# Sorting students in dashboard 2020 **URL:** \ **Category:** Uncategorized\ **Created:** [April 21, 2020, 4:48pm UTC](https://forum.code.org/t/sorting-students-in-dashboard-2020/32585 "2020-04-21T16:48:32Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![norbert.lecaptain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/cc9497/32.png) [@norbert.lecaptain](https://forum.code.org/u/norbert.lecaptain)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2020, 4:48pm UTC](https://forum.code.org/t/sorting-students-in-dashboard-2020/32585/1 "2020-04-21T16:48:32Z")
Is it possible to sort the students by last name instead of the first in the progress window? ---
**Author:** ![mwood](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.code.org/mwood/32/4941_2.png) [@mwood](https://forum.code.org/u/mwood)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2020, 3:32am UTC](https://forum.code.org/t/sorting-students-in-dashboard-2020/32585/2 "2020-04-24T03:32:36Z")
Currently, I don’t believe that is an option. When I create accounts, I usually create them as last, first for that reason. This is a feature you could request at [support@code.org](mailto:support@code.org) to see if they would add it to their development list. Here’s a link to a previous discussion where some teachers suggested some workarounds. > [@Student Names - Teacher Panel](https://forum.code.org/t/student-names-teacher-panel/31628): > > Hi I was wondering if anyone knows if it is possible to change the student’s name in the teacher panel to be ordered by last name? It would make my life so much easier if the order matched my gradebook especially with 120 kids! Thanks Sorry! Mike ---
**Author:** ![awhittier](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c67d28/32.png) [@awhittier](https://forum.code.org/u/awhittier)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2020, 9:13pm UTC](https://forum.code.org/t/sorting-students-in-dashboard-2020/32585/3 "2020-09-17T21:13:47Z")
I’m in the same boat…I have 128 students in [Studio.Code.org](http://Studio.Code.org) and having their names sorted by first name creates way more work for me, especially when it comes to entering scores from the [Studio.Code.org](http://Studio.Code.org) post-assessments into our district gradebook program. I’m surprised there is not an option in [Studio.Code.org](http://Studio.Code.org) to sort our students’ names by last name. ---
**Author:** ![mwood](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.code.org/mwood/32/4941_2.png) [@mwood](https://forum.code.org/u/mwood)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2020, 11:11pm UTC](https://forum.code.org/t/sorting-students-in-dashboard-2020/32585/4 "2020-09-17T23:11:11Z")
I have passed it on again. I know the past few months, a lot of time and energy has been put into working on solutions for distance learning with the state of affairs across the country and some other requests may still be on hold, but it never hurts to email [support@code.org](mailto:support@code.org) so they know it’s still something a lot of teachers are interested in. I find myself using CRL+F a lot to search for names … Not an elegant solution, but does work… Hope your school year is starting off well! Mike ---
**Author:** ![bhatnagars](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.code.org/bhatnagars/32/4919_2.png) [@bhatnagars](https://forum.code.org/u/bhatnagars)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2020, 11:46pm UTC](https://forum.code.org/t/sorting-students-in-dashboard-2020/32585/5 "2020-09-17T23:46:07Z")
A quick solution for now would be to just ask your students to switch their first and last names. That is what I have been doing. ---
**Author:** ![awhittier](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c67d28/32.png) [@awhittier](https://forum.code.org/u/awhittier)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2020, 2:40am UTC](https://forum.code.org/t/sorting-students-in-dashboard-2020/32585/6 "2020-09-18T02:40:10Z")
Got it–thanks Mike. ---
**Author:** ![bryan\_dj](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/49beb7/32.png) [@bryan\_dj](https://forum.code.org/u/bryan_dj)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2023, 12:13am UTC](https://forum.code.org/t/sorting-students-in-dashboard-2020/32585/7 "2023-09-13T00:13:14Z")
Hi, Bryan here from the [Code.org](http://Code.org) product team! Hot off the press: we just launched the functionality needed to sort by last name. This is available on the Manage Students tab, the Progress Table, and the teacher panel! See this newly-updated support article for more details: [https://support.code.org/hc/en-us/articles/14966222653325](https://support.code.org/hc/en-us/articles/14966222653325) ---
**Author:** ![awhittier](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c67d28/32.png) [@awhittier](https://forum.code.org/u/awhittier)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2023, 10:04pm UTC](https://forum.code.org/t/sorting-students-in-dashboard-2020/32585/8 "2023-09-14T22:04:08Z")
Awesome, thanks for the update!