Creating and Editing Activities

Creating and Editing an Activity

To Create an Activity:

1. Click on the Create Activity button.
2. Type a title for the activity in the Title text field.

3. Click the Template dropdown menu to choose a template to be completed by students.

   Tip: The chosen template can be previewed by clicking the View Template button next to the dropdown menu.

4. Click the Student dropdown menu to choose the student role that will submit work to the activity.
5. Click the Visible field to choose a date and time that the activity will become viewable to students.
6. Click the Open for submission field to choose the earliest date and time that students will be able to submit to the activity.
7. Click the Due field to choose a date and time that the activity will be due.

8. Click the Students can withdraw submission checkbox if students will be permitted to undo a submission.

   Note: Once the assessment of a submission has begun, withdrawing the submission is no longer possible.

9. Click the This activity is required checkbox if students are required to complete the activity.
10. Click the enable grade return to LMS gradebook checkbox if the activity is integrated with a Learning Management System.
11. Click the Save as draft button to save current settings and continue building the activity at a later date.

12. Alternatively, click the Publish button to distribute the activity to students.

    

To Edit an Activity:

1. On the activity details page, click the menu button (three vertical dots).

2. Click Edit Activity.

   

   Important: Altering or deleting parts of the activity template that have already been completed by a student will affect or delete the student’s responses.

3. If the Edit Activity Warning message appears, click the Edit button to continue.

   

4. Edit the template as necessary.
5. Click the Save button.