Features for Teachers
How to set a quiz from Quiz Shed as an assignment
Go to the 'assignments' section of the website. 1. Click ' Create' and select 'Single assignment'. 2. Select QuizShed Quiz and select/ search the quiz you wish to assign either by a key word or quiz code. 3. Then add the pupils you would like to give ...
How to set a SPaG quiz
1. Go to the 'Assignments' page from the left hand menu on the EdShed homepage. From here, click on the button on the right hand side of the page which says '+ Create'. 2. This will show a dropdown with two options, to create one assignment you need ...
How to find and use the 'Rewards' feature in EdShed
1. Go to the 'Groups' page. 2. Click the 'Rewards' tab. 3. You can then give pupils points for good behaviour or deduct those for poor behaviour. There is also the option of creating table groups, to make it easier to give groups of pupils points. ...
How to see individual pupil data in Phonics Shed
Go to the 'Groups' section in Phonics Shed. 1. Click 'details' next to your group. 2. Then click on the pupil's avatar. 3. Select Phonics Shed data and here you can see their assessment information, as well as their gameplay history. See the video ...
How to use the Phonics Shed assessment tool
Go to the 'Groups' page in EdShed. 1. Select 'details' next to the group with the pupils you want to assess. 2. Click 'Phonics Data'. 3. Then you will see the button to 'Launch assessment session'. Follow the instructions on screen. For a tutorial ...
How to set a Phonics Shed assignment
Go to the 'assignments' section of the website. 1. Click ' Create' and select 'Single assignment'. 2. Select the type of assignment you want to set - either Phonics Shed Game or Phonics Shed Book 3. Choose whether you would like to 'limit options' ...
Curriculum Competence Tracker
Our new feature, 'Competence Tracker', shows your pupils’ competence in each curriculum objective for Maths, SPaG and Spelling. Pupil competence on each objective is displayed in an easy to interpret reporting dashboard. How does it work? Each of our ...
Certificates and images for displays
There are downloadable PDF documents for Spelling and MathShed including certificates and display materials, they can be found via the links below: MathShed Resources Spelling Shed Resources
Spelling Scheme Progression
From the main menu of the game, select "More Lists", then choose the "Scheme/Curriculum" tab. When you choose a stage you will now see a large "Currently Playing" block at the top and the rest of the lists below. You will also notice that they all ...
How to create a custom league
Custom leagues are used to see data from a chosen group of pupils. This can include pupils from multiple groups or classes and even teachers. Custom leagues can be based on their scores, amount of games played or total number of correct answers they ...
How to start a Hive Game
1. Click on 'Hive games' from the left hand menu on the EdShed homepage or click the red button on the EdShed homepage. Alternatively, you can access this through Spelling Shed > System > Hive Games. 2. Then click '+ Create Hive'. 3. Choose the word ...
How to set a single assignment
Assignments can be created for Spelling Shed, MathShed and QuizShed as long as you have the relevant subscription. To create a single assignment (one assignment) 1. Go to the 'Assignments' page from the menu on the EdShed homepage. From here, click ...
Scoring, Honeypots and How to Reward Children
We have several different ways of scoring on Spelling Shed and MathShed: Shed Score This is the main score used for leagues and is the total score from the past seven days. This may go down as well as up. It is rolling total which is calculated live ...
How to create a quiz
Creating a quiz 1. Go to Quizshed, click 'My Quizzes' 2. Click ‘Create new quiz’ 3. Pick the theme: Maths, Spelling or Quiz Shed 4. Add a title, description, picture 5. Add the intro content - which will be shown when the quiz is selected 6. Attach ...
How to share your spelling lists with other teachers
This is also known as setting it as a 'favourite list' 1. Go into ‘Word Lists’, then select ‘Your Lists’ in the tab at the top. 2. Find the list you want to share and click the blue ‘Details’ button. 3. At the top there is a button called ‘Set ...
How to create your own spelling list and share with other teachers
1. To create your own spelling list, first make sure you are in the main home screen and then select the 'Spelling Shed' logo on the EdShed homepage. 2. You will find wordlists on the tabs between 'Data' and 'SPaG' tabs. 3. Once you have clicked on ...
What are Challenges?
Challenges are similar to Custom Leagues but they are open to children to create and invite their friends to set up and play games with. Unlike Hive games, you can edit the amount of time you have to play the games, pupils don't all have to play at ...
How to change pupil passwords
To reset an individual pupil's password: 1. Visit the pupil's Pupil Details page. 2. Click the 'change' padlock icon button icon in the top right of the box in the Pupil Details screen. 3. Enter a new password or click “Generate Random” To reset ...
Different pupil names showing
You may notice that pupils appear with different display names on the school and class league tables. This is a safeguarding feature we have put in place so that pupils' real names cannot be seen when our products are used outside of the classroom. ...
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 ...
How to make lists available to pupils.
In addition to pupils' own lists, they can view any lists that have been set as favourite. Teachers can favourite any lists they choose or create for pupils e.g. topic vocabulary or HFW practice. 1. Go to the Main Account Home Page, click the yellow ...
How to print pupil passwords.
When you see a yellow 'Login Details' button next to the padlock icon, you can click to print the pupil login details sheet. These can then be stuck into pupils' books etc and the QR code can be scanned in our app to give an immediate and easy ...
How to add a group
Groups can be used for whole classes or for smaller pupil groupings. Pupils can be in as many groups as you want. 1. Click on the 'groups' section in the side menu of the Account Homepage. 2. Click the “+ Add Group” button in the top right. 3. Enter ...