Create Assignments

HMH Ed™ allows you to locate resources and create assignments on the HMH Resources page.

Note:

● If you are creating an assignment to share on Google Classroom, see the topic Create Assignments to Google Classroom for complete details.

● Some program assignments are available only with specific related products, such as Growth Measure assessments or Writing Task; for details about creating these types of assignments, see Assign Growth Measure Assessments or Assign Writing Task Assignments.

● If you have created customized lessons, you can assign resources from your My Lessons page (located in the Discover / My Stuff tab). See Create Lessons for details.

● Only resources from a program selected for a class (or associated to a selected program) can be assigned to a class. Programs are selected for classes on the Program Settings page; additionally, programs may be available to a class if the programs are associated to the selected program and shown in the Also Available to you section of your program list. For complete details, see Manage Programs for Classes.

To create an assignment:

1. Find the resource you need to assign. See About Resources for details about various ways to locate resources and filter the resources list.

2. On the row containing the resource, click the vertical ellipsis button and select the Assign option.

Resources page

The Create Assignment page appears.

Create Assignment page

3. In the Assignment Details section, complete the fields as follows:

Field

Action

Assignment Name

Note that the assignment name defaults to the module or lesson name.

➔ Type a different name for the assignment, if needed.

Directions (Optional)

➔ Type instructions for the students to follow while completing the assignment.

4. If you see an Assignment To section, select Ed or Ed + Google Classroom (For the Ed + Google Classroom option, see Create Assignments to Google Classroom for further details.)

5. In the Availability and Due Date section, complete the fields as follows:

Field

Action

Start Date

This is the date that the assignment will be available to the selected students.

Note:

– For most assignments, the start date defaults to the current date.

– For Growth Measure test assignments:

○ The start and end dates are predetermined; you may change the start and end dates but only within the preset test window.

○ Best practice recommends administering growth measure tests once within each test window. However, teachers can reassign the growth measure test more than once, if needed. Only scores from the final, submitted test within the test window are stored and displayed on the growth reports.

➔ Click the calendar icon and select a different start date, if needed.

Calendar dialog box

Start Time (Optional)

This is the time that the assignment will be available to the selected students.

Note:

– Students can only access the assignment once the start time on the start date has been reached.

– If no start time is set, the assignment becomes available to the selected students at the beginning of the day (midnight) on the start date.

a. In the hour (HH) list, click the down arrow and select the hour to start.

Start Time hour drop-down list

b. In the minute (MM) list, click the down arrow and select the minute to start.

c. In the AM/PM list, click the down arrow and select AM or PM. (AM is the default.)

Due Date

This is the date that the assignment is due to be completed.

If the due date is being enforced, this is the date that the selected students will no longer be able to access or submit this assignment. If the due date is not being enforced, then this is the recommended date that the assignment is due to be completed.

Important: To enforce the due date and prevent students from accessing or submitting the assignment after the due date (or end time) has passed, you must select the No Data Submission after Due Date/End Time check box.

If the check box is not selected, the due date and end time serve as a guideline only; students will continue to have access to the assignment even after the due date.

Note:

– For most assignments, the due date defaults to seven days (1 week) from the current date.

– If the due date is enforced (No Data Submission after Due Date/End Time check box is selected) and no end time is specified, then students will lose the ability to access or submit the assignment at the end of the day (midnight) of the due date.

– For Growth Measure test assignments:

○ The start and end dates are predetermined; you may change the start and end dates and times but only within the preset test window.

➔ Click the calendar icon and select a different due date, if needed.

End Time (Optional)

This is the end time that the assignment is due to be completed.

If the due date is being enforced, this is the time (on the due date) that the selected students will no longer be able to access or submit this assignment. If the due date is not being enforced, then this is the recommended end time for the assignment.

Note:

– If the due date is not being enforced, the due date and end time serve as a guideline only; students will continue to have access to the assignment even after the due date and end time.

a. In the hour (HH) list, click the down arrow and select the hour to end.

b. In the minute (MM) list, click the down arrow and select the minute to end.

c. In the AM/PM list, click the down arrow and select AM or PM. (AM is the default.)

No Data Submission after Due Date/End Time

(Optional)

This check box allows you to enforce the due date and end time, preventing students from accessing or submitting the assignment after the due date and end time.

➔ Select this check box to enforce the due date and (if specified) end time.

Availability and Due Date area of the Create Assignment page

Note:

– When this check box is selected for an assignment:

○ For teachers, the due date and end time is noted in the assignment card on the Dashboard, and a note stating "No late work accepted" appears for this assignment on the Assignment Overview page.

○ For students, a note stating "No late work accepted" appears for this assignment on the Dashboard assignment card and in the Due Date column of the Assignment page.

○ For students actively working in the assignment (assignment is open) when the due date/end time passes, they are allowed to complete and submit the assignment, even if this submission occurs after the due date/end time. However, if they close the assignment without submitting it, they will not be able to reopen the assignment.

Allow Students to Review Assessment Answers

(appears only for specific assignment-types; see note for details)

Note: This field appears for all program assessments and custom assessments and also for document-based investigation writing activities in the Social Studies programs.

This allows you to specify when students can review the answers to a completed and scored assessment or assignment. The default is set to Immediately, which allows students to review answers as soon as the assignment is scored.

➔ Click in the field and then select a date period option from the list.

Allow Students to Review Assessment Answers list of options

When the assignment is completed and scored, students see a note on their Dashboard's Recent Scores widget, on the Done tab of their Assignments page (as shown below), and on their Scores page, stating the date that the assignment will be available for review.

Student's Assignment page showing a delayed date for review

6. In the Assignees section, complete the fields as follows:

Field

Action

View By / Filter By

Note: Only the classes with access to the selected program appear in your class list on this page. If any of your classes do not have access to the selected program, they will not be listed because you cannot assign this program content to them. You can change the classes that have access to programs any time on the Program Settings page. For details on selecting programs for your classes, see Manage Programs for Classes.

Assignees area showing alert that some classes do not have access to the program

a. In the View By list, select Classes to assign to a class (or classes) or select Groups to assign to a group (or groups).

b. If you want to view the list of students in a class or the groups created for a particular class, click the down arrow in the Filter By list and select a class.

Students tab showing class list and down arrow identified

If you select a class, the check boxes for all the students in the selected class are checked by default, indicating that all students in the class are selected to receive the assignment.

Students tab showing class selected and students listed for class

If you select a group, all of the students within that group are selected to receive the assignment.

Groups tab showing class selected and groups listed for class

c. If you prefer to create the assignment for only some of the students in a selected class, clear the check box beside any student who is not to receive this assignment.

In the example below, the teacher chose not to create this assignment for two students—Jack London and Mark Twain.

Create Assignment dialog box showing all but two students selected for a class

7. Click Assign button . The assignment is created and will be available to the selected students, class(es), or group(s) on the designated start date. You can monitor assignment status and manage assignments on the Assignments Overview and Assignment Details pages. See Manage Assignments for details.