This article will guide you on how to create a group assignment in Handin.
How to Create a Group Assignment
- Navigate to your Space and click on the Groups tile. For step-by-step instructions on how to create a group set, refer to this article.
- Make sure the Hide set from students toggle is disabled.
- Once your group set is ready, click on the Back button in the top navigation to return to the Space Navigation Page.
- Next, click the Assignments tile.
- Create a new assignment in Handin by following the steps outlined in the article Create and Edit Handin Assignments.
- Continue through the assignment creation flow. On step 3, select This is a group assignment.
- From the dropdown menu, choose the group set you created.
- Click Create.
Note
- For a group assignment in Handin, only one group member needs to submit on behalf of the entire group.
- During grading, educators can either provide a single grade and feedback for the entire group or assign grades and feedback to each student individually.
- If the group set is hidden from students, the Handin assignment will not be visible to them. To allow students to access the assignment, make sure the Hide set from students toggle is disabled.
How to Make Changes to Group Sets
Educators may sometimes need to update an existing group set. However, once an active group assignment receives a submission, the group set becomes locked, which prevents any changes to the groups.
To edit a group set after a submission has been made, you’ll need to delete the submission to unlock the group set, make the required changes, and then ask students to resubmit.
- Navigate to your Space and click on the Assignments tile. and select the relevant assignment.
- In the Submissions list, locate the submission you want to remove.
- Click the three dots to open the submission menu, then select Delete submission.
- In the confirmation pop-up, click Delete submission again to confirm.