General assignment settings – Ans

When creating an assignment, you can adjust the general settings of your assignment. This includes assigning an assignment label, converting your assignment and saving your assignment to a question bank. Below is a more detailed description of each option that can be set for your assignment.

To navigate to the general settings of your assignment, follow the steps below.

Click the domain School name in the menu on the left.
Click on label_important Courses in the menu at the top.
Click on your course or use the search bar.
Click on your assignment or use the search bar.
Click on settingsSettings in the menu at the top.
By default the page will open on the General tab.

Settings

Name
If necessary, you can change the name of an assignment. An assignment can be renamed even after it has results. To change the name, fill in the updated name and click Rename. This option is possible for all assignment types.

Description
If needed, you can add a description to your assignment. The description is visible for students from the moment a timeslot is added. This option is possible for all assignment types, however the description for a written assignment is not visible to students as written assignments are not shown in the scheduled or live assignment overview for students.

Assignment template
Allows creating new assignments with the same settings as this assignment. When enabled, it is possible to select this template when creating a new assignment. The name of the assignment will be the name of your template.

You can find more information on assignment templates here.

Assignment label
Assignment labels can be assigned to your assignment. Assignment labels can be used to show the status of an assignment. Often, assignment protection rules have been added to the assignment label to disable certain changes. The use of labels is not mandatory, but recommended. Assignment labels can be used in all assignment types and can be assigned to assignments by instructors, department administrators and administrators, however only administrators have the rights to create assignment labels and define assignment protection rules to each label.

Type
In the dropdown menu Type*, you can choose between a formative and summative assignment type. Changing the type alters the icon on the assignment overview page. However, this option is mainly used for setting the review period, which can can be enabled by an administrator on school level. More information can be found here (under the dropdown menu 'Review period).

Actions

Copy assignment
Once you have created an assignment, you have the option to copy the assignment to the either the same course or another course that you are an instructor in. If you click on 'Copy', you will see an overview of courses that you can copy the assignment to. Assignments can only be copied to courses in the current schoolyear.

Convert assignment
After creating a digital test or written assignment, it is possible to convert the assignment. Converting a written assignment to a digital test might be useful in cases where a student needs to take the test remotely. Converting a digital test to a written assignment may be useful in cases where a student is not able to access or take the test digitally. When converting an assignment, a copy is made. Both assignments will stay available in the assignment overview after converting.

If Ans detects that you are using a question type that is incompatible when converting an assignment, a warning will be shown. You can choose to ignore this message by clicking Confirm. Ans will then try to convert the question as best as possible.

Please keep in mind, that variables cannot be used in written assignments. Variables need to be changed to specific values. If LaTeX is present in your written assignment, you will need to remove the newlines (enters) around the LaTeX after the digital test has been converted to a written assignment.

Additionally, when converting a written assignment to a digital test, $$ signs may need to be added around the LaTeX manually. This is due to the fact that written assignments use a different formatting compared to digital tests.

In the table below you can see how the different question types are converted from digital to the written version.

Digital test	Written assignment
Open question	Open (answer field with lines)
Multiple choice	Multiple choice
Code editor	Open (answer field with lines)
Drawing (Beta)	Image
File upload	Open (empty answer field)
Fill-in question	Free formatted question
Hotspot	Image
Hotspot match	Image
Match	Free formatted question
Mathematical equation	Open (answer field with lines)
Numerical question	Open (answer field with lines)
Order	Free formatted question
Statement (Beta)	Open (answer field with lines)
Spreadsheet (Beta)	Open (answer field with squares)

In the table below you can see how the different question types are converted from written to digital version.

Written assignment	Digital test
Free formatted question	Open
Image	Open or drawing if enabled
Multiple choice	Multiple choice
Open	Open
Open question with final answer	Open

Save assignment in question bank
After creating an assignment, you can save the assignment to a question bank. If you click Save you will see an overview of question banks that you can copy the assignment to.

Print assignment
If needed, you have the option to print the grading scheme of an assignment. This option is possible for all assignment types. For a digital test, you have the option to print Questions only or Questions with grading scheme. After clicking the dropdown menu Print and selecting Questions only or Questions with grading scheme(the available options depend on the assignment type) a new window will be opened. From here, you can save or print the webpage.

Danger zone

Move assignment
With this option, you can move an assignment to a different course.

Please keep the following in mind:

Your ability to move an assignment depends on the privilege settings of your school. It may be that only an administrator can do this.
An instructor can only move an assignment to a course in which they are also an instructor.
Moving an assignment is only possible if the assignment does not yet have any results.
If your assignment is coupled with a Learning Management System, such as Brightspace or Blackboard, it cannot be moved.

Change assignment type
For digital tests and hand-in assignments, you can change the assignment type to a group assignment, which enables students to take the assignment as a group. One person in the group hands in or submits the assignment which will be graded for the whole group. Changing the assignment type is not possible if there are already results.

Archive this assignment (beta)
With this setting you can archive the assignment. As the platform accumulates data over time, the importance of archiving data in the platform becomes more apparent. Archiving assignments means that the assignment is read-only and cannot be changed in any way. You can find more information on archiving and unarchiving assignments here.

Remove assignment
With this setting you can remove the assignment from the course. Keep in mind, that your ability to remove an assignment depends on the privilege settings of your school. It may be that only an administrator can do this. Removing an assignment will move the assignment to the Removed assignment tab in the course settings. Removed assignments will be permanently deleted after 180 days. You can also restore removed assignments from this setting (depending on the staff privileges set by your school).

Restore assignment
If you have accidentally removed an assignment, it is possible to restore it. Keep in mind, removed assignments will be permanently deleted after 180 days. After this time, restoring an assignment is no longer possible.

To restore an assignment, you have to go to your course settings and click on Removed assignments for an overview of all removed assignments. The assignment will be restored and will be visible again in the list of assignments. Keep in mind, that your ability to restore an assignment depends on the privilege settings of your school. It may be that only an administrator can do this.

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