# Groups and class times

A group is one class in a level, for one school year, for example Elifba A on Saturday at 10:00.

You plan groups in **Mekteb plan**. It shows the levels of the current school year, their groups, and the week.

## Create a group with a class time

1. Open **Mekteb plan**. Stay on **Levels and groups**.
2. Under a level, tap **New group**.
3. Give the group a **Name** and tap **Create group**. The group opens on the side.
4. Pick the **Muallim** and the **Course**. The teacher can wait if you don't know yet.
5. Turn on the **Days**, then set **Starts** and **Ends**.
6. Pick a **Room** if you know it.
7. Tap **Save**. The classes appear in the calendar from today on.

A group needs a course of its level and a school year with dates. If one is missing, the group tells you what to add.

## Put children in a group

When children have no group yet, **Mekteb plan** shows a note with **Place them**. Tap it, pick a child and choose a group, or **Teach alone** for one-to-one teaching.

## Check the week

**The week** shows every class time by day and room. Two groups in the same room at the same time are marked, so you can move one.

## Change one class

A class opens 30 minutes before it starts. From then on, its muallim can start it and take attendance.

As an admin, tap the number next to **Muallims** on your **Dashboard**, open the class's muallim and tap the class under **Sessions**. That is your way into a class.

To change one class, open it, for example from your **Dashboard** or the **Calendar**, and tap **Edit**. In **Edit Session** you can:

- move it to another day or time. The learners and their parents get a message with the new time.
- give it to a substitute under **Muallim of this class**. The substitute gets a message and can run this class (attendance, lesson, notes), but cannot move it to another day, time or room. An admin or a muallim of the course can do this.
- choose another room. If the room is already in use at that time, you see **Room already in use**. Tap **Save anyway** to keep the change.

In the **Calendar**, a muallim can also drag a class to a new time. Mektebi asks first (**Move this class?**) and then tells the families.