To supplement learning or to revise tricky topics, children and teachers can add extra work in topics they'd like to practise. These are known as an Assignments.
Each Assignment contains 15 questions on a curriculum topic. These questions will be the first 15 within our question bank and so will introduce the topic from the very beginning and focus mainly on fluency.
There are three instances when teachers could consider setting an Assignment for their students. These are:
1) Pre-teaching: checking that children have a strong understanding of prior concepts
before moving on to a new concept
2) Consolidation: checking that children have understood the concept at the end of a
teaching unit.
3) Providing scaffolded support during lessons.
When a student who has been set an Assignment logs in after the date and time selected, the red Assignment icon in their Learning Zone will be flashing to let them know that there is work to complete. If there is more than one Assignment set for them, children will be able to select the one they would like to complete.
Adding Assignments into one or more pupils' work programmes is a great way to support your scheme of teaching or to support any weaker areas of understanding.
Teachers can add Assignments from a vast selection that Doodle has already created, or they can create their own!
As students can be added to as many different classes as you like, it makes it really easy to differentiate the assignments you would like to set for different groups of students. For more information on adding students to different classes see here.
How to add an Assignment in the Learning Zone
Teachers or pupils over the age of twelve can set themselves an Assignment from the Learning Zone in any of the Doodle programmes. For children under 12, Teachers can set an Assignment directly from the app by entering their parent password. To do this:
Log in to Doodle
From the Learning Zone, press the red Add Assignment icon
Type in a topic and follow the in-app instructions; the red Assignment icon will then appear in the Learning Zone
Please note only one Assignment can be set through the app each day. If you would like to set more than one, please do so through the Teacher Dashboard by following the steps below.
How to add Assignment from the Teacher Dashboard
Teachers can set Assignments for one or more pupils by visiting the Teacher Dashboard.
Log in to the Teacher Dashboard
Hover over Assignments and select Set
Search for the relevant ARE in the search box or scroll through the selection
Click on the arrow to the left of the ARE title to view which lessons are available. You can view the exact questions in that Assignment or even preview them to see exactly how they will appear within your student's app
Click on Set assignment next to the lesson you'd like to set
Select the date you would like the Assignment to become available and which pupils you'd like to receive it (you can set it for the whole class or individual students within the class)
Select the tick box to 'highlight students in blue who have previously completed this assignment' (you can still choose to set the student that assignment but it is helpful to know if they have completed it before).
Press Set assignment
Assignments to revise or fills gaps in knowledge
You can easily identify areas of weaker understanding and add extra work in these topics.
Hover over Work programmes and select View understanding
Select your class at the top of the page and select an individual student down the left hand side so they are highlighted in yellow.
From here you can see your students current understanding of particular AREs compared to their most recent baseline assessment.
Click on the arrow to the left of the ARE to expand that topic, then click on the blue plus icon in order to set an Assignment in that particular area.
How to create your own Custom Assignment
If you'd like to create your own set custom Assignment, you can! To do this:
Hover over Assignments and select Create Custom
Click on the Create an Assignment button
Type in a lesson title, year group and description
Add your questions, putting the correct answer in answer A (this will be randomised once published)
Once you have finished, press Save
Click on the Assignment to set it for your pupils, delete it or share it with your colleagues