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Question

How do I edit individual assignments in Vantage?

Solution

Locate your course on your My Courses dashboard and click Assignments.

From you My Courses dashboard, each course will have an Assignments tab.

If you are already in another area of your Vantage course, you can easily get to the Assignments from the top navigation menu.

If you are in another tab of your course, you can use the top navigation menu to access the Assignments tab.

The Assignments page is organized by chapters. To edit individual assignments, click on the caret for a chapter to expand its contents.

Once you are on the Assignments page in Vantage, you can click the caret for any chapter to open the dropdown menu for that chapter.

The chapter contents are sequentially organized to match the book's structure. Each section in the chapter has its own heading. Any assignments that occur within that section are listed under the section's heading. Each assignment includes a purple icon associated with the type of assignment it is.

The example image below shows two sections from Chapter 1 of this textbook. Section 1.1 includes a single Knowledge Check. Section 1.2 contains several activities of varying types.

When you expand the dropdown menu for a chapter, all of the chapter contents are displayed. Each section in the textbook a header, Underneath the section header, all assignments within that section are listed in the order they appear in the textbook.

Edit Settings

To edit the settings for any assignment, click the caret for the assignment to expand it.

For any assignment in the chapter, click the caret to expand it so that the settings can be edited.

The current settings for the assignment are shown. Initially, these reflect the global settings decisions made during course creation.

Once an assignment is expanded, a summary of the assignment's current settings appears on the left.

Click Edit Settings icon for the assignment which is found to the right of the assignment's settings summary.

To the right of the assignment details, the pencil icon at the bottom corner allows you to edit the settings.

Settings changes made here override the global settings made during course creation. Any changes at the assignment level will impact only the settings for that assignment. The settings vary slightly based on the assignment type. For example, hints are available for Knowledge Checks, but not for other assignment types.

You can adjust the total points an assignment is worth. The gradebook calculation will evenly divide the points among the questions in the assignment. The default point value for an assignment is one point per question.

TIP: You can change assignment settings after students have taken that assignment. The gradebook will be updated to reflect the new settings.

Once you are finished making changes, click Save Changes to save the new settings or Cancel to exit without saving.

The "Edit Settings" window for the assignment looks similar to the global settings menu you saw during course creation. The top of the window shows the assignment's name, so any changes made to the assignment will apply to only this specific assignment.

Preview Assignment Questions

You can see the questions for any assignment by clicking the Preview icon which is found to the right of the assignment's settings summary.

To the right of the assignment details, the eye icon at the bottom corner allows you to preview the assignment. This preview recaps the settings for the assignment and displays all questions available within in it.

The Preview repeats the summary of the assignment's settings at the top of the page. All available questions for the assignment are displayed along with feedback and hints that students will see when they complete the assignment. Please note that in the example image below, some information has been removed.

The assignment Preview repeats the assignment's settings. It also displays all questions found within the assignment.

Hide Questions in Chapter Tests

When previewing questions for Chapter Tests, you can hide questions that you want to remove from the pool. You can hide up to 10 questions from a total pool of 45 questions. Locate the question you want to hide and click Hide Question.

You can hide questions in Chapter Tests. When previewing the questions, locate the question you want to hide and click the "Hide Question" button to the right and just above the body of the question.

A pop-up warning message explains what will happen as a result of removing the question. If any students have completed an assessment attempt that included the question, their response to the question will be marked correct even if they answered incorrectly. Their grades update automatically. The pop-up tells you how many students are impacted by hiding the question. If the question has not appeared on any assessment attempts, the message will indicate that "No student grades will be changed."

When you choose to hide a question, a pop-up message appears explaining what can happen when hiding a question. It also provides the number of students impacted by hiding the question in the event students have made attempts on the assignment that included the question. Click Hide to confirm or cancel without making changes.

Once the question is hidden, it is marked to help keep track of it in the pool.

When a question in a Chapter Test is hidden, that question remains in the pool. To identify it is hidden, a message is included with the question number. In this exampled, the hidden question title reads "Question 18 - [This question is hidden from students]."

If you want to restore a hidden question at a later date, locate the question in the pool and click Show Question.

Hidden questions can be restored to the question pool by locating the question in the pool. At the top right of the question display, click the "Show Question" button.

A pop-up message will ask you to confirm if you want to Show the question or Keep Hidden for future assessment attempts. Make your selection to either restore the question or keep it hidden from any assessment attempts.

If you choose to restore a hidden question, after clicking the "Show Question" button, a pop-up message will appear. The pop-up asks you to confirm that you want to make the question available to students for future assessment attempts. You can choose "Keep Hidden" or "Show."

If you have removed questions from the question pool, you may find it easier to preview the questions based on their status. At the top right of the preview page, you can use the filter dropdown menu to sort questions by All, Hidden or Assigned.

When previewing a Chapter Test, at the top right of the page is a dropdown menu that allows you to filter which questions you see. You can view all questions, all hidden questions or all assigned (non-hidden) questions.