How to succeed on

mangahigh

For more information, contact

Vic, SA and Tas NSW and ACT

Michelle Button Eden Nasr
0433 983 974 0408 929 624
michelle.button@mangahigh.com eden.nasr@mangahigh.com

WA Qld and NZ
Deborah Palmer Jake Main
0401 786 533 0490 134 201
deborah.palmer@mangahigh.com jake.main@mangahigh.com
Ensure teachers can login
to their teacher page
All teachers should be able to access their Teacher Page.
Go to www.mangahigh.com/login, and click ‘TEACHER’

Enter your email here

Enter your password here

Ensure students have
received their LOGIN codes
All students should have an individual login code. These will
either be generic, or if you have forwarded your student list to
us, these will be personalised.

Print off your

student codes
by going to
ADMIN >
ADD
STUDENTS

This generates a PDF of student

codes, which you can simply
print and distribute to your
students. Students then visit
www.mangahigh.com/login to
access Mangahigh.
What do students do on
mangahigh?
The Mangahigh system automatically personalise a list of
activities to your students based on their age and learning
levels. Upon first login, students will be asked to enter their Year
of Birth, which generates an initial list of activities, found under
‘recommended’. This initial list is usually around 2 years lower
than the indicated age, but will continue to evolve as students
complete more work on Mangahigh. It will also identify any
areas of weaknesses/gaps in student maths skills, and
recommends additional activities to bridge these gaps.
Teachers may also
like to assign tasks to
their students. Step
‘5’ of this guide will
take you through this
easy process.

Students can also

‘Browse’ additional
tasks – this is a great
opportunity to revisit
activities for revision,
and to earn extra
medal points.
What are the types of
activities on mangahigh?
There are two types of activities:
1) Prodigi adaptive quiz (refer to
Appendix 1 for more
information). Always attempt
each activity a minimum of 3
times (different questions at
each attempt), aiming to
answer 4+ Hard questions
correctly.
2) Games activities (refer to
Appendix 2) – most games are
available on iPads. Refer to the
Appendix 2 for a full list.
From the student page, simply click on the activity box, then on
the pink ‘play’ button to start the lesson
HOW TO ASSIGN ACTIVITIES TO
YOUR STUDENTS
All activities on Mangahigh are arranged based on the curriculum of
your choice. To view and/or assign these activities, follow these steps:
How do students check
their own progress?
From the student page, click on their name, and look under ‘My
Decorations’ to see their progress in either a Bronze, Silver or Gold
medallion.
Students can click on ‘School’ to view their school’s overall progress
and position on the challenge leaderboard.
Checking school progress
The Mangahigh system runs a
monthly leaderboard. Teachers can
check the monthly leaderboard The
Maths Ninja Challenge leaderboard
to see your school’s progress.

The number of points is the total

medal points earned by all
participating students, collectively.

A Bronze medal earned by a student

adds 1 medal point, a Silver medal
earned contributes 2 medal points,
and a Gold medal earned adds 3
medal points.

Click on ‘Profile’ below the points to

reveal the top 10 contributing
students at your school.
Student REWARDS and Prizes
Once a year, we run an Asia Pacific competition, where students are
awarded with a medallion, which we send to your school to be
distributed to your students.

Regularly, we will also mail out certificates of achievements.

Virtual tutor recommendations
The Mangahigh system automatically identify weaknesses/gaps in
knowledge in each individual student, then individually recommend
further activities to each student to support their personalised
learning. This improves student learning outcomes dramatically –
intelligently being supported at exactly the right time, at the right
level.
Simply click on ‘recommended’ from the student page to access these
supporting activities.
Remember, students need to attempt an assigned activity 3+ times
before the virtuak tutor recognises the failed attempt.
 Tips
1. During normal use of Mangahigh, we recommend assigning 2-3 Prodigi activities

with 1 Game activity per week (this equates to approximately 30-45 mins).

2. During the challenge, you can assign additional work – so think of areas of maths

(eg. Times tables) that your students can benefit from with extra revision

3. It is actually easier (and more predictable) to earn a medal in the Prodigi quiz, than

it is on Games. Remind your students of this. It takes less time to earn a medal on

Prodigi – just remember to attempt each task 3 times, and review incorrect

answers before re-attempting.

