3. Creating an assignment

Background

When you have created a number of items in a folder, you can create an assignment from these items.

An assignment is an umbrella term for an exercise or an exam.

On the level of an assignment you have a wide spectrum of settings allowing you to customize your assignment for your candidates. 

In this Getting started guide, we focus on an activity with a fixed selection of items. Find out more here.

Procedure

To create an assignment starting from an item folder, proceed as follows:

1. Proceed as follows to create an assignment with fixed items:

   1. Go to Authoring > Assignments.
   2. Click+Add.
      Result: The Add assignment popup appears.
   3. In the Add assignment pop-up:
      • Select the type Exam (candidate can take the assignment 1 time) or Exercise (candidate can take the assignment multiple times).
      • Select Fixed.
      • Click Add.
      
      Result: The Overview tab of the assignment appears. 
   4. Enter the name of the assignment, and optionally a description. Your settings will be autosaved.
   5. Click the Items tab. 
      Result: You will see that your assignment contains one empty part by default.
   6. Select the part and click the Add items button. 
      Result: The Add items popup appears.
   7. Select one or more items or folders and click Add. 
      Result: The popup is closed and the selected items have been added to the selected part.
   8. Approve your assignment by clicking
      Result: Your assignment is ready to be scheduled on the portal.

Next step

Publishing an assignment on the portal