Actively Learn can be used to support small groups and individual instruction. Assign to individuals is a great tool for teachers to provide differentiated instruction to their students.
There are two ways to assign content to individual students. First option is during the initial assigning of the assignment, and second option is after the fact in the class view.
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Option 1
STEP 1: Select the text you would like to assign with the "+" assign button
STEP 2: Select the class(es), and which student(s) to assign the text to
STEP 3: Select the due date (optional), and the assignment reading settings for the text
STEP 4: Click "Assign" to assign the text to those individual students
Option 2
STEP 1: If you have not already done so, assign a text to a class.
STEP 2: Select the class and assignments tab
STEP 3: Click "Assign to individuals"
STEP 4: Select the text(s) you want to assign
STEP 5: Select "Individual students"
STEP 6: Select which student(s) to assign the text. Then click "Save"
Assign to an individual with Google Classroom
If your class is connected with Google classroom, there are a few more steps to be completed within Google classroom.
STEP 1: Click on the assignment draft
STEP 2: Select which students you are assigning text to
STEP 3: Click Assign
Classroom scenarios
- Differentiated assignments - give groups of students the same text with different amounts of scaffolding & assessment
- Small group work - give students different texts
Don't Forget
- If you uncheck a student from the list after the text has been assigned to individuals, student work will be lost.
- If students join the class after a text has been assigned to individuals, you'll need to go and assign the text to them.
- If students have already worked on an assignment, and you then assign it to individual students, you will only be able to grade questions of those you assigned the text individually to. In addition to whole-class reading, Actively Learn can be used to support small group and individual instruction. Assign to individuals is a great tool for teachers to provide differentiated instruction to their students.