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Create an Assignment

Create an assignment using activities from your Spark course. You can set due dates, assign the assignment to specific students, preview the assignment, and allow multiple attempts.

  1. Click Switch to teacher view in the top navigation bar.
  2. Click Assignments in Spark.
  3. Click New Assignment.
    Assignment menu with New Assignment button.
  4. Select a course from the course dropdown menu.
    Screenshot of the Create New Assignment page. A red box highlights a dropdown menu used for selecting a course.
    1. Click Next.
  5. Select content to add to your assignment.
    1. Use any of the following filters to view the activities you want:
      • Unit Number
      • Grading: select auto-graded or manually-graded activities
      • Skills
      • Assigned Status: select activities that are already assigned or not assigned
    2. Click Apply.
  6. Select the activities you want for your assignment.
    You can click the activity name on the left side of the page to preview it.
    Screenshot of the Content Selection page showing a list of filtered activities on the left and a preview of the selected activity on the right. Five out of six activities in the left-hand list are selected, indicated by checkboxes.
  7. Click Next in the bottom-right of the page.
  8. Enter the assignment’s basic information.
    Name
    Assignment title
    Start Date and Time
    When students can first access the assignment
    End Date and Times
    When the assignment is due
    No dates
    Optional: Students can access the assignment at anytime throughout the course.
    Notes
    Optional: Additional instructions for your students
  9. Click Continue.
  10. Apply the assignment settings.
    Activity attempts
    How many times students can attempt the activities within an assignment
    Show correctness marks
    When students can see if their answers were correct
    Show correct answers
    When students can see the correct answers
    Note For games such as crossword puzzles, students are only allowed one attempt to complete.
  11. Click Continue.
  12. Select the students who should complete the assignment. Select Assign to all students, including students that join the course later, or select individual students.
    Screenshot of the Create New Assignment dashboard, Select Students step which shows a checked box next to Assign to all students, including students that join the course later. A list of student names below it are automatically checked.
  13. Click Assign to save your new assignment.
  14. Click Confirm & Assign.