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Student Home

The home page for all students using Amplify products.

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Students will arrive at Student Home after logging in. From Student Home, your students can complete assignments and access other features of your institution’s Amplify programs. Student Home has a new look and feel for the new school year.

  • A new Apps section gives K–5 students quick access to other parts of the Amplify platform.

  • Student Home supports students in Grades 6–8 by including all key My Work tools, as My Work is retired for the 2024 school year.

  • Students in Grades 6–8 now see a Handed In status for activities.

  • Students in Grades 6–8 now see score notifications on Student Home.

Student Home may appear different and the features available may vary depending on your students’ grade level and the Amplify products your institution uses.


K–5 Student navigation

The Student navigation displays across the top of the page and includes the student's name, the key icon, the backpack icon, and logout icon.

  • Students click the key icon to enter a single session class code generated by a teacher. For the school year 2024–2025, single session codes can only be generated in Desmos Classroom.

  • Students click the backpack icon to view important links (depending on licensed products), including links to their Amplify programs. When students are in another part of the platform (e.g., in a lesson), they see a Home icon in the navigation bar that they can click to return to Student Home.

  • Students click the logout icon to log out of Amplify.


K–5 Avatar

Students can click their avatar to edit the characteristics and personalize it.

The Avatar builder for K–5 students has a time limit of 2 minutes each day. After this time has elapsed, students are prompted to save and they are returned to Student Home. They can return to the Avatar builder the next day.

K–5 Student Home

Student Home appears slightly different depending on students’ grade level and Amplify programs licensed.

Student Home K–1

Student Home 2–3

Student Home 4–5

Three buttons display at the top of the page: Apps, To Do, and Past Work.

Apps

When students arrive at Student Home and they do not have any assignments, the Apps view displays.

Student Home 4–5

  • In the new Apps view, students have quick access to the places within the platform that they need to reach at different times during the week or year.

  • Apps such as Boost, mCLASS Literacy, and Hub that previously took the form of “pinned” assignments at the bottom of a student’s To Do list now display in this new section.

  • App buttons display based on license entitlements, so students will only see buttons for products they are entitled to.

To Do

When students arrive at Student Home, the To Do view displays if they currently have assignments.

Student Home 2–3

Past Work

Students click Past Work to view this section. This section includes the assignments that students have marked complete (Grades 2–5 only) or that have passed the teacher-set due date.

Student Home 2–3

K–5 Assignments

The Assignment stream displays current or past assignments.

  • Students click To Do to display the stream of current assignments or Past Work to view completed assignments.

  • Each assignment is on a card that shows the program, Unit or Lesson information, and due date (if one is set).

  • Students click an assignment card to open the assignment, or click the green check to mark the assignment complete (Grades 2–5 only).

  • Students in Grades K–1 do not check off their assignments. Assignments will move to Past Work at the end of the day or on the due date, if one is set.


6–8 Student navigation

The Amplify navigation displays across the top of the page and includes the Home icon, Program & Apps icon, Lessons icon (may not display depending on the Amplify products your organization is licensed to), notifications icon, and My Account icon.

  • Students click Home to return to Student Home.

  • Students click Programs & Apps to view the programs their institution is licensed to, as well as links to tools and resources such as assessments.

  • Students click Lessons to navigate to the last lesson they viewed.

  • Students click the notifications icon to view notifications for feedback or activity scores.

  • Students can click their name to view My Account or log out of Amplify.

Programs & Apps

Programs & Apps contains links to Amplify programs and other important tools.

  • Apps: The Apps sections display if the organization is licensed to ELA and/or Science.

  • Tools: This section contains useful links such as My Account and Student Home.

Notifications

The notifications icon displays in red with a dot to indicate new notifications are available.

  • When a student clicks the notifications icon, the notifications panel opens. This panel contains a New section and a Previous section.

  • New comments and new scores for all activities (both assigned and not assigned) display in the New section. The student clicks Go to the Feedback or Go to the Score to open the lesson or activity and view the feedback or score.

  • The student clicks the Previous section of the notifications panel to view notifications from a previous time of year. The student clicks View feedback or View score to open the lesson or activity and view the feedback or score.

  • The student clicks the notifications icon again to close the panel.


6–8 Student Home

Welcome

The Welcome section displays the student’s avatar and a greeting to the student, as well as the Enter a class code button (for the school year 2024–2025, class codes can only be generated in Desmos Classroom). The student can click the avatar icon to change the characteristics of their avatar and personalize it. Under the avatar, quick links to the student’s licensed programs display.


6–8 Assignments

The Assignment stream displays current or past assignments. At the top of the page are status buttons and the Subjects list that students can use to filter the stream. (You may not see all the status buttons depending on the programs your organization is licensed to.)

Not Started

Started

Handed In

  • All is selected by default.

  • Students click Not Started, Started, or Handed In to filter the stream by assignment status.

  • Students click the All Subjects list and select a subject to view assignments for that subject.

Assignment cards

Each assignment is on a card that shows the Lesson title and details, Status (Not Started, Started, or Handed In), Feedback (if any), Due Date (if one is set), and Action (Start or Open).

Assignments are grouped on cards by program and Unit or Lesson. Each assignment card is labeled at the top with the program and unit or lesson details (if relevant). Assignments can have a due date set by the teacher, and the assignments are sorted by descending due date on the cards.

New assignments have a Start button that students click to start working on the assignment. Previously started assignments have an Open button that students click to resume working. Some assignments include a New Feedback icon if their teacher has provided feedback.

Feedback

An envelope icon displays for each activity with feedback or scores in a student’s stream. The envelope icon displays as closed if the student has any unread feedback or scores. The envelope displays as open if the student has viewed all feedback and scores within that activity. Students click the New Feedback icon to open the lesson or activity and review their teacher’s comments and grades.


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