Educators with IXL licenses now have access to IXL's Spark Studio. It is the new creative, AI-powered workspace for teachers.
With Spark Studio teachers can create:
- Lesson plans
- Fun activities
- Worksheets
- Scaffolding ideas
- Jeopardy game boards
- Translated resources
- And much more!
To learn more about Spark Studio, please click this link to watch a short video:
To utilize Spark Studio through IXL, please follow these directions:
1. Log into Schoology and click on the IXL tab on the left side bar of your Schoology Course.
2. Click on Learning.
3. Click the My IXL tab in the top navigation menu and then click on Spark Studio in the lower right-hand corner.
4. Once Spark Studio opens in a new window, you have two ways of creating resources. You can enter a prompt of what you want it to create in the search bar and click the blue arrows to generate it.
Or you can select from various predetermined resource options, enter the information it asks for, and then click Generate. You can refine, edit, and regenerate as needed.
*Please do not enter any personally identifiable information, including student names.
5. Depending on the resource you are creating, you may have options of what to click next. Most resources you can copy by clicking the icon with two squares and then paste into another program such as Microsoft Word or Canva. Or you can click the print icon to print it. If you want to save it as a PDF, click the print icon and then select Save as PDF as your printer.
* Do not select the Google icon. IXL is not connected to Google, so this option will not be approved.
Resources such as Jeopardy, will allow you to launch the game by clicking the Launch game button.
You can play the game with the whole class or click Share to get a link you can post in Schoology.
6. At the bottom of the generated resource, you will also see Follow-up actions which will suggest other activities you can try. Simply click on an option to generate the selected resource.