Home Page – Accelerated Reader

This is the home page. In the top right corner of the page, you will see your name. Depending on your role, you will see different options.

If you are a teacher and you do not see the products that you expect to see on this page, contact your school or district administrator and ask them to assign products to your classes. Once an administrator assigns products to your classes, you will see those products on your Renaissance Home page.

Assess Students

In this category you will find your Star assessment products that will help you learn your students' skill levels.

For most Star products, select the product name to see its links. Note: If you select Star Custom or Star Phonics, the product itself opens instead of a menu.
the Star Reading menu

Plan Instruction

Select Planner here to help you teach skills recommended by Star assessment results.
the Plan Instruction section and the Planner tile

Manage Student Practice

Under this heading you will find Accelerated Reader Independent Reading, Accelerated Reader Assigned Reading, Accelerated Math IP, myON, Freckle, and Lalilo to help you set goals and manage the reading and math practice of your students.
the Manage Student Practice section

If Freckle or Lalilo asks you to verify your email

When you select the Freckle or Lalilo tile, you may be asked to verify your email address if you have not already entered an email address in your profile. Enter your email address is both fields. Then, select Verify Email. You will be asked to check your email and click the link in the email you received to finish verifying your email address. Once your email has been verified, the product will be available to you.
the Freckle Verify Email message

Manage Content

Select this option to import assessments, quizzes, and articles for your students to use with Accelerated Reader, AR 360, and Star Custom.
the Manage Content section and tile

View Reports

All reports and dashboards for reading, math, and the district are accessed from Reports, making it easy to view students' results. Select the Reports tile, then select the type of reports you'd like to see; if you only use one Renaissance product, you may go directly to the Reports page with the correct tab selected instead of seeing a menu. If you have Renaissance Analytics or Schoolzilla on the Renaissance Home page, you can use it to view dashboards of your students' data.
the View Reports section

If you are asked to verify your email after selecting Renaissance Analytics or Schoolzilla

When you select the Renaissance Analytics or Schoolzilla tile, you may be asked to verify your email address if you have not already entered an email address in your profile. Enter your email address is both fields. Then, select Verify Email. You will be asked to check your email and click the link in the email you received to finish verifying your email address. Once your email has been verified, Schoolzilla will be available to you. Note: If you have just been added to Renaissance software, you will not have access to Renaissance Analytics or Schoolzilla until the day after you were added; if you use Clever or CDI rostering, you may not have access to your students in Renaissance Analytics or Schoolzilla until two to three days after you were added while the systems sync.
the verify email window

Learn Best Practices

Select Renaissance-U to access professional development through self-paced online tutorials and activities. You can also access the Smart Start course for product training on many topics, including how to introduce goals to your students and steps for getting started with the percent correct goals.
the Learn Best Practices section with the Renaissance-U tile

Header Links and Buttons

In the bar at the top of the page, you will see your name and the help, chat, and Home buttons as shown below.
example of the header
When you select your name, you can choose to edit your profile, go to Manage Apps & Users, unlock students, edit preferences, and log out.
the menu available when you select your name
When you select the help button, you will see help for the page of the software you are on, and you can search for other topics and answers to questions.
To open a chat with a Renaissance Learning representative, select Live Chat.
the Live Chat icon

To go back to this Home page at any time, select the Home icon.

Updates and Announcements

Select the green circle in the bottom right corner of the page to get information about product updates and announcements.