Introduction: a guide for teachers

Welcome to the Oxford Digital experience for Aotearoa New Zealand!

You and your students will be using your digital resources on our new-look platform, which has been optimised for accessible learning and teaching both online and in the classroom.

This guide will take you through all the main features of your teacher dashboard and resources, and offer handy links to more detailed insights about certain areas. You can read it sequentially or use the contents list below to quickly find the section that's relevant to you.

Obtaining your login credentials

MoE's "Making it Count" programme

If you are a teacher at a school who has adopted any phase from 1-3 through the Ministry of Education's "Making it Count" programme, your school admin will most likely already have arranged your account and classes with our Customer Service team. Ask them to forward your login details if you do not have them already.

If you are a school admin looking to adopt Mathematics and Statistics for Aotearoa New Zealand Years 0-8 through the Ministry of Education, please consult them directly for instructions on how to do so. Once the MoE has confirmed your school with us, we will assist you with onboarding your teachers and students.

If you cannot log in to Oxford Digital, or believe your login details may not have been included in your school's initial onboard, contact Customer Service for support.

Independent schools

If you are an admin looking to adopt Mathematics and Statistics for Aotearoa New Zealand Years 0-8 as an independent school, please contact Customer Service for a quote and assistance with onboarding.

Individuals and organisations

Oxford Digital for Mathematics and Statistics for Aotearoa New Zealand Years 0-8 is a school/institution-based licence and designed specifically for classroom use. As such, while you are able to request a print order of any books in phases 1 to 3 as an individual and/or organisation, you will not be able to access Oxford Digital with this purchase. This means that Year 0, which is non-print and digital-exclusive, is not available to individuals. We also advise that answer resources and other learning and teaching support materials available on Oxford Digital cannot be supplied to individual purchasers under any circumstances.

Please be aware that print books are still retailed at the price inclusive of the digital dashboard and shipping costs will vary depending on the quantity ordered and the area of delivery.

For any questions about the terms of sale for individuals and organisations — or to request a quote — please contact Customer Service.

Launching Oxford Digital

All digital resources are kept in your Oxford Digital Library, which you can access by going to Oxford Digital (NZ) and logging in with your credentials.

Fig. 1: Library thumbnails for Mathematics and Statistics for Aotearoa New Zealand Years 0-8

The above thumbnails will appear in your library according to the classes you have been placed in and the products your classes have been assigned. For example, if you teach Year 3, your class may have been set up with access to Year 3 resources only. However, you are entitled to use any year level resources from the phase/s your school has adopted. Simply add them to your classroom. Instructions for this can be found in the How to edit the product associated with a class article in our Help Centre.

School admins can create classes on behalf of other teachers on their staff, or teachers can create their own classes. For instructions on how to do this, please see How do I create classes and add students? in our Help Centre.

Alternatively, you can request assistance from Customer Service to help you upload class details.

To launch your Oxford Digital course content, click the thumbnail of the year level you will be using.

Fig. 2: Launching Mathematics and Statistics for Aotearoa New Zealand Year 1

Platform overview

Fig. 3: Landing page for Mathematics and Statistics for Aotearoa New Zealand Year 1 in the new Oxford Digital experience

The landing page, which will open directly from your library, is your hub for all functions of your digital course, with quick-launch links for online reading, offline reading, and notifications.

Sidebar menu

The sidebar menu is your main navigational tool, allowing you to jump between different areas and functions of the platform.

(Listed top to bottom)

Home: Iconised by the Oxford Digital logo, this will take you back to your library.

Course: Pops out a cascading dropdown menu for the table of contents, so you can navigate your lessons at a glance.

Resources: Gateway to the resource library for student (and teacher only) support materials and activities.

Assigned work: The forum for assignments set by teachers to be completed by students. Assignments are filtered by class and listed by due date.

Reports: A hub for teachers to monitor student success at a class and individual level, based on outcomes of pre and post unit testing.

Notes: Opens a digest of annotations made within the course content and provides hyperlinks directly to the text source.

Font size: A tool to customise text display, allowing optimisation for varying accessibility needs and digital displays.

