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What is IXL?
What is IXL?
IXL is personalized learning. With its comprehensive curriculum, actionable analytics, the Real-Time Diagnostic, and personalized guidance, IXL is able to meet the unique needs of each learner.
Overview of IXL (Video 3:50)
How do I access my IXL account?
How do I access my IXL account?
How do substitute and student teachers access IXL?
How do substitute and student teachers access IXL?
How do I navigate to different pages in IXL?
How do I navigate to different pages in IXL?
When you first log in, you will arrive on the home or landing page.
The green bar is the Navigational Tool to 'all things IXL'.
The main tabs--Learning, Diagnostic, Analytics, and Resources.
A helpful tip--To return to the home or landing page, click on IXL in the top left corner of your screen.
How do I edit my teacher profile?
How do I edit my teacher profile?
Edit your teacher profile by selecting ‘Profile and Settings’ from your account menu. Options include:
Change your display name
Select MN state standards
Hide or show grade level from students’ view as they work on skills items
Change audio availability for students (K-2 automatically available, but 3rd-8th need to be selected)
What is a SMARTScore?
What is a SMARTScore?
SmartScores range from 0-100, but it is not a % score
Includes questions answered correctly, incorrectly, question difficulty, recent answers, and consistency
As the SmartScore goes ⇧ and ⇩, questions become harder or easier, which ensures students are engaged at the perfect level!
The IXL SmartScore--Myth vs. Fact
(Video 2:14)
What are the Best Practices for student SMArtscores?
What are the Best Practices for student SMArtscores?
✔Recommended goal between 70-80
✔Not set in IXL, so teachers must communicate with students
✔May set lower at beginning of the unit, then adjust
✔Research shows consistently achieving proficiency has a positive impact on state assessments-- up to 16 points!
✔100 is not appropriate to set for students
✔Smart tips--Take breaks, set the right goals, don’t rush
Understand the SmartScore
(Document)
Can I reset my students' SmartScores at the beginning of the new year?
Can I reset my students' SmartScores at the beginning of the new year?
Teachers CAN reset SmartScores.
Students' SmartScores do not reset year over year. They are intended to be ongoing and show the most up to date levels of proficiency for each skill.
Resetting brings student SmartScores back to 0
Students start from the beginning of a skill.
Teachers have more freedom to revisit useful skills on IXL
When to reset SmartScores
When to reset SmartScores
Resets can be helpful when it’s time to review.
Also helpful for skills covered earlier in the semester that you’d now like to go over before an assessment.
When NOT to reset SmartScores
When NOT to reset SmartScores
In cases where your students are having difficulty with a skill, IXL recommends not resetting SmartScores. IXL has several resources to help students who are struggling, including step-by-step answer explanations and in-skill recommendations, which empower students to take ownership of their learning.
It’s also a best practice for teachers who team teach to check with their co-teachers before resetting a skill, in order to make sure their colleague is not currently working on that skill with students.
There is no way to undo a SmartScore reset, so it’s best to prevent mistakes before they happen.
How to reset SmartScores
How to reset SmartScores
Reset SmartScores by going to the Skill Analysis report in the Analytics tab.
Bring up the report for the skill you’d like to reset,.
Click the Reset SmartScores button in the top-right corner of the Class breakdown section.
For Checkpoints, the Reset SmartScores button can be found in the Skill Analysis report at the bottom of the Skill overview section.
Choose to reset SmartScores for specific classes or your entire roster.
How do I reset or delete a student's recommended skills assigned from last year's teachers?
How do I reset or delete a student's recommended skills assigned from last year's teachers?
Skills remain assigned to a student until the teacher who assigned them clear their skills.
This process has been made a whole lot easier on the new teacher dashboards!
Teachers will see an X at the bottom of the Suggested Skills section on their dashboard.
By clicking this, teachers can clear all of the skills that have been suggested at once.
What are IXL SKill plans?
What are IXL SKill plans?
IXL Skill Plans provide the exact set of skills for students to work on.
Whether you are working to keep your students on track with plans aligned to the MN state standards or NWEA MAP Growth Assessments, IXL has Skill Plans specifically designed to fit those needs.
Overview of IXL Skill Plans
(Video 2:44)
IXL / MN Academic Standards Aligned Skill Plans
IXL / MN Academic Standards Aligned Skill Plans
IXL's Skill Plans are aligned to the Minnesota Academic Standards and the Minnesota Early Childhood Indicators of Progress, providing comprehensive coverage of ELA & math concepts and applications.
With IXL's state standards alignments, you can easily find practice questions specifically tailored to each required standard.
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