How to Create a Section

In this article, you will learn how to create a section in your Educator Portal.

Last updated - July 11, 2025

1. From your Educator Portal homepage, click "Manage Sections."
   
   
   
2. Click "New Section."
   
   
   
3. Set your section settings:
   
   1. Section Name - the name of your section.
   2. School - the school that the section will be attached to.
   3. Platform - the platform that your students will be directed to. If this is not set, students will automatically be directed to Voyage.
   4. Require lessons to be completed in order - toggling this requires each lesson to be completed before a student can move to the next lesson.
   5. Enable Skillmoji - allows students to create and customize a Skillmoji with points earned from completing activities.
   6. Student Messaging - allows students to message you from their student accounts.
   7. Show locked lessons/plans - displays locked lessons on the student platform.
   8. Show editor suggestions - allows Voyage students to view and use the code editor suggestions
   9. HTML block editor - sets the Launch Pad editor to block-based instead of text-based.
   10. Enable starter code - gives students code to help them get started on an activity.
   11. Enable beta features - grants access to upcoming features before they are released.
   12. Enable puzzle builder sharing - allows students to share their custom built puzzles with the class.
   13. Disable external pasting - prevents students from pasting into the editor if copied from an external resource
   14. HTML Validator - applies a validator to the HTML andCSS autograder in Voyage. Students will not pass if there are any coding errors in their files
   15. Start date - sets the date you want your class to start.
   16. End date - date the class will archive. (We recommend setting this for a few weeks after the semester ends.)
   17. Grade level - sets the grade level that students are directed to in Launch Pad.
   18. Apply settings to all sections - updates the settings of all sections to match this section.
       
       

4. Make sure to click Save at the bottom-right corner of the pop-up window to save your changes.