Setting Work
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      How can I choose what my child works on in games?

      You can choose what your child is working on by setting up a Practice task or a Competition

      What are Sumdog Practice tasks and Competitions?

      Sumdog Practice

      • Set a goal to answer a number of questions on a specific topic (that you choose) while they play games
      • For example, you can set a Practice task to answer 50 correct answers on 'addition to 100' in 24 hours.
      • Once they answer 50 correct answers, they get 50 bonus coins to spend in their Sumdog House!

      Sumdog Competitions

      • Suitable if you have more than one child - you can set different skills for each child
      • Their correct answers will appear on a competition leaderboard. Each child will play to try and get to the top of the leaderboard by the end of the competition

      How to set a Practice task or a Competition

      1. Log into your parent account and click 'set work'

        parent dashboard set work

      2. Click 'create and view' under either the box that says Practice or Competitions, depending on which you are setting up

        create and view practice or competition

      3. Click either 'Create a practice task' or 'Create a competition'

        parent create competition or practice buttons

      4. Choose the subject you'd like to set the task in (math, spelling, or grammar). Click 'next'

        maths practice choose subject

      5. Choose which children are taking part. On the next page, you'll be able to choose different skills for each child. Click 'next'.

        choose children for assessment (parents)

      6. By default, skills will be chosen by Sumdog. To change what they are working on, click 'set skills'

        set skills button for parent challenge

      7. Select the skills you'd like them to focus on. If you want to learn more about the skill, click the blue arrow next to the skill name to expand. This will show you what steps make up the skill. Click on the question mark to see example questions. Once you've chosen skills, click 'next' to return to the previous page

        assessment skills (parents)

      8. If you'd like to choose different skills for other children, select the other child(ren) and repeat steps 6 and 7 for them.
      9. Once you're finished, click 'next'
      10. Fill in the details for your task (Name, message, and start and end date). Here you will also enter the question goal. If you enter 100 as the goal, when they answer 100 correct answers, they'll receive 100 bonus coins.

        practice task settings

      11. Click 'create'

        create parent practice task

      How to view the results of a Sumdog Practice task or Competition

      1. Log into your parent account and click 'set work'

        parent dashboard set work

      2. Click 'create and view' in either the Practice or Competitions box

        create and view practice or competition

      3. Click 'view' next to the task you'd like to view

        parent view practice task button

      4. You'll be taken to a report where you can see your children's number of questions attempted, number of correct answers, accuracy percentage, and number of games played.