WHAT IS THE PURPOSE OF THIS TUTORIAL?

This guide will provide the steps on how students can log in to SchoolCity and take their assessment.

Step 1: Student Login Portal

• Navigate to the SchoolCity Student Portal login page by going to https://online.schoolcity.com/iusd
• Enter your IUSD username and password

You are now logged in to your SchoolCity account.

Step 2: Access the Test

• On the Launchpad, click Tests to see which assessments are available for you to take

• Find the assessment that you need to take and click on Start

Note: Tests that have been started and then paused to finish later will appear with a yellow-tinted tile. Select the Resume button to continue taking a paused test.

Step 3: Assessment Navigation

• The test name and total number of questions display on the left side of the top green bar.
• The student's name displays on the right side of the top green bar.
• Use the All Questions dropdown to view either all test questions or only the incomplete questions.
• If test instructions were included, select Overall Instructions to view those at any time during the test.
• Select Finish Later to save progress and pause the test, to be resumed later.
• Use the question navigation buttons to jump to a specific question or range of questions. Questions that are grouped together as a range all share one passage to reference, and are listed together. The navigation button for the question or range currently being viewed will be highlighted in green.
• Use the Back and Next buttons to navigate backwards and forwards between questions one at a time, in order.

Step 4: Assessment Tools

• More universal testing tools appear in the top bar of the test. If enabled, a countdown timer appears in the left corner, indicating how much time is left before the test closes. If enabled, the menus for Text-to-Speech Audio, Text Translation, and Screen Color Contrast will appear on the right side of the top bar. The Fullscreen option is available on all tests, and can be toggled on or off.
• For tests containing linked passages, Text-to-Speech options will appear in the passage header, as enabled.
• Question tools can include Text-to-Speech options, the Question Flag, the Answer Eliminator, and the Notes feature, as enabled.
• When the passage or question text is selected, the selected text tools menu will appear. Available tools can include the Highlighter, Underline, Dictionary, Picture Dictionary, Translator, and the Comment option, as enabled.
• General tools appear at the bottom of the page, and can include the Calculator, Graph, Periodic Table, Protractor, Line Reader, Text Magnifier, and Ruler, as enabled.

Note: For any questions about whether any of these tools are available for your assessment, please reach out to your teacher.

Step 5: Review Summary and Submit Test for Scoring

• Select the Review Summary button at any time during the test to view the summary page.
• After reaching the last question of a test, the Next button will change to the Finish Test button. Selecting this button will take students to the summary page.

• The test summary page appears if the Review Summary button or Finish Test button is selected. At the top of the page, the Finish Later option allows students to save the current test progress and pause the test, to be resumed later.
• Select Back to Test to navigate back to the last accessed question, to continue testing.
• The test summary view includes a Key, which describes what each test question icon indicates.
  • Unanswered Question: Questions that have not been answered will appear with a red triangle with an exclamation point, and the question tile will be highlighted in yellow.
  • Answered Question: Questions that have been answered will appear with a green checkmark, and the question tile will be outlined in green.
  • Flagged Question: Flagged questions will appear with a yellow flag icon.
  • Contains a Note: Questions that contain a note added by the student will appear with a black note icon.
• Select Submit Test to save and submit the test, ending the testing session. This option finalizes the test and removes the test from the list of available tests, preventing students from accessing the test again.

• If any questions have been flagged or left unanswered, a confirmation pop-up window will appear. Select Review Questions to return to the summary page.
• Select Submit Test for Scoring to confirm test submission.

Step 6: View Test Results

• On the launchpad, click on Scores

• Click on the name of the assessment

This document was created for Irvine Unified School District by the Information Technology Department.

If you have any questions, submit a new ticket or email us at helpdesk@iusd.org. 

Last updated 3/30/2026 [EP]