Yes. Qualified K–12 teachers in the Brilliant for Educators program can assign courses, levels, or lessons to a whole class or to specific students, with an optional due date. Teachers can also share content by link or through Google Classroom. Progress reporting shows lessons completed and Skills Check scores for each student. It is not a formal gradebook.
What is Brilliant for Educators?
Brilliant for Educators is Brilliant's free program for K–12 teachers, giving them and their students access to Brilliant's interactive math and computer science courses at no cost. Teachers can apply for Educator access at brilliant.org/educators.
Once approved, teachers can sign in at brilliant.org/educators, which includes the ability to:
- create classes and invite students;
- browse Brilliant's content library by keyword, topic, standard, and grade level;
- assign courses, levels, and lessons to classes or individual students, with optional due dates;
- track class progress and assignment completion.
How teachers assign Brilliant to students
In Brilliant for Educators, open the Lessons tab to browse courses. Search by keyword, topic, or standard, and filter by grade level. Each lesson lists its standards, topics, and grade levels.
From any course, level, or lesson, you can:
- Assign it. Choose one or more classes, and assign to the whole class or to specific students. You can add a due date, mark the assignment as optional instead of required, and add a note for students.
- Copy link to share it by email, in a learning management system, or in class.
- Share to Google Classroom.
Students see their assigned work in the Assignments tab in Brilliant.
Assigning or sharing a Brilliant lesson does not restrict a student to only that content. There is currently no setting that locks a student out of the rest of the catalog, so a student can explore other courses on their own alongside whatever you assigned.
How teachers track assignments
Each class has an Assignments tab that lists what you've assigned, who it's assigned to, and its due date. Select Show progress to see each student's status: Completed, In progress, or Not started. You can also unassign content from this tab.
How teachers monitor student progress
The Progress tab for each class shows Lessons completed for every student, plus a column for each course with the number of lessons that student has completed in it.
You can narrow this view by:
- Date range: all time (the default), the last 7 days, the last 30 days, or a custom range.
- Course: one or more courses.
- Assigned lessons only: count only lessons you assigned.
Select a course name to see every lesson in it, grouped by level. Each student has a Skills Check score for each lesson, such as 3/3, showing how many of their responses to that lesson's Skills Check were correct. The score counts every response, including retries, so a student who missed a problem and tried again might show 4/5.
Progress is current as of when you load the page. Refresh the page to see the latest activity.
Progress reporting terms
| Term | What it means |
|---|---|
| Lessons completed | The number of lessons a student has completed in the selected view. Depending on the filters, this can cover all courses or only some. |
| Skills Check score | How many of a student's responses to a lesson's Skills Check were correct, out of all responses, including retries. It is not a grade. |
| Assignment status | Whether a student has Completed, is In progress on, or has Not started an assignment. |
| Due date | An optional date a teacher sets when assigning content. |
| Date range filter | A way to view student activity for a specific time period: all time, the last 7 days, the last 30 days, or a custom range. |
| Course filter | A way to narrow progress reporting to one or more courses instead of all Brilliant activity. |
| Assigned lessons only | A filter that counts only lessons the teacher assigned. |
Why Skills Check scores aren't grades
Brilliant lessons are built around productive struggle: mistakes are treated as part of how a student learns, not something to penalize. Hints and direct guidance appear whenever a student gets stuck, so they always have a way to keep going, and a lesson is designed to be valuable even before a student answers correctly.
Skills Check scores count every attempt, including the ones a student got wrong before getting the answer right. A lower score can mean a student kept working until they understood, so use it as a starting point for a conversation, not a grade.
Privacy and data
Student progress data is visible only to:
- The student's teachers, and school or district administrators with Brilliant for Educators access
- The student viewing their own progress
Brilliant is certified by kidSAFE through its +COPPA CERTIFIED Seal program, which independently verifies compliance with the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) and kidSAFE's online safety guidelines. Brilliant also complies with FERPA and GDPR. We do not sell student data or use it for marketing purposes.
Frequently asked questions
Can I assign a specific Brilliant lesson to my students?
Yes. Select Assign on any course, level, or lesson, choose a class or specific students, and optionally set a due date. You can also copy a link to share by email or in a learning management system, or share it to Google Classroom.
Does assigning a lesson stop students from exploring other content?
No. There is no setting that limits a student to only what a teacher assigned or shared. Students can explore the rest of the catalog on their own at any time.
What can teachers see in progress data, and how current is it?
Teachers can see lessons completed, assignment status, and Skills Check scores for each student. Progress is current as of when you load the page, so refresh to see a student's most recent activity.
