>> Hi! I'm Sharmia Jones,
a Professional Learning Manager at Learning A-Z.
Today, I'm going to show off our fun student portals.
To view this feature, you'll want to navigate
to the Kids A-Z home screen.
Then, select your student's name and login with their password.
After signing in, you'll see one of two views
depending on the student's age,
a primary portal view with planets,
or intermediate portal view,
which shows off the student's supercool,
customizable avatar. Students can earn stars and badges
for their hard work within the portal.
To see an example of this for an intermediate student,
we'll click the Reading tab at the top
and then select "Reading Room." Hmm. What books should we read?
Whoa, a book on a furniture troll?
I'd freak out if my coffee table moved.
Let's see what that's about.
You'll see that doing any of these activities
will allow students to earn stars.
Let's start by reading this book.
Woo-hoo!
Look at all these stars we've earned.
I can't wait to buy a new shirt for my avatar!
But first, let's see how the portal is
a bit different in Vocabulary
A-Z, this time in the primary view,
and select the vocabulary planet.
From there, we can click on an assignment
the teacher has given us
and participate in a wide variety of resources.
Not only are there tools to annotate
and comprehend the text,
but there are loads of fun games as well!
Time to cash in on all those sweet stars we earned today!
Students use the stars they've earned from activities
to customize their avatars and decorate their rockets.
To see this in action, let's click on the Star Zone
icon from the Kids A-Z home page.
In the primary view, you'll locate the star
on the bottom right of the dashboard,
or if you're an intermediate student,
the Star Zone will be located on the top right.
We can choose between designing the avatar or the rocket.
Intermediate students can even choose different backgrounds.
Using the avatar builder,
students can make their avatar look just like them
or make something totally brand-new.
Everyone is an artist in the Star Zone.
Oh, look! There's the shirt I wanted.
Now, enough fun and games. Let's jump into some data.
Students can check their own progress
within Kids A-Z in the Stats area.
To access this data, visit the home page
and search for the Star Zone.
The My Stats button will be located on the left.
Here, students can look at their overall stats,
the badges they've collected from the books
they've read and stats about how much reading they've done.
Like baseball cards or stamps,
some may have a desire to collect them all.
In the intermediate view, click the three dots in the top right,
and select "All Stats" to see how far your students have come.
Thanks for joining us on this quick peek
at our student portals in Kids A-Z.
If you're curious and would like to see what we offer,
check us out at learninga-z.com to learn more.