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Assigning Activities

Create recurring goals, assign specific passages, or start a classroom competition—all from the Activities tab. 📚

ReadTheory adapts to each student’s level automatically, but the Activities feature lets you take control by setting goals, assigning passages, or launching competitions to boost engagement and structure learning. 

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Recurring Weekly Activities

Use Recurring Activities to create ongoing reading routines that refresh automatically each week.

How to Create a Recurring Activity:

  1. Go to the Activities tab and click Create New Activity. 
    activities tab
  2.  Select Recurring Weekly Activity.Select Recurring Activity - 1 - Edited
  3. Select a whole class by checking the checkmark next to the class or select the dropdown arrow next to a class to select individual students within the class. Click Continue. select individual students
  4. Select Complete Quizzes or Pass Quizzes (Premium) and the number of quizzes for the recurring activity. Click Continue again. select number of quizzes
  5. Edit the start date, end date, and times for the recurring activity. Click Continue. check recurring activity details
  6. Check over the Recurring Activity details, and select Create Activity.check details

Settings:

  • Free users: 5 quizzes per week (Monday–Sunday, EST). Settings are fixed.

  • Premium users:

    • Choose the number of quizzes

    • Set a custom due date range

    • Customize rules: Must Complete or Must Pass

📽️ Check out our quick tutorial

💡 Tip: To cancel a recurring activity, go to the Activities tab, click the three dots next to the activity, and select Cancel.

How Students Complete a Recurring Activity:

Once a Recurring Weekly Activity is created, students are automatically enrolled.

As students complete passages and quizzes, their progress is automatically counted toward the activity goal. No additional action is required from the student beyond completing their assigned reading.

✅Students can access the activity and track their progress at any time from the My Progress tab in their ReadTheory account.

Assigning a Specific Passage (Premium Only)

Want all students working on the same text? Here's how:

How to assign a Specific Passage:

  1. Go to the Activities tab and select Create New Activity.activities tab
  2. Select Assign a Specific Passage.Select Specific Passage - 1 - Edited (1)
  3. Select a whole class or select the dropdown arrow next to a class to select individual students. Click Continue.select students
  4. Select the passage you would like to assign. Filter passages by theme, skill, or grade level. Click Continue again. select the passage and add filters
  5. Edit the start date, end date, and times for the recurring activity. Click Continue. check recurring activity details
  6. Check over Specific Passage details, and select Create Activity. check details

How Students Complete an Assigned Passage:

Once a Specific Passage is assigned, students will see a notification of the assigned passage on their homepage.

Please note that if a student is currently working on a passage, they will need to complete that passage first before accessing the assigned passage. 

✅Students can access the activity and track their progress at any time from the My Progress tab in their ReadTheory account.

Starting a Classroom Competition (Premium Only)

Motivate students with a fun Knowledge Points challenge!

How to Assign a Classroom Competition:

  1. Go to the Activities tab and click Create New Activity. activities tab
  2. Select Competition. select competition
  3. Select a whole class or select the dropdown arrow next to a class to select individual students. Click Continue. competition select students
  4. Edit the start date, end date, and times for the recurring activity. Click Continue. select dates for competition
  5. Check over or edit the Competition details and select Create Activity. check over competition details

👑 Whoever earns the most Knowledge Points during the competition wins!

How Students Complete a Competition:

Once a Competition is assigned, students are automatically enrolled. They will see a notification of the competition on their home page.

Students work to complete quizzes and earn Knowledge Points during the assigned time frame. 

✅Students can access the activity and track their progress at any time from the My Progress tab in their ReadTheory account.

Re-take Pretest Assessment (Premium Only)

Have students retake the pretest, without erasing their quiz history!

How to Re-take the Pretest

  1. Go to the Activities tab and click Create New Activity. activities tab
  2. Select Re-take Pretest. select retake pretest
  3. Select a whole class or select the dropdown arrow next to a class to select individual students. Click Continue. select students retake pretest
  4. Edit the start date, end date, and times for the recurring activity. Click Continue. select dates retake pretest
  5. Check over or edit the Competition details and select Create Activity.  check details retake pretest

How Students Re-take the Pretest:

Once a Pretest Re-take is assigned, the selected student(s) will be prompted to retake the pretest the next time they log in.

❗Their existing quiz history and progress will not be reset—only their original pretest score will be replaced.

Viewing and Understanding Activity Data from the Activities Dashboard

All activity data can be viewed from the Activities tab on your teacher dashboard. This is the primary location for managing assignments and monitoring student progress.

From the Activities tab, you can:

  • View assignment progress and completion status
  • Monitor student participation
  • Pause or cancel activities
  • Review individual student performance

⬇️To view progress for a class assignment, select the dropdown arrow next to the activity.

activities dashboard

Understanding Activity Statuses

Each student will be assigned a status based on their progress:

  • Completed – The student met all assignment requirements before the due date. completed
  • In Progress – The student has started working on the assignment, but has not yet met the requirements.in progress
  • Not Started – The student has not started the assignment or completed any requirements.not started
  • Missed – The student did not complete the assignment requirements before the due date. missed
  • Inconclusive – The student took more than 10 minutes to answer two or more questions. This threshold helps ensure that activity results accurately reflect student performance. inconclusive

⬇️Select the dropdown arrow next to a student's name to view detailed progress for that activity.

select arrow for individual student

Viewing Data from the Progress Reports tab

Activity data is also available through the Progress Reports tab.

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View Activity Data for a Class

Under Class Reports on the left side of the page, select  Activities to view activity performance and completion data for an entire class. Select a different class from the dropdown at the top of the screen. activities data under class reports

This report can help you identify participation trends, monitor assignment completion rates, and determine which students may need additional support.

View Activity Data for an Individual Student

Under Student Reports on the left side of the page, select Activities to view activity performance and completion data for an individual student.

Select an individual student from the dropdown at the top of the screen to view individual student activity data. 

individual student data activities

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