4. Here are two games that are easy and quick to earn medals: Jetstream Riders and

Jabara. Assign JETSTREAM RIDERS during the challenge – these help students

practise their speed and recall in addition, subtraction, times table and division.

5. Visit http://info.mangahigh.com/auteachers for teacher resources

Appendices:

1. What is a Prodigi adaptive quiz

and how to earn medals
successfully

2. A full list of games on Mangahigh

and maths skills covered

3. SAMR Model using Mangahigh

4. Sample Lesson Plan

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 APPENDIx 1:
What is Prodigi
and
how to succeed using prodigi

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What is prodigi?
Prodigi is a quiz. Each ‘round’ of the
quiz consists of 10 questions. You should
aim to attempt each Prodigi quiz 3
times.

Here are some things to remember about PRODIGI:

1) The very first time you attempt a lesson, the Skill Level will start at EASY
2) There are 10 questions for every ‘round’ of Prodigi lesson (remember, you
need to complete a minimum of 3 rounds to complete a minimum of 30
questions in total)
3) Each question is timed. The harder the questions, the more time you have
to answer the question. To move up to the next level, you’ll need to get 3
in a row correct answers.
4) Always click on TEACH ME to do the Learn Mode before you start
5) Click to PLAY the quiz when you are ready
6) Earn 4200 points to pass – get a BRONZE MEDAL

#1
#2
#3
#6

#4 #5

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What is TEACH ME / LEARN MODE ON PRODIGI?
1) The TEACH ME mode is untimed. It
contains a practise questions and
explanations that prepares you for the
quiz ahead.

#1
2) If you are not sure of the
answer, click on SHOW HINT for
some extra help

3) Once you have gone through all

the LEARN Pages, click ‘YES, PLAY
PRODIGI NOW to get started
#2

#3

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PRODIGI LEARN LEVELS
1) A PRODIGI quiz always starts at the EASY level
2) The blue bar is the timer
3) If you need help, click on FREE HINT. This also pauses the timer.
#1
#2

#3
4) Answer 3 questions correctly to move up to the next level.

#4

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PRODIGI LEARN LEVELS continued…
5) At the end of the quiz, you will see if you have achieved a medal
6) Always click on ‘Review my questions’ before playing again
7) You can also review individual questions by clicking on the red boxes
8) When you are confident that you have learnt from your previous mistakes,
click ‘PLAY AGAIN’ to get a new set of 10 questions

#6
#5

#7

#8
9) When you are reviewing your question, make sure you click on ‘SHOW
SOLUTION’ to check
how to answer the
question, so that you
will be able to answer
the question, next
time it come up!

#9
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How to get medals on prodigi
TIP: Always attempt each Prodigi quiz at least 3 times. Make sure you
REVIEW your questions, especially the ones you got wrong, before you PLAY
AGAIN.
NOT GETTING A MEDAL means:
• earnt less than 4200
• completed less than 4 HARD questions
• Only answering EASY and MEDIUM
questions
• Have not achieved curriculum standard

TO GET A BRONZE MEDAL:

• earn between 4200-8999 points
• correctly answered more than 4 HARD
questions
• May have attempted 1-2 EXTREME
questions
• Working at curriculum standard

TO GET A SILVER MEDAL:

• earn between 9000-13999 points
• correctly answered more than 4 HARD
questions
• correctly answered more than 4-5
EXTREME questions
• Working above (~ 6 months) standard

TO GET A GOLD MEDAL:

• earn more than 14000 points
• Correctly answered 10 EXTREME questions
• Working beyond (~12 months) curriculum
standard

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THE IMPORTANCE OF REVIEWING INCORRECT ANSWERS
BEFORE THE PREVIOUS ROUND BEFORE ‘PLAYING AGAIN’
As Prodigi is an adaptive quiz, it teaches you gradually. Remember, this is
not a test. It is a learning process.

So after completing each ‘round’ of

10 questions, the system will
remember the level that you are up to.

Review your incorrect answers either

by clicking on:
1) REVIEW MY QUESTIONS, or
2) CLICK ON THE RED BOXES

Make sure you have a pen and paper handy

take to take notes, and learn from the incorrect
answers.

