Assignments match one for one with units of work to be assigned to students in a class. Assignments are class-specific.

Creating an assignment

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 Unpublished assignments are listed with a status of Draft.

Reviewing assignments

To review an assignment:

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

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

   

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

   

4. Click on the Assignment title to open the Details for all students for this assignment:

   

   You can click and drag the separator between the top and bottom list of students to expand/collapse the bottom viewing area. Click the link to a document submitted by a student to open that document and review the work.

   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.

5. 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, as shown below:

   

6. 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:

   

7. 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.

8. 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.

   

Removing assignments

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

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