses.md) — course settings, including which sidebar tabs appear.


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