How do I create and manage assignments?

The article provides a detailed guide on creating and managing Standard assignments within Perusall.  For specific instructions on other assignment types, jump to other assignment types.

After you've added content to your course Library, you can create assignments for your students.

Create assignments

1. Navigate to Course home > Assignments > +Add assignment > Standard assignment.
    

   

   You can also create assignments directly from your Library by selecting the content, and clicking Assign. 
   Learn more about managing your Library content.

2. Fill out the assignment information in the following tabs:

• Enter an Assignment Name, select or create a Scoring template for this assignment, and select a Submission Deadline.
  

  If you are using Assignment-based grouping, you may also select the specific Group set students will use for this assignment. Learn more about grouping.

• Choose Content to assign from the dropdown menu. 
  
  Click + Add another part to use multiple library items in one assignment, and click the red trash can icon to delete an unwanted section.  For more info, see: How do I create assignments that include multiple section or page ranges?

• The following settings are optional:
  

  • Instructions for students- provide instructions that will be visible in the assignment information tab while students work on the assignment.
  • Visible to students starting on- sets when students can begin accessing the assignment. If you include a visibility date, this also acts as a scoring start date -- meaning that no work completed before this date will be calculated into this assignment's score.
  • Assign to - dictates which students will work on the assignment.
  • Gate assignment based on quiz progress - requires students to complete a quiz before moving to the next part of a multipart assignment. Learn more about multipart assignment setup here.
  • Anonymous posting - dictates if students are allowed to post anonymous comments.
  • Assignment is optional - if enabled, this assignment will not show up in the gradebook.
  • Assignment is extra credit [Available only for LTI 1.3 courses] - if enabled, the assignment will be synced to your LMS as an assignment "out of" 0 points, and will be excluded from the averages calculated in the Perusall gradebook.

  ADVANCED TIPS: Navigate to Settings > Advanced > Library & assignments, and there you can:
  
  Provide Default assignment instructions that will apply to all assignments created in the course. Any instructions you add to a particular assignment will override the instructions specified here. 
  
  Set an Availability period of assignments that will automatically apply, unless you enter a specific visibility date for an individual assignment.

After you click OK to create an assignment, it will populate in your Assignments list.

Assignment Actions menu

Click the three dotsto expand the Action menu for each assignment, or toggle on the Preview to see a full dialog window, including a summary of assignment participation metrics.



The following options are available within the Action menu:

Managing multiple assignments

• Use Select multiple to manage multiple assignment details at once, including:
  • Set a deadline for selected
  • Set a visibility date for selected
  • Delete selected
• Use Edit Deadlines (located at the top right of your Assignments page) to manage all assignment submission deadlines and visibility dates in one place.
• If you have a large number of assignments, select Hide old assignments (at the top of your assignments list) to show only upcoming assignments.
• Use Add to my calendar to copy a URL linked to your Perusall course assignments with events for each assignment deadline.
• Click on Deleted to view/restore any deleted assignments. 

Exploring more

Now that you've built your Standard assignments, learn more about these related topics:

• How do I review student work?
• When will I see grades?

Other assignment types

• How do I create assignments that include multiple section or page ranges?
• How do I create a differentiated assignment?
• How do Review-Based Assignments work?