Grades 2-5 | Getting Started with Derivita in Schoology

How to Use Derivita in your Schoology Course

Grades 2-5 Derivita content includes*:

• Screeners & Unit Assessments in the “Common Assessment” section
• Item Banks for each unit & grade under “Shared with Me” section. Item Bank questions are randomizable with feedback & worked solutions.  Learn more here.

This article will give you the step-by-step and video instructions for setting up each assessment type.

Assign a Screener or Unit Assessment: step-by-step video here

Step 1:  Navigate to Materials in the left-navigation menu of Schoology > Add Materials (near top center of page).

Step 2: Select Derivita in your Materials menu

A pop-up window will open to the Derivita Assignment Assembly area. Note: please disable your pop-up blocker for this site if the window doesn’t appear.

Step 3:  Once you access Derivita, you will see the Screeners and Unit Assessments under the Common Assessments section.

The assessments under “Common Assessments” are pre-built and already have Derivita settings applied to them (cannot add or subtract questions from them, single attempt per student, does not show results until after exam submission,  etc.).  Click on the assessment you want to select and you will see the problems appear in the right-hand window.

Step 4:  When you are ready to share a Common Assessment to Schoology, click the “SELECT ASSESSMENT” button in the upper right corner.

Step 5:  You will be taken back to your Schoology course and your assignment will appear at the bottom, titled by the default name of the assignment (e.g. “Unit 1 Unit Assessment”).  If you don’t want this assignment to show to students yet, click “Unpublish” under the gear icon. 

Click “Edit” under the gear icon to open the assignment settings window. 

Step 6: You must create Schoology assignment settings. Fill in:

Title  URL - should already be pre-filled in  Consumer Key - delete anything in this field. MUST BE BLANK Shared Secret - delete anything in this field. MUST BE BLANK. Important! Click checkbox next to Enable Grading (without the checkbox, your Derivita results won’t sync to the Schoology gradebook) Category (required by Schoology) - suggest creating a new category called Unit Assessments or Checkpoints) Due date (if desired) Points (if you wish to change the default points) Typically not needed.

Step 7:  Click “Save Changes.” Click gear icon next assignment & choose “Publish” (if you unpublished it earlier). 

Step 8:   One last step!  Adjust Assignment Settings in Derivita.

When does this have to be done?

1. If setting a Due Date in Schoology you must also set it in Derivita (or Derivita won't submit to Schoology at the due date or mark work as late)  
2. If you wish to turn on the Show Work prompt on a Common Assessment. 

Click on the assignment name in Schoology to open it in Derivita. Click the gear icon at top right > select “Exam Settings.” 

Make desired changes and click “Save” at top right.

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Create an assignment with Gr 2-5 Item Bank: step-by-step video here.

Item Bank questions are randomizable with feedback & worked solutions.  Learn more here.

Step 1:   Follow Steps 1 and 2 from the Common Assessment section above to initiate the assignment-creation process in Schoology.

Navigate to the “Shared with Me” section in Assignment Assembly and click the triangle next to the content you wish to assess in the Item Bank folder. 

Step 2:  Select the question(s) you wish to use by clicking the checkmark on the bottom-right corner of the question. Preview the question by clicking the 3-dots menu. You can even create a single assignment with questions from multiple different unit item banks if you wish!

Step 3:  When you are ready to share your Item Bank assignment to Schoology, click the “NEXT” button in the upper right corner.

Step 4: Title your assignment, make any necessary changes to the questions (re-order, add, delete or duplicate questions, etc.) and select “Create.”

Step 8:  Apply Derivita Assignment Settings. Video tutorial here: Derivita Assignment Settings

• Click on assignment name in Schoology to open it in Derivita
• Click gear icon at top right > select “Assignment, Quiz, or Exam Settings

Make desired changes and click “Save” at top right.

Congratulations! You did it! Now you are ready to revolutionize your math learning experience!  If you run into any issues, or have any questions, please don’t hesitate to reach out to us at support@derivita.com. 

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Best Practices and Additional Resources 

Now that you have accessed Derivita through Schoology, below you will find some additional getting started information and resources on how to use Derivita. 

Video Guide Showcase for Grades 2-5 - everything you need to know to get started.

Derivita Support Site:  https://support.derivita.com/

Derivita Tech Support Email: support@derivita.com 

Derivita Reporting Dashboard: Teachers access through the 3-dots menu (top-right) in any Derivita assignment (from the assignment’s Educator Dashboard overview page). Select Item Analysis to go directly to analytics for that individual assignment or “Course Analysis'' to see the entire analytics dashboard for your course.

How to Engage Your Students with SpotCheck: 

https://vimeo.com/showcase/11010909/video/916846194

Assignment Accommodations:

• How to Provide Retakes and Make-ups on Common Assessments 
• How do I set/reset due dates?
• How to collect unsubmitted exams