Setting Stile for homework

Every lesson in Stile is self-paced and is scaffolded to ensure that every student is challenged at the appropriate level.

Stile Education
Sep 5, 2018 · 2 min read

There are a few key steps you can take to ensure you’re setting your students up for homework success!

The top three benefits of using Stile for homework are:

  • You can easily monitor who did their homework and when they did it.
  • Students can assist each other in the evening, while they’re working.
  • Students don’t need to take anything home with them. They can log on to Stile from home on any device available to them.
Setting homework: Facilitate discussion outside of class by enabling and monitoring Class Discussion

Before you set Stile for homework, we suggest you prepare by following the steps below:

  1. Read through the Stile lesson that you wish to set and decide which questions you want students to answer for homework. Either communicate to students which questions you want them to answer or simply delete any unwanted questions.
    Tip: We recommend using the “Introduction” news article for homework if you’re starting a new topic. It’s great for stimulating conversations with students over dinner with their parents.
  2. Set a due date for the homework in Stile. This will set a reminder on the students’ home screen. It will also show you which students hand in their homework late in the Markbook.
  3. Open the class discussion. This will allow students to ask each other questions and chat with each other in the evening in a safe, teacher-monitored environment.
Due date: Students will see a reminder on their homepage of upcoming due dates.

Lab safety notes

It’s always worth keeping an eye on the Class Discussion if you’ve opened it for homework. If students realise that you’re not looking at it then they may do the wrong thing. Keeping an eye on Class Discussion has other benefits too, such as providing insight into any peer teaching happening in your class.

This article is an excerpt of the Stile Guide. View and download the full Guide here or read another excerpt:
- Teaching with Stile in the classroom: a beginner’s guide
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Teaching with Stile in the classroom for experienced Stilists
- Conducting formative assessment with Stile
- Running a prac with Stile
- Running a test with Stile

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