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Documentation :: Teachers :: Assignments :: Create a new assignment
To create a new assignment for your students, follow these steps:
- Go to the PhysQuiz.net Dashboard.
- In the top menu, click on Assignments:
- Click the green Create an Assignment button:
The Create an Assignment page is arranged into six main sections:
- Main assignment options
- Assignment scheduling
- Security options
- Advanced options
- Assignment activation
- Quiz, Exam, or Question Banks options
Main assignment options
- Physics quiz: Select a physics from the dropdown menu at the top of the form OR check the box next to “Create an exam” OR check the box next to “Create an assignment from your question bank(s)”.
- Custom quiz name: You can also enter an optional custom name to help you differentiate between different assignments, e.g. “Springs” vs. “Pendulums” would both use the Simple Harmonic Motion Quiz but with different options. Please note: exams and question bank assignments must have a custom name.
- Assign to: Select an assignment target from your classes and students. You can assign a quiz to all of your students, a class, or an individual student. If you want to assign a quiz to a small group of students across different classes, I would recommend creating a class just for those students. There is no limit to the number of classes you can create.
- Number of items: Enter the number of questions or items for your assignment. Each assignment can have up to 100 items. You can also choose “Continuous mode”, which will display one question at a time to your students and provide them with unlimited practice.
- Completion threshold: You can also enter a threshold, or minimum number of items that a student must answer correctly, in order to “pass” the quiz. This is optional and only for information purposes. For example, if you create an assignment with 10 items and set a threshold of 8, PhysQuiz.net will show you when a student does not meet that minimum number of correct answers.
- Instructions to students: You can add custom instructions that will be shown at the top of the quiz whenever a student attempts the assignment. You can also add images or links to outside resources. This field is optional; if you don’t include custom instructions, students will get the default message: “Here’s your quiz – good luck!”
Assignment scheduling
- Assignment available: You can select a date and time when students can begin taking your assignment. Before then, they can practice the quiz as much as they’d like. The quiz will become available to students based on the time zone of your school. This is optional; if you don’t set a date and time, your assignment will be available immediately.
- Assignment due: You can also set a due date for your assignment. This is also optional.
- Assignment locking: You can set an assignment to lock at the due date and time. Students will not be able to attempt the assignment after the due date. This is optional.
Security options
- Require student login: You can require students to log in to Dashboard in order to attempt an assignment. This is necessary for quiz results to be saved. If you don’t require students to log in, then their scores will not be recorded and the assignment won’t show up on their Dashboard. Instead, you will need to give them the assignment link directly (e.g., through your school’s LMS or written on the board). This can be useful for short “checks for understanding” that you don’t need to save. Please note: students must be logged in to take an exam.
- Multiple attempts: You can allow multiple attempts on an assignment. If you don’t enable this option, students will only be able to attempt an assignment once. This is optional.
- Track tab switching: To discourage cheating, you can track whether or not a student switches between browser tabs while they’re attempting the assignment. You can also set an assignment to automatically submit as soon as a student switches between browser tabs. The total number of tab switches will be recorded with their results and visible through the Dashboard. Both settings are optional.
- Access code (optional): You can require students to enter an access code before they attempt the assignment. Students will not be able to attempt the assignment without entering the correct access code.
Advanced options
- Rubric: Select the rubric you’d like to use to score the assignment. In order to use a rubric, you’ll need to create one first. This is optional.
- Save progress: Selecting this option will allow students to save their progress on an assignment so they can resume later. This can be useful if a student runs out of time while working on an assignment during class and wants to finish it later. Please note the following caveats:
- Student responses will be saved for 30 days before being automatically deleted by the system.
- You must also select the ‘Require student login’ option in order for this feature to be available.
- Progress cannot be saved in Exams or in Continuous mode.
- Show results to students: You can change whether students can see their final scores or the correct answers after completing the assignment. This can be useful if you have multiple classes throughout the school day and want to minimize potential cheating. You can update the assignment and change this setting later if you want students to be able to see their scores or correct answers. “Show correct answers and score after they complete assignment” is the default setting.
- Topics: Topics help you organize your assignments by unit or chapter and are visible by students. This is optional. More information about the Topics feature is available here.
- Display order: This determines the order in which this assignment is displayed in your students’ Dashboard. You can change the default assignment sort order in the Dashboard Settings menu. This is optional.
- Teacher notes: You can save notes about the assignment that cannot be seen by students; only you and other teachers at your school can see them. This is optional.
- Tags: Tags can help you organize your assignments in the Dashboard. Tags are only for you and cannot be seen by students
Assignment activation
- Activation: This makes the assignment available to students. If this is not selected, then students will not be able to see or access the assignment.
Quiz, Exam, or Question Banks options
- Based on the type of assignment you selected at the top of the form – Physics quiz, Exam, or Question Banks – you can change specific options for that assignment type here. These options will allow you to customize your assignment to best meet your needs.
Once you’re done, click the green Save New Assignment button and your assignment will be added to or updated in the PhysQuiz.net Dashboard!
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