An assignment's controls determine how problems are presented to a student and how the student interacts with those problems, including how many submissions are allowed, how many attempts a student gets per problem, and many, many more settings.
By default, a new assignment is assigned Homework default controls, which provide typical default settings for homework. There is a second default control, Test, which can be applied to tests. You can modify these control defaults to your preferences as well as create your own.
- Homework default controls allow students to attempt each problem multiple times, providing them with feedback and encouraging them to work until they correct answer each item.
- Test default controls do not provide feedback to the student, who answers each problem and then submits the entire assignment once completed.
Using default controls in an assignment
To use default controls in a single assignment:
- Go to the assignment and select the Settings > Modes & Submissions tab.
- If you are currently using custom controls, select the Use defaults instead button.
- From the dropdown, select the default controls you want to apply to the assignment.
- Be sure to publish the assignment if you want the changes to be available to students.
To change the default controls of multiple assignments at once:
- Go to the course and select the Assignments tab.
- Multi-select assignments.
- Select Choose action > Apply default controls from the toolbar.
- Select the default controls, and whether you want to auto-publish the assignment.
- Apply the changes.
- Controls can be found on all tabs under the Controls group. See Assignment Default Controls Reference Guide for more information.
- Be sure to publish the assignment if you want the changes to be available to students.
Customizing controls in an assignment
To override the assignment controls for an assignment:
- Go to the assignment and select the Settings > Modes & Submissions tab.
- If you are currently using default controls, select the Customize button.
- Override controls as desired. Controls can be found on all tabs under the Controls group. See Assignment Default Controls Reference Guide for more information.
- Be sure to publish the assignment if you want the changes to be available to students.