Build an Assignment
Building an Assignment is simple in iLearn. Here are the steps you follow to create an Assignment. Click the arrow next to each header below to expand the details.
Step 1: Log in and Click "Manage My Students"
To log in, go to www.ilearn.com/login and enter your username and password. You will arrive at the Hub. Simply click "Manage My Students" (as indicated in the picture below) to launch the Management utility.
Step 2: Open Assignments Manager
After launching Management you will see a list of your teachers (as an admin) or your classes (as a teacher). In the top right, click the "Tools" menu and then click "Assignments Manager."
Step 3: Click "Create New Assignment"
Once the Assignment Manager has loaded, simply click the orange button on the far left reading "Create Assignment."
Step 4: Choose Assignment Type
This only applies to users of the Common Core State Standards. All others will only be able to build "Homework/Classwork" Assignments and will not need to choose between the two.
A "Homework/Classwork" Assignment allows you to assign whole chapters or lessons or parts of lessons, and the content is presented to you in the same order as seen in iLearn Math. An "iLearn Learning Progression" allows you to assign whole chapters only and the content is grouped by standard (for example: Counting and Cardinality). With both types, you will be able to assign the exact same content; the difference is how you see the content grouped.
Simply choose the type you want to assign (here we are choosing "Homework/Classwork").
Step 5: Enter Assignment Details
To build the Assignment type a name (for example: 3rd Period Fractions Assignment). We recommend a unique name so it is easy for you to find the Assignment later for reporting or edits.
Also assign a due date and time. This will be the date and time at which the Assignment will no longer be available to students. Finally, select an access order of "Fixed Order" or "Any Order."
Fixed Order ensures students progress through the Assignment in the order of content as you have built it. Any Order allows the student to select and learn any of the content in the Assignment at any time and in any order. We recommend using Fixed Order for most Assignments.
Step 6: Choose the Content
You're almost done! Just choose the content you want. Add either whole Chapters or Lessons, but not both in the same assignment. You cannot mix Chapters and Lesson in the same assignment. If you want to assign just Lessons, you can turn off parts of a Lesson (Lesson Challenge Quiz, Lesson Instruction, or Lesson Practice). If you assign a Chapter, all parts are included and cannot be turned off, to maintain Mastery requirements.
To choose content, simply double the Chapter or Lesson name. You can choose a grouping of content by clicking one, holding "shift" on your keyboard, and selecting another, and another. This highlights a selection or Chapters or Lessons, which you can then add to the right by clicking the orange arrow at the top.
Once done selecting content, simply click "save" at the bottom.
Step 7: Assign Students
Once you've saved the Assignment you will be asked to assign students (you do not have to assign students now. You can do that at any time).
To assign a student, simply click the box next to a student's name to add a check mark, or click "Select All" to assign all students. You can edit each individual student's due date and time on the right. Once you've assigned students, simply click "save" at the bottom.
That's it! You can build an Assignment spanning as many topics as you need in less than 5 minutes any time you want throughout the school year. When students log in, they'll see your Assignment at the bottom of the page (the Hub).
Edit an Assignment
Once an Assignment has been built it is very simple to edit that Assignment to include additional students, to add or remove content, or both. Follow the steps below to edit an Assignment.
Step 1: Login and Click "Management"
To log in, go to www.ilearn.com/login and enter your username and password. You will arrive at the Hub. Simply click "Manage My Students" (as indicated in the picture below) to launch the Management utility.
Step 2: Open Assignments Manager
In the top right, click the "Tools" menu and then click "Assignments Manager."
Step 3: Double Click the Assignment to be Edited
Once the Assignment Manager has loaded, simply double click the Assignment you would like to edit.
Step 4: Choose to Assign/Unassign Students or Edit Content
After double clicking the Assignment, the Assignment details will open. On the left, you can click to "assign/unassign" which will allow you to add additional students to the Assignment or remove already assigned students.
To add new students, simply add the check mark next to their name. To remove a student, simply remove the check mark next to their name.
You can also add or remove content in the Assignment by clicking "edit Assignment." This works the same as when building an Assignment. Just double click the content to add, or to remove, select the content and click the blue left-facing arrow.
Important: if the Assignment was built with Chapters, you can only add or remove Chapters. If built with Lessons, you can only add or remove Lessons.
If you add additional content to the Assignment, you do NOT need to reassign students - they will receive the updated content. If you remove a check mark from a student's name, the student will no longer have access to the Assignment and you will lose reports for the Assignment to that student. If a student has already completed the Assignment and you add new content to it, the Assignment will reappear on the student's Hub and they will only complete the new content you added.
Step 5: Click "save"
Once you've completed either assigning/unassigning students or added/removed content from the Assignment, simply click "save."
That's all there is to editing an Assignment. Remember, only remove the check mark next to a student's name if you want to unassign them from the content. Removing the check mark and saving will remove the Assignment from the student's list, and will remove reports on the Assignment for that student. To add additional students, leave the previously assigned students checked, and just add the check mark to the new students.
How Students Access Assignments
Students immediately have access when assigned. If you do not want students to have access, you can build and save the Assignment without assigning students, and then assign students at a later date.
Students access Assignments by logging in at www.ilearn.com/login, scrolling down, and clicking the appropriate Assignments.
