Creating and Managing Assignments

You can easily create, manage, and edit a wide variety of course assignments in CengageNOWv2. The available assignment types include Homework, Test, Reading, External, and Adaptive Study Plans.

Depending on your discipline and text, CengageNOWv2 allows you to adapt assignments that come bundled with your book or choose specific questions to build your own customized assignments. In addition, you have an extensive range of options to determine how each assignment will work or even create your own questions.

The assignment creation process varies among the different types of assignments and the source materials you selected. You can find specific information for each process in the following sections:

Topics for Creating Assignments

• Assignment Creation Overview

• Creating a Homework Assignment

• Creating a Test Assignment

• Creating a Reading Assignment

• Creating an Adaptive Study Plans Assignment

• Creating an External Assignment

You can use additional features on the CengageNOWv2 Assignments page to adapt existing assignments for new uses, archive assignments that are no longer needed, and perform other tasks.

Assignment Management Options

• For an overview of the Assignments page options, see Using the Assignments Page.

• To change the information displayed on your Assignments page, see Changing the Assignments Page Display Options.

• To modify an existing assignment, see Managing and Editing Assignments and Editing Assignment Options.

• To upload files from your local computer into CengageNOWv2, see Uploading Files.

• To manage the dates for all course assignments at one time, see Modifying Dates.

• To modify assignment settings for individual students, see Customizing Assignment Options for Specific Students.

• To manage or retrieve an archived assignment, folder, or course, see Archiving Courses and Assignments.

• To create your own questions from scratch, see Authoring in CengageNOWv2.