What types of content can I assign to my students?

Khan Academy offers a wide range of educational content for your students. The content is organized into courses, which are based on specific subjects and include a variety of material.

Courses then are organized in the below structure: 

1. Courses consist of units and the Course Challenge
2. Units are comprised of lessons and quizzes
3. Lessons are comprised of a mix of articles, videos and practice exercises  

Teachers have  3 categories of tasks they can have their students work on: 

1. Mastery Goals: 
   • Course Mastery Goals and Unit Mastery Goals are longer-term options for teachers who would like their students to work towards mastering all skills in a course or a particular unit in that course. 
   • Teachers can monitor their students’ understanding and Mastery level as they complete the exercises, quizzes, course challenge, and Mastery challenge in the Khan Academy course. 
   • Related resource: How do I create Course or Unit Mastery Goals for my students? 
2. Assignments: 
   • These are one-off tasks designed for students to complete a specific piece of Khan Academy content in a course.
   • Teachers can choose to assign any of the following types of content from a Khan Academy course: article, video, exercise, quiz, unit test, or course challenge. 
     • Course challenges are 30 questions long and cover all the skills from across the entire course, so can be helpful to gauge students’ level of understanding at a broader level
     • Unit tests are a minimum of 9 questions long and cover all the skills in a unit, so can be helpful if students are working towards a Unit mastery goal
     • Quizzes are a minimum of 5 questions long and cover the skills in a particular lesson 
     • Practice exercises are 4-7 questions long and cover a select group of skills in a lesson 
   • Related resource: How do I create assignments?
3.  Khanmigo Activities:

• Teachers whose students have Khanmigo through a Khan Academy Districts partnership can assign them specific Khanmigo activities to work on.
• The below Khanmigo activities are assignable: 

• • Tutor Me: Math and Science
  • Tutor Me: Humanities
  • Refresh: Practice my Knowledge
  • Extra: Ignite my curiosity
  • Chat: Literary characters
  • Chat: Historical figures

• To learn more about assigning Khanmigo Activities, check out this article: Can I assign Khanmigo Activities to my students?  

We encourage you to find a classroom routine that utilizes these assignment options to best meet your student’s learning goals.

If you would like more information about Khan Academy's Teacher Tools, please check out the below resources: 

• Khan Academy Help Center: Teacher Resources 
• Khan for Educators Course 
• What teacher tools are available on Khanmigo?

For additional guidance, please reach out to our support team here! We are happy to help.