Overview

When a student group is taken offline in Preferences Manager, you may not want students to see that group in the Student Portal.To prevent an offline group from displaying to a student, you must also disable the student's online access within that group.

How to Hide an Offline Group from a Student

  1. Sign in to Preferences Manager.
  2. Open the required Student Group.
  3. Select the Students tab.
  4. Locate the student.
  5. Untick the Online checkbox for that student.
  6. Save your changes.

Once the student is marked offline in the group, the group will no longer appear in the Student Portal for that student.

Example

If the Year 10 Subject Selections group has been taken offline and students should no longer see or access it, open the group, navigate to the Students tab, and untick the Online checkbox for each student.

Important Note

There may be situations where you want a group to remain offline while still allowing students to view their existing selections or the receipt.

In this scenario:

  • Leave the Student Group set to Offline.
  • Leave the student's Online checkbox ticked.

Students will still be able to access the group and view their information, but because the group is offline, they will not be able to make changes to their selections.

This approach is useful when the selection period has closed, but students still need access to view or print their submitted preferences.