Interest Level Restrictions Preference

Use this preference to restrict the books that individual students can take Accelerated Reader quizzes for based on interest levels. Students can find quizzes with the interest levels that you do not allow, but they cannot take quizzes on those books unless you allow teachers to use the authorisation password for reading quizzes to override the restriction.

In the interest levels, Lower Years indicates content that is most appropriate for ages 5-8. Middle Years indicates ages 9-13, Middle Years Plus indicates ages 12 and up (typically Young Adult books), and Upper Years indicates content appropriate for upper years (ages 14 and above). Unspecified or Unknown refers to Teacher-Made Quizzes that do not have an interest level selected.

Remember that students will be able to take quizzes on the interest levels that you do not tick if the Authorisation Password Override for Book/Interest Level preference allows teachers or teaching assistants to override blocks with the authorisation password for reading quizzes.

Interest level restrictions carry over from school year to school year. If you have set restrictions, be sure to tick the settings for students at the beginning of each new school year.

How to Get to This Preference

To get to the Interest Level Restrictions preference page, follow these steps:

1. On the Home page, select your initials in the top right corner. Then, choose Edit Preferences from the menu that opens.
   
2. Select Interest Level Restrictions under the Student Preferences on the Preferences page.
   

How to Set the Preference

School network-level administrators can set the preference for students in all classes at all schools. School-level administrators can set the preference for students in all classes at their schools. Teachers can set the preference for students in their classes. Other staff cannot set the preference unless they have been granted special permissions, but they can view the settings.

1. If you have access to more than one school, use the Schools drop-down list to choose the school whose classes you want to set the preference for.
   
2. Select the Classes drop-down list to choose the class that you want to set the preference for.
   
3. Select the Students drop-down list to choose the students that you want to set the preference for. Then, tick the students. If you want to set the preference for all of the students in the selected classes, click Select All. (The link changes to Clear All when you do this; select that link if you want to clear all selections.)
   
4. The students are listed. For each student, tick the interest levels for which you want to allow the student to take quizzes. (You can override these restrictions with the authorisation password for reading quizzes if the Authorisation Password Override for Book/Interest Level preference allows this.)
   
   
   

   If you want to use the same setting for all of the selected students, select Set All above the table.
   

   In the popup window, tick the interest levels that you want to allow; then, select Apply to All. (You still need to save your changes.)
   

5. Select Save Changes to save your settings. (Select < Back to go back to the Preferences page.)