Create or edit assignments

1. Start from your LMS or Pearson+ to find your assignable eTextbook course.
   The first time you open your course, you’ll see a welcome message.
   
2. Select Get started.
   The Assignments tab opens.
   
3. Select to search for your syllabus.
   The File Explorer window opens.
   
4. Navigate to your syllabus file and select Open.
   Your file shows on the Assignments tab.
   
5. Select Upload.
   Pearson+ uploads your file, extracts data, and generates questions for your gradable reading assignments.
   
   When the process is complete, you see a list of assignments.
   
6. Review your assignments. You might want to edit assignments or adjust due dates.
7. Select Publish to make the assignments available to students.

1. At the top of the Assignments tab, select to add a custom assignment.
   The Add assignment window opens.
   
2. In the Due date box, use to set the date the assignment is due.
3. In the Due time box, use to set the time the assignment is due.
4. Select the chapters to include in the assignment.
5. Select Save and add another to add another assignment.
   Or
   Select Save and close to return to the Assignments tab.

When you update your syllabus and re-upload it, Pearson uses AI to bulk edit your assignments and due dates.

1. At the top of the Assignments tab, select to bulk edit assignments.
   The Edit assignments in bulk window opens.
2. Select to search for your syllabus.
   The File Explorer window opens.
   
3. Navigate to your syllabus file and select Open.
   Your file shows in the Edit assignments in bulk window.
4. Select Upload.
   Pearson+ uploads your file, extracts data, and updates questions for your gradable reading assignments.
5. When the process is complete, you see a list of assignments.

1. Use the Select and delete mode toggle. This enables multi-select check boxes to delete assignments.
   
2. Select one ore more assignments to delete.
3. Select to delete the assignments.

1. Next to the assignment name, select to edit a single assignment.
   The Edit assignment window opens.
   
2. In the Due date box, use to edit the date the assignment is due.
3. In the Due time box, use to edit the time the assignment is due.
4. Select or clear the chapters to include in the assignment.
5. Select Save.
   Or
   Select Delete to delete the assignment.

You can preview the assignment and work the questions as a student.

1. On the Assignments tab, select an assignment name.
2. Select View as student.
   The assignment opens in the eTextbook reader. Questions are embedded in the content.
   
3. After the assignment opens, select Details.
   The Table of contents opens. On the Assignments tab, you can see the sections with questions.
4. Read the eTextbook content and answer the embedded questions.
5. Optionally, choose a section in the Table of contents to navigate to the questions. Each section might have one or more questions.
   
   In this example, section 4.1 has two questions, section 4.2 has four, and section 4.3 has three. The assignment has nine questions in total.
6. Select an answer to the question and choose Check answer.
   • If you choose an incorrect answer, you see:
     
   • If you choose a correct answer, you see:
     
   • Based on the number of attempts to answer correctly, you might see Needs work, Okay, or Great.
     
     
7. Track competency on topics. For example, students might change the feedback if:
   • They selected the wrong answer by mistake.
   • They took remediation and improved their understanding of a topic.
8. After you answer all questions in a section, select Continue assignment to move to the next section.
   
   The eTextbook shows the next section.
   After answering all questions, you can view a performance report.

See how students use the Performance report.

1. On the Assignments tab, select an assignment name to see:
   • Completion details
   • The chapter and section included in the assignment
   • A list of students in the class