Modelling prodigi with your students

This helps set an expectations on
best practises right from the
beginning – ensuring students will
benefit from the use of Prodigi in
the long term.
To do this, from the Gradebook
Review mode, select the activity
that you would like to use, then
click on ‘PLAY’. This will bring up
the same activity as your students
are seeing.

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 APPENDIx 2:
Full list of Mangahigh games

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Mangahigh is more than just about playing games! It is the clever combination
of games and Prodigi (adaptive quizzes) lessons that makes the Mangahigh
system a success in improving learning outcomes in students. The Gradebook
allows teachers to assign both Prodigi and Games lessons for students based on
curriculum coverage.

This handbook provides an overview of all games on Mangahigh.

Mangahigh is the first true Digital Games Based Learning system to be

successfully used in classrooms globally. On Mangahigh, games are not just
used as a reward upon completion of tasks – it is where your students actually
learn and practise their maths!

Games are excellent at developing procedural fluency and mastery

– a skill that is truly lacking in many students.
With every correct (or incorrect) answer, an
interactive response, a visual cue, is initiated
– a way of ‘reinforcement learning’.
The adaptive nature of these games ensure
that students are continually challenged,
gradually build upon their skills as they learn
related skills of increasing complexity.

It is recommended that teachers assign specific

games to students based on the topics that are being
explored in class.

All games are ready-mapped to the curriculum so it is very easy

to identify relevant games.

For a tutorial on how to assign tasks to your students,

search ‘Mangahigh Assign Tasks to Students’ on www.youtube.com

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BEAVERS BUILD IT! – Addition of Whole Numbers and
Fractions

Year levels 1 to 4
Add together your whole numbers and fractions to achieve the highest value possible. You
will need to cooperate though, and make sure your team mate can achieve the same value.
Then make tall buildings together and get to the next level.
Skills covered:
• Adding whole numbers, and multiples of 2, 5 and 10
• Adding fractions

For further detailed instructions, visit:

https://campus.mangahigh.com/en-au/games/beaversbuildit

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JABARA – Algebra and Algebraic Simplification
Year levels 7 to 10
Journey to 9th century Baghdad, and learn algebra concepts and skills. Solve equations by
isolating the variable in the minimum number of moves. Be the top orb collector in your
class! This game is smartphone and iPad-friendly.
Skills covered:
• Simplifying constants, Adding to both sides, Coefficients, like terms, multiplying
constants; Unknowns on both sides, adding variables, swapping sides
• Fractions, dividing both sides; Multiplying both sides, adding fractions with like
denominators; Brackets, and bracketed terms multiplied by constants
• Factors, adding fractions with unlike denominators; More complex fractions, x as the
coefficient

For further detailed instructions, visit:

https://campus.mangahigh.com/en-au/games/jabara

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JETSTREAM RIDERS – Times Tables and Numeracy
Skills
Year levels 1 to 5
Want to make it as a competitive balloonist? Well, your numeracy skills had better be good.
Answer maths questions to make your balloon rise, and navigate tricky obstacles in this
addictive multiplayer physics game.
Skills covered:
• Basic to intermediate numeracy skills
• Addition, Subtraction, Times Tables and Division

For further detailed instructions, visit:

https://campus.mangahigh.com/en-au/games/jetstreamriders

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FLOWER POWER and FLOWER POWER LITE – Ordering
Decimals, Fractions and Percentages
Year levels 4 to 8
Grow flowers and harvest them to make money in this addictive order-‘em-up. It may look
simple but it’s fractionally harder than you might imagine. Remember to wait for the bee!
Skills covered:
• Ordering whole numbers, halves and quarters
• Ordering fractions, decimals and percentages
• Ordering harder fractions and decimals
• Ordering including negative numbers

For further detailed instructions, visit:

http://www.mangahigh.com/en-au/games/flowerpowerlite
http://www.mangahigh.com/en-au/games/flowerpower

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SUNDAE TIMES LITE and SUNDAE TIMES – Basic
Mental Maths and Times Tables from x2 to x15
Year levels 1 to 6
Use your mental maths skills to build the tallest, most incredible ice cream sundae possible!
Play against the computer or head-to-head versus other students from around the world.
Skills covered:
• Adding and subtracting up to 10, 20 and 100
• Multiplying and dividing up to 5
• Times tables from x2 to x15

For further detailed instructions, visit:

https://campus.mangahigh.com/en-au/games/sundaetimeslite
https://campus.mangahigh.com/en-au/games/sundaetimes

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PINATA FEVER – Add and Subtract with Negative
Numbers
Year levels 3 to 8
Keep the party pumping in this fast n’ furious piñata smash ‘em-up! Move along the
number line to intercept the descending pinatas and then whack them for candy. Come on,
catch the fever!
Skills covered:
• Extending the number line
• Adding negative numbers
• Adding and subtracting negative numbers

For further detailed instructions, visit:

https://campus.mangahigh.com/en-au/games/pinatafever

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A TANGLED WEB – Angles, from basic angle rules to
circle theorems
Year levels 5 to 10
Help Itzi the spider climb the clock to rescue his family! Solve cunning angle puzzles to reveal a
path through each level’s maze of tangled webs and reach the goal. It’s sure to make your head
spin!
Skills covered:
• Basic angles rules
• Angles and parallel lines
• Angles in triangles,
• Angles in quadrilaterals
• Angles in polygons
• Angles in circles

For further detailed instructions, visit:

https://campus.mangahigh.com/en-au/games/atangledweb

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THE WRECKS FACTOR – Factorise simple and harder
quadratics, including quadratics with common factors
Year levels 9 to 10A
S.O.S.! Ships navigating the treacherous Bermuda Rectangle are falling prey to bizarre disasters.
Factorise quadratic expressions to answer the ships’ distress calls and save their stricken crews!
Skills covered:
• Quadratic factorisation like (x + 2)(x + 3)
• Quadratic factorisation like (x – 3)(x + 2)
• Quadratic factorisation like (2x + 1)(x – 3)
• Quadratic factorisation like s(3x – 1)(x + 3)

For further detailed instructions, visit:

https://campus.mangahigh.com/en-au/games/wrecksfactor

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PYRAMID PANIC LITE – Lengths, Perimeters and Areas
of Shapes
PYRAMID PANIC – Basic Shapes to Advanced Geometry
Year levels 5 to 10
Help, you've been mummified! Use your geometry skills to build a path and escape from the
pyramid, staying ahead of the mongrel demon Ammit. Battle skull bats and skeleton thieves with
your magical ankh cross.
Skills covered:
• Lengths in circles
• Area of squares and rectangles
• Perimeter of triangles, squares and rectangles
• Lengths and areas with circles and triangles
• Lengths and areas in quadrilaterals
• Pythagoras’ Theorem and trigonometry ratios

For further detailed instructions, visit:

https://campus.mangahigh.com/en-au/games/pyramidpanic
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SIGMA PRIME LITE and SIGMA PRIME – Prime
Factorisation with Multiplication and Division

Year levels 4 to 8
Use multiplication and division with primes and prime factorisation to defeat the alien invasions.
Make use of divisibility strategies to achieve higher scores and progress to the next challenge.
Skills covered:
• Finding prime factors
• Prime Factorisation

For further detailed instructions, visit:

http://www.mangahigh.com/en-au/games/sigmaprimelite
http://www.mangahigh.com/en-au/games/sigmaprime

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BIDMAS BLASTER – The Order of Operations
Year levels 2 to 7
Professor BIDMAS roborators have run amok and need to be destroyed. Use your order-of-
operations code-cracking abilities and powerful weaponry to close these robo-rebels down.
Skills covered:
• Using addition, subtraction, multiplication and division, and brackets
• Using the four operations
• Introduction to powers and roots
• Full BIDMAS: all operations

For further detailed instructions, visit:

http://www.mangahigh.com/en-au/games/bidmasblasterlite
http://www.mangahigh.com/en-au/games/bidmasblaster

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ALGEBRA MELTDOWN – Linear Equations and Number
Machines
Year levels 7 to 10
Grow flowers and harvest them to make money in this addictive order-‘em-up. It may look
simple but it’s fractionally harder than you might imagine. Remember to wait for the bee!
Skills covered:
• Introducing equations and function machines
• Two-step equations, including brackets
• Harder two-step equations
• Three-step equations

