How do I introduce students to Classworks?

Provide students with clear expectations, dedicated time and modeling/support. Read on for examples!

Materials Required

The materials required are:

Student Roster report listing all students (with their username and password) for each class that will use Classworks
Login card for each student – available with the Roster report (optional)

Why Classworks?

Here are some suggestions for talking to your students about Classworks:

Elementary School

This year, you will get to use Classworks to practice your math and reading skills using fun games and activities on your computer (insert technology of choice). Classworks helps you learn while having fun with technology! And, if you don't understand what you're learning the first time, Classworks will give you different lessons to help you practice until you get it! (Grades 1 - 5)

Classworks starts you off with a mini-lesson that introduces or reviews a skill with you. Read your mini-lesson carefully! It will help you to do well in your activities. When you finish, Classworks will give you a short quiz. This helps me to know whether or not you understand what the lesson taught you. I expect you to put forth your best effort and have fun!

Middle/High School

This year, we will use Classworks to help you be successful and feel good about your performance in math and language arts. What's Classworks? It's an online math and language arts program with lessons, games, and activities to help you gain a deeper understanding of what you are learning in class.

You can work at your own pace so that you are successful in mastering skills that you personally need more practice on. Even better, Classworks allows us to work together to check on your progress every step of the way. If you're having a hard time with a concept, we can address it immediately. Classworks practice includes games and other activities that offer a review of specific skills, practice, and then a short quiz at the end. You can see your progress immediately. I'm excited to work with you using Classworks to help you achieve success!

What Tasks To Cover

Teach your students how to:

Access Classworks from a school device
Log in to their specific Student page
Log out of Classworks
Choose, complete, and exit an assessment and/or an assignment
Monitor/Check on their progress for an assignment
Find and understand progress/results

Access Classworks

Have your students double-click on the Classworks icon on their device or navigate to where your district/school posted the URL.

Hand each student their Login card with their username and password that you retrieved from the Student Roster Report. To log in to Classworks, they must enter:

Username

This was assigned by your school administrator
Limited to 20 alphanumeric characters

Password

This was assigned by your school administrator
Case sensitive
Minimum of 6 alphanumeric characters

Student Homepage

Once students have signed in, their student page will display

Five options are displayed: Reading, Math, Science, My Wellness, and My SMART Tracker

Reading and Mathematics are where students spend most of their time

The "Call to Action" star may appear and guides students to where they should begin

Select their first and last initials in the top right corner to log out

Reading and Mathematics

A student who clicks on Reading or Math sees these options.

My Screener

Clicking "English" will take the student to a screen where they view their previous results and can take the current Universal Screener
Some students may also see "Espanol" if a staff member has enabled the Spanish language version of the Universal Screener

My Progress Check

Students with an active Progress Monitoring session click "View" to review their recent performance and complete their weekly CBM probe

The View button will be grayed out if a Progress Monitoring session has not been assigned

My Learning Path

Students click "View" to review their monthly Individualized Learning scores and to then click the "play" button to start working on the Learning Path

Resources listed along the left side of the screen are available to assist students as they work their Learning Path:

Help and Support - how to use the instruction and tools

Wittly by Classworks^TM - Classworks AI-powered learning assistant

Dictionary Tool - check what a word means

Note Keeper Tool - take notes to help you with the skill

Calculator Tool - a quick four function calculator

Number Line Tool - a positive and negative number line

Hundreds Grid Tool - see how numbers work in sequence

My Teacher Assigned

Students click "View" to access assignments or assessments that have been assigned by one of their teachers

The "View" button will be grayed out if no assignments or assessments are available

My Wellness

Students in grades 4 - 12 click here to complete an SE Competency survey

SE surveys for students in Pre K - 3rd grade are completed by a teacher

My SMART Tracker

SMART Tracker allows students to create and manage their current goals.

Science

Clicking "Science" will guide students to teacher assigned work in this content area.

Enabling/Disabling Student Resources

Students resources are managed from the Student Detail Screen

Click on a student's name and then select "Student Settings"

Learn more about Audio Support and Accessibility Features for the Universal Screener

Learn more about Wittly by Classworks^TM Learning Assistant

Logout

Demonstrate how to log out of Classworks (by clicking Log Out located in the drop-down next to their name in the top-right corner of the window).
Have them log out of Classworks.
If a student is logged into Classworks but is NOT in an activity, the student will be logged out automatically after 2 hours of inactivity.
If a student is in an activity, Classworks will NOT log them out. Time-on-task will continue to accumulate. Therefore, it is very important that a student exits correctly at the end of each session.