Create a timed assignment

You can make a Mastering assignment in any category into a timed assignment by changing one setting. The Homework, Quiz, and Test categories are not initially set to include a time limit.

1. Create an assignment, if you haven't already.
2. Open the assignment for editing, if it isn't already open.

3. [Optional] At this point you might want to click  Organize Content and check the estimated time displayed at the bottom of the list of assignment items.

   Important: If the assignment is pooled, be sure to consider the longest estimated time if a range is shown. If the assignment contains items that you've created, be sure to account for them in the estimated time, as well.

   Then click  Start to continue with the next step.

4. Click Edit Settings under Grading and Presentation Settings.
5. Select Assignment Has a Time Limit and enter a number of minutes.

6. Click Save.

   When you display the Assignments list, a clock  icon appears next to the assignment title. Point to the icon to see the time limit.

For the entire class:

1. From the Assignments list, click the assignment title.

2. On the Overview page, click Edit Grading and Presentation Settings in the Actions box. View image

   

3. On the Basic tab, change the time limit under Assignment Has a Time Limit, and then click Save.

For one or more students:

1. From the Assignments list, click the assignment title.

2. Click Adjust Settings per Student in the box on the left of the assignment Overview page. View image

   

3. In the Available Students list, click a student's name or Ctrl+click several names, and then click >>.
4. Under Assignment Time Limit, either click Time allowed (minutes) and enter a new limit, or select No time limit.
   
5. Click Save.
   

For one or more students:

1. From the Assignments list, click the assignment title.

2. Click Adjust Settings per Student in the box on the left of the assignment Overview page. View image

   

3. In the Available Students list, click a student's name or Ctrl+click several names, and then click >>.
4. Under Assignment Time Limit, either click Time allowed (minutes) and enter a new limit, or select No time limit.
5. Click Save.

Alternatively, for one student:

1. Click Instructor Tools > Student IDs & Groups.

2. Click the student's name in the list.
3. On the Scores page, click the student's score for the assignment.
4. In the Adjust Settings per Student section below the list of assignment items, next to Time allowed (minutes) enter a new limit, or select No time limit, and click Save.

You can try out the timed assignment experience by working through an assignment as a student. Only instructors see the Reset Timer button, provided as a convenience as you complete timed assignments.

• Students see the icon in the Assignments list, and in both the Assignments list and the MyLab & Mastering Mobile Dashboard they see the amount of time that you have allowed for the assignment.
• On a mobile device, students see the assignment listed, but when they try to open it a message explains that they must use a computer to begin the assignment.
• After students begin a timed assignment, they can show or hide the timer (Hide/Show Time Remaining) until the final two minutes, when the timer remains displayed.
• The timer begins running when the student clicks Start Now.
• Logging out, changing or closing windows, or losing Internet connectivity does NOT pause the timer.
• Switching to another assignment in the same course causes the time to run out. The student loses any remaining time.
• The due date for an assignment takes precedence over the timer for a timed assignment. This means that if there is time remaining on the timer but the due date has passed, students can't access the assignment.