For further detailed instructions, visit:

http://www.mangahigh.com/en-au/games/algebrameltdown

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ICE ICE MAYBE – Fast Estimation with Basic Number
Calculations
Year levels 3 to 8
Grow flowers and harvest them to make money in this addictive order-‘em-up. It may look
simple but it’s fractionally harder than you might imagine. Remember to wait for the bee!
Skills covered:
• Estimate with addition, subtraction, multiplication and division
• Estimate a percentage of a number
• Estimate a fraction of a number

For further detailed instructions, visit:

http://www.mangahigh.com/en-au/games/iceicemaybe

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TRANSTAR – Reflections, Rotations, Enlargements and
Translations
Year levels 8 to 10
Guide TranStar through the perilous voids of space in search of a new home. Call upon the
power of exotic space transformation phenomena to reflect, rotate, translate and enlarge
TranStar into the safety of the StarGate.
Skills covered:
• Reflections, rotations and translations
• Introducing integer/fractional enlargements
• Introducing negative enlargements
• Advanced composition: all types

For further detailed instructions, visit:

http://www.mangahigh.com/en-au/games/transtar

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SAVE OUR DUMB PLANET – Linear, Quadratic and Cubic
Equations
Year levels 8 to 10
Defend Earth from deadly meteorites using the planetary missile defences. A team of dumb
scientists are on hand to suggest possible trajectories and trash-talk. Quickly plot your
waypoints or find a new planet!
Skills covered:
• Graphs or linear, quadratic and cubic equations

For further detailed instructions, visit:

http://www.mangahigh.com/en-au/games/saveourdumbplanet

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 APPENDIx 3:
SAMR Model using Mangahigh

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 SAMR Model
The SAMR Model helps educators embed
technology in education, to meaningfully
change the way we engage students in learning.
The model supports teachers in strategically and
consciously evaluate the way digital learning is
being embedded in their lessons, to develop
higher levels of achievements in students.

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 APPENDIx 4:
sample lesson plan using
mangahigh

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Teacher Workflow
1.1 week prior to your Mangahigh class, assign At Level Assignments (Games and Prodigi) (as
described below under ‘Assignments’)
2.(Optional) Assign “Preparatory Assignment”. In assignment note, state “Prep activity -
complete before next lesson” - making due date 3 days after the Mangahigh class.
3.Allow students up to 1 week to complete the Preparatory Assignment.
4.During the lesson, follow the lesson sequence (described below)

Lesson Sequence incorporating Gagne’s Nine

Part Time allowance Description

1 5-10 minutes •Gain attention

•Inform Learners of Objectives for lesson
•Stimulate Recall of Prior Learning: summarise of Preparatory
Activity
•Student Login and commence Mental Starters: Number Fluency
(Game Assignment)

2 10 minutes •Launch Phase: Explicit Teaching

•Introduce, model and present the content (option to use ‘Teach
Me’ in the Prodigi Task). Access the task directly from ‘Class
Assignments’ then click ‘Play’

3 30 - 40 minutes •Provide Learning Guidance

•Assess results from Preparatory Activity, and identify students
requiring support eg. not passed. Work in small groups.
•(Students) completes 1 or 2 Prodigi Assignments. If all Prodigi
completed, students may continue with Game Assignment.
•Assess Performance by tracking live analytics of in class
assignments
•(Optional) If students are struggling with an assignment (indicated
verbally, or as indicated by live analytics), then
repeat/revisit/rephrase “Explicit Teaching”
•Elicit performance and growth by reminding students to aim for
Bronze, but encouraged to attempt for Silver/Gold standard ie.
answer all Extreme questions correctly to earn a Gold medal
•Provide Feedback to students

4 10 minutes •De-brief and conclusion from lesson

•Enhance Retention and Encourage Transference
•(Optional) Students reflect and review
•Discuss homework expectations ie. recommended tasks and/or 1
other Prodigi activity
•Continue with games practise (Games generally require more
commitment than Prodigi)
•Mention the next session’s prep activity and expectations to
complete prior to next class

Visit http://info.mangahigh.com/auteachers for detailed lesson plans

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