Administering Assignments

On the Assignments page for a specific class:

1. Click Create assignment.

2. In the New assignment dialog box, provide a name for the assignment and include instructions to the student for completing the assignment.

3. Click Create.

   A draft of the assignment is displayed.

4. Specify the details of the assignment:

   1. Students begin with a new document - Students are required to create their own document in which to do the assigned work.

   2. Students begin with a copy of selected document - Students begin with a copy of the document you select after selecting this option. (Click Select document to select an existing document from the dialog that opens, or use the Search field to find a specific document):

      

   3. Student can choose what to submit - Students can choose what document to submit.

   4. Document share permissions

      1. Allow students to share their assignment document - With this option selected, students can share this assignment document with other students or teams.

      2. Restrict students to only editing their assignment document - With this option selected, students cannot share this assignment document with other students or teams.

5. Click Publish assignment. When a student starts an assignment, a document is created for that student under the root folder, where all submission documents for a class are located. These documents are shared with educators.

When a student is in the starter document but has not yet started the assignment, they will see a Start assignment button at the top of the interface which, upon clicking, will take them directly to the assignment that the starter document is linked to.

After a student has started an assignment, they will see a Go to your submission document button at the top of the interface which, upon clicking, will take them directly to the submission document that was generated when they started the assignment.

You can publish an assignment for a class only if the class itself is published. If the class is not published, the Publish assignment button is not active and the Assignment is saved in draft form. Click Back to assignments to return to the Class Assignments list. Unpublished assignments are listed with a status of Draft.

To review an assignment:

1. Click on the class in the Class list. The list of Assignments appears.

2. The assignments list can be sorted by most columns. Click on a column heading to sort the list by that column in ascending order. Click again to sort the list in descending order.

3. To see the Details of the selected assignment, click the Details icon on the far right:

   

4. To see the Analytics of the selected assignment, click the Analytic icon on the far right:

   

5. Click on the Assignment name to open the Details for all students for this assignment:

   

   You can click and drag the separator between the Assignment details(top) and student Activity list (bottom) to resize these sections. You can also use the dropdown arrows () to the left of each section to expand/collapse that section. Work by students are found in the Activity list. Click the Document link to open a student's submitted document and review their work.

   The Activity list can be sorted by most columns. Click on a column heading to sort the list by that column in ascending order. Click again to sort the list in descending order.

   An icon to the left of the Assignment Status will indicate if there are any comments in the Assignment workspace or version. Hover over the comment icon and click View comment(s) to access the comment details.

6. Select a student from the Activity list at the bottom half of the screen. If the Student has not started the assignment, the Details and Analytics panels do not contain any information.

7. If the student has started the assignment, the Details panel displays general information about the assignment:

   

   The Analytics panel displays the student's assignment data:

   

8. 1. If the status of the assignment is In progress, hover over the status to activate the dropdown menu, then click to open the menu. Click the Closed button to change the status from In progress to Closed:

      

   2. If the status of a student assignment is Submitted, hover over the status to activate the dropdown menu, then click one of the following options:

      

      1. Click Graded to change the status to graded. The student receives a notification that their submission has been marked as graded.

      2. Click Needs revision if the submission requires a revision by the student. The student receives a notification explaining their submission requires a revision.

9. If the status of a student assignment is In Progress or Submitted, optionally click the Document link to open a view only (Student) version of the Document in a new tab. Clicking the Return to Main link opens the workspace of the Document.

   

To export the Activity list to a comma-separated value file (CSV) that can be opened by a spreadsheet application like Google Sheets or Microsoft Excel, click the Export list as CSV button at the top left of the Assignment page's Activity list. The list is automatically exported to your device.

To remove an assignment that has been published, right-click the Assignment name on the Class page, and select Delete assignment: