Family Profiles and Settings

In the Profiles and settings window, parents can manage membership information, parent and child profiles, and settings that customize the appearance and behavior of the system for children when they practice math. Children can only edit their own account settings.

Membership Information

To enter or update your membership information, follow these steps:

Enter or verify your name.

If necessary, change your password.
Enter or verify your e-mail address.
Select or verify your state or province, and country. If you reside outside of the U.S. or Canada, leave the state or province information blank.

Note: IXL uses your location information to align skills to your state's standards. For more information, see State Standards.

If you want to create or edit parent or child profiles or change your settings, continue with the sections below. Otherwise, click Submit.

Parent Profile

To enter or update your parent profile and user settings, follow these steps:

Enter or verify your screen name.
If necessary, select or upload an icon.

To choose one from IXL, select Select from library and click on the icon you want. Scroll to the right using the arrow to view additional icons.
To upload an icon, select Upload your own and enter the full path and file name or browse for the appropriate graphic file on your computer.

If necessary, enter a secret word.

Whereas all family members using IXL need to sign in with the same username and password, you can set a unique secret word for each parent and child account. With a secret word, you can prevent children from accessing the membership settings available in a parent account or from running reports on their brothers and sisters! When signing in, you will need to enter the secret word.

If you want to create or edit a child profile or change your settings, continue with the sections below. Otherwise, click Submit.

Child Profile

To enter or update child profile information and settings, follow these steps:

Enter or verify the child's first name.
If necessary, select or upload an icon.

To select one from IXL, select the Select from library option and click on the icon you want. Scroll to the right using the arrow to view additional icons.
To upload an icon, select the Upload your own option and enter the full path and file name or browse for the appropriate graphic file on your computer.

If necessary, enter a secret word.

Whereas all family members using IXL need to sign in with the same username and password, the secret word is associated with the individual user. With a secret word, each child can keep their work private from other children in the family. When signing in, you will need to enter the secret word.

(Parents only) If you want to change your practice settings, continue with the section below.
To save your changes and close the window, click Submit.

Once a child has begun practicing math and has won prizes, they have the option to use one of their prize icons as their profile icon. For more information, see Earning Awards.

Settings

To enter or update your practice settings, follow these steps:

Select your time zone.
If you want to receive automated reports from IXL via e-mail, providing you with updates on your child’s progress without the need to sign in each week, select the Receive report e-mails check box.

If you want to hide grade level titles on all screens, select Hide grade levels.

When you select this option, IXL replaces the grade level titles as follows:

Pre-K is displayed as Level A.
Kindergarten is displayed as Level B.
First grade is displayed as Level C.
Second grade is displayed as Level D.
Third grade is displayed as Level E.
Fourth grade is displayed as Level F.
Fifth grade is displayed as Level G.
Sixth grade is displayed as Level H.
Seventh grade is displayed as Level I.
Eighth grade is displayed as Level J.
Algebra is displayed as Level K.

Note: Users must go to www.ixl.com/signin to sign in to IXL, when you want to hide grade level titles. Otherwise, if users go to the main IXL page, they will see the grade level titles.

If you want to suppress the timer from displaying while your child practices, select the Hide timer check box.

IXL will hide the timer for all children in your membership. Note that IXL still tracks the amount of time your child spends practicing, but the information is not visible to him or her.

If you want to hide the skill menu in the left pane for all screens while children are practicing, select the Hide skill menu check box.

IXL will hide this menu for all children in your membership.

Click Submit to save your information.