how to create assignments on schoology

Create a Writable assignment from inside a Schoology course

This article will show you the steps to assign a Writable assignment in Schoology using 'Add Materials' .

1. First, log in to your Schoology account.

2. Choose your Schoology course and click 'Add Materials' beneath the course name. Then select 'Writable'.

Note: You should always click 'Add Materials' to assign a Writable assignment while in Schoology. Using the Writable icon on the left menu will not assign to your classes.

3. After you click Writable, you may be asked to Connect your Google or Microsoft account .

Note: This is an important step, do not skip it! This step ensures that you (and your students) do not end up with two separate accounts and assignment lists in Writable.

4. In the Writable pop-up, click on an assignment.

Tip! If you don't have an assignment you like copied to 'My Assignments' yet, click 'Explore Assignments' to find and copy an assignment. Then return to this step. For more guidance on copying an assignment, click here.

5. Choose your feedback and assignment options , and click 'Select Assignment'.

6. The assignment will now appear in your course and section. Click the cog icon and then 'Edit' to enable grading, set points, set a due date, and other Schoology assignment settings.

❗ Note: As the teacher, we suggest immediately clicking on the Writable assignment link from your Schoology course .

Your students can now log in to Schoology and access their Writable assignment.

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Creating an assignment with Turnitin

The administrator of your LMS must configure the Turnitin LTI integration before Turnitin assignments can be created. If you are also an administrator, visit our guide on configuring Turnitin in Schoology .

Once your administrator has configured the LTI integration in both Turnitin and Schoology, you may create a new Turnitin Assignment using the Turnitin External Tool. Follow the steps below to create an assignment.

Log in as a Schoology instructor.

From the top of any page within Schoology, select the Courses tab, then select the course in which you would like to create an assignment.

Select the External Tool option from the pop-up box.

The Tool Provider may be listed slightly differently as your administrator names your Turnitin tool.

Provide a title for your assignment.

If you require grading for the assignment, ensure Enable Grading is selected. Once selected, more settings will appear underneath the checkbox.

Add a total point value.

Set a due date and time .

Select a Category , Scale , and Period for your assignment. Please bear in mind that Turnitin currently only supports numerical grading when you set your Scale.

Your newly created assignment will now be listed within the chosen course. Select the assignment title to enter the Turnitin assignment inbox where you will be able to access the Turnitin assignment settings .

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Create an assignment

Use Assignments to create, collect, and give feedback on assignments in a learning management system (LMS).

Before you begin

To use Assignments, you need an LMS and a Google Workspace for Education account. The account usually looks like [email protected] . If Assignments isn't installed in your LMS, ask your administrator to go to Get started with Assignments .

Create an assignment in Canvas

• Sign in to Canvas.
• Open the course.

• Enter a name and description for your assignment.
• When you set the points to zero, assignments are left ungraded in Google Assignments.
• Points that use a decimal value will be rounded down in Google Assignments.
• Due dates are imported automatically into Google Assignments if the Canvas assignment has a single due date for all students. Otherwise, the due date is left unset in Google Assignments.

• To save your assignment, click Save or Save & Publish .

• To confirm your changes and return to the rest of your assignment, click Edit .
• Tip : Your Canvas admin might have given Assignments a different name.
• If you’re signed in to your Google Workspace for Education account—Click Continue .
• If you’re not signed in—Sign in with your Google Workspace account.
• If this is your first time using Assignments in this course, you must link your LMS account to your Google Account. For instructions, go to  Link your account to Assignments (below).

• Files students submit are shared with the instructor.
• Tip: Files students submit automatically upload to SpeedGrader™.
• Click  Create .

Tip : Students can't see an assignment until you publish it.

Copy an assignment to another course in Canvas

• In the sidebar, click Assignments .

• Click Copy .

Use SpeedGrader with Google Drive files

If you create an assignment in Canvas, you can use SpeedGrader to grade students’ Drive files. However, you won’t be able to use the features included in Assignments. For details, go to Use SpeedGrader with Google Drive files in Canvas .

Create an assignment in Schoology

• Sign in to Schoology.
• In the sidebar, click Materials .
• Click Add Materials and select Google Assignments .
• If this is your first time using Assignments in this course, you must link your LMS account to your Google Account. For instructions, go to Link your account to Assignments (below).
• Enter a title for the assignment.
• (Optional) To edit the total points or add a due date or any other instructions, enter the details.
• Click Create .
• Open the assignment.

