Hiding and Restoring Activities

For a variety of reasons, teachers and administrators may choose to limit the number of activities students are required to engage in while they are in either the addition and subtraction or the multiplication and division learning mode of MathFactLab. Educators may decide that some of the activities are more effective for their students than others. They might also feel that they need to limit the number of activities so their students can progress more quickly through the levels. Within a class, there may be a need for differentiating MathFactLab activities so that students receive the practice best suited to their needs.

The option to hide or show activities is available only at the basic levels of both learning modes. Activities at the Advanced and Challenge levels cannot be hidden.

Activities can be hidden from individual students or multiple students. When activities are hidden, they remain hidden for all levels unless that option is modified

Exceptions

For the Addition and Subtraction Learning Mode:

To help our kindergarteners and first graders, by default, ten frames are the only model shown to them. You, of course, may unhide the other addition/subtraction models to provide them with a wider range of options.
For students in second grade and up, by default, all five activities are activated: beads, ten frames, double-bar diagrams, missing addend, and find the difference are available. As many as four activities can be hidden, but Ten Frames are always active; any or all of the other four may be hidden.

For the Multiplication and Division Learning Mode:

Teachers can only hide three of the activities in the multiplication/division learning mode: number lines, area models, and the fingers trick (for the times 9 problems).

Teachers or administrators must click on Save for changes to the activities to take effect. Students may need to refresh their screens if changes are made while they are working.

The screenshots below show a teacher's dashboard, but the steps are identical for administrators.

Steps for hiding activities for an individual student
Showing activities that have been hidden for individual students
Steps for hiding activities for multiple students
Showing activities that have been hidden for multiple students
Examples of students' screens when activities are hidden

Steps for hiding activities for an individual student:

Start on the Students tab. You can use either the Informative or Performance view.
Click on the edit icon for the student you wish to modify.

Locate the 'Show/Hide Basic +/- Activities' and/or the 'Show/Hide Basic x/÷ Activities' section at the bottom of the window and click on the 'x' next to any of the activities you wish to hide.
Click on the Save button.

Student examples

This screenshot illustrates what students are required to complete at this level when their teacher has left all activities available.

Working at the same level, the screenshot below shows the student's screen when the teacher has hidden three types of activities.

Showing activities that have been hidden for individual students

Start on the Students tab. You can use either the Informative or Performance view.
Click on the edit icon for the student you wish to modify.

Locate the 'Show/Hide Basic +/- Activities' and/or the 'Show/Hide Basic x/÷ Activities' section at the bottom of the window and click on the drop-down menu, and locate the activities you wish to show. Any activities with an X next to them are still active. The others in the drop-down menu are currently hidden from the students.

Select the activities from the drop-down menu you now wish to show the student.
Make sure you click on the Save button.

Steps for hiding activities for multiple students:

Start on the Students tab. You can use either the Informative or Performance view.
Select the students you wish to change by clicking on their check boxes.
Click on the 'Group Edit' button.

Locate the 'Show/Hide Basic +/- Activities' and/or the 'Show/Hide Basic x/÷ Activities' section and click on the 'x' next to any of the activities you wish to hide.
Click on the Save button.

Restoring activities that have been hidden for multiple students

Start on the Students tab. You can use either the Informative or Performance view.
Select the students you wish to change by clicking on their check boxes.
Click on the 'Group Edit' button.

Locate the 'Show/Hide Basic +/- Activities' and/or the 'Show/Hide Basic x/÷ Activities' section and click on the drop-down menu. In that menu, you will see all the activities you have the option to hide or show. Any that you now want to show, leave them with a green checkmark in the drop-down. Any that you want to remain hidden, click on the X next to the name.
Click on the Save button.