Lessons are the heart of every course. Each one is a short reading or video, and a handful of them make up a section. This article walks you through the lesson page: reading, listening with read aloud, moving to the next lesson, and using lessons on a phone.
Open a lesson
Go to Curriculum > Courses and open your course.
Click Resume learning on the Up next card, or open a unit in the Course outline and click a section.
The lesson opens, with a list of the unit's lessons beside it.
You can also open a lesson from an assignment. Clicking a section on your Assignments page takes you to its first lesson.
What's on the lesson page
The lesson list
The panel on the left belongs to the unit you're in. At the top you'll see Back to course, the unit number and name, and a bar showing how many of the unit's lessons and quizzes you've finished (for example, "12 of 40").
Below that, each section of the unit is listed. Click a section to open it and see what's inside:
Its lessons, in order. Your current lesson is highlighted, and finished lessons get a green check.
The Section quiz, marked with a small QUIZ tag.
A lock means you can't open that item yet. Hold your pointer over it to see why:
"Complete previous lessons to unlock": lessons open one at a time. Finish the one before it first.
"Complete all lessons to unlock the quiz": the quiz opens once every lesson in that section is done.
"Your teacher hasn't opened this section yet": your teacher will open it when the class gets there.
The lesson itself
Above the lesson you'll see the section name, which lesson you're on (for example, "LESSON 2 OF 5") and a green Completed tag if you've already finished it. Most lessons are a reading. Some are a video. Many readings include graphics, and some have interactive graphics with sliders and buttons you can try, so you can see how the numbers change when you change one thing.
On a small screen, a graphic can look tiny. Tap or click it to see it larger. On a phone, the enlarged view has a Zoom in button that shows the graphic at full size so you can move around it, and Fit to screen to shrink it back.
Listen with read aloud
Every reading lesson has two buttons at the top: Read aloud and Stop.
Click Read aloud. Your device reads the lesson out loud and highlights each word as it goes, so you can follow along.
Click Stop whenever you want it to stop. Click Read aloud again to start over from the top.
Read aloud uses the voice built into your browser. If you see "Text-to-speech is not supported in this browser.", try a current version of Chrome, Edge or Safari. If nothing happens, check that your sound is on and not muted. Headphones help in a busy classroom.
Finish a lesson and move on
At the bottom of each lesson are the buttons that move you through the section.
When you've read the whole lesson, click Complete & continue. This marks the lesson finished and opens the next one.
If you've already finished a lesson, the button says Next instead.
Click Back to return to the lesson before.
On the last lesson of a section, the button changes to Start Quiz. Clicking it marks that lesson finished and opens the section quiz. See Taking a quiz.
Your progress saves the moment you finish a lesson. You can close the page at any time and pick up later with Resume learning on the course page.
Lessons on a phone
On a phone, the lesson list starts closed so the reading gets the whole screen.
Tap the small panel button at the top left of the screen to open the lesson list.
Tap a lesson to open it. The list closes by itself.
To close the list without picking anything, tap the darker area beside it, or tap the close button at the top of the list.
On a laptop or Chromebook, you can hide the list too. Use the panel button next to Back to course, and the same button brings it back.
If a section isn't open yet
If you follow an old link to a lesson your teacher hasn't opened, you'll see "Your teacher hasn't opened this yet" instead of the lesson. If your teacher set a date, the message tells you the day it opens. Click Back to course and keep going with what's open.
Tips
Read the whole lesson before you click Complete & continue. The quiz at the end of the section asks about what's in the lessons, and the time you spend on each lesson is recorded for your teacher.
Read aloud is great for long readings, for checking a word you're not sure how to say, or when your eyes are tired.
Coming back after a break? Reread the last lesson before you start the quiz.
Common questions
Why can't I click the next lesson in the list?
Lessons open in order. Finish the lesson before it with Complete & continue, and the next one unlocks.
A video won't play. What do I do?
Video lessons play from YouTube. Some school networks block YouTube or only allow it for certain accounts. Try refreshing the page. If it still won't play, tell your teacher, and see Using Intertwined on a phone, tablet, or Chromebook.
I clicked Complete & continue by accident. Can I undo it?
A finished lesson stays finished, but nothing is lost. Click Back, or pick the lesson from the list, and read it again as many times as you like.
Read aloud isn't making any sound.
Check your volume and headphones first. If you see a message that text-to-speech isn't supported, your browser doesn't have a built-in voice. Try another browser, or ask your teacher.
Does my place save if I close the tab?
Yes. Every lesson you finish is saved right away. Next time, open the course and click Resume learning.