IXL - Teachers
What is IXL?
It's an supplemental ELA, MA, (PK - 12th grade) SCI and SS (grades 2-8th) skill based student personalized and adaptive program. It's easy for teachers to use in the classroom, and for students to use at home. It offers a comprehensive curriculum (PK - 12th grade) with guidance for students, actionable analysis with real time diagnostics and evaluation of skills where a student is at. It also makes differentiated instruction easier and more effective as its targeted for each student individually from the teacher’s perspective.
How do I log into IXL?
- From the student's link homepage (https://links.min201.org) and click on Clever
If prompted, click Sign in with Google and then enter in the your MIN201 email address and password. - Click on the IXL application
Who do I contact if I get an error from Clever?
I got this error message as a teacher or other school staff. Who do I contact?
Email your tech associate at techhelp@min201.org and we’ll get you all setup in IXL.
Simplifying lesson plans with IXL's skill plans
Implementation guide: IXL for IEP Progress Monitoring
What skills can I assign to my students?
The skills in IXL aren’t grade locked to the student, so if a student is a 3rd grade but is really reading on a 1st grade level, you can assign the 1st grade skills to him
To view the list of skills you have several different ways about this:
Option 1: Skills by Grade Level
- Click on Learning in the green bar
- Click on the Content Area.
- Note: Science and Social Studies is from Grades 2-8th only
- Note: Science and Social Studies is from Grades 2-8th only
- Click on Grades in the view by filtering methods bar
- Find the applicable grade level and then click on all skills button
Option 2: Skills by Topic
- Click on Learning in the green bar
- Click on the Content Area
- Note: Science and Social Studies is from Grade 2 - 8th only
- Note: Science and Social Studies is from Grade 2 - 8th only
- Click on Topics in the view by filtering methods bar
- Find the applicable skill and then click on all skills button
Option 3: Skills by Predefined Skill Plan
- Click on Learning in the green bar
- Click on a Content Area
- Note: Science and Social Studies is from Grades 2 - 8th only.
- Note: Science and Social Studies is from Grades 2 - 8th only.
- Click on Skill Plans in the view by filtering methods bar.
- You have now a choice to make: how do you want to see the predefined skill plans?
- You can view the skill plans by NWEA test, or by IL state standards
- You can view the skill plans by NWEA test, or by IL state standards
- Clicking into a specific skill plan will allow you to see the IXL breakdown suggested skills per day or per week.
Star Icons
In the upcoming sections, there are 3 different star icons.
Gray Star - NONE of the things under this are selected.
Gold Star - ALL of the things under this are selected.
Striped Star - SOME of the things under this are selected.
How do I assign a skill to ALL the classes that I teach regardless of class?
- First find the skill that you want to assign to all the classes that you teach.
- Click on the star next to the skill and it’ll turn gold. The skill has now been assigned to all your classes.
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How do I assign something to an entire class?
- First find the skill that you want to assign to an entire class.
- Hover over the gray star next to the skill you wish to assign..
- Click on the gray star next to the class name and it’ll turn gold. The skill now has been assigned to all students in that particular class.
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How can I assign something to only certain students in a class?
- First find the skill that you want to assign to only certain students in a class (or across multiple classes).
- Hover over the gray star next to skill you wish to assign.
- Click on the “>” to the right of the class that you want to assign the skill to
- Click on the star next to the student’s names and it’ll turn gold. The skill has been assigned to the individual student in that class.
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How can I check my student’s progress?
There are 2 reports that we really like to check a student’s progress and understanding for a specific skill.
Option 1: Student Quick View Report
- Click on Analytics in the green bar
- Hover over Students in the filtering bar and then choose ‘Students Quick View’
- You can then filter down to see what your students (entire class) worked on during a date range.
Option 2: Specific Skill Mastery
- Find the specific skill that you want to see the progress on (either by topic or by grade level).
- Click on the green graph icon next to the left of the skill.
How long will a skill stay assigned to my students?
The suggested skills will stay active and be a suggestion forever. You’ll want to manage the assigning and unassigning of skills as needed. Otherwise, that list could get somewhat lengthy for a student.
How do I unassign a skill from my students?
- Find the skill that you want to unassign.
- Follow the instructions for assigning a skill to either all your students, just a single class or individual students, and simply click the ‘star’ again so that it's gray.