Begin Assignment

Begin Assignment

To begin an assignment:

Click an available assignment name link.
The selected assignment opens. First you will see an instruction screen describing details of the assignment. If you continue, you will start the assignment.

Depending on the assignment settings your instructor selected, you may not see all of the assignment buttons shown in the figure above.

Instructions	Opens a window showing assignment instructions and summary data
Help	Opens a window showing Help content related to doing an assignment.
	Helps you navigate through the assignment questions.
	Returns you to the previous question.
	Takes you to the next question, and the dropdown menu lets you jump to any question.

Note: If you use these navigation buttons, your work will automatically be saved during the assignment.

eBook	If your instructor has enabled this feature, then you will see an “eBook” icon. Click this icon to see eBook content for this assignment.
Check Recorded Lecture	If your instructor has enabled this feature, then you will see the recorded lecture icon. Click the icon to open a new browser window and view the related recorded lecture.
Print	Sends a copy of the current question to your printer.
Submit Assignment	Submits your assignment for grading. Typically you’ll only want to do this after you have answered all of the questions.
Save & Exit	Saves your work and exits the assignment.
Time Remaining	If the assignment is timed, a timer will be displayed at the top of the assignment area. When the timer reaches zero, your assignment will automatically be submitted and any incomplete questions will be marked as incorrect.

Answer the question(s) displayed by selecting the answer or typing in your response.

Viewing Hints	Your instructor may include hints to the assignment questions. If so, a Hints link will be available to provide additional information to assist you.
Check My Work	If your instructor has enabled this feature (usually for Homework or Practice assignments), you will see a “Check My Work” icon after each auto-gradable question. Click this icon at any time to check your answer. The actual answer will not be displayed; if your answer is incorrect, you can try again by closing this window and selecting a different answer.
Show Me	If your instructor has enabled this feature, you will see a “Show Me” icon after each question. Click this icon at any time to see the answer to the question.
Guided Solution	If your instructor has enabled this feature, you will see a “Guided Solution” icon after each question. Click this icon at any time and the application will guide you through the solution, step by step.
Practice	If your instructor has enabled this feature, you will see a “Practice” icon after each question. Click this icon at any time to open a popup window where you can answer multiple versions of the same question with different values. These practice question attempts will not be scored.
Netcalculator	If your instructor has enabled this feature, you will see a “Netcalculator” icon after each question. Click this icon at any time to open a web-based calculator.
Formulas	If your instructor has enabled this feature, you will see a “Formulas” icon after each question. Click this icon at any time to see a related formula.
Ask My Instructor	If your instructor has enabled this feature, you will see an “Ask My Instructor” icon after each question. Click this icon at any time to request help from your instructor.
References	Click this icon to show or hide references or other information.
eBook Link	– If your instructor has enabled this feature, you will see an “eBook Links” icon after each question. Click this icon to see eBook resources related to this question.

Continue to the next question using the navigation buttons and question selector. Your instructor may have enabled an option that will show you the correct answer before moving on to the next question. (More on this below.) Please note that if you click the Next button, your question will be submitted, and you will not be able to answer this question again.
When you have answered all the test questions, click Submit Assignment to submit your assignment for grading. A dialogue box will open, asking you to verify that you want to submit your assignment for grading.
Click Submit.
Once your assignment is submitted, a results page may appear if your instructor opted to show the results page at the end of the test. The results page displays your name, score, the date and time the test was taken, and the duration of the test. The questions with the correct answer and your response are displayed along with other explanatory information. Also, a button will appear allowing you to go back to the assignment list.

Note: For assignments that contain essays or other questions that require manual grading, the displayed score may not reflect the total score.

Instant Feedback

If your instructor has enabled the feedback features for your assignment, you can get feedback right away. Please note that if you click the Next button, your question will be submitted, feedback for this question will be shown, and you will not be able to answer this question again.

During an Assignment

Viewing Hints – Your instructor may include hints to the assignment questions. If they did, a Hints link will be available to provide additional information to assist with answering the question.

Check My Work – If your instructor enabled the Check My Work feature, a link will be available at the bottom of the question to check your answer. This link opens a new browser window showing you the questions you have correct and which ones are incorrect. You can then close this window and try answering your incorrect ones again.

After Submitting an Assignment

Depending on when and if your instructor has allowed you to view your results after submitting your assignment, a results page may appear.
The results page displays your name, score, date and time the test was taken and duration of the test. The questions with the correct answer and your response are displayed along with the correct answer and other explanation information.

Additionally, if your instructor has set the questions to be scrambled during the assignment, the following message will appear the top of the question area.

The questions after submitting the assignment will then be in the original order your instructor prepared them to assist you in discussing the results.

Re-working an Assignment

If your instructor has setup your assignment for multiple attempts, they may have also enabled the ability to rework incorrect answers or answers that were not given full credit.

When starting another attempt for the assignment you will be prompted with a message with a note about how many times you can take the assignment and to re-work an incorrect question using the pull-down menu to go directly to it.
After starting the assignment you can then use the question navigation pull-down menu to jump directly to the incorrect questions to begin re-working them.

Incorrect questions will have an next to them.
Alternatively you can page through each question again using the next and previous buttons. All the correctly answered questions will have the following message.

The incorrect question it will have the following message.

Answer all of your incorrect questions and resubmit your assignment.

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