How to create a grammar challenge
These instructions explain how to create a grammar challenge for a class or group of students.

Click ‘Set Work’

Click ‘SET PRACTICE WORK’ in the ‘Grammar challenges’ box

Click the ‘Choose’ button next to the Students box

Use the arrow next to ‘My classes,’ ‘My groups’ or ‘Other classes’ to expand to show your classes or groups.
Check the boxes next to the names of the students you want to select, or check the box next to a class to select all the students within that class.
Click ‘DONE’

Click the ‘Choose’ button next to the skills box

Select the skills you would like the students to work on. The skills you’ve selected will appear on the right.
We recommend that you select 1 or 2 skills at most. This is because of the progression system, whereby students will need to get 80% accuracy in each step before they can move onto the next step or skill.
*Note* You can click the blue arrows next to each level to show the skills and words included within that level. Click on the ‘?’ to see some sample questions.
Click ‘DONE’

*Optional* Click ‘add another group’ to assign different skills to another set of students
Adjust the settings for your challenge
Title – Create a title for your challenge. We recommend a title that is related to the topic and makes sense for your students, as they will see this.
Correct answer target – This is the number of questions each student must answer correctly to complete the challenge.
Available from – This is when the activity will start and appear on your students’ accounts.
Available until – This is when the activity will end.
Click ‘SET CHALLENGE’ to create the grammar challenge
How to edit a grammar challenge
These instructions will explain how to edit a grammar challenge that you have already created.

Click ‘Set Work’

Click ‘SET PRACTICE WORK’ in the ‘Grammar challenges’ box

Click ‘VIEW ALL CHALLENGES’

Click ‘edit’ next to the challenge you would like to edit.
Click ‘Next’. This will scroll through the set up pages. Keep clicking until you find the page including details you would like to edit

You can add or remove a student from the activity on the ‘Choose students’ page. Either tick or untick a student to remove or include them in the activity and click ‘Next’.
You can edit the skills your students will be working on, on the ‘Challenge skills’ page. Click on ‘Set skills’ to either add skills or remove a skill. To add a skill, tick the skill you would like to include. To remove a previously selected skill, click on the X next to the skills.
Click ‘Save’ to save your changes.
If you need to change the start or end date, or the correct answer target, you can do this on the ‘Create challenge’ Page
How to restrict your students to only work on grammar challenges
If your students have not been set any other activities the activity you created will appear on their dashboard.
These instructions explain how to restrict your students to only work on grammar challenges.

Ensure Grammar is selected and click ‘Set work’

Select ‘Live Controls.’
You can change the class you would like to restrict using the drop down menu at the top left

Click ‘RESTRICT’ in the Focus Work box.

To restrict your students to a grammar challenge, select the ‘Challenges and Competitions’ option. You can select multiple types of activities.
Your students will be restricted to the selected activity or activities for one hour.
Click ‘RESTRICT’ to confirm.
How to answer questions in a grammar challenge as a student
These instructions explain how a student can participate in a grammar challenge.

Click ‘Tasks’

Select the activity from the tasks list.

Click ‘Start’

Select a Sumdog game to play.
The questions asked in the game will be based on the skills you had selected for the challenge.
Frequently asked questions - Grammar challenges
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