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        Changing a student’s homework to Optional only

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            If a student is experiencing difficulties at home, is poorly, or has a special education need that means completing homework each week could be difficult or stressful for them, you might want to make their homework optional for a while. Making this change removes their compulsory homework but still gives them access to all their optional homeworks - XP Boost, Target, and Independent Learning.

            An individual student's homework can be made optional on Student Manager

            If you want to permanently change the type of homework a student receives:

            1. Go to Student Manager under Management on the left of the screen

            2. Choose the student's class or year from the options on the top left of the screen

            3. Edit a specific student by clicking the pencil icon next to their name

            4. Under Homework Details, choose Optional only

            5. Click Save on the bottom right 

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            It is also possible to edit students' homework in bulk:

            1. Go to Student Manager

            2. Tick all the students whose homework type you want to change

            3. Click Edit selected students and make the change

            This is how a homework will appear to students once it’s been set to Optional Only:

            Please note that:

            • Any changes here will take precedence over the homework type for the class

            • This change will affect all future homeworks for that student until you change their Homework type back to Compulsory

            • If you want to make the change for the whole class have a look at our article Changing a class’s homework to Optional only

            Changing a student's homework type to Optional only will change the length of their XP Boost homework

            If you change a student's homework to Optional only:

            • No new homeworks will show under their Compulsory homework section

            • The length of their personalised XP boost homework will change to match the homework length the class is set to. For example, if you set the recommended 60-minute compulsory homework, the student's XP Boost homework will increase from 30 to 60 minutes

            • Any topics that were in Planner will be set in the XP boost section of the homework

            • Their personalised Target homework will not be changed, and they'll still have access to the full content library in Independent Learning

            Finally:

            • Parents will not receive emails if their child's homework is set to Optional only

            • Optional only homework will not be counted in your school's homework hand-in stats



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