The purpose of the Worktext button is to provide a convenient linkage between a student's work in ALEKS and their use of the ALEKS Worktext. The student can click on this button at the end of an ALEKS session and receive a "homework" assignment to be done away from the computer, continuing and reinforcing what that student has most recently learned in ALEKS. This written assignment can then be turned in to the instructor.

The "Worktext" button is visible to students logged on to ALEKS, on the brown menu bar at the top of the ALEKS window. It is active when the student is in Learning Mode. Clicking on this button produces a page with a list of topics in the Worktext. These are the topics that ALEKS suggests that the student work on when they are away from the computer, based on the student's most recent work in ALEKS. Clicking on the name of any topic shows the print preview of a sample explanation; the student can then print it out for later use.