Understanding the Educator Experience
Quiz Settings
The Quiz Settings page lets you be precise about the timing and frequency of the comprehension quizzes presented to your students. Quiz Frequency lets you limit how often students are given comprehension quizzes. Select the desired frequency from the ...
My Settings
My Settings, which is accessed by clicking the account icon showing your initial in the upper-right corner of LevelUp, allows you to change or add information to your account and customize your bookshelf: The My Settings feature is available only in ...
Reviewing Read Aloud Audio
When a student completes a read-aloud assignment, the results appear in your inbox for you to review: Read-aloud assignments are clearly labeled as such in the Type column, and the title of the recorded book appears as well. To review a read-aloud ...
Lexile Assessments
The Lexile Assessments page allows you to toggle student assessments on and off, see at a glance when students last completed an assessment, and trigger new reading level assessments when needed. (See below for important considerations before ...
Bookshelf Settings
Bookshelf Settings allows you to adjust which books appear on students’ bookshelves based on language preferences, Lexile range, search criteria, and book carousels (or rows). The left-most column lists each student in your classroom, with their ...
Quick Start Guide
Our quick start guide provides all the essential information you need to begin using LevelUp. Click here to download the guide as a shareable PDF.
My Classroom
My Classroom is your student hub in LevelUp. Here, you can monitor your students’ progress and book assignments, grade quizzes, set up groups of students based on reading level, control access to LevelUp Land, customize the reading experience and ...
Student Reports
On the main Reports page, scroll to the Class Activity table and click a student's name. This opens a detailed report for the student. The Reading Level Progress graph plots the student's scores on intake and progress monitoring assessments over ...
Class Reports
The main Reports page shows a Lexile distribution chart, top and bottom skills list, and a class activity table. Lexile Distribution is a snapshot of your class’s Lexile reading measures. Top and Bottom Skills shows your students’ three ...
Reports
Reports show important data on how students are using LevelUp and performing on assessments and quizzes. Reports allow you to glean top-level insights at a glance, as well as dig deep to identify where individual students require intervention.
Assigned Books
It is easy to assign books from the bookshelf or My Collection page. Click the Assign To icon under a book cover, then select a student or group of students in the book details window that opens. Students’ Lexile measures appear under their names to ...
Gaming
On the Gaming page, you can control access to LevelUp Land. You can turn off access for each student, restrict the time each student can spend in LevelUp Land during class hours (from 0 minutes to unlimited), and award additional stars to individual ...
Inbox
Your inbox contains students' written answers to constructed response items and audio recordings of their read-aloud assignments and running record assessments. To quickly view the student whose submissions you want to manage, start typing their name ...
Assignments
The Assignments page lets you manage every book and running record that you have assigned to your students. Clicking the column headings in the list allows you to sort assignments by student, title, or date (assigned, display, due, or completed). You ...
Reading Groups
Reading groups are a convenient way to organize students in your class. You can create, name, and edit reading groups from this page. Each student may appear in more than one group. Reading groups offer efficiency and flexibility in assigning books ...
Roster
Your roster lists all students in your class along with their current Lexile reading measures. The roster allows you to control settings for each student: Toggle book audio on or off. Toggling audio to "off" disables the pre-recorded read-along audio ...
My Collection
Books from your shelf can be saved to My Collection. Here, you can organize titles you may want to use in the future. Create custom tags to apply to each book. Tag books to sort them by lesson, project, or assignment so they can be easily assigned ...
Bookshelf
The LevelUp library contains more than 2,400 authentic fiction and nonfiction texts, including more than 650 Spanish and bilingual titles. Books are organized in carousels. Some carousels are based on subject matter, such as Read About Animals and ...
Navigating LevelUp as a Teacher
When logging in to LevelUp, teachers are shown their bookshelf, which serves as the site’s homepage. No matter which part of the site you are on, the primary navigation buttons—Bookshelf, My Collection, My Classroom, Reports, and LevelUp Land—are ...
LevelUp Basics for Educators
Welcome to LevelUp! Here, you’ll find everything you need to know to get started. More than just a digital library, LevelUp provides teachers with the tools they need to foster growth—and a love of reading—in young learners. Optimized for classroom ...