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3. Creating an assignment

Updated over 2 months ago

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.

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      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

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      Result: Your assignment is ready to be scheduled on the portal.

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