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An assignment gives a class a diagram to build. You write the instructions once, choose what students will be working on and hand it to a class — from then on everyone in that class sees the assignment, works in their own copy or together in a shared one, and you follow their progress and grade it from the same page.

Every assignment is made of two things: one class and one student work type. Instructions, attachments, a due date and grading are optional. Students join a class once, with a code or a link, and every assignment you give that class afterwards simply appears for them — there is nothing further for them to sign up for.

Assignments and classes in your dashboard

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Two categories in the dashboard sidebar carry everything. Assignments (1) is the list of assignments your account touches in any role — the ones you created, the ones you co-teach and any you joined as a student. Classes (2) holds your rosters and their join codes.

A class is worth creating first, because it is the thing you assign to and you reuse it all year: one roster, one join code, any number of assignments.

How an assignment works

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A class with no assignments in it yet spells out the whole cycle, under the heading How assignments work:

  • Create & assign — turn a blank diagram, one of your own diagrams or a ready-made template into an assignment, add a due date and give it to a class.
  • Students join and work — share the class code, join link or QR code. Each student gets their own copy, or the class works together in one shared diagram, and you follow along live.
  • Review & grade — track who has started and submitted, leave feedback and grade, all from the assignment’s own page.

What students will be doing

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The Student work step of the assignment wizard — the app calls it the heart of the assignment — offers three types:

  • Create individual diagrams — each student starts from a blank diagram.
  • Individual diagrams from a template — you pick a starting diagram, and each student gets their own copy of it.
  • Work collaboratively on a shared diagram — students build one diagram together, as a class or in groups.

Starting a new assignment

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Three routes lead into the same wizard, whose three steps are Details, Student work and Assign, ending in Publish assignment:

  • the Create button at the top of the sidebar, then the Assignment tile
  • the New assignment tile pinned first in the Assignments list
  • a class’s own Assignments tab

The Assignments list

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Open Assignments and the list gives you the state of every one of them at a glance.

  • Active and Archived each carry a count (1), and a Trash tab joins them once something has been deleted.
  • The view switch (2) offers Grid, Tiles and List — the same three views the rest of the dashboard uses.
  • New assignment (3) stays pinned as the first card.
  • Every other card shows the class it belongs to, the title, the due date, the work type and how many students have submitted.

Following an assignment

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Opening an assignment gives you its live overview: Joined, Started, Submitted and To review counters across the top, the student list underneath, the class join code and link ready to share, an Updates box that reaches every student in the class, and a Recent activity feed. The page updates by itself — there is no need to refresh it while a class is working.

Who can do what

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  • The teacher who created the assignment can edit it, share it, follow it, grade it, and archive or delete it.
  • Co-teachers on the class help you run it: they see the roster and can view and grade student work, but they cannot delete the class.
  • Students see the assignments given to their class and work on their own diagram, or on the shared one in a collaborative assignment.

What students see

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Students join the class once — with the access code, the join link or the QR code — and the assignment then appears in their own dashboard, where they build their diagram, submit it and read your feedback. Assignments for students walks through it from their side.

Where to go next

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