Instructor dashboard

#Goal

Run class-wide actions from Classroom studio: see sessions, broadcast a message, auto-grade, export PDF, and open Proctor.

#Why a dashboard exists

The in-lab Classroom panel is for one topology. The dashboard is for the instructor who juggles many shared or timed labs in one session.

#Open the dashboard

• Sidebar / apps -> Classroom, or
• Lab -> Classroom -> Open instructor classroom dashboard

Requires the Classroom feature (Enterprise) and an instructor role (admin or editor with access).

#Sessions list

The list shows labs that are shared with students and/or have an active class timer. Private labs with neither do not clutter the list.

#Recipe: broadcast

1. Select a session lab
2. Enter a short message
3. Send broadcast - students with share see a notification / lab message

#Recipe: auto-grade

1. Select the gold lab
2. Run Auto-grade / grade students
3. Scores come from lab validate against the instructor lab and matching student copies (same name or preset)

#Recipe: Export PDF

1. Select the session
2. Export PDF downloads a printable classroom report (scores + invited rows)

#Recipe: Proctor

1. Open Proctor for the lab
2. Review student rows: status, nodes up, optional score when a copy exists

#Expected result

• Only classroom-relevant labs appear
• Broadcast, grade, PDF, and Proctor return successfully when entitled

#If it fails

• Empty list -> share the lab or start a timer first
• 403 / upgrade message -> licence missing classroom, or role is plain user
• Grades always zero -> no running validate findings yet; Start nodes and re-run

#Related

• Sharing labs and class timers
• Classroom for instructors