For information about settings for Adaptive Follow-Up assignments, see Adaptive Follow-Up settings.
Each Mastering assignment inherits its initial grading, presentation, and security settings from the category to which it belongs. The default settings in the Homework, Quiz, and Test categories work well for most assignments, but you can customize these settings for a specific assignment.
Note: If you copy an assignment with customized settings to another course, your customizations are overwritten to match the settings of the same category in the new course. If needed, you can customize the settings again.
Video: Change default assignment settings
Do one of the following:
From the assignment's Overview page, click Edit Grading and Presentation Settings. View an image
Set options and values on the Basic, Advanced, and Security tabs, as described below.
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Allow Rework for Practice Yes No |
This setting lets students rework completed items after the assignment due date has passed, provided the assignment is still available to them. More
Initial settings for provided categories:
Note: You can reset an assignment for one or more students, which allows them to rework the assignment to receive a new score. See About resetting an assignment. |
Show Assignment Score
Always Never Only after assignment is due Only after assignment is complete |
This setting controls whether students see "Hidden" instead of their total score for this assignment on their Scores page and Assignment Grade page.
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Initial settings for provided categories:
To specify whether students can see their total score for the course: Click |
Assignment Has a Time Limit No limit Allow __ minutes for this assignment |
Consult the estimated student completion time at the bottom of the Organize Content page before you set a time limit. More
Initial settings for provided categories:
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Penalize Late Submissions No credit Reduce credit by __% over each day/hour late. |
This setting penalizes only items that are submitted late, not the entire assignment. More
When you reduce credit for late item submissions, the option to set a limit on reducing credit also appears. Exception: This option is not available if the assignment has a time limit.
Initial settings for provided categories:
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Note: Settings marked with a in this table appear on the Advanced tab only if you edit the category. If you are customizing settings for a particular assignment, use the Organize Content page to change these settings.
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Default Point Value per Item: __ |
This setting determines the default point value for all items in assignments that are added to this category. More
Initial settings for provided categories:
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Randomize Item Sequence Yes No |
This option can discourage cheating by randomizing the sequence of items in all assignments that are added to this category. More
Initial settings for provided categories:
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Show Whether an Answer is Correct
Always Never Only after assignment is due Only after assignment is complete |
Considerations for selecting an option:
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Regardless of which option you select, a student cannot go back to change the answer to a question after he or she has completed the question (submitted the correct answer, used all attempts, or requested the answer). Answers are submitted one by one, and students can't review and edit answers before submitting the assignment. Initial settings for provided categories:
If you select Always
The following additional options appear: If students exhaust all attempts or give up, show correct answer immediately
Initial settings for provided categories:
Limit number of attempts per question to __
Initial settings for provided categories:
Deduct credit for incorrectly answering a multiple-choice or true/false question before the last attempt Deduction per incorrect answer: 100% divided by the number of possible incorrect answers Example: If a question has 5 answer options and 4 are incorrect, 1/4 (25%) of the possible points for that question is deducted for each wrong attempt by the student. __ % (a fixed percentage)
Initial settings for provided categories:
Deduct credit for incorrectly answering any other type of question before the last attempt Deduction per incorrect answer: __%
Initial settings for provided categories:
If you select Only after assignment is due/complete
One additional option appears: If students answer incorrectly, show correct answer after assignment due date/is complete
Initial settings for provided categories:
What students see
When students are not shown whether an answer is correct (either never or before the assignment is complete or due), they see "Complete" when they submit an item in an assignment, and "Hidden" instead of their points and scores for individual items on their Assignment Grade page for this assignment. |
Students Can View Hints Always Never Only after assignment is due Only after assignment is complete |
Considerations for using this option:
Initial settings for provided categories:
If you select Always
The following additional options appear: Give credit for correctly answering a question in a Hint
Initial settings for provided categories:
Give bonus credit for not opening a Hint. Bonus per Hint not opened: __%
Initial settings for provided categories:
Deduct credit for opening a Hint. Deduction per Hint opened: __% Initial settings for provided categories:
Deduct credit for exhausting all attempts or giving up on a question in a Hint
Initial settings for provided categories:
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Require Students to Enter Units by Default Yes No |
This setting applies only to item content that asks for a value and a unit. To change this setting for specific items in an assignment: Select this option on the Organize Content tab as you create or edit the assignment. Initial settings for provided categories:
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Allow Students to Print |
When students are allowed to print an assignment, they:
Initial settings for the provided categories:
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This setting replaces the assignment item titles that students see with something like "Item 1" or "Question 1." More
Initial settings for the provided categories:
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Note: This setting is available only for a specific assignment, not for a category. |
In a test center or proctored exam environment, requiring a password helps to prevent access to the assignment outside of the test venue. More
Minimum length of password: 1 character Allowable characters: All keyboard characters, including letters, numbers, symbols, and spaces Letters: Not case-sensitive, so DOG = Dog = dog. Initial settings for the provided categories:
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This option prevents students from seeing the content or their scores for an assignment after they complete the assignment, until the due date. More
Initial settings for the provided categories:
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