Require Resources

Students can take the self-assessment diagnostics and work through Resource topics on their own, but you may want to require that they work on specific topics and assets. Both you and the MyLab can require that students complete specific Resources. Here's how it works:

• Instructor: There are two ways for you to require Resources:
  • Require them for the entire class. You have the option of assigning due dates to these required assets.
  • Require them for a specific student by adding a Common Error or My Comment to the student's writing submission. You cannot assign a due date to these required Resources.

  The MyLab flags these assets with the Required by instructor icon in Resources and the gradebook, and lists them in My Study Plan. When a required asset has a due date, the MyLab also lists the asset in the calendar and displays the date in Resources and My Study Plan.

• MyLab: The MyLab requires Resource topics based on a student's grammar and research self-assessments. Any self-assessment topic with a score below 80% has its assets flagged as required in the student's My Study Plan. In Resources and the gradebook, the MyLab displays the Required by diagnostic icon for these assets. In My Study Plan, the MyLab marks these assets as Required by the Diagnostic.

To require Resource assets for the entire class:

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1. Display the Resource topic's assets.
2. Point to an asset that you want to require.

   A pop-up appears over the asset and has the Require, Hide? or Show?, and Add Note buttons.

   

3. Click the Require button.

   For an exercise asset, the MyLab displays the number of sets in the exercise so you know how much work you are assigning to your students.

4. Click OK to close the message.
5. Select the due date for the required asset from the pop-up calendar. Or, to not specify a date select No Due Date.
6. Select the Time of day that the asset is required. (This option is available only if you have specified a due date.)

   Any required assets that are not completed by the specified time on the due date are flagged as late in the gradebook.

   The course's time zone affects the due time and in some instances the due date. See Your course's time zone for more information.

7. Click the Save button.

   The asset's Require column now displays either the due date or the text No due date, and the asset is marked as required in students' Resources and My Study Plan. If you assigned a due date, students can also access this Resource from the calendar.

See also:

Edit required Resources | Add notes to Resources | Hide Resources from students