Navigate the Assignments Overview

Left Navigation Panel

In the top left corner of the page, you can click the link to return to your My Classes page.

The left panel provides the following links:

●      Assignments – Opens the Assignments page (see also Manage Assignments)

●      Students – Opens the Students page; provides a list of students enrolled in the class and details about the class as well as roster management options. See Manage Class Rosters for details.

Overview By Student Tab, Filters, and Search

On the Assignments Overview page, you may view the assignment status by student by clicking the Overview By Student tab. Overview By Student shows a list of the student’s assignments as well as the assignment status.

Click the student's name to open the Assignment Details to see additional information, including the status of all the student's assignments. (See View Assignments by Student.)

You may narrow the list of assignments on the Overview By Assignments tab using the Search field and/or Filters lists.

• Search – Allows you to search for an assignment by the assignment name.

In the Search field, type all or part of the assignment name and then click the magnifying glass icon. The list of assignments on the page updates to show only those that match your search criteria.

To remove a search criteria, click the X in the Search field. (This clears the search criteria only; it does not clear any filter selections you may have made.)

●      Filters – Allows you to filter assignments based on due date and subject, as follows:

Click the Filters button to access the filter lists. Click a list to see the filter options, select one or more options, and then click Apply.

The list of assignments updates to show only those that match your selected filters, and the filters that you select are listed below the filter lists in an Active Filters area.

To remove a filter, click the Filter button a second time.  

Note: The Search and Filter criteria that you specify on the Assignment Overview page remains activated when you view the Assignment Details page of one or more assignments and then return to the Assignment Overview screen.

Assignment

Above the list of assignments, the number of assignments (#) created for the selected class is displayed, which allows you to quickly see how much work has been assigned to this class throughout the year.

Up to 50 assignments may be listed on this page. Additional assignments may be viewed using arrows at the bottom of the page to scroll through additional pages.

The Assignment column lists the complete assignment title for each assignment you have created and allows you to sort the list and open the details for any assignment.

• Click the Assignment column header to sort the assignment list in alphabetic order.

• Click an assignment name to open Assignment Details page for the assignment.

Start Date and Due Date

These columns display the start date and due date set for each assignment, displayed as both relative dates and calendar dates. The default setting for the assignment list is from the newest due date to the oldest due date.

• Click the Start Date or Due column header to sort the list from oldest to newest.

Status

The final four columns display the number of students whose assignment status are any of the following:

Assignment Status

Description

NOT STARTED

Assignment not started and never opened

IN PROGRESS

Assignment opened but not completed

NEEDS GRADE

Assessment completed and requiring at least some manual scoring

COMPLETED

●      For non-assessment assignments: assignment completed

●      For assessments: assessment is completed and scored

Note: Assessments may be scored automatically, or they may require some manual scoring.

Assignment Title Bar

The name of the assignment appears at the top of the page.

The upper left corner of the page provides a link to return to the Assignments Overview page.

The assignment title bar area includes the following options:

allows you to delete the assignment

opens an Edit Assignment dialog box, which allows you to make edits to the assignment, such as: rename the assignment, change the start date and due date, add or edit directions, add students, and remove students. (See Edit Assignments for complete details.)

Assignment Information

The following information about the assignment is provided:

●      Discipline: The subject of the resource used in the assignment

●      Assigned to: The class to which the assignment was assigned

●      Program: The program under which the assignment resides

●      Start Date: The date that the assignment was made available to students

●      Due Date: The date that the assignment is to be completed

●      Student Statuses (#): The number of students to whom this assignment is assigned so you can see if it is a class, group, or individual assignment

The Filter By box allows you to change the assignment table to display only assignments of the selected status, as follows:

●      In Progress

●      Not Started

●      Ready to Grade

●      Scoring in Progress

●      Completed

Student Statuses

The table lists the students who received this assignment and displays the following assignment status information:

●      Student: The names of students who received the assignment. Click the Student column header to sort the student list in reverse alphabetic order.

●      Started: Shows when a student began the assignment. Click the Started column header to sort the list from oldest start date to newest.

●      Submitted: Shows when the student completed the assignment. This informs the teacher if a student submitted an assignment after the due date or if a student took longer than the class average time to complete an assignment, which may indicate that the student struggled with the skill/topic being assessed. Click the Submitted column header to sort the list from oldest submitted date to newest.

●      Current Status:  Shows each student's status for the assignment, as follows:

–      Not Started – assignment not started and never opened

–      In Progress – assignment opened but not completed

–      Ready to Grade – assessment completed and requiring at least some manual scoring

–      Completed – for non-assessment assignments: assignment completed; for assessments: assessment is completed and scored

Click the Current Status column header to sort the list by status.

●      Actions: Indicates that the assignment is ready for the teacher to take action and provides a link for the teacher to begin the expected the action:

–      Grade: Click the link to open the assessment and manually grade items. (See Manually Score an Assignment for details.)

–      Review: For completed assignments that are assessments and writing activities, click to open, view, and add feedback. (See Add Feedback to an Assignment for details.)

Note: If the assignment is an eBook, you must use the Open button at the top of the Assignment Details page to review it. The eBook opens in a separate browser window and allows you to review each student's annotations. (See Navigate eBooks for details.)