Assign homework
Homework is anything students do on their own between classes. You can build a quiz from scratch, or hand out something you already taught with one click.
Before you start
What you need
- A class with students in it.
- Ideally, one session already taught.
- 10–30 minutes depending on which route you take.
What you will have
- Homework showing on every student's page.
- A list of who has done it and who has not.
- Marks that feed into their grade automatically.
Everything here lives in the Homework tab of your class.
Two ways to assign
| Route | How long | Best for |
|---|---|---|
| Build an assignment | 10–30 minutes | A proper quiz or a written task with several questions, that counts for real marks. |
| Assign something you already taught | Under a minute | “Finish the practice card we ran out of time for”, or an interactive lesson you want them to work through. |
Build an assignment
In the Homework tab, start a new assignment and choose what kind it is.
- Quiz — a set of questions with right answers. Marks itself.
- Practice — one open task the student works through and submits for you to read.
| Field | What to put |
|---|---|
| Title | What students will see in their list. “Week 3 quiz: loops”. |
| Time limit | How many minutes they get once they start. Starts at 20. Set it generously — a stressed student is not a tested student. |
| Prompt (practice only) | The task itself, written the way you would say it out loud. |
| Response type (practice only) | How they answer — a written answer, code, and so on. The same choices as in-class practice cards. |
| Rubric (practice only) | Optional. What you are looking for when you mark it. Writing this out makes your marking faster and more consistent, and you can share the standard with students. |
Add questions
Open the assignment you just made. There is a section headed Questions. You can fill it four ways, and you can mix them.
- Write them yourself. Type the question and the answers.
- Take them from your course. If a course is attached to this class, pick from the questions already written in it.
- Import several at once. Paste in a batch rather than adding them one by one.
- Ask Lumi. Give it a topic and it drafts a question. Read it before you keep it.
Assign it
While you are writing it, the assignment sits in Draft and students cannot see it. When it is ready, assign it. It appears on every student’s homework page straight away.
Give it a due date if you want one. Students see it and can plan around it.
Assign something you already taught
In the same tab there is an option to assign an existing resource rather than build a new one. You can pick either:
- A practice card from any of your prepared sessions — including one you never got round to pushing.
- An interactive lesson from the library, for a topic students learn better by playing with.
Add a due date if you want one, and it goes out immediately. That is the whole flow.
What students see
Students get a homework page in their copy of the class listing everything you have set, what is due when, and what they have already handed in. They work through it there and submit. Quizzes are marked as soon as they finish; written work waits for you.
Review submissions
Open the assignment to see everyone’s progress in one table: who has finished, who has started, who has not begun, and what they scored.
From here you can:
- Read a student’s answers and mark written work.
- Override a score. If a self-marked question was unfair or a student was right in a way the answer key did not expect, type the score you want instead.
- Award a score to everyone. A bulk action for when a question turned out to be broken. It asks you to confirm, because it changes every student at once.
- Release feedback. Your comments and scores stay hidden until you release them, so you can mark the whole class before anyone sees anything.
Homework states
| State | Meaning | Students can… |
|---|---|---|
| Draft | You are still building it. | See nothing. |
| Assigned | It is out. | Open it, work on it and submit. |
| Closed | It is finished with. | See their result, but not submit any more. |
Homework scores feed straight into the gradebook. How much they are worth is set by your grading policy, which is the subject of the next guide.