Assign Activity Bank Activities

Add pre-made activities to the learning path.

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The activity bank contains activities from the textbook and any activities you created yourself. Activity creation is not available for all classes.

  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. 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 Assign to Course window, set activity details.

    Activity 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.