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Syncing Classrooms with Linewize Filter

Updated

This article is for IT Support or users with the Classroom Ed-Tech Manager permission.

This article explains setting up and managing synced classrooms.

  Tip

Use a standardised naming convention to help quickly identify each classroom. 
Example: [Year] - [Term] - [Grade] - [Subject Name] [Class Number]
2025 - Term 1 - Grade 5 - English 2

Syncing Classrooms with a Student Information System (SIS)

Linewize Filter allows you to integrate with another SIS using an aggregator such as OneRoster, Wonde, ClassLink or SchoolDay (formerly GG4L). This means you can sync your existing classrooms from the SIS into Linewize Filter and Classwize.

Syncing Classrooms with a Directory

Linewize Filter also allows you to sync existing groups into Linewize Filter from a directory (Google, Microsoft Entra ID or LDAP). Once the groups have been synced, they can limit teachers' access to only their own classrooms in Classwize. For more information on setting up a Directory group as a Classwize Classroom, see Creating Classrooms with a Directory.

  Note

Linewize Filter syncs nightly depending on your region. 

  • US region: syncs start at 6:00 PM US Central Time (UTC-5).
  • AU region: syncs start at 6:00 PM Australian Western Standard Time (UTC+8).
  • NZ region: syncs start at 6:00 PM New Zealand Standard Time (UTC+12).
  • UK region: syncs start at 6:00 PM (UTC).

A device's sync may start any time between 6:00 PM in that region and 12 hours later, depending on previous sync times from other devices. You can manually run a sync to propagate changes before the automatic sync period.

Manual Sync

You can manually run a sync if you need to sync changes before the automatic sync period.

  Warning

Only manually sync outside of school hours. Running a manual sync can take up to three hours and can affect the performance of Classwize.

  1. Sign in to Linewize Filter.
  2. Go to Configuration > Authentication > select the directory service your school uses with Linewize Filter:
    1. Google
    2. Microsoft Entra ID
    3. SIS
    4. LDAP Servers
  3. Select Sync.

Editing Classrooms

Synced Classrooms

You can only edit the Teachers and Students for the classroom within Linewize Filter. To edit the Schedules or Policies, you must open the classroom in Classwize or upload a CSV file with a schedule to Linewize Filter.

If a classroom is synced with a School Information System (SIS), you should make the changes within the SIS tools first and then sync them into Linewize Filter.

If the Modify Students feature is enabled, you can manually edit SIS classroom(s) from Classwize. However, any changes you make to who is in the class and when it’s scheduled will be reset the next time Classwize syncs with Linewize Filter and the SIS.