Create and grade assignments
Build an assignment from tasks, set deadlines and retries, choose a grading scale, and review submissions.
Instructors
Create an assignment
- Add an Assignment activity to a chapter, or open Assignments in the dashboard.
- Give it a title, description and optional due date.
- Add tasks in the Task Editor; each can have its own instructions and points.
- Set the grading scale, whether retries are allowed, and graded or formative mode.
- Publish it with the course.
Task types
| Task | Learner does | Grading |
|---|---|---|
| File upload | Attaches files. | Manual |
| Quiz | Answers multiple-choice questions. | Automatic |
| Short answer | Types a text answer. | Automatic against an answer key, or manual |
| Number answer | Enters a number. | Automatic, with a tolerance |
| Code | Writes code run against test cases. | Automatic |
| Form | Fills in a form you define. | Manual or automatic |
Grading scales
- Numeric
- — a raw score, such as 87 / 100.
- Percentage
- — a score out of 100%.
- Alphabet
- — letter grades, A–F.
Review submissions
- Open the assignment and go to Submissions.
- Filter by student or task; each row shows its status.
- Open a submission. Automatic tasks are already scored; grade manual ones.
- Finalise the grade — it is recorded in the learner's Trail.
Formative (ungraded) assignments
Turn on Formative — no grading. Instead of a grade you write a model answer (optionally with a document) and choose when it unlocks: Never, On hand-in or After grading.
Reuse quiz questions live
Quiz tasks can also be run as a live quiz during a LiveBridge lesson — see Live quizzes.
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