How do I set Spelling Practice on Sumdog?

Practice tasks allow you to set games-based practice on a particular skill

How to create a Spelling Practice task

1. Ensure you have Spelling selected on your dashboard and click Set Work
   
   
   
   
2. Click 'set a task' 
   
   
   
   
3. Click the box that says 'practice', then click 'next'
   
   
4. First you will select if it will be a custom task or you can let Sumdog choose the words for the task. After that you will select the students you'd like to include in your task. Click on the arrow next to a class to show all the students in that class. 
   
   Click on the box next to a student to select that student. Alternatively, you can click on the box next to a class to select all the students within that class.
   
   Once you've selected all the students you'd like to include, click 'next'
   
   
   
   
   TIP: By default, your own classes will be displayed. To view other classes in your school, click on the 'My groups tab.
   
   
5. Now you will select the skills you'd like to include in your task. First, click 'choose level' and select a grade level from the dropdown menu
   
   
   
   
6. Click 'choose domain' and select a topic from the dropdown menu
   
   
   
   
7. You can find a skill by typing the name of the skill in the search bar or by browsing.
   
   Note: You can click the arrow next to a skill to see the words that are included in that skill.
   
   
   
   
   
8. Click on the box next to a skill to select that skill. Please note, clicking a box next to a domain will select all the skills in that domain. 
   
   Once you've selected the skills you'd like to include in your task, click 'next'
   
   
   
   
9. Create the settings for your task:
   1. Task Title – Give your task a title. Your students will see this title on their account and it will help them identify the activity in their Tasks list.
      
      
      
      
   2. Questions – Set the number of questions you would like your students to be asked in the task
      
      
      
      
   3. Available from...until – This will be the period during which the task will be visible on the student's account.
      
      
      
      
10. Click ‘create task’
    
    
    

How to view and edit an existing Spelling practice task

1. Go into Set Work at the top of your Teacher Dashboard and scroll down to Tasks
   
   NOTE: by default, only the tasks you yourself have set will be shown. You can view tasks set by other teachers by clicking 'set by me' and selecting 'set by anyone' or a different teacher from the dropdown menu
   
   
   
   
   
2. To view the results of a practice task, click the report icon next to the task you'd like to view. You'll then be taken to the report for that task. 
   
   If you'd like to instead edit a practice task, move on to the next step.
   
   
   
   
3. To edit a practice task, click on the three dots next to the task you'd like to edit.
   
   
   
   
4. Click 'edit'.
   
   
   
   
5. You will be taken back to the Create Your Task page, where you can change the title, the question target, the time the task will be available until, and the students included. 
   
   Click 'update task' to save your edits