> ## Knowledge Base Index > Fetch the complete knowledge base index at: https://help.simplyprint.io/sitemap.xml > Use this file to discover available pages before exploring further. > Pure-Markdown content can be obtained by appending a '.md' suffix to the content URLs listed in the sitemap (without the trailing slash). # Customising dashboard links and the "who to ask" list # Customising dashboard links and the "who to ask" list Two admin tools turn the student dashboard from a generic landing page into something tailored to your classroom: the **Quick links** bucket and the **Teachers and admins** selector. Both live on the reserved Student dashboard in the Dashboard builder, and both apply to the student dashboard only. This guide covers how to set both up, what students see, and the small design decisions worth thinking through before you start adding links. || Both tools are part of the School plan. You edit them on the reserved Student dashboard in the Dashboard builder, which needs dashboard-management access. ## Table of contents - Why these two tools matter - Adding a quick link - Highlighted vs regular links - Editing, reordering and deleting links - The "Your teachers and admins" selector - Pre-built recipes - What students see - Related articles ## Why these two tools matter By default the student dashboard shows a generic Academy CTA and a list of every teacher and admin on the account. That's fine for a single classroom, but a large school with multiple labs, year groups or design teachers needs more curation. Quick links and the admin selector exist to do exactly that: surface the resources and contacts that are relevant to **this** classroom, hide everything else. ![The reserved Student dashboard open in the Dashboard builder](https://storage.crisp.chat/users/helpdesk/website/-/f/f/2/2/ff22a914001c1000/customizing-links-admins-reser_1fa0mj2.png) ## Adding a quick link On the reserved Student dashboard in the builder, open the **Quick links** card's settings. Click **Add link** and a small editor opens with four fields: 1. **Title** — what shows on the button or list row. 2. **URL** — the link target. Can be internal (a SimplyPrint URL) or external. 3. **Icon** — pick from the built-in Font Awesome icon browser. There's no upload step. 4. **Highlighted** — a checkbox that decides which bucket the link lands in. Click **Save** and the link appears immediately in the builder and on the student dashboard. ## Highlighted vs regular links The two buckets render very differently on the student dashboard: - **Highlighted** links become large coloured buttons with the icon you picked. Best used sparingly — three to four at most — for the things you want students to use first. - **Regular** links become a compact list with small icons. Use for everything else: secondary tools, reference docs, your school's design archive. | Think of highlighted links like a pinned shortcut and regular links like a bookmarks folder. If everything is highlighted, nothing is. There's no hard cap on either bucket, but a student dashboard with 12 highlighted buttons stops feeling curated. Aim for 2 to 4 highlighted and as many regular as you genuinely use. ## Editing, reordering and deleting links Each link row has edit, reorder and delete handles: - **Edit** re-opens the link editor with the current values pre-filled. - **Reorder** lets you drag links into the order students see them. Highlighted and regular reorder independently. - **Delete** removes the link from the student dashboard immediately. ||| Deleted links can't be recovered. If you might want them back, leave them in but untick the **Highlighted** flag to demote them to the regular list, or post a quick-link in the bulletin instead. ## The "Your teachers and admins" selector The contacts widget on the student dashboard shows staff who can help. By default it shows **every** teacher and admin on the account. On the reserved Student dashboard in the builder, the **Teachers and admins** card's selector lets you hand-pick which staff appear there. Tick the staff you want students to see; leave it empty to show everyone (the default). | Leaving the selector empty is the right answer for most small schools. The hand-picked mode is for larger schools where students should only contact their own teacher rather than every admin in the district. The widget shows each picked staff member's name, avatar, email and (if they've set one) phone number. There's no per-class scoping — the same list applies to every student. If different year groups need different contacts, run separate SimplyPrint accounts. ## Pre-built recipes A few combinations we've seen schools settle on: **Maker club** - Highlighted: Tinkercad, your school's project archive. - Regular: safety sheet, build plate guide, the maker club Discord. - Contacts: one or two teachers running the club. **K-12 STEM class** - Highlighted: today's project brief, Tinkercad. - Regular: a tutorials playlist, the lab calendar. - Contacts: the class teacher and the IT admin. **University design studio** - Highlighted: Fusion 360, the design archive, the brief PDF. - Regular: rendering pipeline docs, supplier links, the studio Discord. - Contacts: the studio lead and the technician. ## What students see The quick links widget only appears on the student dashboard when at least one link is configured. Highlighted links sit at the top as big coloured buttons; regular links follow as a compact list. ![Student dashboard with quick links and contacts populated](https://storage.crisp.chat/users/helpdesk/website/-/f/f/2/2/ff22a914001c1000/customizing-links-admins-stude_z3e7xj.png) If your school doesn't need either tool, leave both empty — the widgets just won't render on the student view. ## Related articles - [The teacher, student and admin dashboards: a classroom-ready landing page](https://help.simplyprint.io/en/article/the-teacher-student-and-admin-dashboards-a-classroom-ready-landing-page-1ooxwkz/) - [Setting up your school dashboards](https://help.simplyprint.io/en/article/setting-up-your-school-dashboards-hoiihv/) - [The student dashboard explained](https://help.simplyprint.io/en/article/the-student-dashboard-explained-mlg9j9/) - [The teacher dashboard explained](https://help.simplyprint.io/en/article/the-teacher-dashboard-explained-k31k83/) - [Posting and managing the classroom bulletin board](https://help.simplyprint.io/en/article/posting-and-managing-the-classroom-bulletin-board-1o2akb7/) - [Custom Dashboards: build your own panel landing pages](https://help.simplyprint.io/en/article/custom-dashboards-build-your-own-fleet-overview-iwizwh/)