Teachers and Administrators can create assignments made up of lessons or formatives. Lessons are additional opportunities for students to learn and practice specific skills and are available for grades K-12 in MyPath Math, Reading, Science Corner, and Purpose. Formatives (or quizzes) are opportunities for students to show what they have learned so far and are available for Grades K-8 in Math and Reading.
This article shows what completing the formatives looks like from a student's perspective. For more information about the K-8 formatives, refer to Understanding the pre-built formatives in Imagine MyPath.
The Student Experience
If a student has been assigned an assignment, they will see a My Assignments tile on their Imagine MyPath home page. Clicking Go on that tile takes them to their My Assignments page.
On their My Assignments page, students will see tabs in the top left for the subjects in which they have assignments. The default is to view assignments from All subjects, but students can filter the assignments by clicking a particular subject, if desired. Note that the Quiz (or formative) is labeled as such with a pink tag, and the Lesson has a blue tag.
Students click Go to open the desired assignment. In this example, the student is clicking into the Quiz.
The formative (or quiz) experience is different for K-2 students and 3+ students. Click into each tab below to see the description of each student experience.
- After selecting a quiz assignment, students click Go to open the current activity. If multiple activities make up an assignment, students can see what lies ahead or what they have completed, but those tiles are greyed out and students cannot open them. Students can only access one activity at a time within a given assignment.
- Students are prompted to read instructions each time they access a formative. Clicking Start takes them to the first question. If students started an assessment during a previous session, their progress is saved, but they are still taken to the first question.
- Questions are automatically read aloud in English for K-2 students. Clicking Play will replay the question. There are also Read Aloud and Language tools in the left-side panel.
Click here to learn how to use the tools.Tool Instructions Read Aloud Click the headphones to make the Read Aloud menu appear.
Students can click Play to have all of the text within the window read aloud, or they can first highlight a particular section of text that they wish to have read aloud and then click the headphones to use the tool.
Students can also choose to have the text read aloud at different speeds: Slow, Normal, or Fast.
Click anywhere on the screen to make the menu disappear.
Language Click the globe to make the Language menu appear.
Select a language from the drop-down menu to translate the text within the window to the chosen language.
Some languages can be read aloud using the Read Aloud tool. If a language can be read aloud, the Read Aloud menu will appear after clicking the headphones. If a language cannot be read aloud, the Read Aloud icon changes to a darker shade of purple and is no longer clickable.
Refer to Language support in Imagine MyPath for the list of available languages.
- Students can navigate between questions using the arrows and pagination or by clicking Go.
The pagination is color-coded so students can track any unanswered questions. Light purple means the question hasn't been answered, dark purple means the question has been answered, and white indicates the current question. - When students reach the final question and click Go, they are asked if they are done with the quiz. A voice also asks whether they are done. Clicking No takes them back to the quiz, so they can answer any unanswered items. Clicking Yes moves them on to the final screen.
- When students finish the quiz and click Yes to confirm, they are taken to this screen. Clicking Done takes them back to their My Assignments page.
- After selecting a quiz assignment, students click Start to open the current activity. If multiple activities make up an assignment, students can see what lies ahead or what they have completed, but students cannot open those activities. Completed activities are shown above the current activity and are indicated by a green checkmark. Upcoming activities are shown below the current activity, when applicable. Students can only access one activity at a time within a given assignment.
- Students are prompted to read instructions each time they access a formative. Clicking Start takes them to the first question or the question they were on during their last session.
- There are many tools students can use while completing the formative.
A. Left-side panel: There are tools to highlight text, read text aloud, translate the text, and eliminate answer choices.
B. Bottom left: Students can pin questions if they wish to skip them and come back later.
C. Top right: Students can take notes or organize their thoughts in a panel on the right.
Click here to learn how to use the tools.Tool Instructions Highlighter Students can highlight text by using their mouse to highlight text in the window and then clicking the highlighter icon and choosing a color. To remove any highlights, click the highlighter icon and then click the trashcan. Read Aloud Click the headphones to make the Read Aloud menu appear.
Students can click Play to have all of the text within the window read aloud, or they can first highlight a particular section of text that they wish to have read aloud and then click the headphones to use the tool.
Students can also choose to have the text read aloud at different speeds: Slow, Normal, or Fast.
Click anywhere on the screen to make the menu disappear.
Language Click the globe to make the Language menu appear.
Select a language from the drop-down menu to translate the text within the window to the chosen language.
Some languages can be read aloud using the Read Aloud tool. If a language can be read aloud, the Read Aloud menu will appear after clicking the headphones. If a language cannot be read aloud, the headphones icon changes to a lighter shade of purple and is no longer clickable.
Refer to Language support in Imagine MyPath for the list of available languages.
Eliminate Answers Students can remove answer choices they know to be incorrect by clicking the X and then selecting the answer choice(s) they wish to remove. They need to click the X again when they're done making their selection. Here is what removing an answer choice looks like: Calculator In most cases, the calculator will be disabled. Pin Question Students can pin a question, which puts a purple pin on the question number to remind them to return to it later. To remove the pin, students need to return to the question and click the button again, which will now read Unpin This Question. Notes Students can take notes in a side panel, if desired. In most cases, the Dictionary and Translation tools will be disabled. - Students can use the pagination at the bottom of the window to track their progress and navigate between questions. Answered questions are indicated by a solid black circle, unanswered questions have no circle, and the current question is outlined by a purple circle.
- Students can click Save & Exit to finish the assessment later. Or, after answering all of the questions, students can click Submit.
- After clicking Submit, students are asked to confirm that they are ready to submit the assessment.
After clicking Submit again, they will be able to view the results of the quiz. Their score will be displayed in the top right corner, and at the bottom of the window, they can page through each question to review their answers and see the correct answers. - Clicking Exit will take the student back to their My Assignments page.