Edit assessments
Updated 18 Oct 2023
You can tailor an assessment's availability, due date, and scoring to suit your needs.
- From the Dashboard, select an assignment's options menu then Edit assignment.
- Select an assignment, then an assessment.
- Select Preview on the assessment summary page to preview all questions in the quiz.
- Select a question's options menu then Preview to see that question.
You can vary the availability date for assessments and other items in the same assignment. For example, you might make quizzes available immediately but make chapter tests available only on the day they're due. After an assessment becomes available, you can't make it unavailable.
- From the Dashboard, select an assignment's options menu then Edit assignment.
- On the Edit assignment page, select an assessment's options menu.
- Select Edit availability date.
- From the Dashboard, select an assignment's options menu then Edit assignment.
- On the Edit assignment page, select an assessment's options menu.
- Select Edit scoring.
- Change points, tries, and penalty options. Your changes apply to all questions in the assessment you selected.
After an assessment due date passes, you can also edit student scores.
You can change the due date for assessments in an assignment, even if students have submitted work, as long as the new due date is after the current due date.
- Select the assessment's options menu then Edit due date.
- Enter another due date or select one from the calendar.
- In Time, enter a new due time.
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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.
The due date and time must be at least 10 minutes later than the current time.
Your new or updated assignment appears on the Dashboard. Students see a message about the change.
You can also edit assessment questions: