Assignments: the work your teacher sets you
Where you answer the questions, attach your file, send it, and read what comes back.
Assignments is the page where the work your teacher sets actually lives. Each assignment belongs to a course, carries a deadline, and holds a set of questions or a written brief. You answer it here, send it here, and come back here to read the mark and the remarks once the teacher has released them.
The list is deliberately plain. Every card shows the title, the course it belongs to, the date it is due, and a coloured status that tells you in one word where the work has got to. A search box above the cards narrows the list as you type.
Nothing is timed while you type. Take as long as you need on a written answer, check your work, and only send when you are ready — because what you send is what the teacher reads.
Send an assignment in five steps
From opening the card to seeing your mark.
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Step 1
Open the assignment
Tap Assignments in the menu, then tap the card. The brief opens first, followed by the questions it wants answered.
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Step 2
Answer each question
Tick the boxes or choose the option for a multiple choice, and type into the box for a written answer. A counter tells you how many questions are done.
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Step 3
Write or attach the rest
Some assignments have no questions at all. Then you type your answer in the written box and attach your file, or attach a file on its own.
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Step 4
Send it
Tap Send. A confirmation asks you to check once more, and your answers lock the moment you confirm.
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Step 5
Come back for the mark
The card changes to Submitted straight away. When the teacher marks it, the status becomes Corrected and the grade and remarks appear on the card.
The statuses you will see
Five words, and each one tells you what you can still do.
Pending
You have not sent anything and the deadline has not passed. This is the normal state of a new assignment: read the brief, answer, send.
Overdue
You have not sent anything and the date has passed. You can still open it and send your work — being late is not the same as being unable to answer — but the card now says so in red so that you know what the teacher will see.
Submitted
Your work is with the teacher. Nothing more to do until they mark it. This is the state you should expect to sit in for a day or two.
Corrected
The teacher has marked the work and released it. The card now carries the grade out of the total, and opening the assignment shows the remarks, any remark on an individual question, and the date it was marked.
Redo requested
The teacher has asked you to do it again. A banner at the top of the assignment says so, the reason is written below it, and a Resubmit button appears. This is not a penalty — it is the ordinary way a teacher asks for a second attempt.
Answering and sending your work
Each kind of question wants a different kind of answer.
Ticks, boxes and typing
A multiple choice question shows the options as boxes to tick; a true or false question shows them the same way but lets you pick only one. A short answer is a plain box to type in. A longer written answer gives you a formatted editor, so headings and lists look right when the teacher reads them.
A counter above the questions reads as answered out of total, so you can see at a glance whether one has slipped past you.
File answers
Where the question asks for a file, you give the file a name and choose it from your phone or computer. Naming it properly — my-essay.pdf rather than IMG_2038 — saves you the awkward sentence later when a teacher cannot tell which of four files is which.
The brief and the attachments
The teacher’s brief is at the top of the assignment, and any file attached to a question appears as a link you tap to open before you answer. Read the brief first: it often says how long the answer should be, which is the part people skip.
Sending
Tap Send and a confirmation appears, because this step cannot be undone. Confirm, and your answers lock at that moment. The card goes to Submitted and the date is recorded. If you were wrong about an answer, that is not a problem — you can still send again until the teacher marks it.
Reading the correction
What you can see, and when you can send it again.
Waiting is normal
Between sending and the mark, the page says it is waiting for the teacher to correct your submission. That sentence stays there for as long as it takes, and it is not a sign that anything is broken.
What comes back
When the teacher releases the correction you get the grade out of the total, the overall remarks, and any remark written against a particular question right next to that question. Your own answers are shown beside the remark, so you can see exactly what the comment is about. Older corrections stay listed below with their dates, which is worth reading before a resubmission.
When you can send again
While the assignment is still open, you can edit your answers and send again. Once the teacher has marked it and released the grade, your work locks and stays as it was — that is the school’s record of what you submitted. The single exception is a redo: if the teacher asks for one, the lock lifts and the Resubmit button comes back.
If a question is flagged
Occasionally a message tells you that an answer looks as though it was written by a computer and asks you to redo that question by hand. It is not a guess: a teacher reviewed it before it was published. Redo the question yourself rather than trying to argue the point.
Assignment questions
What learners ask the night before a deadline.
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I am late. Can I still send my work?
Yes. Being late and being unable to answer are different things. The card turns to Overdue, but the assignment still opens and you can still send. Send it and add a line explaining — a teacher reads the reason far more willingly than they ignore the work.
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Can I change an answer after I have sent it?
Yes, while the assignment is open. Open the assignment, use Edit your answers, change what you need and send again. Once the teacher has marked it and released the grade, it locks and stays as submitted — unless they ask for a redo.
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Where is my mark?
A mark appears when the teacher has marked your submission and released it. Until then the status stays Submitted and the page says it is waiting for the teacher. Nothing is lost while you wait — your work is stored exactly as you sent it.
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The assignment says no questions. What do I write?
A written answer box and a file box appear instead. Type your answer in the box, attach your file, or do one without the other — the screen tells you which is optional. Give the file a real name before you attach it, because that is the name the teacher will see.
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Can I take a photo of my work instead of typing it?
Yes — attach the photo as a file to the question, and put a short line in the answer box saying where the photo belongs. Photographing straight on keeps the whole page readable; photographing at an angle is the most common reason a teacher cannot mark something.