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title: "Working With Strategies"
slug: "working-with-strategies"
description: "Manage strategies with our step-by-step guide. Learn to add, edit, activate, or delete strategies effectively for better lesson planning."
updated: 2026-08-18T18:53:48Z
published: 2026-08-18T18:53:48Z
canonical: "support.eduphoria.net/working-with-strategies"
---

> ## Documentation Index
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# Working With Strategies

On the [Strategies](/v1/docs/strategies) screen, you can perform all tasks related to managing categories and strategies. This article provides a walkthrough of each of these tasks.

> [!NOTE]
> **Note:** Only users with the **Create District Curriculum Courses** right can manage strategies.

## Quick Guides

### Adding a Strategy

1. On the **Strategies** screen, select **New Strategy** under the **Category** to which you want to assign the new strategy.
2. In the **Title** field, enter a name for the strategy.
3. In the **Description** field, enter information about the strategy that assists teachers in applying it.
4. Select **Save** to add the new strategy.

### Editing a Strategy

1. On the **Strategies** screen, select the **Pencil** icon () for the strategy you want to edit.
2. (Optional) In the **Title** field, you can change the name of the strategy.
3. (Optional) In the **Description** field, you can edit any text, links, or uploaded files or add new ones.
4. Select **Save** to finalize changes to the strategy.

### Activating or Deactivating a Strategy

1. On the **Strategies** screen, locate the toggle for the strategy you want to activate.
2. Select the toggle to change the status of the strategy. If the toggle is blue, then the strategy is active and available to apply to lessons and plans. If the toggle is gray, then the strategy is inactive and cannot be used.

### Deleting a Strategy

1. On the **Strategies** screen, select the **Pencil** icon () for the strategy you want to delete.
2. Select **Delete**.
3. In the resulting **Confirmation** window, select **OK** to confirm.

## **Illustrated Guides**

### Adding a Strategy

**Step 1:** On the **Strategies** screen, select **New Strategy** under the **Category** to which you want to assign the new strategy.

![Interface showing reading strategies with an option to add a new strategy.](https://cdn.us.document360.io/d6ce927e-20b2-40ab-af8d-ea0afbbc28f7/Images/Documentation/new-strategy.png)

**Step 2:** In the **Title** field, enter a name for the strategy.

![Text formatting options for a new strategy, including bold, italic, and underline features.](https://cdn.us.document360.io/d6ce927e-20b2-40ab-af8d-ea0afbbc28f7/Images/Documentation/strategy-title-description.png)

**Step 3:** In the **Description** field, enter information about the strategy that assists teachers in applying it. Here, you can set the following format options:

- Change the **Text style** to be a title, subtitle, body text, or bulleted list.
- Select the **Bold** icon () to bold text.
- Select the **Italics** icon () to italicize text.
- Select the **Underline** icon () to underline text.
- Select the **Link** icon () to add a URL link to the description.
- Select the **Upload** icon () to add images and PDFs to the description.

**Step 4:** Select **Save** to add the new strategy.

![Instructions for a group activity strategy using a ball to encourage student participation.](https://cdn.us.document360.io/d6ce927e-20b2-40ab-af8d-ea0afbbc28f7/Images/Documentation/save-strategy.png)

### Editing a Strategy

**Step 1:** On the **Strategies** screen, select the **Pencil** icon () for the strategy you want to edit. Expand and collapse strategies to see their current content.

![Edit icon highlighted for the Ball Toss Boogie strategy.](https://cdn.us.document360.io/d6ce927e-20b2-40ab-af8d-ea0afbbc28f7/Images/Documentation/edit-strategy.png)

**Step 2:** (Optional) In the **Title** field, you can change the name of the strategy.

![Highlighting the strategy title to edit.](https://cdn.us.document360.io/d6ce927e-20b2-40ab-af8d-ea0afbbc28f7/Images/Documentation/edit-strategy-title.png)

**Step 3:** (Optional) In the **Description** field, you can edit any text, links, or uploaded files or add new ones.

![Highlighting the strategy description to edit.](https://cdn.us.document360.io/d6ce927e-20b2-40ab-af8d-ea0afbbc28f7/Images/Documentation/edit-strategy-description.png)

**Step 4:** Select **Save** to finalize changes to the strategy.

![Save action highlighted for a strategy that a user has finished editing.](https://cdn.us.document360.io/d6ce927e-20b2-40ab-af8d-ea0afbbc28f7/Images/Documentation/save-edited-strategy.png)

### Activating or Deactivating a Strategy

**Step 1:** On the **Strategies** screen, locate the toggle for the strategy you want to activate.

**Step 2:** Select the toggle to change the strategy’s status. If the toggle is blue, then the strategy is active and available to apply to lessons and plans.

![Interface showing how to toggle on a strategy.](https://cdn.us.document360.io/d6ce927e-20b2-40ab-af8d-ea0afbbc28f7/Images/Documentation/activate-strategy.png)

If the toggle is gray, then the strategy is inactive and cannot be used.

![A strategy that is toggled off, making it inactive.](https://cdn.us.document360.io/d6ce927e-20b2-40ab-af8d-ea0afbbc28f7/Images/Documentation/inactive-strategy.png)

### Deleting a Strategy

**Step 1:** On the **Strategies** screen, select the **Pencil** icon () for the strategy you want to delete.

![Instructional section highlighting the Think-Pair-Share activity for collaborative learning.](https://cdn.us.document360.io/d6ce927e-20b2-40ab-af8d-ea0afbbc28f7/Images/Documentation/edit-think-pair-share.png)

**Step 2:** Select **Delete**.

![Interface for creating a Think-Pair-Share activity with options to save or delete.](https://cdn.us.document360.io/d6ce927e-20b2-40ab-af8d-ea0afbbc28f7/Images/Documentation/delete-think-pair-share(1).png)

**Step 3:** In the resulting **Confirmation** window, select **OK** to confirm.

![](https://lh7-rt.googleusercontent.com/docsz/AD_4nXfBMKD0T8sus4ev5Qembdn-hQ83bqqRKpepsO7DcmJf3CGUnN8ZwQz4AR8edP8J3S3NkBREvILzoqng2QfKrgM2mLRiOwkWAnPbAVhieA5N_jXNjFCVJ3DUcX2ySikMUSaubMjE?key=Be3ZKKwJQe3BQ6z0M7mcLZaG)