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Assign Activity Bank Activities

Add pre-made activities from your textbook to the learning path. If enabled for your course, you can also assign your own activities.

  1. Click + Add / Create > Activity.
  2. Click Activity Bank.

    The activity bank opens, showing all activities for your textbook.

    The activity bank, showing that 197 activities are available for this textbook, and 34 are unassigned. Unassigned activities have an Assign button, while assigned activities are labeled Assigned. All activities can be previewed.
  3. Optional: Filter the activities to find what you want.
    • To view only activities not already in the learning path, select Activities not assigned.
    • To view only activities from certain chapters, click Chapters and select chapters.
    • To view only certain activity types, click Activity Type and select activity types.
  4. To preview an activity, click Preview.

    The Activity Preview opens, showing reading, questions, and default settings. You can edit an activity's settings after adding it to the learning path.

    1. To take the activity as a student, select responses and click Submit.
      Your attempt is scored. Correct responses are marked Correct and incorrect responses are marked Incorrect.
    2. To see feedback for your responses, click Correct or Incorrect.
    3. To see other results students might get, select different responses and click Try Again.
    4. To close the Activity Preview, click Close.
  5. Click Assign.
  6. In the Editing Activity window, set the activity title, description, dates, and location in the learning path to assign the activity to your course.
    Title
    Label for the activity in the learning path.
    Description
    Information or instructions displayed when the activity is opened.
    Require Password
    Password protection for scoreable activities to prevent students from accessing them ahead of time.
    Available Date
    When students can start work on the activity.
    Due Date
    When students must end work on the activity.
    Associated Topic
    Textbook topic related to the activity.
    Order Within Topic
    Position in the learning path under the specified topic.
  7. Click Add.

If you are using category weighting, add your new activity to a category.