What are assignments?
With our Premium features, eSpark always gives students something to work on through their adaptive learning pathways (Quests).
Each assignment is based on a standard and is made up of an instructional video, challenge questions, web activities, and a post-quiz that are directly related to that standard.
Through Assignments, you can support your students further by assigning lessons based on your curricula or specific skills.
How to Create Assignments - 3 Ways
Option 1 - Using Nova with your Aligned Curricula
1. Once you have aligned your core curricula with eSpark (more info here), start by clicking into one of your Curricula Buttons.
2. Select your current or upcoming lesson from the drop-down menu.
You can adjust the grade level you are searching for by clicking the drop down menu in the upper right corner.
3. Nova produces a overview of skills students will be working on and suggested assignments that directly support your scope & sequence of lessons,
Navigate through the lessons by clicking the forward or backward arrows in the right corner.
4. Once you have chosen your assignment, click the Assign Now button to manually select students OR use the auto-differentiation feature to automatically level the assignments for each student.
Option 2 - Using Ask Nova Anything
1. Start by clicking the Ask Nova Anything at the bottom of your left side toolbar. This will bring you to a Open AI Chat Box.
2. Type in a Skill, Theme, or Topic and Nova will bring back suggested assignments that support your search.
3. Once you have chosen your assignment, click the Assign Now button to manually select students OR use the auto-differentiation feature to automatically level the assignments for each student.
Option 3 - Using Browse All Assignments
1. Start by clicking the Browse All Assignments button in the Find Resources section of your left side toolbar. This will bring you to eSpark's Assignment Library.
2. Type in a Topic, Standard, or Skill OR Filter by Subject & Grade Level. Now you can browse all the assignments that broadly support your search.
3. Click on your assignment to Preview the Content or Assign using the manual selection feature.
Student Experience
Assignments are under the "From My Teacher" section on the student page.
Students can see up to three lessons per subject at a time.
All Assignments sent to students now live in the Assignment Tracker, which can be found under Student Reports in your teacher toolbar. Click here to learn how to use this report to support your students here!
