Student Assignment Center

The Assignment Center is a central location for students to view and submit their assessments, assignments, and discussions for all their courses. Assignments are a critical function for schools and allow your teachers to track your learning and comprehension of course material through various types of work.

Students access the Assignment Center by selecting My Day, then Assignment Center.

Use the icons grid view and list view icons in the upper right to choose between list or calendar view. Students can further customize their Assignment Center by choosing a color for each class, selecting the details that display for assignments, and modifying class and assignment filters.

Calendar view

In calendar view, can choose to display assignments for the Month, Week, or Day using the dropdown in the upper right. Use the arrows above the calendar to navigate to past or future dates. To open an assignment, select the assignment title.

Note: In the mobile view of the calendar, the Assignment Center only displays by Day. To view a different day, select the date to open the date picker.

Students can choose between displaying assignments on the date they are due or the date they were assigned. To change this setting, select Show filters to display the filter panel on the left, then set Display assignments by to Assigned date or Due date.

Students can customize the color assigned to each of their classes. Additionally, assignment tile backgrounds display as blue, green, or red based on the assignment status.

If a student has any missing assignments for the current term, they can select Missing assignments to open a list of missing assignments with their due dates and class information.

List view

In list view, select Show filters to manage which assignments are displayed and how they are grouped. You can set the Assignment view to show Active assignments due in the future or Past assignments that have a due date in the past. You can also display assignments grouped by Due date or Assigned date.

An assignment will only display in one group. For example, an assignment that is due today displays under Due today. It does not also display under Due this week. You can expand or collapse a group by clicking in the group header row.

Note: The Missing or overdue group displays regardless of filters and includes overdue assignments and assignments marked Missing. Missing assignments remain in this group until your teacher removes the Missing indicator.

When Assignment view is set to Active assignments and Display assignments by is set to Due date, assignments display in the following groups:

  • Due today

  • Due tomorrow

  • Due this week

  • Due next week

  • Due after next week

To view older assignments in list view by Due date, set Assignment view to Past assignments:

  • Due this week

  • Due last week

  • Due before last week

When Assignment view is set to Active assignments and Display assignments by is set to Assigned date, assignments are divided into the following groups based on the Assigned date:

  • Assigned before this week

  • Assigned this week

  • Assigned next week

  • Assigned after next week

You can also view past assignments by the Assigned date by setting the Assignment view to Past assignments:

  • Assigned this week

  • Assigned last week

  • Assigned before last week

You can further customize your Assignment Center by selecting a color for each class

  1. Select More > Edit view settings.

  2. Select the color box to open the color picker for a class.

  3. Point to a color in the picker, enter a Hex value, or enter the RGBA values for the color you want to use.

  4. Select Apply.

  5. Repeat for remaining classes and select Save once finished.

    Tip: The class color displays on the left side of the assignment in the calendar and list views. In the calendar view, the assignment status determines the background color of the assignment tile.

  1. Select More > Edit view settings.

  2. Select the information to display:

    • Assignment format (Assignment, Assessment, or Discussion)

    • Assignment type

    • Class name

    • Max points

  1. Select Save when finished.

To determine which assignments display in your Assignment Center, use the filters on the left. If you do not see any filters, select Show filters. You can choose the classes to include, as well as filter the included assignments by Status and Marked as selections. For example, you may want to exclude Completed and Graded assignments so you can quickly identify assignments you still need to complete. In list view, you can also choose between Active assignments or Past assignments.

Under Additional filters, selecting Only display Major assignments limits the visible assignments to only those associated with an Assignment type that is marked Major.

For more information on displaying assignments by Due date or Assigned date, see List view.

From the Assignment Center, you can add tasks to help you keep track of your progress on larger assignments or other school related items you need to complete. For example, you may have a paper due at the end of the term. You can add tasks for creating your outline and completing your first draft to keep you on schedule for submitting your final paper by the due date. Tasks you create here are only visible to you.

There are three types of tasks:

  • General task: Not associated with a class or an assignment. Displays on the task due date in the Assignment Center.

  • Class task: Associated with a class but is not tied to a specific assignment. Displays on the task due date in the Assignment Center.

  • Associated task: Linked to a specific assignment. Displays as its own entry in the Assignment Center on the task due date.

  1. From the Assignment Center, select Add task.

  2. Enter a name for the task.

  3. Choose the Class the task is associated with or select General task (no class) if the task is not related to a specific class.

  4. If you've selected a Class, you can use Associate with existing assignment to tie the task to a specific assignment in that class.

  5. Set the Due date, Due time, and Status for the task.

  6. Select Save.

  1. Select the task name or task status.

  2. Update the status or other task information as needed.

  3. Select Save.

You can select an assignment title to open the Student Assignment Details page, which will include any links or downloads provided by your teacher, as well as the assignment description. Additionally, if the assignment is set up to allow in-system submissions, you can attach your files and select Submit assignment to turn in your assignment. Once submitted, your assignment status updates to Completed.

For more information on submitting assignments, see Student Assignment Details.

Faculty may assign an online quiz or test called an assessment. You can take an assessment through your Assignment Center by selecting the assessment name.

Tip: If you cannot select the name of an assessment, the faculty member has not made it available for taking yet.

When you open an assessment, the Introduction displays. If there is a time limit for completing the assessment, it displays in the introduction details. Time begins when you select Begin test to start the assessment.

Once you submit your answers, you land on a submission confirmation page or your Results page, depending on the options your teacher has enabled. The Results page may include correct answers and details on the points awarded or you may need to check back for your results after all students have submitted the assessment or after the teacher has finished grading any essay questions. Your teacher may also choose not to display the Results page at all.

Tip: If you lose internet connection, your system crashes, or you close the assessment without submitting, your assessment will display as Paused in the Assignment Center. Select the assessment name again to see if you have the option to Resume test. If you don't see an option to Resume test, you may see a message stating that You do not have access to take this assessment. Please contact your teacher and ask them to select Allow continue for your assessment. This will allow you to return to your assessment with all your saved answers.

Teachers may use a graded discussions to facilitate a classroom discussion online. To access a graded discussion from the Assignment Center, select the discussion title. From here you will be able to select Add new response to add your response. Teachers can allow you to submit up to three files and you can embed links into your answer. Once you have submitted your response, you can interact with other student's posts and continue to respond to the discussion until the due date.

Statuses include:

  • To do: default status for all assignments.

  • In progress

  • Completed 

  • Graded: Assignment is Graded once the teacher commits a grade, skill evaluation, or comment.

  • Overdue

  • Paused: Used for assessments only.

    Note: Any assignment that is marked as "Missing" will display as "Missing" in the Assignment Center, regardless of the assignment status.

In the calendar view of the student Assignment Center, the assignment status determines the background color of the assignment tile:

  • Blue: In progress, To do, or Paused

  • Green: Completed or Graded

  • Red: Overdue or Missing

For more information on assignment statuses, see Assignment Statuses.

Select the status of an assignment to update it manually as you make progress and complete your work.

Note: You cannot manually update the status of an Assessment, Discussion, or an assignment that requires an in-system submission. These statuses update automatically based on actions taken for these assignments.