Read to me: A customisable audio output tool for learners who may benefit from having content read aloud. This option will only appear on the sidebar when viewing Course content.

Fig. 4: Sidebar menu

Quick links

Fig. 5: Landing page quick links for Mathematics and Statistics for Aotearoa New Zealand Year 1

(Left to right)

Read: Direct link to the beginning of the course/textbook content.
Offline access: Direct link to the offline reader app. First-time users will be prompted to download the app to their computer/device. Ensure you have pop-ups enabled.
Notifications: New test and/or resource assignments will be listed by clicking 'Open' and include any messages of instruction included by the teacher.

Course

'Course' refers to the digital format of your student workbook. Oxford Digital gives you access to the complete content of your student workbook in a reflowable, accessible digital eReader that includes note-taking and read-aloud functionality, meaning your students can adapt how it presents on their devices to best suit their individual learning preferences. The content is presented as sequential coursework with embedded links to online activities and interactive fields where students can provide handwritten responses.

You will first be presented with the table of contents, which is available as a pop-out dropdown menu, allowing you to easily navigate to a specific area of study within the course.

Fig. 6: Course table of contents for Mathematics and Statistics for Aotearoa New Zealand Year 1

Clicking a dropdown arrow will expand the topics available in a unit.

Fig. 7: Expanded table of contents for Unit 1 in Mathematics and Statistics for Aotearoa New Zealand Year 1

Let's look at the course content for 'Unit 1: Number structure; Topic 1: Numbers 0-10'

Fig. 8: Selecting 'Unit 1: Number structure; Topic 1: Numbers 0-10' in Mathematics and Statistics for Aotearoa New Zealand Year 1

Features of the course

Fig. 9: Overview of 'Unit 1: Number structure; Topic 1: Numbers 0-10' in Mathematics and Statistics for Aotearoa New Zealand Year 1

Lesson pathway

The Course display includes a collapsible lesson pathway to the right of your screen, giving you an overview and marker for your progress as you move through the topic sequence. You can jump to different sections of the lesson by using the lesson pathway hyperlinks.

At the top of the lesson pathway map, you can choose to move to a book view of the course content, depending on your preferences.

A note on interactive sections of the course will appear at the bottom of the lesson pathway map: "This page has interactive boxes that you can draw your answers into."

To collapse the lesson pathway map, click the right arrow, outlined in Figure 10.

Fig. 10: Lesson pathway map of 'Unit 1: Number structure; Topic 1: Numbers 0-10' in Mathematics and Statistics for Aotearoa New Zealand Year 1

Slides and Book view

Course content is automatically presented in Slides view, however you can also view the content in Book view.

The Book view is a double page spread identical to what you will find in your student book, broken into sections relevant to the topic you're working on.

Fig. 11: Book view of 'Unit 1: Number structure; Topic 1: Numbers 0-10' in Mathematics and Statistics for Aotearoa New Zealand Year 1

When the topic is complete, the course will take you directly through to the slides of the next topic.

Fig. 12: Slide view of 'Unit 1: Number structure; Topic 1: Numbers 0-10' in Mathematics and Statistics for Aotearoa New Zealand Year 1 with 'Next lesson' button outlined

Embedded links

Working through the Course, you'll be able to access pre and post-test content for the topics you're covering, as well as Topic resources, via embedded links at the source of learning.

Jump to Resources to learn more about this feature.

Fig. 13: Slide view of 'Unit 1: Number structure; Topic 1: Numbers 0-10' in Mathematics and Statistics for Aotearoa New Zealand Year 1 with embedded Post-test link outlined

Pen

Pages that would rely on a handwritten response in the printed text are given interactive fields on the digital course, flagged by this note in your lesson pathway.

Fig. 14: "This page has interactive boxes that you can draw your answers into."

To activate the interactive pen feature , click 'Pen' on your sidebar menu. This will only appear on relevant slides.

Fig. 15: Pen feature highlighted on the sidebar menu

Once activated, the Pen toolbar will appear at the bottom of your screen.

Fig. 16: Pen toolbar with cursor activated

To use the pen, click 'Pen' and select your colour.