Create an assignment in another LMS

Setting up an assignment varies for each LMS. Contact your IT administrator. Or, for more information, go to the Assignments Help Community .

Link your account to Assignments

The first time you use Assignments in a course, you need to link your Google Workspace for Education account. When you do, Assignments creates a folder in Google Drive for student assignments and automatically sends grades to the LMS. Students can't submit classwork until you link your account. After you select Google Assignments as an external tool, choose an option based on whether you're:

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How to use the Kami integration with Schoology to push out assignments to your students.

Creating a Kami Assignment using the Kami Schoology integration is as easy as clicking a few buttons, but before you can start using the Integration, you must install the Kami Google Chrome Extension .

Once the extension is installed, you can create Kami Assignments directly inside Schoology.

✏️ Extension deployment

The extension can also be pushed out by the School /District IT department to all users via the instructions in this article .

How to create a Kami Assignment in Schoology

1. open the schoology assignment window.

Click the Add Materials button on your chosen Schoology Course page, then select Add Assignment

2. Select material to assign

Now you should see the Schoology assignment window where you can click the Kami button to attach a Kami file to this assignment.

Clicking the Kami button will open a new window where you can select files from your Google Drive or OneDrive.

❗️ Important

Whichever file storage is chosen will require the students to have an account set up with that same provider. For example, an assignment file in OneDrive cannot be opened and saved into the student's Google Drive.

3. Create the Kami Assignment

After the file is added, you will see a Kami File attached to the Schoology Assignment window. You can then fill in all the required fields and create the Assignment.

And... You're all done! Your students should now have access and can start working on their assignments using the Kami Schoology integration.

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How to Use Grading Groups

The Grading Groups feature enables educators to sort students into groups within a single course section.

Educators can then individually assign graded materials to these groups, and display them as individual groups in the course Gradebook. Visit: How to Individually Assign Materials for full details.

Individually Assign is not available on Schoology Basic.

How Do I Create Grading Groups?

Grading groups are a great way to associate students of the class to group projects, special needs, or specific criteria. To create a grading group:

• Click Members on the left side of your course.
• On the right side of the Members page, hover your mouse over the gray Organize members into Grading Groups box.
• Click the Add Grading Group button.
• Enter a name or title for the group.
• Click students in the course to include them in the group. Use the Search field to find specific students, especially for courses with a large number of members.
• Once you've selected the students for the group, click Create Grading Group .

Assign Course Material to Grading Groups

• Click Add Materials to create a new Assignment, Test/Quiz, or Discussion .

Click the Individually Assign icon in the Advanced row of the Create screen.

• Enter the name of the grading group to which you'd like to assign the material. The names of your existing grading groups automatically populate as you begin to type.
• Click Create to add the grade item.

When you assign something to a grading group, the entire item is only available to those students in the group. This means you will only see the scores in your Gradebook for the students who received the assignment.

If some students have already completed the assessment and you then assign it to a grading group that does not include those students, the scores and submissions for those students not included in the individual assign tag will temporarily “disappear”.

To see the other students' scores, you can simply remove the individually assigned tags. This restores the submissions for all of the students who have completed the item.

• To make variations of existing material in a course, save the course to Resources, and import the material back into the course.
• You can view the course as specific students in the course from Course Options under the course profile picture.

Filter Gradebook by Grading Groups

Once you have assigned materials to a grading group, you'll notice in the Gradebook that members not assigned a particular assignment, test/quiz, or discussion have a dash in the grading cell for that item. This dash prevents you from accidentally entering grades for students that are not assigned an item in the course. To enter grades for specific groups, you can filter the Gradebook by grading group. To sort your Gradebook view by Grading Group:

• Click Gradebook on the left side of your course.

• Select the group you'd like to view.
• To give all users in the group the same grade, click on the arrow next to the assignment or discussion name, and select the option to Set All Grades .

Edit or Delete Grading Groups

• Grading Groups are listed on the right side of the Members screen. Click the gear icon to the right of the Group name:
• Select Edit to change the group's name, or to add or remove members.
• Select Delete to remove the group.
• If you delete a grading group that has been assigned a course material, you also delete that association, and the students who were in the group are no longer assigned the item.
• If you remove a student from a grading group, all previous assignments completed while a member of the group still applies to the student's grade. For example, if you are using grading groups for differentiated learning, and students move to a different group in the middle of a grading period, all graded items they completed from the first group still apply to their final grades and display in all grade reports.

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