How can I use Sumdog mathematics challenges?

Mathematics challenges are a fun way to have your students focus on a particular math skill. Challenges can be set for classes or for particular students. Students earn coins as a reward for participating in challenges.

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How to create a mathematics challenge

  1. Go into Set Work at the top of your Teacher Dashboard
  2. Click 'set practice work' in the Math Challenges box

    set practice work

  3. Click on the ‘choose’ button next to the box that says ‘students’ to choose which students to create the challenge for

    choose students

  4. Click on 'my classes’, ‘my groups’ or ‘other classes’ to expand the category to show a list of classes or groups. Click the box next to a class/group to select all students in that class/group OR click on a class/group to expand it further and select individual student names. Once you've selected the students you want to include in the challenge, click ‘done

    student chooser arrows (2)
     
  5. Click 'choose' next to the box that says 'skills to practice'

    choose skills

  6. Click on a grade level to show the skill categories within that grade. You can continue to click the categories to expand into further subcategories. Click the box next to the skill or group of skills you want to include in your challenge. The skills you've selected will appear on the right. Please note, checking a box next to a skill category will select all the skills in that category. 

    Once you're done choosing your skills, click 'done'

    math skills blue arrows

  7. Optional: Click ‘add another group’ and repeat steps 4-6 to create another challenge for a different set of students.

    add another group

  8. Create the settings for your challenge:
    1. Title – Give your challenge a title. Your students will see this title on their account and it will help them identify the activity in their Tasks list.
    2. Current answer target – Set a target for the number of questions you want your students to get correct. They will earn bonus coins for answering this number of questions correctly.
    3. Available from and available until – This will be the period during which the challenge will be visible on the student’s account.

      challenge settings

  9. Click ‘set challenge’

How to view and edit a Mathematics Challenge

  1. Go into Set Work at the top of your Teacher Dashboard
  2. Click 'set practice work' in the Math Challenges box

    set practice work

  3. Click 'view all challenges

    view all challenges

  4. To view the results of a challenge, click 'view' next to the assessment you'd like to view. If you'd like to instead edit a challenge, skip to step 6

    view challenges

  5. Click 'show results'.

    show challenge results

    This will take you to a page where you can view a pie chart of pupils who have started, completed, or not started the challenge. You'll also be able to see a leaderboard of every student who participated and a list of every student who hasn't started the challenge yet.

  6. To edit a challenge, click 'edit' next to the challenge you'd like to edit

    edit challenge

  7. You will be taken through the set-up pages of the challenge. Click 'next' to move on to the next until you reach the page where you would like to make changes. 

    On the final page, click 'save' to save your challenge with the changes you've made

    create challenge