Class points and leaderboards
Class Points
Total class points are determined by the Peanuts the students in the class have earned. The Peanuts earned when students do set work are added to the total of the class that the work was set for.
When students earn Peanuts for completing work independently, their Peanuts are also added to the class total. Note that:
If a student completes independent work in one subject, their points will not be added to the total of any classes they are part of in any other subject, e.g. Peanuts earned for independent French work won't be added to the total of a German class.
If a student is in more than one class in the same language, the Peanuts they earn for independent work are only added to the class total of the class they were added to most recently.
In-school leaderboards
On your teacher homepage, you can see a separate leaderboard for each of your classes. The Peanuts shown in these leaderboards only represent the Peanuts earned by the students in that class, and not an overall total of all the Peanuts a student has earned.
You can toggle the view to decide whether you'd like to see the Peanuts your students have earned that day, that week, or in total.
Students will see this leaderboard on their homepage too, so they will know where they rank in their classes.
You can also see a leaderboard of all of the classes in your school, which will show you the total number of Peanuts each class in the school has earned. You can toggle the view to decide whether you'd like to see the Peanuts the classes have earned that day, that week, or in total.
Global Leaderboards
The leaderboards labeled All Classes and All Students show the highest performing classes and students using the site across the world. On the class leaderboard, classes are ranked by average Peanuts per student, not total amount of Peanuts, so that the ranking is fair regardless of class size.
The counter is refreshed each Friday at 7pm GMT, so that each and every class has a chance to win, regardless of how long they’ve been using the site or how they fared in previous weeks.
You can toggle the global leaderboard to see the current rankings or last week's rankings.
Students' personal Peanuts
Students will see their overall total (across all subjects) on their homepage – it appears next to their avatar.
Total class points are determined by the Peanuts the students in the class have earned. The Peanuts earned when students do set work are added to the total of the class that the work was set for.
When students earn Peanuts for completing work independently, their Peanuts are also added to the class total. Note that:
On your teacher homepage, you can see a separate leaderboard for each of your classes. The Peanuts shown in these leaderboards only represent the Peanuts earned by the students in that class, and not an overall total of all the Peanuts a student has earned.
You can toggle the view to decide whether you'd like to see the Peanuts your students have earned that day, that week, or in total.
Students will see this leaderboard on their homepage too, so they will know where they rank in their classes.
You can also see a leaderboard of all of the classes in your school, which will show you the total number of Peanuts each class in the school has earned. You can toggle the view to decide whether you'd like to see the Peanuts the classes have earned that day, that week, or in total.
Global Leaderboards
The leaderboards labeled All Classes and All Students show the highest performing classes and students using the site across the world. On the class leaderboard, classes are ranked by average Peanuts per student, not total amount of Peanuts, so that the ranking is fair regardless of class size.
The counter is refreshed each Friday at 7pm GMT, so that each and every class has a chance to win, regardless of how long they’ve been using the site or how they fared in previous weeks.
You can toggle the global leaderboard to see the current rankings or last week's rankings.
Students' personal Peanuts
Students will see their overall total (across all subjects) on their homepage – it appears next to their avatar.
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