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:

Log in

Step 1

Click on the Everything menu and select Lessons.

Step 2

On the ESL Lesson Sections page, you will click on a section that you would like to include in Student Picks.

Step 3

Click on the 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 do it from the Details tab.

Step 6

After the age and level has been set for your class, you can then select the class to include in Student Picks.

Step 7

Students will log in on their end via https://ellii.com/students/login, click on your class and navigate over to My Picks.

Step 8

Students will click the heart icon by the lesson(s) that they would like to learn about.

Step 9

To view the lesson(s) that your student(s) picked, click on the Everything menu and select Classroom.

Step 10

Click on the class that you included in Student Picks and navigate to the Content Drawer bar at the bottom of the page.

Step 11

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 section you added to Student Picks for this class.

Step 12

Click on a lesson to add to your class.

Step 13

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 14

You will see the lesson in the location you chose the next time you view the Lesson Planner for your class.

Step 15

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.

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