Customizing Assignment Options for Specific Students
You can customize the options for takes as well as those for assignment dates, times, and time allowed for specific students. These useful tools help you accommodate the special circumstances of individual students without changing assignment options for the entire class.
Note: If you adjust the settings for dates, maximum takes, or time allowed per take for a specific student's assignment, the Exception Made for Student
status icon indicates those students and assignments with modifications on your Gradebook page.
To customize assignment options for specific students
- 1. On Gradebook overview page open the Student dropdown menu (motarboard icon).
- 2. Select Customize Assignment Options for Specific Students to open the Select Assignment and Students for Custom Options and Dates page.
- 3. Choose the appropriate assignment from the dropdown menu, if necessary.
- 4. Select the students who require the customized assignment settings. To edit settings for all your students, choose the check box at the top of the list.
- 5. (Optional) If you have many students, you can use the Find Students search fields for First Name, Last Name, Student ID, or Email Address to locate a specific student quickly. Enter your search criteria and click Find student.
- 6. Once you have both the correct assignment and student(s) selected, click Continue.
- 7. (Optional) Click the Change Selected Students button to return to the previous page where you can switch students or assignments.
- 8. Each student's initial settings match the settings for the assignment. You can make the following changes to the assignment's settings for the selected students:
- ° Status. Select whether the assignment is specifically Assigned or Not Assigned to the student.
- ° Available. Use the calendar widget to set a new date and time for the student to begin the assignment. Select Use Default to use the assignment's current settings.
- ° Due. Use the calendar icon to set the date and time when the student needs to complete the assignment. You can also select Use Default to use the assignment's settings for due date and time, select Not Specified to remove the deadline for the student, or enter a different date and time by which the student must complete the assignment.
- ° Unavailable. Use the calendar icon to set the date and time when the student can no longer access the assignment. You can also select Use Default to use the assignment's settings, select Not Specified to make the assignment always available, or enter a different date and time when the assignment will become unavailable to the student.
- ° Maximum Takes Allowed. Select Use Default to use the assignment's settings, select Unlimited to let the student take the assignment as many times as he or she likes, or enter a different number of takes that the selected student may have. (Does not apply to Reading and ASP assignments.)
- ° Time Allowed Per Take. Select Use Default to use the assignment's settings, select Unlimited to let the student take the assignment as long as he or she likes, or enter a value for the number of minutes that the selected student may have to access the assignment. (Applies to Test and Homework assignments only.)
- 9. When you are done customizing assignment options for this combination of assignment and student(s), you have several options available to you:
- ° Use the Assignment dropdown menu to keep your currently selected student(s) and switch to a different assignment. A confirmation dialog box gives you the option to save your current changes or cancel without saving.
- ° Click Save to simply save your changes and stay on the current page.
- ° Click Change Selected Students to return to the Select Assignment and Students for Custom Options and Dates page where you can make all new selections and start again.
- ° Click Done to save your changes and return to the Gradebook page.
- ° Click Cancel to exit. A confirmation dialog box gives you the option to save your current changes before exiting or exit without saving.
Note: If multiple pages are involved when making your selections, expand the view so that all students can be selected at once. Otherwise your first selections are dropped when you navigate to a new page.
Enter your search criteria and click Find student.
Note: To establish Student IDs, students can enter their own ID information from the Student ID option on their CengageNOWv2 Global Actions Menu or you select the option to Require students to provide a student ID on login when creating a course.
The Customize Assignment Options for Specific Students page lists your selected student(s).
Note: Before you opt to Change Selected Students, be sure to click Save to preserve the selections you made for the current student(s).
Note: If you want to modify an option for all the students listed on the current page, you can edit the settings in the row labeled Apply to Students Listed below.
