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What are Assignments?
Assignments are a structured way to ask questions and collect responses within a Pathway or Group. They support a variety of formats. Assignments can be used to assess understanding, gather feedback, demonstrate learning, or guide users through specific tasks or objectives.
Creating an Assignment
When adding an Assignment when creating a Pathway, click Assignments in your Pathway assets on the left-hand side.
Create Assignment
When you're ready to begin click New Assignment.
Your Assignment will have a few fields to fill out before you begin adding questions.
- Give your Assignment a name
- Add a (optional) Description
- Add a (optional) Due Date
- Decide whether or not the Assignment will be Manually or Automatically marked as complete
- Check off whether or not to Notify Assessors or the Submitter, Show Grade, or Feedback
Adding Questions
Click the Add Question button to add questions to the assignment.
The questions will appear on the right-hand side for you to tailor as you like.
The question options available are:
Text – Request a written response.
Multiple Choice – Request selection from predefined options.
Number – Request a numeric response.
Date – Request a specific date.
Rating Scale – Request a rating on a defined scale.
Attachment – Request a file upload.
Guide – Request insertion of a Guide.
Reflection – Request a reflective response for a specified purpose.
When filling out your question, you will:
Type your Question
Add a (optional) description to the question to help the user with context
Choose the question privacy, Private or Visible
Choose whether or not the question will be required
To remove a question, simply click the red 'X' in the corner.
When you've finished adding questions, click the Create button to finish the process.
Text
Type a question that will require a written response from the user.
What the user will see when completing the Assignment:
Multiple Choice
Type a question that request a selection from predefined options. You may set as many answers as needed and select whether or not the user can select more than one option. To add an option, type in the field provided and it will be added automatically.
What the user will see when completing the Assignment:
Number
Type a question that requires a numeric response.
What the user will see when completing the Assignment:
Date
Type a question that requires a date as an answer.
What the user will see when completing the Assignment:
Rating Scale
Type a question to evaluate a specific item. Configure the Minimum and Maximum values, which appear on a slider for the user.
The Low and High labels can be customized. Fields are pre-populated for demonstration purposes.
What the user will see when completing the Assignment:
Attachment
Here, you can ask the user to upload an attachment to the assignment.
The user can only attach one file per question. If you want for them to attach more files, add as many more 'Attachment' questions as you like.
What the user will see when completing the Assignment:
Guide
You can ask the user to attached a Guide from our collection.
They will only be able to select one Guide per question. If you would like for them to add more than one, you can add more 'Guide' questions to the Assignment.
What the user will see when completing the Assignment:
Then,
Reflection
You can ask the user to submit a reflection from their Reflection Library.
They will only be able to submit one reflection per question. If you would like for them to add more than one reflection, you can add more 'Reflection' questions to the Assignment.
What the user will see when completing the Assignment: