Setting Up and Managing Classes

In Helium, your academic life is organized around Class Groups and Classes. A Class Group typically represents a term or semester, and the classes within it represent your individual classes. Setting up your classes correctly is what makes grades, assignments, and your recurring schedule all work together.

Class Groups

Before adding classes, you need at least one Class Group to hold them. Class Groups set the overall date range for a term.

  1. Open Classes
  2. Click the group menu at the top and select Add Group
  3. Fill in the group details:
    • Title — e.g., “Fall 2025,” “Spring Term,” “2025–26 School Year”
    • From / To — the start and end dates of the term
    • Hide this group’s classes and assignments from the Planner and Resources — check this to hide the entire group from your calendar and from the Resources page’s class associations, without deleting anything
  4. Click Save

Adding a Class

With a group selected, click the + button to add a class. Class setup is split across four tabs: Details, Schedule, Categories, and Attachments. On mobile, you’ll step through them in order when creating a new class.

Details Tab

  • Title — the name of the class (required)
  • From / To — the start and end dates for this specific class; defaults to the group’s date range
  • Website — a link to the class’s page, LMS, or other online resource
  • Teacher — your instructor’s name
  • Email — your instructor’s email address
  • Online / Location — where the class is held, or check Online for a fully remote class.
  • Color — the color used to represent this class across Planner and Grades

Click Save to create the class and proceed to the Schedule tab.

Schedule Tab

The Schedule tab is where you set when your class meets. Once configured, Helium automatically generates recurring Class Schedule items on your Planner for every occurrence within the class’s date range.

For a class that meets at the same time each week, click the + button, select the days under Class Days, set the Start and End times, and click Save. A class can also have more than one schedule, follow a rotating A/B or cycle-day pattern, or use a schedule that runs for only part of the term — see Class Meeting Schedules for the full guide.

A schedule is optional — if your class has no fixed meeting time, you can leave the Schedule tab with no schedules.

Categories Tab

Categories let you organize assignments by type (Homework, Quizzes, Exams, etc.) and optionally assign grade weights to match your syllabus. See Setting Up Weighted Grading & Assignment Categories for full details.

Attachments Tab

You can attach files (such as your syllabus or class packet) directly to a class. Click the + button on the Attachments tab to upload a file or photo from your device.

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