How to Use Student Picks
Student Picks allows your students direct involvement in the lessons that they want to learn about. Follow the steps below to use this feature.
Step-by-Step Instructions
Log in to your account here:
Step 1
Click on Materials and select Lessons from the drop-down menu.
Step 2
On the ESL Lesson Categories page, you will click on a category that you would like to include in Student Picks.
Step 3
Click on the Include in Student Picks button.
Step 4
Classes are disabled if you have not yet set an age and level in your class settings or if the age and level of your class do not match any lessons from the category you have chosen.
Step 5
To change your class settings, you will click on Classroom and select Classes.
Step 6
On the Classes page, click on the class you would like to change the class settings for.
Step 7
Click on the Details tab.
Step 8
You can set the Level, Age and Skills under Attributes. Click Save when finished.
Step 9
After the age and level has been set for your class, you can then select the class to include in Student Picks.
Step 10
Students will log in on their end, click on your class and navigate over to My Picks.
Step 11
Students will click the heart icon by the lesson(s) that they would like to learn about.
Step 12
To view the lesson(s) that your student(s) picked, click on Classroom and select Classes from the drop-down menu.
Step 13
Click on the class that you included in Student Picks and navigate to the Content Drawer bar at the bottom of the page.
Step 14
Click on Student Picks to view the lesson(s) your student(s) are interested in learning about.
The number by the heart icon denotes how many student(s) have liked a particular lesson from the category you added to Student Picks for this class.
Step 15
Click on a lesson to add to your class.
Step 16
Select a location (Prepping if you don't want it available right away for your students or Teaching if you want it available immediately for your students). Click Save once finished.
Step 17
You will see the lesson in the location you chose the next time you view the Lesson Planner for your class.
Step 18
The student(s) will see the lesson(s) in their Student Dashboard the next time they log in (if the teacher chose Teaching as the location).
Please contact us if you have any questions or feedback regarding the Student Picks feature.