Before creating your class, make sure that you have the following prerequisites defined.

Optionally, if you are going to use a library to push files to the instructor and student desktops, it is helpful to create your library first. This can also be done after the class is created.

In addition to creating a class via the Class Wizard, you can also copy an existing class. For complete details, refer to the article Copying an Existing Class.

The Class Wizard will walk you through the steps to create your class.

Invoke the Class Wizard by selecting +Add Class from the Classes list.

Provide the Class Type, Name, optional Description, Class Schedule (Start and End Dates), Daily Hours (Start and End Times), and Time Zone. Currently, the Start Time and End Time must be the same for each day. If your class will meet at different times each day, provide a time frame that works for all days.

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Select Next to advance the wizard.

Specify the lab template that will be used to create the class labs. Any published templates that you have access to can be selected.

You must also specify the role of each of the lab templates. The following options are available:

You can have more than one template specified for each class. if the student and instructor machines need to be different, you could have one template for the instructor and then another for the students.

By default, the instructors will start and stop the labs as needed for each class. If you prefer to define a schedule for the labs and have them start and stop automatically, you can select the calendar icon and add a schedule for each day of class. For example, you can schedule the labs to start 30 minutes before the class start time and shut down 30 minutes after the class end time.

Detailed steps are shown in the video below and the article Defining a Customized Schedule for Class Labs

After adding your lab template(s) and any necessary schedules, select Next to advance the wizard.

Instructors and students are added in Step 3: Class Participants. Each class must have an instructor and you can have multiple instructors if necessary.

Assign Instructors will present the list of users that can be assigned as an instructor. If only one instructor is selected, that instructor will be the primary instructor. If more than one instructor is chosen, the user will be prompted to chose the primary instructor. While all instructors will have full access to deliver the class, the primary instructor is listed as the instructor in the student registration email. Students will see the names of the primary instructor and any additional instructors on their Classroom page.

Students can be added using any of the following methods:

Registered students will appear in a list under Students and their information can be edited if necessary.

As students are registered for a class, they will also appear in the main Students list available from the left-hand menu.

Each student will automatically receive a registration email. In addition to the basic class logistics, the email also includes a calendar invite, detailed instructions, a link to a connection test, and a student-specific link to join the class.

If you need to add additional students later, you can edit the class.

Once your instructor(s) and students are added, select Next to advance the wizard.

There are optional settings that can be added to a class in Step 4.

Instructors normally need to share a presentation, their active lab image, and their audio. Enabling an in-class conference can be accomplished using either the OrasiLabs embedded conferencing feature or 3rd party conferencing tools (like Zoom or Teams). This conference then allows the students to see and hear what the instructor is doing.

There are 3 possible options:

Libraries contain files that will be pushed to the instructor and student labs and/or to the Student Classroom page.

Each library sent to the participant labs will create a folder inside of a Class Files folder on the desktop of the class labs. Libraries sent to the Student Classroom page will be added as a folder to the Class Materials tab.

By default, any files in the selected libraries will automatically be available in their intended location. If you want to manually send the files during class, you can deselect the option to have the files automatically available.

General Class Settings contains miscellaneous settings that can be used to customize the specific behavior of the class. The settings available to instructor-led classes are:

In addition to the automatic registration email that students and instructors receive, you can configure optional notifications.

For example, you can notify students of any required pre-work to do before the class or send a follow-up email after the class.

You can find additional details to create these notifications in the class notifications article.

After adding your optional settings, select Next to advance the wizard.

The last step is to review and finalize the class definition. The Class Wizard will display all previous selections. If you want to modify any selections, select Back or navigate to previous steps using the step icons at the top of the page.

Once the options look correct, select Submit to create the new class.

Your class is now created and will appear in the list of classes.

Editing a Class

Creating a Class Conference
Class Notifications
Class Delivery
Libraries