Create, Modify, and Delete an Assignment

1. Click the Gradebooks tab.  
2. Select My Gradebooks.
3. Click on the title of the Gradebook you would like to edit.
4. Click Create Assignment.

The red asterisks (*) next to fields indicate that those fields must all be populated in order to proceed. All other options are optional.

1. Give the assignment a Short Name, which will appear on the Spreadsheet view.
2. Add a Description for pertinent assignment details (Optional).
3. Add Tags to the assignment (Optional). Visit  Create, Modify, and Delete Tags for more details.
4. Link a Category to the assignment. Visit for Create, Modify, and Delete Categories more details.
5. Assign Date refers to when students were informed about the assignment.
6. Add a Due Date if the date is assigned and due on different dates (Optional). An assignment that is not due yet will show up as gray in your gradebook Spreadsheet view.
7. Assessment allows you to link this assignment directly to an assessment you have already given (optional).
8. Enter the number of Possible Points for the assignment. Visit Understand How Points, Scores, and Percentages Work for more information.
9. Enter the Possible Score for the assignment (Optional). Visit Understand How Points, Scores, and Percentages Work for more information.
10. Check Is Extra Credit for extra credit assignments (Optional).
11. An assignment should be set to Yes for Is Active when it is available for students and should be included on their overall grade. Set to No to hide from students and parents until otherwise updated (Optional).
12. Select a Section to link the assignment to.
13. Filter Report Cards filters the reports cards listed in the Link to Report Cards field (Optional).
14. Link to Report Card shows the list of report cards available for linking. The list will be based on any filters set in the Filter Report Cards field (Optional).
15. Also Save This To can save an assignment to all of, or select, GradeBooks (Optional).
16. Use Link Standards to add standards to the assignment (Optional).
17. Click Attach File to attach a file (e.g., a pdf or Word doc of the actual assignment, etc.) to your assignment. Students (and parents) will be able to see and download attachments through portal.
18. When finished, click Save or Save and Add Another Assignment.

1. When linking an Assessment, additional options are available.
2. What do you want to link? Overall score, Standard scores, or Question Groups scores are available per the assessment settings.
3. Display Points or Performance Bands? Would you like to show this assignment in points or in performance bands. (If the assessment performance bands are different from the performance bands you use in your Gradebook, this option will not work.)
4. Possible Points/Score are automatically populated by the assessment information.

From the Spreadsheet view:

1. Hover cursor over the assignment name.
2. Click Edit to be taken back to the screen seen under Create an Assignment.
3. Click Delete to delete the assignment. Verify you want to delete the assignment and click Yes.

From Manage Assignments:

1. Click the assignment name to be taken back to the screen seen under Create an Assignment.
2. Use the checkboxes to select multiple assignments.
3. Select an action for the selected assignments.
4. Click Submit to complete the selected action.

Learn about entering data into assignments by visiting Enter Assignment Grades Using the Spreadsheet View .