As you prepare for the new school year, it's a good idea to review your Rollover options to ensure a clean start. You can archive last year's announcements to clear them from school and district newsfeeds, and you can control which user roles have access to Connect during this transition period, including customizing the message shown to anyone who isn't authorized. Just follow the steps below to get everything set up.
Navigate to the Rollover Page
Manage Access Control
Navigate to the Rollover Page
- Go to the Schools tab.
- Click the three-dot menu next to your district
- Then select Settings to open the District Settings page.
SIS-Synced Classrooms
This is a new feature for bulk archiving for SIS-synced classes, available to all districts.
If your district’s SIS reuses the same class or section IDs from year to year, you’ll want to archive last year’s classes before you sync the new ones. Why? Because archiving makes sure that:
- Old classes are tucked away and out of sight.
- New families and teachers land in the current year’s classes—not mixed in with old rosters and outdated communications.
Skipping this step can lead to confusion (think: new families popping up in last year’s class with old announcements still hanging around). Not ideal!
- Navigate to the Schools tab from the left-side menu.
- Click on the three-dot next to your district.
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Click on Settings.
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Scroll down, and select Rollover Management.
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Choose SIS-Synced Classroom Management.
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Click the Disconnect & Archive button.
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Click Confirm again to complete the archive.
💡Do you have to do this?
No, not unless your SIS reuses those IDs. For everyone else, we highly recommend it as a best practice, but it’s not required. Think of it as spring cleaning for your class roster: it keeps things tidy and makes the new school year start much smoother.
Archive Announcements
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From the Rollover Management Page, select Archive Announcements
- Select the send-before date for your Announcements.
- Choose where the Announcements were sent to.
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Click Archive to confirm.
Manage Access Control
To manage who can access Connect during the rollover period, use the Access Control settings on the Rollover Management Page. You can restrict specific roles from logging in and display a custom message to anyone who isn't authorized.
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From the Rollover Management page, select Access Control.
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Use the toggle to turn on Limited Access.
- Select the roles you want to restrict from logging in.
- Customize the message shown to users who aren’t authorized to log in.
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Save your access control settings to apply the changes.
You are all set! 🎉
Other relevant articles may help you:
Rollover your school for a new year (for School and District Leaders)
Rollover your classroom for a new School Year
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