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How to Filter Questions in a Skill Builder™ Assignment: 2024–25 School Year
There are three ways to filter questions. Standard: 1. From the “Standards” drop down menu, choose the standards set you would like to choose from: a. Grade level standards will list all standards found in the book that correspond with its grade ...
Admin vs. Teacher Accounts: 2024–25 School Year
See the chart below for the different functions and features of an Admin or Teacher account. Admin Account Teacher Account * Can generate school-wide course and standards reports * Can generate course and standards reports for individual classes and ...
How to Review a Digital Quiz with Students: 2024–25 School Year
1. From your dashboard, click “Assignments” in the upper-right corner. 2. Use the search bar, filters, and tabs to find the correct assignment. See “How to Search and Filter Assignments” if you need help with this step. 3. Click “View” to display the ...
How to Assign a Digital Quiz: 2024–25 School Year
Before Starting: - Make sure that your class is created, and your Simple Solutions book is assigned to your class. - Make sure your students are on your class roster. 1. To assign a Digital Quiz, first click the appropriate "Course." 2. Click the ...
How Students Access and Take a Quiz: 2024–25 School Year
Before students can access a quiz make sure you have assigned it. 1. Students log into their S²TAR Center account. 2. On the Student Dashboard, students will see any lessons or quizzes that have been assigned, sorted by due date and time. Students ...
Standards-Based English 5–8 Additional Tags: 2024–25 School Year
In Standards-Based English 5–8, certain standards are broad statements that encompass multiple parts of speech as well as other concepts. In Skill Builder™, you can narrow these standards to provide focused practice for your students. Consult the ...
How to Edit a Skill Builder™ Assignment: 2024–25 School Year
1. To edit an assignment from your Skill Builder™ assignment page, click on the orange assignment card. You can also edit by choosing the kebab in the lower right corner of the assignment card, and click “Edit Assignment.” 2. You will be taken to the ...
How to Print a Skill Builder™ Assignment: 2024–25 School Year
1. From your Skill Builder™ assignment page, click on the kebab in the lower right corner of the assignment card. Choose “Print” to generate the student edition of the assignment. Choose “Print with Answers” to generate the teacher edition of the ...
How to Add Questions to a Skill Builder™ Assignment: 2024–25 School Year
We recommend keeping assignments under 30 questions. 1. Once an assignment has been made, to add questions to it, click on the orange assessment card. You can also add questions by choosing the kebab in the lower right corner of the assignment card; ...
How to Create a Skill Builder™ Assignment: 2024–25 School Year
From your dashboard, click “Skill Builder™” in the upper-right corner. From your Skill Builder™ assignment page, click “Create New.” Enter a name for your assignment. Note: This name will appear at the top of the printed assignment. You may enter an ...
Quick Start for SSO: 2024–25 School Year
Once you have accessed the S2TARCenter from your SSO dashboard, follow the steps below to get started. Adding a Simple Solutions Book: From your dashboard, click "Course" underneath your newly created class. Click on "+ Add Course." Click the ...
Quick Start Guide for Self-Registration: 2024–25 School Year
Once you have logged in, follow the steps below to get started. Creating a Class: 1. At the top right of the page, click the "+ Add / Join Class" button. 2. Choose "+ Add New Class" and click "Save." 3. Type a class name, choose a Start Date, End ...
Getting Started with Skill Builder
To get started using Skill Builder™, access the following support guides: How to Create a Skill Builder™ Assignment How to Add Questions to a Skill Builder™ Assignment How to Print a Skill Builder™ Assignment How to Edit a Skill Builder™ Assignment ...
Adjust Student Scores: 2024–25 School Year
1. From your dashboard, click “Assignments” in the upper-right corner. 2. Use the search bar, filters, and tabs to find the correct assignment. 3. Click “Gradebook” to see student data on the assignment. 4. From the summary page, click “Details.” 5. ...
Students Can Review Work (Toggle): 2024–25 School Year
Teachers have the option to decide whether students can review their work after submitting the assignment. When assigning the lesson, the default setting is “On.” You can adjust this setting at that time by following the directions here. If you need ...
Release Grades to Students (Toggle): 2024–25 School Year
Teachers have the option to decide whether students can see their score after submitting the assignment. When assigning the lesson, the default setting is “On.” You can adjust this setting at that time by following the directions here. If you need to ...
Assignments or Digital Quizzes Not Appearing: 2024–25 School Year
If assigned work is not appearing on students’ S²TaR Center dashboards, they may need to clear their cache and cookies and allow popups. If using Google Chrome, reference the following links for more information: Clear cache & cookies Block or allow ...
Toggle: Release to Reports: 2024–25 School Year
Excluding an assignment from reports means that the score and standards data will not be included in the Course and Standards reports. 1. From your dashboard, click “Assignments” in the upper-right corner. 2. Use the search bar, filters, and tabs to ...
Assignment Options: 2024–25 School Year
1. When you create an assignment, you have a series of options from which to choose. “Assign To”: You can assign to an entire class, groups, or individuals. “Date Range”: The start date/time is when students will be able to access the assignment. The ...
Create Student Groups: 2024–25 School Year
1. From your dashboard, find the appropriate class and click “Groups.” 2. Click “+ Add Group.” 3. Name your group, add an optional description, and select students. Click “Add Group” when you are done. 4. Group details are available on this page. To ...
