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LitLab’s teacher settings let you tailor the platform to your classroom — from which phonics sequence powers your library to what students see and create.

Default Scope & Sequence

Set the phonics curriculum LitLab uses across the generator, library, and Skill Maps.

Classmate Story Access

Decide whether students can read stories beyond their own assignments.

Illustration Preferences

Choose the default illustration style for student-created stories.

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Default Scope and Sequence

Your default scope and sequence tells LitLab which phonics curriculum you follow. Once set, it’s automatically selected whenever you open the generator, browse the library, or view Skill Maps — so you don’t have to pick it every time.

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How to set your default

1

Open Settings

Click your profile icon and select Settings.
2

Choose your sequence

Under the Default Sequence section, open the dropdown and choose the phonics sequence your school or district uses.‡ If you don’t have a preference, leave it set to No preference — LitLab will default to UFLI.
3

Save

Click Save Settings to apply your changes.

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Where your default applies

After changing your default sequence, Skill Maps data updates overnight. The generator and library reflect your new selection right away.

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Allow Students to Read Classmates’ Stories

Where to find it: Go to your Dashboard, select the relevant class from the class dropdown, and scroll down to find this setting.
This toggle controls whether your students can browse beyond their own assignments.
Students can:
  • See stories published by their classmates
  • Browse the vetted grab-and-go library
Disable this if you want to keep students focused on assigned reading or prefer to curate exactly which stories they access.

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Student Illustration Preferences

Where to find it: Go to your Dashboard, select the relevant class from the class dropdown, and scroll down to find this setting.
This setting controls the default illustration option when students create stories in the Student Creator.

One illustration

A single image capturing the whole story. Choose this to emphasize text reading and fluency.

Fully illustrated

An image on every page. AI-generated illustrations may vary in consistency across pages.
Fully illustrated is a LitLab Pro feature. Free accounts default to one illustration per story.
‡ LitLab aligns practice to leading phonics programs for identification purposes only. All program names and trademarks belong to their respective owners. No affiliation or endorsement is implied.