CommonLit Digital Educator Experience
For educators on commonlit.org
CommonLit Sign-Up
- Why isn't my school-issued email accepted during sign up? How do I sign up?
- I cannot find my school in your system during sign up. Can you add my school?
- Can homeschool teachers, parents, guardians, and tutors sign up for CommonLit?
- Why does CommonLit want to know about my school’s level of technology?
- I want to bring CommonLit to my school. Are there any steps I need to take to authorize my teachers to create accounts prior to a professional development session?
- I sent a request to CommonLit and never heard back. What did I do wrong?
Teacher Account Management
- How can I update information on my account?
- Where can I update my profile information?
- How do I change my school?
- How do I change my preferred state standards?
- I did not receive my confirmation email — what should I do?
- What should I do if I have not received a reset password email?
The CommonLit Library
- Who can I contact about a mistake in a text or with suggestions for the library?
- How do I find texts?
- Do you offer Spanish texts?
- How can I browse the library by theme?
- How do I search for texts by book title?
- How can I use text sets in my classroom?
CommonLit's Text Features
- How do students annotate? Can students highlight and add notes or annotations to an assignment?
- How can I use CommonLit texts in my lessons?
- How can I use paired texts in my classroom?
- How can I use related media in my classroom?
- How can I use the discussion questions in my lesson?
- Which types of questions can students answer through the CommonLit platform?
Create and Manage Classes
- How do I prepare my classes for a new semester?
- All the Clever classes have long, similar names that are hard to tell apart. Can I change the name of a Clever class?
- Can I change the class owner of my shared class?
- Can I edit, archive, or delete my Clever classes in CommonLit at the end of the school year?
- How can I transfer or move students between classes? Can I transfer or move a student to a new class without losing their data?
- How do I add a co-teacher to my class or join a class as a co-teacher?
Student Account Creation
Managing Student Accounts
- My student had a name change. How do I ensure their name is changed throughout CommonLit, including their username?
- Can I merge duplicate student accounts imported from Clever and Google Classroom?
- Does CommonLit offer an offline mode?
- I removed a student from my class by accident. Can I add a removed student back to my class?
- My student has forgotten their password. What should I do?
- What do I do if my student cannot remember their username?
Google Classroom Integration
- Can I change the point value of a CommonLit lesson?
- How do I share my diagnostic to Google Classroom? Does CommonLit automatically post my Diagnostic?
- Is CommonLit integrated with Google Classroom?
- Does CommonLit provide materials to train or guide teachers on its Google Classroom integration?
- How can I import classes and students from Google Classroom?
- How do I add a new Google Classroom student?
Canvas Integration
- Quick Start Guide to Canvas
- How do I transfer ownership of a Canvas class?
- How do I unlink a Canvas assignment?
- Why can't I import my course sections from Canvas?
- Why can't I share my small group assignment to Canvas?
- I have a new student in my Canvas course. How do I sync my CommonLit class with my Canvas to add students to my class?
CommonLit Diagnostic
- Does CommonLit offer a diagnostic for the beginning of the year?
- How do I schedule a diagnostic?
- How should I administer the diagnostic?
- What does a diagnostic look like for students? Is there a student preview of the diagnostic?
- What kind of data will the CommonLit Diagnostic give me?
- How do I view and analyze diagnostic data?
Creating Assignments
- Can I customize which questions my students can answer?
- What is the difference between a Diagnostic, Formative, and Summative Assessment?
- How do I create an assignment?
- How do I assign a reading to a single student or small group of students?
- How do I share an assignment?
- How can I post and manage CommonLit assignments in Google Classroom?
Managing Assignments
- What do I do if a student needs to retake an assignment? Can I reset or unsubmit a student's assignment?
- How can I exempt students from a Diagnostic?
- How can I export assignment scores to my gradebook?
- How do I delete an assignment?
- How do my students complete an assignment?
- How can I edit an assignment?
Assessment Scoring
- Can I choose whether to show my students the correct answers when I release scores?
- How does the short answer grading scale work?
- Is there a rubric for grading short answer responses?
- How is the total score calculated, including part a/part b multiple choice questions and short answer questions? (Short Version)
- How are assignments scored? (Long Version)
- How many points are each multiple-choice and short-answer question worth?
Student Performance
- How can I view data of a student who was removed from my class or moved between classes?
- Can I download or print off individual student reports for an entire class at once?
- Can I track student performance across assignments or over time?
- Can I view individual student progress or performance reports?
- Can I print or export assignment and student performance data?
- Can I view or track data on student performance by standard?