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Profile: View your profile information, including your name, role, and associated classes.Language and timezone: Change the platform language and update your timezone.Notifications preferences: Configure your in-app, email, and push notification preferences. To learn more, refer to .Show/hide widgets: Control which widgets are visible on your homepage. Logout: Safely sign out of Toddle.
Toddle Academy: Offers video tutorials to help you master Toddle features, including Planning, Portfolios, Classroom, and more. Help center: Stores articles with easy-to-follow instructions, helpful tips, and detailed explanations to make the most of the features available on Toddle. Product updates: This is where you will find all the information about the latest updates on Toddle. Keyboard shortcuts: Provides a comprehensive overview of the shortcuts and how to use them for a more efficient platform workflow. Read to learn more.
Toddle library: Access a rich collection of high-quality resources curated by experienced educators. Explore learning experiences, unit plans, and curated collections across grade levels, and easily incorporate them into your teaching.Timetable: View all your scheduled classes for the day across schools. Click the pencil icon next to a class to mark attendance. Refer to learn more about the Timetable widget.Assignments: View all your class assignments for the current school, organized into tabs: All, To-review, Unread, and Scheduled. You can filter assignments to narrow down your view. Click on a specific task to open the submissions page for it.Modules: Access school-level tools, such as school announcements, attendance, calendar, and messaging. Use the configure icon to show/hide or reorder modules on your homepage. Your preferences are saved for each school individually.Courses and classes: View all courses and classes you are assigned to. Click any course or class to navigate to it.
Course-based setup: Under Course settings, you can manage which classes and staff are linked to the course, configure grading methodology and score calculations, set grade visibility, and control navigation options. All grading configuration is managed at the course level and apply to all linked classes.Subject-based setup: Course settings are limited to managing linked classes and staff. A separate Subject settings section appears, where you can configure grading methodology, score calculations, and grade visibility for the current subject and grade. Changes made here apply to all courses of the same subject and grade.
Toddle provides you with a single, intuitive space to manage teaching, track student progress, communicate with families, and stay updated with school activities. This article will guide you through the key features available on the Toddle web platform.
Log in
On the Toddle welcome page, 
select Teacher account to log in. Depending on how your school has set up your account, you can log in using Google, Microsoft, Clever, Lex, or any other credentials registered with Toddle.
Once you are signed in, you will land on your Home page.
The cards you see on your homepage may vary depending on the configurations done by the school admin and your role permissions.
Profile settings
At the top-right corner of your homepage, you will find your profile avatar. Click on it to open a drop-down menu.
This menu provides access to:
Learn and inspire
Click the bulb icon to find tools that will help you on your Toddle journey as a teacher.
Notifications
Click the bell icon at the top of your homepage to view your notifications.
The notifications panel provides a comprehensive view of all notifications you have received. You can click on any notification to navigate directly to the relevant section on the platform. At the top of the panel, you will find icons to mark all notifications as read, show only unread notifications, and access notification settings (gear icon).
Calendar quick view
Click the calendar icon at the top of your homepage to open calendar view in the right pane.
Here you can quickly view events/tasks/meetings you’ve created or that have been shared with you. You can navigate between weeks using the arrows, and click on the expand icon to open the full calendar view.
Global navigation options
The global navigation bar and Jump to button in the centre help you navigate or search for features available to you on Toddle. Watch to learn more.
Dashboard
Now let’s explore the main dashboard section, which includes helpful widgets.
Note: The Toddle Library, Timetable, and Assignments widgets can be shown or hidden from your profile menu. This preference applies across all schools. The Modules, Courses, and classes widgets cannot be removed.
Let’s learn about individual modules.
1. School announcements
The School announcements card lets you create announcements for your school community and view the ones shared with you. A red badge on the card indicates unread announcements.
When you open announcements, you will see your Inbox on the left with a list of all announcements. Click any announcement to read the details on the right. You can use the search bar or filters to find announcements quickly.
To create a new announcement, select the + Create announcement button at the top-right corner. To learn more about creating and managing announcements, refer to .
2. Assignments manager
The Assignments manager card gives you a centralized view of all the assignments you have created across your classes.
The left panel organizes assignments into following categories: All, To-review, Reviewed, Unread messages, Scheduled, and Drafts, each showing a count so you can quickly see what needs attention. For each assignment, you can see the associated class, creation date, and a summary of how many students are Assigned, have Turned in their work, and have Completed the task.
Use the Search, Filter, and Display options at the top to narrow down your view, and toggle between grid and list views using the icons at the top-right. To learn more about navigating and managing assignments, refer to .
3. Calendar
The Calendar card shows all school events, assignments, and important dates for the academic year.
In the calendar view, you can move between months using the arrows at the top and switch between Monthly, Weekly, or Agenda views from the top-right menu.
Use the Classes filter on the top-left to view tasks for specific classes, and the tag-based filters on the left to show or hide specific assignment types and event tags.
Select + Create to add new events, video meetings, and assignments directly from the calendar, and use the Today button to quickly navigate back to the current date. To learn more about the Calendar, refer to .
4. Messaging
The Messaging card enables you to communicate with students, families, and staff through one-on-one chats or channels (group conversations).
Note: Channels are available only if your school has subscribed to Toddle Connect.
On the messaging page, you will see a list of all your chats and channels on the left. You can filter conversations using the tabs at the top: All, Unread, Students, Families, Staff, and Public channels. Use the search bar to find specific chats or channels.
