What is a lesson sequence?

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Lessons are interactive, fully digital, and turn-key. Built-in curriculum and reflective activities help your students build durable skills and knowledge employers value. Most lessons have prerequisite activities that students must complete in Xello before they can begin the lesson, like saving careers, completing assessments, or adding experiences. By automatically bringing in students’ own saved careers, colleges, and interests, lessons provide a completely personalised, seamless, and relevant learning experience.

For a quick overview of Xello's built-in Lessons, check out this short video:

Introduction to Lessons 2:45

Xello provides a recommended year for each built-in, interactive lesson based on the topic area and the complexity of the content. Like other Completion Standards tasks, you can assign a lesson to another year, or shift the order of lesson tasks based on your school, college, or trust's goals and objectives.

You can also Create a custom lesson for additional learning objectives and activities not covered by Xello’s interactive lessons. Like Xello’s built-in Lesson, custom lessons can also have prerequisite activities to ensure that students are completing the work you want them to.

If you’re looking for year-to-year recommendations for Xello’s Lessons and activities check out these scope and sequence recommendations below.These guides outline how to use Xello in varying implementations.

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  • pdfPDF
    PDFRecommended scope and sequence for weekly activities

    This guide outlines a sequence of tasks that can easily be adapted for a weekly 30-minute advisory programme or class activity where Xello will be used approximately half of the instructional time.

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    PDFXello recommended scope and sequence for monthly activities

    This guide outlines a sequence of tasks that can easily be adapted for 10 monthly 20-minute sessions where Xello will be used to address post-secondary preparedness and planning.

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How students access lessons

For students, assigned Lessons will show on their dashboard in their To-do list. The dashboard is the first page they see when they log in to Xello. Lessons that are not required will be marked as “Optional”. Once a student starts a lesson, a percentage progress counter shows students how far they’ve come so they know what they have left to do.

Students can access lessons from previous years, including optional lessons and completed lessons, by opening Home and clicking Lessons.

Student dashboard in Xello. The Home menu is open and the cursor is selecting Lessons

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Additional resources

Check out these resources to learn more about Xello's built-in, interactive lessons and how to deliver them in the classroom.

  • docGoogle Doc
    Google DocXello classroom delivery guide

    Make a copy and edit this guide to simplify your experience with delivering assigned Completion Standards tasks. Links to supporting resources and lesson plans provide everything you need.

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  • xello resourceXello Resource
    Xello ResourceIntegrated Lessons in XelloUse this walkthrough to explore how Xello's interactive Lessons helps students build critical skills and knowledge for real-world success while encouraging ongoing reflection.
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    Recorded webinarAll about Lessons

    Xello's lessons are interactive, engaging activities designed to arm students with the necessary tools for the future. Check out this session if you're looking to enrich your curriculum with Xello's built-in lessons.