You can change the following default settings for an individual class:
The Scheme of Learning you want the class to follow
Homework Length
Hand out days and Hand out times
Hand in days and Hand in times
Changing the class teacher
To change these homework details for a class:
Select Management from down the left hand side menu
Then select Class Manager
Select the class you want to edit
Make your changes to any of the drop down boxes and press Preview Changes
A pop up box will detail the impact your changes are going to make on any upcoming homework. Check this carefully before pressing Update
Please Note:
Any changes detailed below will be applied to all future homework. See our article on Make changes to an upcoming homework plans for a class for guidance on making a change to just one week.
To turn off homework for the class completely, you can remove the Scheme of Learning.
As you can only set one homework per week, you can't bring a hand out day forward into a week in which homework has already been set.
You can't set a homework that's longer than 7 days. If you choose Tuesday to Wednesday for example, this will create a 1 day homework and not an 8 day homework.
If you bring forward a hand out date from the future in the week, to a time in the past, the current weeks homework will automatically be set
Setting and changing the default settings for multiple classes at once
Setting and changing the default settings for multiple classes at once
All default settings can also be changed for multiple classes at once:
Select Management from down the left hand side menu
Then select Class Manager
Select the class you want to edit
Make your changes to any of the drop down boxes and press Preview Changes
A pop up box will detail the impact your changes are going to make on any upcoming homework. Check this carefully before pressing Update
Frequently asked questions
What should I set my hand-out and hand-in days to?
What should I set my hand-out and hand-in days to?
Some tips to consider:
Avoid hand-in on a Monday as this gives less opportunity to remind students to complete their homework.
Having hand-in on the same day as a timetabled Science lesson allows opportunity for in-person praise and reminders to complete homework.
Having the same hand-out and hand-in days across the school (or year groups), can make it easier for teachers and tutors to remind students about their homework.
Having a weekend between hand-out and hand-in gives students more time to complete their work.
Choosing different days of the week for hand-out and hand-in days allows avoids confusion over which homework assignment the student needs to do if they have been given an extension or detention.
Can I set homework fortnightly?
Can I set homework fortnightly?
While Sparx Science works best with weekly homework, you can achieve fortnightly homework by either:
For a 2-week long homework: build your scheme of learning with topics every other week and add 'No homework' weeks in between. See Managing schemes of learning for more information.
For a 1-week long homework:
Build your scheme of learning with topics every other week
Leave the weeks in between with no topics (consolidation only)
Go to the Planner of each class and manually change each consolidation week to a 'No homework' week
Can I set more than one homework in a week for a class?
Can I set more than one homework in a week for a class?
No. It's only possible to set one homework per class, per week.
Can I set additional work on top of weekly homework?
Can I set additional work on top of weekly homework?
The personalisation element of Sparx Science homework means that students are seeing content that is most suitable for them each week without you the teacher needing to differentiate work for your whole class. As such, it's not possible to set additional homework for a class/student.
If you want students to complete additional work, we recommend:
Extending the homework length for the class if more practice is needed
Directing your students to Independent Learning
Can I make changes to a homework that's about to be set?
Can I make changes to a homework that's about to be set?
To ensure that any changes are included in an upcoming homework, we recommend making your changes at least 10 minutes before the homework hand out time.
The homework hand-out time has passed for a week. Why can't my students see their homework?
The homework hand-out time has passed for a week. Why can't my students see their homework?
Homework can take 5-15 minutes to generate after the hand-out time.
If students still can't see their homework after this:
Check that you haven't set the week to a no homework week
If only some students haven't received their homework, verify that they're in this class on their profile in Student Manager