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 The sortation order of the table may be changed by clicking on a column header.
+**Note that the example screen image is not illustrative of normal usage**
+In the example, the student has been associated to more than one group on individual days of the week. In general this is not appropriate. This image is intended to represent a group with no days selected, a group with weekdays select, a group  with all days selected, and two groups with individual days of the week selected.
 ==== Group Type ====
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 ==== Color ====
 The color field displays the color in which the group name will be displayed on the screen when a student is called for the group. Group colors are defined by the system administrators and cannot be changed by individual classroom staff.
+==== Associating a Student ====
+In order for a student to be displayed when a group is called, it is necessary to associate the student to the group.
+In addition to associating a student to the group, the days of the week for the student to be called to the group must be specified.
+=== O / W / A ===
+In the first column either three empty check boxes will be shown - indicating the student is not associated to the group - or a single check box with a check mark will be shown - indicating that a student is associated to group.
+=== Three Empty Check Boxes ===
+When three empty check boxes are shown on a group row the student is not associated to the group. Clicking any one of the three check boxes will associate the student to the group, but the different boxes will result in differing day of the week check boxes being marked as checked.
+== O - Optional ==
+Clicking the first check box - the O, or Optional box - will associate the student to the group but will not associate the student for any day of the week.
+== W - Weekday ==
+Clicking the middle check box - the W, or Weekday box - will associate the student to the group and will  associate the student to the group on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday.
+== A - All ==
+Clicking the third check box - the A, or All box - will associate the student to the group and will  associate the student to the group for every day.
+=== Adjusting the Days ===
+No matter which of the three check boxes in the first column are selected, the individual days may still be individually selected or deselected.
+When only a single day is desired it generally makes more sense to click the Optional check box then set a single day rather than selecting either Weekdays or All Days then deselecting multiple days.
+No matter which approach is taken, the individual day values dictate when a student will be called for the group dismissal.
+=== Single Marked Check Box in Column 1 ===
+When a single marked check box appears in column 1 it indicates that a student is associated to the group for zero to seven days.
+**Unchecking the check box in the first column will clear all individual days previously set**
+==== Optional or No Individual Days Specified ====
+It is common to associate students to one or several groups without setting any day of the week as the default. These are known as optional group associations and are used to populate the [[classroom:Current Day Override]] list for the student.
+Typically when a student deviates from the normal dismissal method for a single day the deviation will be to either one of the groups for which the student participates on other days of the week or a very small set of options from the entire list of all of the school groups. By displaying only the associated groups on the [[classroom:Current Day Override]] screen, data entry may be done more quickly and with less chance of error.
+For example, if a student could possibly ride on a specific daycare van but would never be allowed to walk or bike home, constraining the [[classroom:Current Day Override]] screen to include only the single daycare van and omitting all other daycare vans and all "Walk or Bike Home" groups ensures that those options will not be selected from that screen.