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Getting to Know the Activities Tab

What do the icons and symbols on the Activities tab mean?

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Written by Neta Raz Studnitski
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Icons on the Activities tab

The Activities tab is a great place to get a bird's-eye-view of your assignments and classes. By understanding what the different icons and numbers mean, you can see which classes need what, in a flash!

Class Icons

These icons will be attached to the class abbreviation at the top of the Activities tab grid:

Co-Teachers (Gold schools and districts only):

The people icon attached to your class abbreviation lets you know that one or more teachers have shared access to the students and formatives assigned to this class.

Google Classroom sync:

The Google icon attached to your class abbreviation lets you know that the class was synced with Google Classroom. Changes can be made easily by re-syncing with Google Classroom.

Microsoft Teams sync:

The Microsoft icon attached to your class abbreviation lets you know that the class was synced with Microsoft Teams. Changes can be made easily by re-syncing with Microsoft Teams.

Clever sync:

The Clever icon attached to your class abbreviation lets you know that the class was synced with Clever. Changes can be made easily by re-syncing with Clever.

Activity Icons

These icons will appear next to an activity's title on the left side of the Activities tab grid:

Folder

The folder icon will appear to the left of of an activity's title to signify a bundle of assignments.

Shared Folder (Gold Schools and Districts only)

When more than one teacher on a Gold plan collaborates on a folder, the folder's icon will have a collaborator icon added to it.

Quick Linked Folder

When a Quick Link to a Folder is added anywhere on the activities tab, the folder's icon will show indication in this form.

Formative

This assignment icon to the left of an activity title signifies this is a formative.

Lesson

This presentation icon to the left of an activity title signifies this is a slides-based lesson that was built for Presentation view.

Practice Set

This card icon to the left of an activity title signifies this is a Practice Set rather than a formative.

Formative Bubble Sheet (Gold plan Add-on only)

This checkbox icon to the left of an activity title signifies this is a Bubble Sheet assignment created via utilizing the Bubble Sheet Add-on (powered by GradeCam).

Quick Link

A quick link to an item that is physically located elsewhere.

Shared Formative or Practice Set (Gold Schools and Districts only)

The triple dotted circle icon will appear to the right of an activity title when the activity has collaborators added to it.

Common Assessment (Gold Schools and Districts only)

This tag icon added to the right of a formative's title, signifies that this formative has been tagged as a Common Assessment.

Assignment Icons

These icons will appear inside the Activities tab grid when an activity is assigned to specific classes or to Guest students.

Open Assignments:

The lightning bolt icon means that the assignment is currently open for students to complete and submit. All assignments default to open unless you change the settings.

Closed Assignments:

The padlock icon means that the assignment has been closed to students. They may no longer access the formative.

Scheduled Open (Silver/Gold feature):

The green calendar icon means that the assignment is currently open for students to complete and submit, and has been scheduled to open and close automatically.

Scheduled Closed (Silver/Gold feature only):

The red calendar icon means that the formative closed automatically at the scheduled time assigned by the teacher. The students will no longer have access to the formative.

Scores Returned (green suitcase):

The green suitcase icon means that scores have been set to be returned to students. They will be able to see their scores based on the settings chosen by the teacher.

Scores Returned (yellow suitcase):

The yellow suitcase icon means that scores were returned for some students but not all students have submitted.

Teacher-Paced (Presentation) Mode:

This screen icon will appear when you enable teacher paced (presentation) mode.

Paused Assignment

The pause icon signifies that the assignment is paused and students can not access it until the teacher un-pauses it.

Single Full Number:

A single number in the middle of a grid cell indicates the number of students who have submitted that assignment. This number will appear in classes where the formative was assigned to the entire class.

Fraction (X/X):

A fraction will appear when an assignment has only been assigned to some students in a class. The first number will tell you how many students have submitted, the second represents the number of students assigned.

Pinned Assignment (Beta)

The pin icon will appear on a grid cell when the teacher used Assignment Pinning to ensure the assignment will appear at the top of their students' To-Do list.

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