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Assignment Management

To work with assignments, first open the classroom you want to create assignments in.

Click on the classroom's name or the folder icon on the same row.

Open a classroom

Once the classroom opens, the Manage Assignments tab should be selected by default.

Manage assignments tab in the classroom view

Create an Assignment​

1. Click Create New Assignment.

2. (Optional) Drag circuit components to the canvas to build your electrical circuit.

Build a circuit for the assignment

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You can skip this step if you want students to build their own circuits.

3. Give the assignment a descriptive name.

Enter the assignment name

4. Click the Issued Date field and select the assignment's issued date from the datepicker.

Set the assignment's issued date

5. Click the Due date field and set the assignment deadline in the datepicker.

Set the assignment's due date

6. (Optional) Configure the assignment settings according to your preferences:

  • Check the Hide components properties inspector option to simplify the interface for students.

  • Check the Hide current values at wires checkbox to conceal wire measurement data.

  • Check the Allow add new components option if you want students to add components when answering the assignment.

  • Check the Allow re-submit option if you want to give students the ability to re-submit the assignment.

Assignment settings options

7. Enter your assignment question in the Question text area in the right corner of the screen.

Enter assignment question

8. (Optional) Click Save to keep all the changes you've made. This is helpful if you're not ready to publish the assignment to students.

Save the assignment

9. Click Publish!, then click OK button to make the assignment available to students.

Publish the assignment

Grade an Assignment​

Once students start submitting their assignment, you can grade them by following these steps:

  1. Under the Manage Assignments tab, click the View Submissions button on the row of the assignment you want to grade. TIP: You'll see the number of submissions in the button's label.

View submissions

  1. Click anywhere on the student's row to open their submission.

Click student's submission

  1. You can view the student's answer in the Notes tab. If they built any circuits, you'll also see them on the board.

Review student's answer

  1. Click the input field next to the Set Mark button, enter the student's score, then click Save Mark. You will get a confirmation message if the mark is saved successfully.

Input and save student's mark

The mark should be reflected in the submissions list.

Student's mark reflected in the submission list

Download Assignment Submissions​

Once students submit their assignments, you can download all submissions in an Excel file.

Click the Download Submissions button on the assignment's row. The Excel file will be downloaded to your computer.

Download submissions

Once you open the Excel file, you'll see a table with the following data for each submission:

  • Submission ID
  • Student name
  • Score
  • Submission date
  • Submission link (URL)

Submissions in a spreadsheet

Duplicate an Assignment​

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Duplicating an assignment is useful if you want to create a similar assignment without having to set up the circuit and settings from scratch. Note that the duplicated assignment will have no submissions, so you can use it to create a new assignment for students.

To duplicate an assignment, click the button with the copy icon under the assignment's Actions column.

Click the duplicate assignment button

Once the assignment is duplicated, you can edit its name, question, issued and due dates.

Edit the duplicated assignment

Delete an Assignment​

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Deleting an assignment is permanent action and cannot be reversed. Every information related to the assignment will be lost, including the circuit, settings, and submissions.

  1. Click the button with the trash icon under the assignment's Actions column.

Click the delete assignment button

  1. Type delete in the confirmation dialog, then click Yes, Delete to confirm the action.

Confirm assignment deletion