Fig. 17: Pen toolbar with pen activated and colour palette options open

When ready to mark the interactive exercises, your cursor will appear like the pen icon. Then you can click to draw/write.

Alternatively, if using a tablet, you will write directly into the exercise using your finger or stylus.

Fig. 18: Exercises are completed using a mouse or stylus

To remove a written answer, select 'Eraser' from the pen toolbar. Then click and drag across the pen marks.

Fig. 19: Pen toolbar with Eraser activated

When you would like to finalise your answer, click Save.

Fig. 20: Completed example

Note: digital course exercises (also found in your student workbook) are not tested, will not count toward reporting, and can be edited at any time.

Notes

Highlighting the text opens the Notes tool, which allows you to mark key passages in the text and make annotations. Here you have the option to highlight the text in either yellow, pink or green, and/or add a note about why the text has been highlighted.

Fig. 21: Notes tool bar

Once you have made an annotation, highlighted the text, or both, the note will be saved to your Notes and Highlights list.

The list will show either Highlights only (with attached notes) or Notes only (with attached highlights) and you can toggle between views. However further filtering options are available including:

colour of highlight
Hide or expand topic
My notes
Shared notes

Fig. 22: Saved Notes list filtered to show Highlights

Each note/highlight saved can:

hyperlink to the source of the content within the course by clicking the quoted text ("Number the carriages 0 to 4", in this example).
timestamp the date of creation.
be edited at a later date.
be shared from teachers to students.
be deleted.

Simply click the stacked three dots to expand your options.

Fig. 23: A note with extra options expanded

Any annotations and highlights you save are easily accessed from the sidebar menu.

Fig. 24: Notes option highlighted on the sidebar menu

Read to me

'Read to me' can be activated in two ways.

1. Sidebar menu

Clicking the 'Read to me' option on the sidebar menu, and then pressing Play, will read all the content on your current slide from the beginning and continue to the end of the topic unless paused, rewound or fast-forwarded.

Fig. 26: Read to me tool expanded.

2. Highlighted text

Highlighting a line or section of the text will open the Notes tool, which features a button to open the 'Read to me' tool.

Fig. 27: Highlighted text opens the notes tool, which includes the option to activate 'Read to me'

The voice output also is customisable, allowing you to increase playback speed, and choose a male or female-presenting voice.

Note: at the time of compiling this guide, we have been made aware that the 'Read to me' feature has accent limitations that cause the mispronunciation of certain words in the Māori language. Our Product team is working on a solution and will deploy it as soon as possible.

Resources

Overview

All Oxford Digital subscriptions include a wealth of learning materials both embedded in the course content and in an extensive resource library, including:

answers and worked solutions
auto and teacher-marked online quizzes and assessments
worksheets and BLMs
curriculum support and lesson plans

Accessing the 'Resources' option listed in the sidebar menu without detouring to the Course content will take you to an overview of all available resources that are visible to students.

Fig. 28: The full resource library for Mathematics and Statistics for Aotearoa New Zealand Year 1 with 'More filters' expanded

These resources can be downloaded to your hard drive in bulk.

Fig. 29: The 'Download resources' prompt

If you visit a section of the Course before going to 'Resources', the library will be automatically filtered to show relevant resources — however, you can toggle between the auto-filtered results and the full library.

Fig. 30: Resource library display toggle outlined, set to Unit 7 of Mathematics and Statistics for Aotearoa New Zealand Year 1

Filters

The resource library is designed to be filtered and adjusted, allowing you to easily locate the material relevant to your Units and Topics.

Fig. 31: Filter options.

The filtering tools at your disposal are:

Search: the search bar allows you to input specific phrases or words, if you know exactly what you're looking for in the library
Suggested terms: listed near the top of your screen, next to the search bar, these include frequently accessed resource types to quickly apply filters. Simply click a word bubble to select and apply
More filters: allows you to search more specific terms, including by unit, lesson, resource type, subtype and a switch to turn on teacher-only view.
Grid view and List view: two buttons to the right of your screen allow you to toggle between views per your preferences

Opening 'Resources' will automatically show resources that are available for student use.

Teacher-only resources

Teacher-only resources are excluded from the default view of your resource library. To view them, click More filters, then click the 'Hidden for student' switch.

