Platform Quick Start
Use this guide when you need help navigating the platform, finding your class, adding a course, checking student access, monitoring student work, or understanding optional pacing controls.
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Platform Overview
The 220 Platform is where teachers manage classes, courses, assignments, and reports.
Students use the same platform to open assigned work, complete lessons, and submit responses.
Most teacher work happens in five main areas:
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Classes
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Library
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Assignments
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Reports
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Support
Start with Classes.
Classes is your main home base for opening your class, checking your roster, and accessing the course assigned to that class.
Classes
Classes is where most day-to-day teacher work begins.
Each class card represents one class or group.
Classes may be created manually or synced through your school system, roster sync, or integration.
Inside a class, you can:
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Add a course to your class
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Open the course assigned to that class
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View the roster
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Check assignments
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Review student progress
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Access class settings when needed
If your school is using an integration, roster sync, or connected school system, your classes and students may appear automatically.
If you are not sure how your classes will be set up, do not create a class manually yet.
Confirm with your school or district technology team, implementation lead, or administrator before creating a class.
Library
Library is where you find the 220 courses your school has access to.
Use Library when you need to add a course to a class.
In most cases, you will:
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Open Library
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Find the correct 220 course
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Add the course to your class
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Return to Classes to manage student access and progress
You may also be able to access course options from inside a class.
Only add the course your school or program is using.
If you are not sure which course to add, confirm with your implementation lead or administrator before assigning content to students.
Assignments
Assignments is where you monitor assigned work, review submissions, and check student progress.
Use Assignments to see what students have completed and what still needs attention.
Depending on the course, student work may include:
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Reflections
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Quizzes
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Projects
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Presentations
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Workbook or artifact submissions
For most courses, focus on checking whether students are making progress and whether their responses show clear thinking.
You do not need to grade every activity unless your school or program requires it.
How assignments and the gradebook fill in
Every 220 course is already assigned to your students when they are enrolled. You do not need to assign lessons.
A student appears on an assignment in the gradebook only after that student starts it. Students who have not started yet may not show on that assignment.
To see your whole class at once, use the Course Report. The gradebook fills in student by student as they begin. The Course Report shows your full roster and where each student is. See Reports .
If you want to see every student before they start, use the Course Report, not the gradebook.
Reading a reflection? Give Full Credit before you leave
When you open a student's reflection or open response only to read it, click Give Full Credit before you move on.
If you leave without a score, the platform saves a 0, and that 0 counts. This is the grading step teachers miss most.
Reports
Reports help you track student progress, completion, and usage.
Reports may include course progress reports and standards reports when available.
Course Report
For most teachers, the Course Report is the main place to check student activity and progress. It shows your full class, so use it when the gradebook looks empty early on.
Standards Report
Standards Reports may be available on some standards-aligned courses.
Use Reports when you need a broader view across students or classes.
Reports may help you answer questions like:
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Which students are making progress?
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Which students are behind?
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Which activities or assignments have been completed?
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How much time or usage is visible for this class?
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What course progress is available for this class?
Reports may vary based on your school setup, course type, and reporting permissions.
If you do not see the report you expected, use Support or contact your implementation lead.
Support
Support opens the Help Center.
The Help Center is where you can find help articles, FAQs, platform guidance and ways to contact the 220 team.
Use Support when:
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You cannot find your class
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Students cannot access the course
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A student is missing from the roster
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A course was added incorrectly
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An assignment or submission is not working as expected
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You are not sure what to do next
Student Access and Pacing Controls
Most 220 courses are designed so students can begin without teachers manually assigning every lesson.
In the default setup, students can open the course, see available lessons, and start working.
Do not assign lessons yourself
Your 220 courses are set to self-paced by default. Lessons and assignments are already assigned, so students can open the course and start on their own.
Do not use the Assign button on a lesson that is already open to students. Assigning a lesson that is already there creates a second copy for any student who already started it. This is the most common cause of duplicate assignments.
To control pace, hide and unhide lessons instead of assigning them. See the pacing controls below.
If you see a student listed twice on one assignment, it is usually a second attempt, or a lesson that was assigned on top of one already in progress.
Tell students to click Continue, not Start
If a student already began a lesson, they should click Continue when they come back to it.
Clicking Start again begins a new attempt and can add another line for that student in the gradebook.
Optional pacing controls
Teachers may still have pacing controls depending on the course setup.
If enabled, teachers may be able to:
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hide a lesson or resource from students
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show a hidden lesson or resource again
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adjust the number of days students have to complete a lesson
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change a due date or pacing expectation
Use these controls only when your class needs tighter pacing.