Select any conversation to view the message thread on the right. You can type messages in the text field at the bottom, and use additional options like AI-assisted writing (Cmd/Ctrl + J), attachments, emojis, mentions, and voice messages. To start a new conversation or create a channel, use the + button at the top of the left panel.
Refer to to learn more about one-on-one messaging with your school community. If your school has Toddle Connect, refer to to learn more about channels and group messaging.
5. Progress reports
The Progress reports card gives you access to the progress reports configured by your school.
Here you can see the list of reports you need to work on, grouped under Ongoing and Previous, along with their deadlines, associated grading periods, and grade levels. You can also access the Comment bank from the top-right, and filter reports by Grading period.
Select any report to open it and begin entering or reviewing student data. To learn more about generating progress reports for your students, refer to .
6. School policies and resources
The School policies and resources card contains important documents and official resources shared by your school.
In this section, you can view and download files such as policy documents, guidelines, or reference material. Use the search bar to find specific files, and switch between list view and grid view using the icons at the top-right. Each file displays its name, last modified date, and size.
7. Student goals
The Student goals card helps you monitor, create, and provide feedback on goals set for your students.
On the left, you will see a list of all students in your classes. You can filter by class using the Classes dropdown and search for students by name. When you select a student, their goals appear on the right, with tabs to switch between Ongoing and Completed goals.
Each goal shows its milestones, target dates, and progress status. You can expand or collapse milestones using the Hide/Show milestones dropdown. To add a new goal for a student, select the + Create goal button at the top-right.
8. Behaviour management
The Behaviour management card allows you to log, track, and manage student behavioural incidents.
The main view displays a table of incidents that have been created by you, shared with you, or referred to you. You can filter incidents by academic year, status, and categories using the dropdown menus at the top. Use the search bar to find specific incidents, and select the + Create button to log a new incident.
9. School library
The School library card gives you access to a shared collection of Units as well as Learning experiences/assessments created by teachers across your school.
On this page, you can browse all available resources displayed as visual cards. Use the search bar to find specific items, and apply filters at the top to narrow results.
10. Planning insights
The Planning insights card helps you understand how curriculum elements and school-defined learning goals are addressed across grades, courses/subjects, units, and tasks.
You can drill down into insights by school, subject, grade, or course to see how units are structured and how standards, skills, and custom learning goals are distributed. This makes it easier to spot gaps, track coverage, and strengthen curriculum planning.
11. Timetable
The Timetable card shows your weekly class schedule at a glance.
In the timetable view, you can navigate between weeks using the arrows at the top, switch between a weekly layout and a schedule list format using the dropdown on the top-right, and view your own timetable or another teacher’s schedule by selecting a name from the dropdown at the top left.
You can also download the timetable as a PDF by clicking the download icon.
Courses and classes
Below the dashboard widgets, you will find the Courses and classes section.
This area lists all your teaching assignments, organized under two tabs: Teacher courses and Blueprint courses.
Under Teacher courses, you will see each course you are assigned to, along with its associated classes. You can use the search bar, filters, and display options at the top to narrow down the list. Click on a course name to open the course plan, or click on an associated class to enter that class directly.
When you open a class, you will find a left navigation panel that provides access to the key sections within the class.
Course plan: The centralized space where teaching and learning materials such as units, learning experiences, assessments, and resources are organized. Depending on your role, you will have different levels of access: Course editors can create, edit, and manage course content while Course viewers can view the course content but cannot make changes. However, Course viewers can still create assignments and resources within their own class if they have the required permissions. To learn more, refer to .
Standards: View and manage the learning standards associated with the course. Course editors can configure and tag standards to the course, which then become available for use across all linked classes. Course viewers can view the tagged standards but cannot add or modify them. To learn more about evaluating students on standards, refer to .
Classes: View all classes mapped to the current course and assigned to you. For each class, you will find the following sections:
1. Assignments: View and manage all tasks assigned to students in this class along with their status. You can search, filter, adjust display settings, and create new assignments from here.
2. Gradebook: The class-level gradebook is organized into three tabs: Assessments, Standards, and Learning goals.
The Assessments tab displays all assessments for the class in a tabular format, with each column representing an assessment and each row representing a student. You can view scores, evaluation statuses, and calculated scores and grades for each grading period.
The Standards tab shows how students are performing against the learning standards configured for your course. Standard sets appear as rows and students as columns, with ratings drawn from class tasks, portfolio posts, and direct observations.
The Learning goals tab provides a view of student progress across the skills configured for your school. Skills appear as rows and students as columns, displaying the most recent rating for each.
To learn more, refer to the detailed articles on the , , and .
3. Attendance: Mark and view attendance for students in your class, organized by date and/or period.
You can navigate between dates using the arrows, filter by your periods, and access Excusals and Attendance Insights from the top-right.
4. Class portfolio: A space for documenting student learning through posts. You can create posts, tag students, and manage published, scheduled, draft, and in-approval posts.
To learn more about creating portfolio posts, refer to . To learn more about approving student portfolio posts, refer to .
5. Weekly planner: Create and manage weekly planners to organize your class schedule, add time blocks, and include teaching content.
6. Class announcements: Create and share class-specific announcements with your students and their families directly from within the class. You can view all published, draft, scheduled, and deleted announcements from the tabs at the top, and track read receipts for each announcement. To learn more, refer to .
7. Settings: Access class settings to manage students, family members, staff members, portfolio settings, and timetable configuration. To learn more, refer to .
The Settings section also includes access to Course and subject settings. The options you see here depend on whether your school uses a course-based or subject-based setup:
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