Importing students

Each student should have their own user account in Polar GoFit. Both activity and heart rate data is always connected to a student. The student information can be edited afterwards with any teacher user account.

Students can be imported to the web service with an Excel file. It is also possible to create students one by one. It is recommended to import students in larger batches and manually create only individual students.

Content of the Excel file:

• The first row of the file is for field names and it is not processed when the file is imported.
• There should be one line per student in the file. The information must be in the order shown below and each piece of information must be in a separate cell.

For example:

Student ID	Last Name	First Name	Gender (M or F)	Date of birth (mm.dd.yyyy)	Class	Graduation year	Weight	Height	Maximum heart rate
1234	Smith	John	M	05.05.1990	7A	2020	42	145
1235	Smith	Sandra	F	12.01.1992	5B		35	125
1236	Taylor	Marcus	M	03.25.1989	8A		65	165

 

Contact your IT administrator if you need help in creating the files. You can download sample files from the student import view.

1. Go to School > Students tab.
2. Click Import students.
3. Download an import file or a sample file. Type in the student information and save the Excel file.
4. Select the Excel file from your computer by using the Browse button.
5. Click Import.
6. Review the import preview. If the data is correct, click Import.
7. Click Finish to finalize the student import. The students are imported to the web service.

If the data in the import preview is incorrect, click Cancel on the summary page, edit and save the Excel file and repeat steps 4 to 6.

If you know the students' maximum heart rate values, you can enter the values into the excel file when importing students. If you don't know their maximum heart rate values, you can leave the field empty. If the field is empty, the imported students will have 200 as the maximum heart rate value. You can edit the value later.