Fig. 32: Hidden for student switch outlined

This will add the Teacher-only resources to the library.

Favourites

Fig. 33: Example of a Favourited resource

Favouriting a resource will add it to the 'My Favourites' section of your resource library, which will appear at the top of the library in default view, and at the top of any filtered views when relevant. This section will be hidden until you Favourite a resource.

Fig. 34: The 'My favourites' section of the resource library

Assigning Resources

Part of what makes Oxford Digital a powerful tool for teachers is the ability to assign resources and assessments to students. This can be done as a class, ensuring that all students are kept accountable in completing their work, or teachers can assign resources to individual students on a case-by-case basis.

Teachers can trigger the resource assignment process three ways:

From the 'Assign' button in the Resources library
From a specific resource within the library
From a resource embedded in the Course

The procedure will prompt you for actions every step of the way, but for detailed instructions, please visit How to Create Assignments for Students in our Help Centre.

Fig. 35: Step 4 of resource assignment process

Bear in mind that when assigning resources from an embedded link, any resources that are not intended for student use (Teacher-only resources) will not have 'Assign' listed as an option when resource options are expanded.

Fig. 36: the expanded options for a variety of resources, demonstrating how they may differ depending on the resource type

Once a resource has been set for a student or class members, you can view the assignment in 'Assigned work'.

Assigned Work

Once assignments are created, they will be stored in 'Assigned work'.

Because the digital asset (e.g. Mathematics and Statistics for Aotearoa New Zealand Year 1) is the means with which you will view assignments (and reports) for all yours classes, this dashboard is designed to be filtered according to the class, student/s and dates you wish to view.

To get started using the dashboard, you will be prompted to select a class.

Fig. 37: The Assigned work dashboard with no class selected

Go to 'Class' and select the class you wish to view assignments for.

Fig. 38: Class drop-down menu with the class named '2025 NZ Maths Dashboard' outlined

Once the class has been selected, all assignments for that class will appear. You can then filter to find your assignment based on a particular student, status (whether it has been completed or is active) and/or the date it is due by clicking a date on the calendar.

Fig. 39: All assignments for class '2025 NZ Maths Dashboard'

To reset your filters, remove a condition or click 'Reset filters'.

Fig. 40: Filter settings and 'Reset filters' for the 'Assigned work' dashboard outlined

Viewing Assignment Details

Viewing the 'NZ Maths Dashboard' class, we can see they have two active assignments. Each assignment shows an overview including how many students have completed it so far, the dates it has been set for and the date it was created. If we click 'Show' on one of them, we can view its details.

Fig. 41: The drop-down arrow to expand assignment information is outlined

You can toggle between 'Resources', 'Students' and 'Notes'.

All resources for the assignment are listed and can be opened or launched from the assignment details.

Fig. 42: Shown is the resource that has been selected for this assignment. If there were more resources selected, they would also be listed here

The students who have been added to this assignment are listed and flagged once they have completed their tasks.

Fig. 43: 3 out of 8 students have completed the assignment. This screenshot has been taken from a different class for the sake of demonstration

If any messages were sent to students along with an email alert about the assignment, they will appear here.

Fig. 44: A note/message that reads 'Selected students only'

Changing assignment details

If you need to make changes to the details of the assignment, click 'Edit'.

Fig. 45: The 'Edit' button of an assignment is outlined

You will be taken back to the beginning of the assigning process for this assignment. You can make changes to all of the steps listed, or simply click through until you find the information you need to change.

A full instructional article is available in our Help Centre: How to Manage, Edit and Delete Assignments.

Deleting assignments

If you need to remove the assignment for any reason, click 'Delete'.

Fig. 46: The 'Delete' button of an assignment is outlined

You will receive this flag. Click 'Confirm' to delete.

Fig. 47: Warning flag before deleting an assignment

This assignment has now been removed.

Reports

The Reports dashboard is a dynamic tool that allows teachers to track, manage and record students' results in pre/post-tests and custom tests. This will give you both an overall impression of their understanding of the curriculum, and will allow you to look at their results in detail so you can create a targeted approach to assist their learning.

