New: Copy a Class List Into Another Class

Class lists are full of careful decisions you do not want to type twice. You may be splitting one grade into a second planning scenario, testing a different room setup, or starting next term from a list that already has the right students and rules. Until now, that meant rebuilding the setup by hand.

What's New

You can now build a new class list from one you already have. When you create a class, pick Copy existing class, choose the list to start from, and Shibutz duplicates the whole setup into a brand new list you can edit freely.

• Students — every child and their attributes, scales, and notes.
• Classes — names, teacher labels, and capacities.
• Preferences and restrictions — the friend pairs you want kept together and the ones you need held apart.
• Pre-assignments and settings — the students locked into a specific class, plus your balance thresholds.

One thing it leaves behind on purpose: generated results. An assignment describes one finished placement snapshot, so copying it into a new planning scenario would only get in your way. The new list arrives clean and ready for a fresh run once your edits are in.

Why It Matters

Copying between classes gives you a safe starting point without tying the feature to a calendar. A principal might duplicate a grade list to test a different number of rooms, keep one version as a backup, or reuse a carefully reviewed setup for the next placement cycle. You tweak what changed instead of rebuilding the parts that still make sense.

The copy is fully your own. It lives under your account, separate from the original, so edits in one class list never touch the source. Every student, class, and rule is renumbered cleanly behind the scenes, so the new list is internally consistent from the first click.

Getting Started

Open your dashboard, start a new class, and choose Copy existing class. Give the copy a name, pick your source, and you're editing in seconds. For the details, see Managing Classes.

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