Question 1

Siyavula's baseline assessments for Grade 8, 9 and 10 learners

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Siyavula's Mathematics baseline assessment for Grades 8, 9 and 10

What is a baseline assessment?

The CAPS statement describes a Baseline assessment as a type of assessment alongside Diagnostic assessments, Formative assessments and Summative assessments.

"Mathematics teachers who might want to establish whether their learners meet the basic skills and knowledge levels required to learn a specific Mathematics topic will use baseline assessment. Knowing learners' level of proficiency in a particular Mathematics topic enables the teacher to plan her/his Mathematics lesson appropriately and to pitch it at the appropriate level. Baseline assessment, as the name suggests, should therefore be administered prior to teaching a particular Mathematics topic. The results of the baseline assessment should not be used for promotion purposes."

The Siyavula baseline assessment

Siyavula has created baseline assessments for Grade 8, Grade 9 and Grade 10 Mathematics learners, so that teachers can assess their learners' knowledge and skills at the beginning of high school, or at the start of the FET phase.

Baseline question

The baseline instrument comprises:

50 questions selected from the Siyavula online question bank
Students' answers will be immediately and automatically marked.
Every student will see a unique but equivalent instance of the questions, making copying meanin

Question 2

How to sign up as a learner

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How to sign up as a learner

It’s easy to sign up to Siyavula.

Visit our Siyavula website at https://www.siyavula.com
Click on Sign up for a free account under Siyavula for learners

On the Let's get started page, select that you are signing up as a learner.
You can sign-up using any of the extensions listed (Facebook, Snapplify, Clever, Microsoft or Google) or you can select either your email address or Phone number.

Enter your personal details:
Name
Surname
Password (create a new password)
email address or Mobile number or both.
Click on **continue **

Select your correct Grade
Select your Subject(s)
Start typing in the name of your school and select it from the list when it appears.
Set your date of birth
Select your Language of learning.

||| NB: If your teacher wants to link you to a class, tick the box that says I have a voucher or access code

Click on Save details

|| You will only need an access

Question 3

How the #1MillionMaths campaign works

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Siyavula's annual #1MillionMaths campaign, which runs in September each year, is aimed at encouraging learners to prepare for their end-of-year exams. Practice is essential for learning, particularly for Mathematics and Physical Sciences, and the campaign encourages learners to adopt a goal-directed practice for mastery approach in their learning. During September, learners and schools who opt in to the annual campaign can earn prizes for their hard work on our platform.

Prizes for #1MillionMaths

Learners can win prizes in a daily draw if they meet the practice goals each day.
We will award schools prizes for the hard work their learners do.
At the end of September, learners who are in our Platinum League will be invited to join a final showdown, to pit their skills against learners across the country.

How to make sure you're eligible to win

To be eligible for any prizes, learners must opt in to the #1MillionMaths campaign, if they have not opted in before. Once a learner is opted in, their names will appear on our public leaderboards.
Learners must make sure that they are in the correct grade. Prizes will only be awarded for learners who practice in their own grade.
Teachers need to enter their schools into #1MillionMaths, in order to be eligible for prizes. Once they have opted in, their name and the name of their school will appear on our public leaderboards.

||| Even if your grade or school is opted in to #1MillionMaths, this does not mean that all

Question 4

Our new menu structure for learners

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Your new menu

Our menu structure has changed, to make it easier to find what you want, when you want it.

Here’s where you can find some of your favourite things:

It’s quick to select the subject and grade you want to work on, without navigating back and forth.
My assignments, Learner self-evaluation, My report and My certificate are all easy to find in the menu.
Looking for Exam Prep? It’s now labelled Past Papers.
Thinking about My Future? Find out how you can get a step ahead with our partner organisations by clicking on Learner Opportunities.

How this makes it easier for you to work on Siyavula

Our menu is now the same, whether you're working on a phone or computer.
The menu is arranged vertically and grouped into sensible categories making it easy to expand and scroll to what you want without losing your place. No more slipping as you hover over something and having to start over again!
Once you’ve navigated your way to the page you want, you can see it highlighted as active in your menu so that you can remember where it is and find it again easily.
If you want to update your profile information, simply click on your name where it appears at the bottom of the menu panel.

Question 5

How to log in

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How to log in

To log on to your Siyavula Account, visit our website at https://www.siyavula.com
Click on the Log in on the bottom left.

You can log in using any of the extensions listed (Facebook, Snapplify, Clever, Microsoft or Google) or you can log in either with your Email address, Phone number or Siyavula ID
Type in your Password
Click on Log in

| If you have forgotten your password, click on Forgot your password? To reset your password.

|| If you are logging in for the first time this year, you will be requested to complete the welcome back wizard to confirm the grade, school name and subject. To confirm the school name, type in the first few characters of your school name, and select it from the search list.

Then select your date of birth, language of learning and click on save details

| NB: Learn more about how to update your personal details on Siyavula [here](https://siyavula.crisp.help/en/article/how-to-update-your-details-i

Question 6

How to find your Siyavula ID

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How to find your Siyavula ID

|| Siyavula ID is a unique alpha-numeric identifier that can be used to log in to Siyavula.

To find your Siyavula ID, click on your name on the bottom left

At the top of your profile you will see your unique Siyavula ID

| NB: You can use your Siyavula ID as a username to log in on Siyavula. || Learn more about how to find your Siyavula ID by watching this video.

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