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Handin: Create and Edit Assignments

Prachi Patel
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This article details how to create and update assignments and share them with students.

Create a New Assignment

  1. Head to Journey > Assignments.
  2. Click on New assignment in the top right corner.
  3. Select Handin from the list of options and click Next.
  4. Enter your Assignment title, open date, due date and grading type.
    • Open date: Enter the date and time (in the future) that you would like the assignment to become open to submissions.
    • Due date: Enter the date and time you would like the assignment to stop accepting submissions.
    • Grading types: Percentage grade, rubric, free form grade, pass/fail, letter grade.
  5. On the next page, add your assignment description.
    •  You'll be able to enter text, files, voice recordings, link embeds, along with LaTeX and code.
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  6. When you're ready, click Next.
  7. On the next page, you'll have the option to configure additional settings.
    • Group settings: Choose whether you want this to be a group assignment and select which group sets you'd like to use for this assignment. See more in: Assignments: Create Groups
    • Assignment is hidden: Choose to hide or display your assignment to students. If you leave your assignment as visible to students, they won't be able to access it ahead of the open date anyway. They'll only see the basic information in their Assignments Lists. 
    • Anonymise student submissions: Choose whether you'd like to receive anonymous submissions or have the student's names displayed when grading.
    • Close assignment on due date: This option allows you to automatically close the assignment once the due date/time has passed, which means that you would not allow students to upload late submissions.
  8. As a last step, confirm with Create.
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Show the Assignment

If you checked Assignment is hidden when setting up your assignment, you will then need to manually reveal the assignment to students with the following steps:

  1. Head to Journey > Assignments.
  2. Locate your assignment and click on the 3 dots to the right of the title.
  3. Select Show assignment from the menu that will appear.
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Share the Assignment with Students

Students can access the assignment through their Journey tabs, as long as the assignment is not hidden. You can also share an assignment block for a specific assignment in a post on the Community feed for extra visibility.

  1. In the editor, click on the + icon.
  2. Choose Assignment from this menu.
  3. Select the assignment you'd like to display. 
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Edit an assignment

If you need to add extra information or make any changes to your Handin assignment, it's possible to do so at any point in time by following these steps:

  1. Head to Journey > Assignment.
  2. Locate your assignment and click on the three dots symbol in the top right corner.
  3. Choose Edit.
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This menu will allow you to edit the title and description of the assignment as well as change the relevant dates. Before clicking on Edit, you will also see the options to:

  • Hide or Unhide an assignment, 
  • Export grades,
  • Close the assignment,
  • Anonymise student submissions,
  • Delete the assignment.

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