Getting Started With Assigning Lessons

The Assignments Center provides teachers with management system for all class assignments. You can re-assign lessons, share lessons, revoke access, view students' progression and access the Twig Digital Journal all in one place.

In this guide we will cover:

• Video overview of Assignments
• How do I navigate to the Assignments Center?
• How do I assign and share lessons?
• How do I know when a student has turned in an assignment?
• How do students turn in assignments? 
• How do I access the student view of a lesson from the Assignments Center?

Video overview of Assignments

Watch our introductory video guide for the Assignments Center.

How do I navigate to the Assignments Center?

1. From the Teacher Dashboard, click on Manage.
2. Select Assigned Lessons.
3. You will now see a list of all open and closed assigned lessons. 

How do I assign and share lessons?

To assign or share a lesson, navigate to your chosen lesson from the Lesson Explorer. Here click Assign and Share. 

You can now select students and the start and end date of the assignment. You will also be given the options to share the assignment via link, Google Classroom or Microsoft Teams.

Once the assignment has been shared you can navigate to the Assignment Center to share via link, Google Classroom or Microsoft teams.

1. Navigate to a lesson and assign it to a student. Then this assignment will appear in your Assessments Center.
2. You will see a list of previously assigned lessons, here you can click on Actions.
3. Select Assign and Share.
4. A window will appear which allows you to either select the students you wish to assign the assignment to, or to share the lesson via Google Classroom, Microsoft Teams, or a sharable link.

How do I navigate to the Assignments Center?

1. When logged in click on Manage. You'll find this on the left hand side navigation menu.
2. Then click Assignments.
3. You will now be in the Assignment Center. 

What can I do from the Assignments Center?

The Assignment Center provides an overview of all assigned sessions.

Here you can:

• Assign via URL
• Assign via Google Classroom
• Assign via Microsoft Teams
• Track student progress
• Edit Assignment details

How do I know when a student has turned in an assignment?

You can see an overview of how many assignments have been turned in from the Assignment Center.

For a more detailed view click Actions and then select Track Student Progress. The Student Progress Tracker will now open.

How do students turn in assignments?

Any assigned sessions will appear on your student's dashboard, here they can click on the assignment.

Once your student has started the assignment they can save answers at any time. When the assignment is complete your student would click Turn in.

How do I change the end date of an assignment?

You can change the end date of an assignment at any time.

From the Assignment Center select the Action button.

Now select Edit Assignment.

Scroll down to the date selector and update the end date and click Assign to save. 

How do I see the student view of an assignment?

To see the assignment once you have assigned it. click on the module link. You will now see the assignment.