Fig. 48: The 'Reports' dashboard when first opened

When you first open the dashboard, you will need to select a class to begin. Go to the dropdown menu and click on the class you want to view.

Fig. 49: Class selection drop-down menu

The dashboard will then update and present an overview of student results organised into units.

Dashboard overview

Fig. 50: A diagram of the Reports dashboard describing each function

Pre/post-tests

Student pre and post-test results are used to measure progression through the course work and provide an overview of their success at an individual and class level. The results from these tests comprise the majority of data displayed on the Reports dashboard.

Students can elect to complete pre and post tests independently, or you can assign a test to them. Regardless, results will be captured for review in the Reports dashboard.

To set a pre/post test for your students, create an assignment and select the relevant test.

Should you need to at any point, these tests can be reset and their results can be edited to reflect student outcomes as you see fit.

Full details about pre and post tests are available in out Help Centre:

Oxford Digital level guide

In the Reports dashboard, results from pre and post tests can be distilled into three groups and colour coded according to their percentage:

A = Above level (green) – 70 to 100%
O = On level (yellow) – 40 to 69%
B = Below level (pink) – 0 to 39%

At a glance, pre-tests are only given a letter grade per the above guide, but results can be expanded to show details of their grading.

Post-tests are given a percentage grade and can also be expanded to show details of their grading.

Fig. 51: Comparison of pre and post-test results in the reports dashboard

The Reports dashboard allows you to view your students grouped by their results from each pre and post-test so you can more easily determine your next steps of targeted teaching.

You can also print this list.

Fig. 52: Student groups based on levels, determined by pre/post-test results

For more information, see How to View Students Grouped by Level (Above, On or Below) in Reports in our Help Centre.

Custom tests

To assist you in gaining a more comprehensive view of your students' progression and understanding of the curriculum, your Oxford Digital licence has the capacity to store results from paper tests and other assessments you may set for your students which are not completed and auto-recorded on the digital platform. These results may come from resources in your Oxford Digital library, like BLMs and interactive activities, or they may come from resources you have chosen to incorporate in your lesson plan from a third party.

To store extra results, you can create a Custom Test for your class.

Fig. 53: A sample of how custom tests are stored and displayed

For instructions on how to create custom tests, visit How to Create and Manage Custom Tests in our Help Centre.

You will be able to view these results both within the Oxford Digital platform and by exporting class and student result data to CSV. For instructions on how to export reports to CSV, visit How to Export Student Results to CSV in our Help Centre.

Grading Guide

A Grading Guide is available with your Oxford Digital teacher subscription to assist you in applying pre/post-test marks to your school's default grading system; search for 'grading guide' in the resource library.

Fig. 54: The Grading Guide, available in the Resources library

Profile quick links

Your initials, located at the bottom left of your screen, function as a quick link menu for the following:

Profile

Takes you to your profile details where you can view our Privacy Policy, log out and edit your

first and last name
title
school (educational institution)
account type
role
password
opt-in for marketing materials

Be sure to click 'Update details' when making any changes.

Fig. 55: My profile details

Note: the Email Address field will not be available for editing. To change your email address, please contact Customer Service for support.

Notifications

Just as Notifications are listed on the product landing page, new test and/or resource assignments are accessible via your profile quick links. They will be listed by clicking 'Open', and include any messages of instruction included by the teacher.

Fig. 56: My notifications for new assignments

Contact us

This will take you directly to our contact page in our Help Center.

Fig. 57: Contact page for customer support

Logout

This will log you out of Oxford Digital.

Fig. 58: Log out message

Note: when logging out, you may be automatically redirected to oxforddigital.com.au. This is the parent domain of Oxford Digital NZ and logging in via this domain will still bring you to your library for Mathematics and Statistics for Aotearoa New Zealand Years 0-8.

FAQs

For more information about the Mathematics and Statistics for Aotearoa New Zealand Years 0-8 series, visit oxforddigital.co.nz.

For information on pricing for 2025, visit oxforddigital.co.nz/pricing.

For further information about programme support, digital support, pedagogy and curriculum, visit oxforddigital.co.nz/nz-faqs.

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