By default, News2you Current Issues, Communication Boards, Joey’s Locker and Today’s Weather are automatically assigned to students when they are seated in News2you. The auto-assignment can be customized per student and turned off individually as desired to allow for manual assignment from the My Students page instead. Service providers have the option to turn on auto-assignment of Breaking News as well. Please note that some Breaking News articles may address sensitive topics. Review Breaking News daily and update assignments as desired.
When students sign in, they can use the menu to navigate to News2you.
Students will have the option to interact with the Current Issue, Communication Board, Joey's Locker, Breaking News and Today's Weather. The Current Issue and Breaking News will be provided at their differentiated level based on their News2you View Settings.
Activities, Class News and Holidays are not currently available through Student View but can be incorporated into the lesson plan through teacher-led activities.
To Assign News2you to Individual or Groups of Students Manually:
- Navigate to My Students under My Account.
- Select Add Assignment(s) in the upper right corner of the page.
- Select the desired content type from the drop-down menu.
- Select the Add button next to the desired content.
- Pro Tip: You can use the filters at the top to narrow your results and select multiple content during this step.
- Select the desired students or whole classroom in the Assign To drop-down menu.
- Pro Tip: Content that is grade band specific can only be assigned to students in that grade band.
- Set the desired start and end dates.
- Select the Assign as Homework toggle if desired.
- Select the Add button.
To Assign/Unassign News2you Automatically:
- Navigate to My Students under My Account.
- Select the settings icon by the desired student.
- Use the arrow to expand the Solution Settings.
- Expand the News2you settings.
- Pro Tip: If News2you is not an option, you need to seat your student to give them access.
- Update settings for each individual student by clicking on the student’s name and customizing their settings. You can adjust the student’s level and which activities they have access to in News2you.
