Use the Assignment Manager

• Enter a term in the Search field to find specific assignments by name. Select the X in the field to clear the search results.
• Select to filter the list of assignments by chapter(s), due date range, one or more gradebook categories, assigned status, or tags. Select Apply to filter the assignments. Select the X next to a filter to clear it or Clear filters to remove all filtering:

  

You can combine the Search and Filter criteria.

Select the 3-dot Options menu for an assignment name to access its options. Options do not display when they don't apply to the assignment or you don't have permission to use them:

• Change scores — For offline assignments, enter or change scores.
• Edit — Change assignment settings, such as the name, content, and personalization options.
• Copy — Copy an assignment within the current course.
• Delete — Remove the assignment when it does not have results. Use the Unassign toggle to hide an assignment but retain the results.
• Assignment settings — Change assignment names and manage import and partial credit options for multiple assignments at one time.
• Student settings — Change assignment settings for individual students. (This option is not available in coordinator courses.)
• Edit Study Plan — Change the coverage and mastery requirements for the companion Study Plan required as a prerequisite for a test or quiz.
• Question details — See the question numbers, objectives, coverage, and number of points for the questions in the assignment.
• Preview — Open the assignment in the player.

  To preview, add, remove, or edit questions in the assignment before students have worked on it, choose Edit, open step 2 of the Create/Edit Assignment wizard, and select the question IDs to preview and edit the questions.

• Print — Print the assignment. For example, print a test for students to take offline.
• Remove Questions or Replace questions — Remove or replace questions after students have worked on the assignment. Students get full credit for the removed or replaced question.

  These options do not display when no student has worked on the assignment. Choose Edit to remove or replace questions from an assignment with no results.

• Additional settings — Specify parameters for interactive media assignments (for example, Mini Sims) or questions with additional settings.
• Run — In an economics course, set up an experiment, run it, and view its results.
• Learning Catalytics — Open Learning Catalytics if available in your course.

1. Locate the assignment.
2. In the list view, use the Assigned toggle to assign or unassign an assignment.

   Unassigned items are included in the overall score by default.

3. In the calendar view, select an assignment card on the left to show its details and use the Assigned toggle to assign or unassign it.

   

When you unassign, students don't see the assignment but any results are preserved.

You cannot change assignment status of offline items or Learning Catalytics assignments. Offline items are unassigned, because they are only visible to instructors. Unassigned items are included in the overall score by default. You can exclude them by omitting them from your Gradebook.

In the list view, assignments show in a table in the order that students see them.

Use to change the order of assignments in the Assignment Manager and in student assignment lists.

Select a due date to change the date and time when the assignment is due:

You cannot change the due dates of offline items, Learning Catalytics assignments, or writing assignments.

Use the toggle to change the assigned status for an assignment or select the 3-dot Options menu to manage the assignment.

In the calendar view, assignments show as cards on the left and display in a monthly calendar on their due dates.

Select an assignment in the list on the left to show its details and change the assigned status.

To manage due dates using drag-and-drop, use the carets above the calendar to navigate to the month when you want to change the date:

• Assign a due date by dragging an assignment from the list onto the calendar.
• Remove the due date by dragging an assignment from the calendar to the list.
• Change the assignment due date by dragging an assignment from one date on the calendar to another.

Select Today to return to the current month.

When you change assignment due dates, the due time remains the same.

You cannot drag to change the due dates of offline items, Learning Catalytics assignments, or writing assignments.

Use to filter assignments by category. Sample assignments show at the bottom of the page. (Sample homework is not available for some courses.)

Use the Options menu to make changes to the sample assignment.

Sample tests and quizzes are available to students unless you hide them:

1. Use to filter by Quiz and Test.

   Sample quizzes and tests show at the bottom of the page.

2. In the Manage menu, select Set Sample Test Availability. The Set Sample Test Availability page opens.
3. Use the list to select a chapter to view its sample tests and quizzes.
4. Clear the Available check box for individual tests and quizzes or clear the box at the top to hide all assignments.
5. Select Update Availability.
6. Select Done to return to the Assignment Manager.

See Import pre-built assignments by copying sample assignments for more information on using sample assignments.

Depending on your course, you might have an option to switch to the classic view:

• Select Help > Switch to classic view to view and use the classic assignment manager.