Course Planner parent/guardian approval
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You can send a request to parents/guardians of your students to approve their child's course plan using Xello Family. A request can be sent for the upcoming year's course plan. From your educator account, send an individual request or bulk send requests to entire grades or groups. The parent/guardian will receive an email notification alerting them that their child's course plan is ready for review. They'll log in to Xello Family to review and approve the course plan. Then you can run a report to track the approval requests that have been sent out and when, which parents have approved their child's plans, and more.

noteNote: The parent/guardian approval setting needs to be turned on by an admin. If you don't see the option to send a request, the setting is not turned on at your school. Check out Change Course Planner settings to learn more.

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Send a course plan approval request

When your student has submitted their course plan, you can request approval of their course selection from the parent/guardian.

To send a course planner approval to a parent/guardian:

  1. In the search bar located at the top of any page in your educator account, enter the student's name or ID.
    Search bar in Xello educator account highlighted with cursor hovering
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    Search bar in Xello educator account highlighted with cursor hovering
    tipTip: Alternatively, from the left menu, click Students and select Student list to browse the full list of students.
  2. Click on the student's name. The About student tab of their profile opens.
    A student's profile in Xello open to the About student tab.
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    A student's profile in Xello open to the About student tab.
  3. Click the Course Planner tab.
    Student's profile in Xello. The cursor is clicking the Course Planner tab
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    Student's profile in Xello. The cursor is clicking the Course Planner tab
  4. Click Send request to send a request for the upcoming school year course plan.
    Student's profile open to the Course Planner tab. There's a banner that says "Ready to request parent approval of Ellery's grade 6 course plan?". The cursor is clicking Send request.
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    tipNote: If the parent/guardian hasn't been sent a linking request before, you'll need to add the parent first.

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Additional resources

  • pdfPDF
    PDFCourse Planner annual tasks guideDownload this guide for helpful reminders on what to review and update in Xello's Course Planner each year.
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