When you are creating a post or an activity as a teacher, you have the option of either posting to All Students or to individual selected students.
Additionally, you have the option to include all future students:
With this option unchecked (the default setting), the post or activity will only be visible to the students that are currently in your class
For example, you might have all of your current students in your Spaces class already, and want to add photos from a class trip or project that you don't want to be displayed to students that join the class later in the year
With the option to include all future students enabled, that post or activity will automatically be visible to any future students that are added to the class
This also allows you to create content that will be visible to all of your students, even before inviting them to join, or when you've invited your students but not all of them have accepted the invitation
For example, you might use this for a welcome post or an activity that should still be displayed to any future students that join your class
Note that these options are only available when creating posts or activities for 1:1 and Class Spaces.
With Group Spaces, you can create posts for all groups, or individual selected groups. If new students join your class, you'll need to manually assign them to a group in the space.
Activities can only be added to 1:1 or Class Spaces.
Student Access to Posts and Comments
The option to select 'all students' also affects student visibility of posts and comments.
When the Student Access Setting to allow students to view each others' posts is disabled, students will not be able to view posts created by other students.
With Posts created in Class Space, in some cases students will be able to see each other's comments even when your Space Settings do not allow them to view each others' posts:
Posts that are added in a Class Space using the 'All Students' option will be visible to all students - even if the student access setting to view each other's posts is disabled
Student comments on these class-wide posts will also be visible, even if you have the option for students to view each other's comments disabled
Posts that are added by selecting an individual student in a Class Space will only be visible to other students if you have the Student Setting to see posts from other students enabled
Students will not be able to see each other's comments on any posts that are added in a 1:1 Space for multiple students
For posts added in 1:1 Spaces, separate posts will be created for each selected student, and comments will be individually added under each student's post.
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