The Awards Tab

The Awards tab is a place where students can begin their journey to math success.

Here, students can track their prizes and take on challenges in a fun way that makes practicing math as good as any game. The main feature is the gameboard, where challenges are presented and prizes revealed. Each grade level has a different theme, and the gameboards are individualized, meaning no two students will have the same gameboard!

Parents and teachers can use the Awards tab to view student awards and current challenges. They cannot reveal new prizes.

The Awards tab also displays a summary of student accomplishments alongside the gameboard.

Viewing the gameboard

To view the gameboard, select the appropriate grade. Parents with more than one child, and teachers, must also select a student.

Note: You can choose to view all grades, which is useful if a student has completed work in more than one grade in IXL. In this case, IXL will display a summary of accomplishments, but no gameboard.

For a description of the gameboard square types and challenge types, see the sections below.

The gameboard displays all prizes that have already been earned and all squares won but not yet revealed. If you are a student, you can reveal these new prizes by clicking on the squares. You can also view all current challenges by holding your mouse over an unlocked square. IXL will display the challenge in a pop-up, along with a link to the related math practice, where appropriate.

Gameboard squares

The gameboard displays the following kinds of squares:

Blank - The square is locked. The student cannot see it or see the challenge associated with it yet. Locked squares transform into unlocked squares as students progress.
Question mark - The square is unlocked and you can view the challenge by holding your mouse over it. IXL presents students with several different types of challenges, including those based on skills mastery, system usage, and level of difficulty. For more information, see the section below.
Highlighted - The student has successfully completed the challenge associated with the square and can click on it to reveal the prize. Prizes are special icons that are part of the theme for the selected grade level.
Bonus - Some squares are offered as bonus prizes. You can click on them to reveal the prize, as you would for a highlighted square. Bonus squares are displayed randomly when you complete another challenge on your gameboard.
Prize icon - The student has successfully completed the challenge associated with the square and has already revealed the prize.

Challenge types

As mentioned above, IXL designs challenges based on several factors, including the following:

Mastery of a specific number of skills.
Time spent practicing math with IXL.
Completion of certain quantities of problems.
Completion of rows and columns on the gameboard.
Mastery of multiple skills in a specific category.
Mastery of several specific skills.

Cool feature!

Students can choose to use one of their prize icons as their profile icon, which will appear beside their username at the top-right of the screen. And it's really easy to set up. Just go to the Awards tab and choose a prize icon, then click and drag it to the upper-right area of the screen where your username is displayed. When you release the mouse button, IXL sets the prize icon you selected as your new profile icon.

Note: If your account is part of a family membership, you can also select a profile icon from the IXL gallery, or upload one, in the Profiles window. However, you cannot select a prize icon in that window.

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If you still have questions, contact us at 877-282-4400 x2, or e-mail your question to help@ixl.com.