If your students are ready to work independently, you do not need to change pacing settings.
Keep two settings on their defaults:
Pacing is set to student-paced. Do not switch to teacher-paced unless your implementation lead tells you to, because teacher-paced means you must assign each lesson yourself.
Attempts are set to one on lessons and reflections on purpose, to stop duplicate copies. If a student needs another try, use Reassign or Unsubmit in the gradebook, or contact Support.
View assignments in a specific lesson or assessment
Click on the calendar icon to view the available assignments within a lesson or assessment.
Adjust pacing, visibility, and number of days
You can hover over the icons of the person walking, the eye, or the circular arrow to view the pacing, visibility, and settings for that specific lesson or assessment.
If you click on any of these icons, you may see a pop-up that allows you to adjust some of these settings.
Default duration note:
A lesson duration applies to that specific lesson after a student starts it. It does not close the entire course.
If a lesson closes because the duration has passed, the teacher may be able to reopen or adjust the lesson depending on setup.
If you are not sure whether to change pacing, leave the default settings in place and contact Support or your implementation lead.
Setting Up Your Class
There are two main ways classes may be set up.
Option 1: Integration, roster sync, or connected school system
Most schools use this setup. If your school is using an integration, roster sync, or connected school system, your classes and students appear automatically.
You will go to your class and add the correct 220 course. That is the whole setup.
Do not create a manual class unless your school or district has told you to do so.
Option 2: Manual class setup and self-registration
Only a small number of schools use manual setup. If your school or program has told you to create and roster your class by hand, follow the separate step-by-step guide.
Open the Manual Setup and Self-Registration guide for how to confirm your profile, create your class, add the course, share access codes, and enroll students and co-teachers.
Use manual setup only if your organization has confirmed that you should create and roster your class yourself. If you are not sure, contact your implementation lead or administrator before creating a class.
Confirming Student Access
Before students begin working, confirm that they can access the correct class and course.
Check that:
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The correct course is added to the class
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The roster looks correct
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Students know how to log in
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Students can open the assigned course
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Students can find their first activity or module
If students are using an access code, confirm they are joining the correct class.
If your school uses an integration, roster sync, or connected school system, wait for the roster to sync before creating manual workarounds.
If a student is missing, use Support or contact your school technology team.
Running Your Class
Once your class is set up, your regular workflow is simple.
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Start in Classes.
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Open your class.
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Check student progress.
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Use Assignments to monitor work and submissions.
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Use Reports when you need a broader progress view.
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Use Support when something does not work as expected.
For course instruction, use the Teacher Playbook and any Teaching Guides provided inside the course.
A simple weekly workflow:
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Check which students are active
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Identify students who are behind
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Review key assignments or submissions
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Follow up with students who need support
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Use the Teacher Playbook or Teaching Guide for course-specific guidance
You do not need to manage every click students make.
Focus on progress, access, and the quality of student work.
Common Issues
I cannot find my class
If your school uses an integration, roster sync, or connected school system, your class may not have synced yet.
Do not create a manual class unless your school or district has told you to.
Confirm with your school technology team, implementation lead, or administrator.
A student is missing from my roster
If your school uses an integration or roster sync, check whether the student is correctly enrolled in your school system.
If your school uses manual setup, confirm the student joined the correct class using the correct access code.
A student cannot access the course
Confirm that the correct course has been added to the class.
Confirm that the student is in the correct class.
If the issue continues, use Support.
A student needs to retake a quiz
Do not change the assignment status to Not Started. That does not reopen the quiz.
Open the gradebook, hover over the student's submission date, and select Reassign.
If a student ran out of time and did not finish, select Unsubmit so they can keep working.
I see duplicate assignments in Google Classroom
Do not delete the duplicates inside Google Classroom. Deleting them there can create more copies.
Leave them in place and contact Support. If a duplicate needs to be removed, our team removes it on the 220 side so the change holds.
If your district connects through Canvas or another school system, check with Support before using the Google Connect button. Using it on top of your school system can create duplicate assignments.
I added the wrong course
Do not continue assigning work from the wrong course.
If the correct course is available in your Library, add it to the class before students continue.
If you need to remove the course from your class, open the class and select the "Remove" button on the course that needs to be removed.
Contact Support or your implementation lead if you need more help.
Students cannot find an assignment
Confirm they are in the correct class and course.
Check the assignment location, date, and settings.
Use Support if the assignment is not appearing as expected.
I am not sure whether to use integration setup or manual setup
Do not create a class manually yet.
Confirm with your school or district technology team, implementation lead, or administrator before creating a class.