Students access Practice Mode from the Practice tab on their dashboard.
Getting started — Next Up
When students tap Start, Magma automatically selects skills they've struggled with in recent assignments and launches a practice session. Students don't need to choose a skill themselves — Magma picks based on their assignment performance.
Tracking progress — the pie chart
At the top of the Practice tab, students see a pie chart showing their overall skill progress within a domain. This reflects all of their work — both assignments and practice sessions. A student might already see progress in a standard without having used Practice Mode if they performed well in assignments.
Browsing by domain and standard
Students can browse content organized by domain and tap a standard to practice. Cards with a green checkmark indicate all skills in that standard have been achieved.
Teacher recommendations
If a teacher has recommended specific skills, they appear at the top of the selection list. Students can:
Tap the recommended card
Watch the example video
Complete the practice set
Earn stars to show their progress
During practice
Each skill includes a short instructional video and uses the same familiar canvas, drawing tools, and manipulatives from assignments. Students can retry a skill as many times as they'd like.
Earning stars
After completing a practice set, students receive a star rating:
1 star: 50–69% correct
2 stars: 70–89% correct
3 stars: 90–100% correct
Students can move to the next skill once they earn at least 1 star, and can always return to improve.