How to create an assignment set

1. To create an Assignment, first make sure you are in the main home screen and then select the 'Spelling Shed' logo on the EdShed homepage. You will find ‘Assignments’ down the left hand side or you can access it via the ‘System’ tab between ‘Scheme’ and ‘Data’ tabs at the top.

2. Go into your assignments screen and click on "+ Create" and "Assignment Set" from the options.

3. You can name your assignment set by clicking the pencil icon to make it easily identifiable. Choose your group, stage and start date & time.

4. Drag/drop to rearrange weeks or click grey + to add holiday weeks, your own lists etc.

Options available are below:

Spelling mode: All letters or all graphemes. This will depend on the age of the pupils and what is appropriate to them.

Enforce spelling modes: This means if you select this they will only be able to place in the spelling mode you have set. If you untick it they will be able to switch between letters and graphemes when on the games.

Limit lists: If you tick this the children will only be able to see the assignments you have set for them. They will not be able to go on and play other games until they have completed their assignment.

Games required: This links with limit lists. If you put the number 3 in there then once the pupil has completed 3 games on the assignment set the rest of the games will ‘open up’ for them to play. If you have at least 5 game plays per word list, the Data section will be more useful for gap analysis.

Enable Tests: A weekly spelling test can be added to the weekly practices on a specified day of the week. You can select the test day.

Creating a break in the assignment set

You can do this initially, or by going into the assignment set and editing it after it has started.

1. If you have set a 'set' of assignments, simply click on the set tab - then edit.

2. Click the + to the left of the week you do not want any assignments set.

3. Then select 'no objective' and double check the dates are correct.

4. This will now turn black and be a break in the assignments, the rest of the assignments will automatically be pushed along.

How to delete a whole assignment set

1. To select a whole set, go to assignments, click heading 'Sets' on the right.

2. Click the drop down button and then 'delete'

Please note: You can only create assignment sets for Spelling Shed at the moment.

Please see video link below to see how to create assignment sets in more detail: