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Time and Task Targets
Time Target
Happy Numbers has a Weekly Time Target for each student that is set by default depending on the grade:
- Pre-Kindergarten: 30 minutes/week
- Kindergarten: 35 minutes/week
- Grades 1 and above: 45 minutes/week
These targets can be adjusted by the teacher for further differentiation.
According to our data, more than 75% of students take the full duration of their Weekly Time Target to complete the tasks in each pathway. Thus, when the Weekly Time Target is set appropriately, the average student can complete one pathway within a week. Keep in mind that the duration of the Weekly Time Target also affects how challenging the week feels: the higher the target, the more time students need to reach it and unlock Happy Games.
Time target and Assignments
The time a student spends working on assignments is taken into account in the Weekly Report's Time Target.
Task Target
The Weekly Task Target is the minimum number of tasks a student should complete each week. It is calculated individually based on the student’s current assignment and their Weekly Time Target. On average, students complete their Weekly Task Target within their Weekly Time Target. However, every student is different, and some may finish faster than others.
We recommend monitoring each student’s progress on both targets and adjusting them to match the student’s pace. This way, every student has a fair chance to reach their Weekly Targets and unlock Happy Games each week.
How Students Track Progress?
Once students complete their first task, a progress module appears in the header of their screen. The first time students see the progress module, Dino walks them through it with a short tutorial, so they know exactly what to aim for.
The module has two progress bars:
- Time (clock icon) shows how much of the Weekly Time Target the student has completed.
- Tasks (checklist icon) shows how much of the Weekly Task Target the student has completed.
The bars fill up independently as students work through their lessons, and they can be completed in any order.
The Games button sits between the two progress bars. While the bars are still filling up, the button stays locked. As soon as both bars reach 100%, the games unlock as a reward for the week. You can learn more in Happy Games for Grades PK, K, 1 and 2.
To see the details, students can hover over either progress bar on a computer or tap it on a tablet or phone. Either way, a tooltip shows how much time and how many tasks are left to reach their Weekly Targets.
The targets reset every Monday. The progress bars empty out, and students start the new week from zero.
Important point:
In some cases, the student account might lag behind the teacher account when it comes to displaying the time spent completing a task. In the student account, time is displayed only when the entire task is done. If a student starts a task and doesn’t finish it, those minutes will not be displayed (yet). However, when the student returns to this task again and finishes it, all of the time spent will be displayed. This time will be divided by days/weeks according to how long it took to complete the task.
In the teacher account, the time a student spent solving tasks is displayed in the teacher dashboard, even if the student hasn’t completed the task. Be aware that it might take up to 30 minutes for the teacher dashboard to reflect the most current progress.