Force Submit an Assignment: 2024–25 School Year
You may want to force submit an assignment for the following reason: An assignment is closed when the due date has passed, and one or more of your students did not submit the assignment. If you want student work to be graded as is, you will need to ...
How to Archive a Class: 2024–25 School Year
The best practice is to create a new class each school year. Classes are not able to be deleted. This is in case any data needs to be restored later. To make a class inactive, follow these steps. Only schools that Self-Register can archive a class. ...
How to Archive Users: 2024–25 School Year
Users (teachers/students) are not able to be deleted. This is in case any data needs to be restored later. To make a teacher or student inactive, follow these steps. 1. Log into your account and select “Enter” under “School Admin.” Note: You must be ...
Admin Standards Report: 2024–25 School Year
Standards Reports are only available for the following series: Standards-Based Math Standards-Based English Reading Comprehension NextGen Science At the end of the school year, we recommend downloading any data/reports by June 28th. After this date, ...
Teacher Standards Report: 2024–25 School Year
Standards reports are only available for the following series: Standards-Based Math Standards-Based English Reading Comprehension NextGen Science At the end of the school year, we recommend downloading any data/reports by June 28th. After this date, ...
Admin Course Report: 2024–25 School Year
Note: At the end of the school year, we recommend downloading any data/reports by June 28th. After this date, you will not have access to the previous year’s data. To View and Export Class Averages within a Grade Level: 1. Log into your account and ...
Teacher Course Report: 2024–25 School Year
Note: At the end of the school year, we recommend downloading any data/reports by June 28th. After this date, you will not have access to the previous year’s data. To View Overall Class Scores on Multiple Assignments: 1. Log in to your account and ...
How to Review Student Engagement in the Gradebook: 2024–25 School Year
Engagement data shows the amount of time a student spends on a question compared to the class average. This data is available for Digital Quizzes and Lessons. For Digital Lessons only, it will also inform the teacher if a student tried again on a ...
Details Tab in the Gradebook: Reviewing Student Work: 2024–25 School Year
To Review Whole Class Snapshot Data: 1. From your dashboard, click “Assignments” in the upper-right corner. 2. Use the search bar, filters, and tabs to find the correct assignment. 3. Click “Gradebook” to see student data on this assignment. 4. From ...
Standards Tab in the Gradebook: Reviewing Assignment Standards: 2024–25 School Year
This data is available as soon as a student completes the assignment. Standards are only available for the following series: Standards-Based Math Standards-Based English Reading Comprehension NextGen Science 1. From your dashboard, click ...
Student View: Switching Between Classes: 2024–25 School Year
If students are enrolled in multiple Simple Solutions classes, they will need to switch between classes to access assignments for each one. To do this, from the Student Dashboard, hover over the class name in the upper left corner. Then, choose the ...
Quick Start Guide for Teachers 2024-25 School Year
Use these quick links to articles to help you set up for the start of the school year. “Creating a Class” “Adding Simple Solutions Books” “How to Add Students to a Class Roster” “Co-Teachers Joining a Class” “How to Get Students Logged In” “How to ...
Student View: My Progress: 2024–25 School Year
1. From the Student Dashboard, students click “My Progress.” 2. They will see a summary of all assignment scores. They can expand and scroll to see individual assignment scores. The color scale cannot be modified to match your school’s grading scale. ...
Student View: My Assignments: 2024–25 School Year
1. From the Student Dashboard, click “My Assignments.” 2. Students can choose “Current,” “Due Today,” “Closed,” or “Graded.” To review a graded assignment, click “Graded.” 3. Scroll to find the correct assignment and click “Review.” Here students can ...
How Students Access and Take a Quiz or Lesson: 2024–25 School Year
*Note: Lessons are only available for assignment if you have purchased our Digital Lessons. Before students can access a quiz or lesson, make sure you have assigned it. 1. Students log into their S²TAR Center account. 2. On the Student Dashboard, ...
How to Get Students Logged In: 2024–25 School Year
Option 1: Use your school’s SSO 1. You can access the S²TAR Center either through your SSO link or through the buttons on our sign-in page at https://digital.simplesolutions.org. Option 2: Students or Teachers created their accounts. 1. Students log ...
Getting Started with Digital Lessons: 2024–25 School Year
Digital Lessons are only available for schools that have purchased this product. Before students complete their first Simple Solutions Digital Lesson, we recommend assigning the “How to Take a Lesson” activity so students can familiarize themselves ...
How to Review Teacher Edition Material: 2024–25 School Year
Before starting: Make sure your class is created, and your Simple Solutions book is assigned to your class. 1. On your dashboard page, click “Course” underneath your class. 2. Find the correct book and click “Open.” 3. Find the Pre-Test Unit and ...
How to Review a Digital Quiz or Lesson with Students: 2024–25 School Year
Note: Lessons are only available for assignment if you have purchased our Digital Lessons. 1. From your dashboard, click “Assignments” in the upper-right corner. 2. Use the search bar, filters, and tabs to find the correct assignment. See “How to ...
How to Review Lesson Answer Keys: 2024–25 School Year
Before starting: Make sure your class is created, and your Simple Solutions book is assigned to your class. 1. On your dashboard page, click “Course” underneath your class. 2. Find the correct book and click “Open.” 3. Find the correct “Unit” and ...
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