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Cohorts

Cohorts in Pupilfirst allow you to group students who are taking a course at the same time. This feature is designed to provide a more organized and streamlined approach to managing students, especially when running multiple instances of a course simultaneously.

Courses can contain any number of cohorts. To see the cohorts in a course, first select the course from the main admin navigation bar, then pick the Cohorts option from the course's sub-menu.

Cohorts page within a course in the school administration interface

The cohorts page lists all the cohorts in the course, along with the number of students in each cohort. You can also see the end date of each cohort if it has been set. The number of coaches assigned to each cohort is also displayed.

Creating cohorts​

To create a new cohort, click the Add New Cohort button at the top-right of the list. The form that pops up will ask you for a few details:

Cohort name: The name of the cohort.

Cohort Description: This short description about the cohort.

Cohort end date (optional): In general, cohorts will always have an end date, we made it optional to allow unlimited access. If set, the course will be marked as ended for the cohort on this date. Students will retain preview access to the course, and their own submissions, but they will not be able to make any new submissions or mark targets as read. We recommend setting an end date if possible as a good practice.

Editing cohorts​

To edit a cohort's details, click on the edit button located on the card displaying the cohort name and other information. The form used for editing the cohort is identical to the one you used during its creation.

Cohort actions​

In addition to editing a cohort's details, you can switch to the Actions tab which lists the actions that you can take on a cohort:

Merge one cohort into another cohort

Merging cohorts will move all students from the selected cohort to the target cohort. This action can be used to delete unnecessary cohorts. This action cannot be undone.

Pick the cohort that you want this cohort to be merged into from the Pick a Cohort dropdown, and click the Merge and delete button.