Students can earn coins by answering questions on Articles, Activities, Weekly Assessments, Unit Assessments, Crosswords, Misspilled, Customized Content, and Explore More media. Students can use these coins in the Study Buddies and Explorers games.
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Visit the How to Play Explorers and How to Play Study Buddies articles to learn more about using coins and earning gems.
After logging in, students can view how many coins they have in the upper right corner of the page. For example, this student has 3,884 coins:
Articles with no comprehension questions will have a timer at the bottom of the page. When the time elapses, a Collect Coins button appears. Students can click that button to show they read the article and earn 5 coins.
Article comprehension and Explore More media questions are automatically graded when a student selects an answer. They are worth 10, 5, 3, or 1 coin(s) depending on how many tries it takes to get the correct answer.
Note
- 1st attempt = 10 coins
- 2nd attempt = 5 coins
- 3rd attempt = 3 coins
- Last attempt = 1 coins
There is no submit button, so students are automatically awarded these coins based on the number of attempts.
Some Activities will also have comprehension questions that are automatically graded. Activities that need to be done outside of Studies Weekly Online (e.g., on a separate piece of paper) will have an image at the bottom of the page and a Submit button. Students automatically earn 5 coins when they click Submit.
Once a student clicks the button to submit the activity, it shows up in the Grade section (see the How to Navigate the Grade Section article). Questions that are teacher-graded show up as Needs to be Graded. For those, the teacher can mark the activity as Correct, Partially Correct, or Incorrect.
Note
- Correct (100%) = 5 additional coins per question
- Partially Correct = 3 additional coins per question
- Incorrect = 1 additional coin per question
This is in addition to the 5 coins a student receives for submitting the activity.
Students earn 5 coins for simply submitting their answers to Weekly Assessments, Unit Assessments, and Customized Content questions.
Once a student clicks the button to submit the Assessment or Customized Content, it shows up in the Grade section for the teacher. Questions that are teacher-graded show up as Needs to be Graded. For those, the teacher can mark the Assessment or Customized Content as Correct, Partially Correct, or Incorrect.
Note
- Correct (100%) = 5 additional coins per question
- Partially Correct = 3 additional coins per question
- Incorrect = 1 additional coin per question
This is in addition to the 5 coins a student receives for completing or submitting the Weekly Assessment or Customized Content.
Once a student completes a Crossword and hits Submit, it is automatically graded. They receive 5 coins for submitting the Crossword, then additional coins based on their score.
Note
- Correct (100%) = 5 additional coins per question
- Partially Correct = 3 additional coins per question
- Incorrect = 1 additional coin per question
This is in addition to the 5 coins a student receives for submitting the Crossword.
Students also earn coins by completing the Misspilled. The amount of coins earned is equal to the tiered amount of time the vocabulary review is completed in.
Note
- Less than 2 minutes = 40 coins
- Less than 3 minutes = 20 coins
- Less than 4 minutes = 10 coins
For example, a student who completes it in 1 minute would earn 70 coins total (40 + 20 + 10). A student that completes it in 2.5 minutes would earn 30 coins total (20 + 10).
Teachers can view how many coins a student has by going to their Classroom, then selecting the People tab. Click the three dots next to the student’s name, then click Add Coins or Log In As to see how many total coins they have.Teachers can manually add coins to a student’s account (see the How to Add Coins article). Students will see a notification above their username. Clicking the bell will show students the Coins Alert and a note from their teacher.