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Getting started with LitLab takes just a few minutes. The signup flow creates your account and connects you to your school — then you can browse stories, generate custom decodables, and roster your class.

1. Create your account

Sign up with Google, magic link, or your district’s SSO.

2. Set up your classroom

Import rosters via Clever/ClassLink or add students manually.

3. Students sign in

Students join with a class code or sign in through Clever/ClassLink.

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Create Your Account

1

Sign in or sign up

Go to litlab.ai and click Sign up.
Single click, no password to manage.
2

Enter your name

Enter your first and last name — this is how you appear in LitLab.
3

Select your role

Choose the role that best describes you.
4

Find your school

Search for your school by name. If it isn’t listed, enter your organization name and location manually.
If your school or district already has a LitLab Pro subscription, your account is automatically upgraded when you select your school — no activation code needed.
After completing these steps, you’ll land on the success screen with two options: create your own decodable or roster your class to assign stories.

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Set Up Your Classroom

Class setup happens from your teacher dashboard. How you set up depends on whether your school uses Clever/ClassLink.
If you signed in through Clever or ClassLink, LitLab checks for your rosters automatically during signup.
1

Select which classes to import

All your classes are pre-selected — deselect any you don’t need in LitLab.
2

Choose your scope and sequence

Set a starting skill for your imported classes.
3

You're done

Students and rosters sync automatically from your Student Information System going forward.

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How Students Sign In

Students go to LitLab and enter their class code, then select their name from the list. No email, no password — just the code and a tap on their name. Students with Clever or ClassLink can also sign in through their SSO portal. See Signing In for more details.

LitLab's Student Practice Platform is designed for safe, curriculum-aligned reading practice.

LitLab gives students decodable reading practice aligned to your phonics curriculum while helping teachers monitor oral reading fluency by listening to student recordings and reviewing AI reading insights.There are no chatbots or open conversations—students simply read, record (if enabled), create their own stories, and receive structured reading feedback.Learn more about the Student Practice Platform. 

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Next Steps

Browse the Library

Explore 1,500+ grab-and-go decodables aligned to your phonics program.

Generate Your First Story

Create a custom decodable — fiction or nonfiction, with characters and illustrations your students will love.

Assign a Story

Send a story to your class or to individual students and track completion and fluency from your dashboard.