House Points
Houses, competitions and the houses dashboard.
Step-by-step how-tos
Short narrated walkthroughs with a screenshot for every step.
Setting up houses (admins)
- Set up your houses with the setup wizardThe wizard creates your Houses and sorts every student into one, so the competition is ready to start.For Admins and Site Leaders
- Connect a roster or grade to a houseEveryone in a connected roster or grade belongs to the House, so you don't add them one by one.For Admins and Site Leaders
- Turn house points on or offTurning House Points off hides it from staff, students and families. Your Houses and standings are kept for when you turn it back on.For Admins and Site Leaders
- Add another houseA new House starts empty, so add students to it after you create it.For Admins and Site Leaders
- Change a house's name or colorChanges save on their own, and the new name and color show everywhere the House appears.For Admins and Site Leaders
- Delete a houseWhile deleting a House cannot be undone, your students stay at the school and no points are removed.For Admins and Site Leaders
- Disconnect a roster or grade from a houseRemove the Rosters that make up a House. Students who were in that House are now removed from it, but they are not removed from LiveSchool and the Roster itself is not deleted.For Admins and Site Leaders
Sorting students into houses (admins)
- Add a student to a houseAdd a student to a House via the House Points page. This change can also take place on the Student Details page. If Houses were created by combining rosters, these steps won't apply.For Admins and Site Leaders
- Add a student to a grade-level houseStudents will be automatically added to Houses that represent each grade once they are syncing from Clever or ClassLink.For Admins and Site Leaders
- Add a staff member to a houseGive a staff member a student record so they can belong to a House and earn points for it like any student. This is only applicable for sites built by CSV, not those syncing from Clever or ClassLink.For Admins and Site Leaders
- Add a staff member to a house at a Clever or ClassLink syncing schoolHouses hold students, so a staff member joins one through a student record. Reach out to the LiveSchool team for help adding your staff to your school site.For Admins and Site Leaders
- Sort unassigned students into houses randomlyStudents are spread across your Houses to keep them even. It only works when every House is managed in LiveSchool.For Admins and Site Leaders
- Remove a student from a houseThe student leaves the House right away and shows unassigned until you give them a new one.For Admins and Site Leaders
- Move a student to a different houseMoving takes the student out of their old House and puts them in the new one in one go.For Admins and Site Leaders
- Fix students who are in more than one houseA student in two Houses earns points for both, so remove the House they don't belong in.For Admins and Site Leaders
Rolling out houses to students
- Print house welcome lettersPrint one letter per student announcing their House, grouped into piles by grade or homeroom for easy handout.
- Customize the welcome letter text and logoWrite your own message and add your school logo to your welcome letters.
- Download a list of students and their housesThe spreadsheet lists every student with their grade, homeroom and House, including students not in a House yet.