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Actively Learn - Extra Help Features

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Extra Help notes allow teachers to differentiate instruction and provide additional scaffolds for their students. Since students need different levels of support, you can easily offer assistance to those who need more help.

Sections in this article:

Extra help within Notes
Extra help within Questions
Add text summary

 

Extra help within Notes

For students who need extra help while reading, additional notes can be added as they read.
 

  1. Select a class and click Roster.
 
  1. Select which students need extra help by check-marking the box to the right of each student.

 

Designate notes as Extra Help

Checking the extra help checkbox will make that note only visible to students who have been designated as needing extra help.
 

Extra help within questions

We understand providing instructional support for students as they are answering questions is beneficial. To help with that process we have added extra help in questions.

Note: Remember to select Extra Help in the Roster for students you want to give extra help.
 

  1. Go to the class you made the assignment for. Click on the text you want to make adjustments to.
  1. Click Edit at the top.

 
  1. Find the question you want to add the option to and click Edit. 
 
 
  1. At the bottom, click Options. Click Add extra help.
 
For multiple-choice questions, it will eliminate one of the wrong choice options.
 


 

Add text summary

Add a text summary to give students a big picture outline of the text.
 

  1. Go to the class you made the assignment for. Click on the text you want to make adjustments to.
  1. Click Edit at the top.

 
  1. Click on Extra Help Text Summary and add a summary. Click Save.

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