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:
| FolderThe 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 FolderWhen a Quick Link to a Folder is added anywhere on the activities tab, the folder's icon will show indication in this form. |
| FormativeThis assignment icon to the left of an activity title signifies this is a formative. |
| LessonThis presentation icon to the left of an activity title signifies this is a slides-based lesson that was built for Presentation view. |
| Practice SetThis 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 LinkA 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. |
| Newsela Article IntegratedThe Newsela icon will appear to the right of a formative's title, signifying that the formative was created via the Newsela-Formative integration, and a Newsela article is included in the assignment. |
Assignment Icons
These icons will appear inside the Activities tab grid when an activity is assigned to specific classes or to Guest students.
| Open Student-Paced or Game-Paced Assignments:The lightning bolt icon means that the assignment is currently open for students to complete and submit in Student-Paced mode ('Assign') or Game-Paced mode ('Present'). |
| Closed Assignments:The padlock icon means that the assignment has been closed to students. They may no longer access the formative. |
| Scheduled for Future Date (Silver/Gold feature):The Grey calendar icon means that the assignment is scheduled to open at a future time. Students can not access the assignment until it opens. |
| Scheduled Open (Silver/Gold feature):The green calendar icon means that the scheduled assignment is currently open for students to complete and submit. |
| Scores Returned:The green suitcase icon means that scores have been set to be returned to students either instantly or when the student submits. They will be able to see their scores based on the settings chosen by the teacher. |
| Scores Returned When Closed:The black suitcase icon means that scores have been set to be returned when the formative is closed. |
| Correct Answers Returned:
The green list icon means that correct answers have been set to be returned to students after they submit. |
| Correct Answers Returned When Closed:The black list icon means that correct answers have been set to be returned to students when the activity is closed. |
| Teacher-Paced (Present) Mode:This screen icon will appear when you enable teacher paced (presentation) mode. |
| Paused Assignment (student-paced):The pause icon signifies that the assignment is paused and students can not access it until the teacher un-pauses it. |
| Teacher-Paced Mode Paused:The pause icon signifies that the assignment is paused while in teacher-paced mode and students can not access it until the teacher un-pauses it. |
| Game-Paced Mode Paused:The pause icon signifies that the assignment is paused while in game mode 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. |