Assign an Assignment

Assign materials to add them to the gradebook. Assignments can be given to all students with the same settings, or modified for certain students.

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You might want to assign work to students individually or in groups to:

Give certain students more time to complete assignments or more attempts to submit assignments
Assign additional work to students who need more help
Grant extensions to students with planned absences

Assign to Everyone

In the upper-left corner, click › Assignments.
Your Assignments page displays all available assignments in your course.
Filter your materials by Status, Type, or Gradebook Category.
Select assignments and click Assign Number Selected.
In Gradebook Category, select how the assignment should be weighted in the gradebook.
Set Assign to Students to Everyone.
Set the start date, due date, and number of attempts for the assignment.
Click Assign.

In the upper-left corner, click › Assignments.
Your Assignments page displays all available assignments in your course.
Filter your materials by Status, Type, or Gradebook Category.
Select assignments and click Assign Number Selected.
In Gradebook Category, select how the assignment should be weighted in the gradebook.
Select students to take the assignment.
1. Set Assign to Students to Individual Students.
2. Select one or more students from your class list, or select a group of students in Filter With Groups.
  To place students in groups, see Student Groups.
Set the start date, due date, and number of attempts for the assignment.
To assign this assignment to other students with different settings, click Assign to Additional Students.
1. Select students from the student list.
  Students who have already been assigned the assignment will display their Start, Due, and Attempts settings.
2. Adjust the previous settings as needed.
Click Assign.