An empty dashboard tells you nothing about whether a tool will help. The sample course exists so you can see the finished article before you upload your own unit. It is called Sample: The Water Cycle, and ClassSense built it from a two-page science handout, the same way it builds yours. Anything that comes from the sample is marked with a Sample label.
What is pretend and what is real
The students (Maya, Jordan, Sam, Priya and Leo) are pretend, with made-up progress. The lessons are real output. The course has no join code, so no real student can end up in it, and it never sends you emails. That makes it safe to click anything.
A ten-minute tour
- Open the course. A banner at the top explains it is a sample and offers See the lessons and See the pretend class.
- Open one skill pack. Read the explanation at three levels, the named misconceptions, and the questions. Notice that each wrong option is a misconception, not a throwaway. This is the quality you will be judging in your own packs.
- Look at the Assessment Items. Each question shows a difficulty marker such as D2 and its options, with the correct one ticked. This is the screen where you check answer keys.
- Open the Students tab. See the class as a grid: one row per student, one column per skill, coloured by progress. Try the three views: Mastery Heatmap, Gap Analysis and Recommendations.
- Click a pretend student. You see every skill and their recent activity. This is the page you will use when a real student is stuck. The link What helps (name) learn opens learning supports; look at the options there.
- Check the dashboard. Cards such as Students who need you and Skill packs to review show what a morning looks like with a real class.
Nothing you click in the sample reaches a real student, so test freely. When the colours on the Students tab make you curious, read how to read mastery data.
What the sample cannot show you
- Your own material. The sample came from a two-page handout, not yours. The only way to see how ClassSense handles your material is to upload one unit.
- Parent invites. Pretend students have no parents, so inviting one is refused. See how to invite parents for the real flow in your own course.
- Real student behaviour. The progress is made up. Do not treat the numbers as a guide to how your class will do.
Remove it, or bring it back
When you are done, open the sample course and press Remove sample. If you want it back, the How ClassSense works page in the teacher menu has a link to add the sample course back. Removing it does not touch your own courses.
Then do the real thing
The point of the sample is to shorten the gap between curiosity and your own course. Go to Courses, press + Create Course, and upload one unit you are about to teach. The steps are in setting up in ten minutes. If you are still deciding whether it suits your subject, the science page and the math page spell out the honest limits.
Common questions
Can real students join the sample course?
No. The sample has no join code, so nobody real can end up in it.
Will the sample course send me emails?
No. It never sends you emails.
Can I delete the sample?
Yes. Open it and press Remove sample. You can add it back later from the How ClassSense works page.
Does the sample use my own material?
No. It was built from a two-page science handout about the water cycle, the same way ClassSense builds yours.