Edit assignments

Updated 10 Oct 2023

You can edit assignments in various ways depending on the assignment's status:

  • Published or unpublished
  • Upcoming, due, or past due
  • Student work not started, started, or submitted

For example, after students start work on an assessment, you can extend its due date and time, but can't edit assessment questions. More details

Edit assignment options

  1. From the Dashboard, select an assignment's options menu .
  2. Select Edit assignment.

From this page, you can:

Select Unpublish.

Students can't see the assignment until you publish it again.

    You can move an assignment due date to a future date and time, even after students start work or the initial due date passes. After students start work, you can't move it to a date or time in the past.

    1. In Due date, enter a new due date or select one from the calendar.
    2. In Time, enter a new due time.
    3. Save or Publish the assignment.

    Your new or updated assignment appears on the Dashboard.

    Tip: You can also select an assignment's calendar icon from the Dashboard, and change the due date there.

    You can change the due date for individual items in an assignment, even if students have submitted work, as long as the new due date is after the current due date and not a date in the past.

    1. Select the options menu for an assignment item, then Edit due date.
    2. Enter another due date or select one from the calendar.
    3. In Time, enter a new due time, if you want.

      If the changed item is due in an hour or less, you can't change the due time.

    4. Select Next.
      • If you chose a due date that doesn't have an assignment, enter assignment details, then Publish or Save.
      • If you chose a due date or due time that has an assignment, confirm that you want to add content to that assignment, then Publish or Save.

    Your new or updated assignment appears on the Dashboard. Students see a flag and message about the changes as well.

    1. Open an assignment you want to edit.
    2. Select the options menu for an assessment, then select Edit scoring.
    3. Change the points.
    4. Publish or Save your changes.

    The assessment's point total adjusts based on your changes.

    Tip If you expect to change points for all similar assessments, consider changing scoring settings for that assessment type.

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