2. Enter your Username, Institution, and Password.
3. Click Log In.
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1. Click My Options in the top right.
2. Select the Personal Info tab, if necessary.
3. Enter your new password and reenter for
confirmation. (Note: if WebAssign uses your institution's
authentication server, you will have to change your password with your
institution.)
4. Enter your current password.
5. Click Save.
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2. Click Reset Password (Note: if WebAssign uses your institution's authentication server, you
will have to see your institution's password administrators if you
forget your password.)
3. Type your Username, Institution, and Email Address.
(Note: the email address will have to be exactly the way it appears in
your WebAssign Account.)
4. Click Submit.
5. If your username, institution, and email address
agree with what is your WebAssign account, you will receive an email
with instructions on changing your password.
6. If you can no longer read the email address recorded
in your WebAssign account, please email support@webassign.net for help.
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It is a very good idea to have an email address you
can access in your WebAssign account. When you change to a
new email address, please do change your WebAssign account email
address. To see what your email address is or to change it, perform the
following steps:
1. Click My Options in the top right of your WebAssign page.
2. Select the Personal Info tab, if necessary.
Your email address is listed as it appears in your WebAssign account.
3. Enter your new email address.
4. Enter your current password at the bottom.
5. Click Save.
A confirmation email is then sent to the new email
address. After you receive the email and click the link in the email, your
email address will be changed. Your email address is not changed until
you confirm that you can receive an email at the new address.
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1. Click My Options in the Top Bar.
2. Click the Settings tab.
3. Select the color scheme for your pages in the Themes section.
4. Choose 12 or 24 hour display in the Time Format section.
5. Select the view you prefer to see when you first login and when you click the Home link in the Main Menu Bar.
6. Click Save.
7. Click the Questions tab.
8. Select the way you want the Question Editor to first appear and how many questions are displayed on My Questions and Recently Modified questions pages.
9. Repeat step 8 on the Assignments tab.
10. Click Save.
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Please email support@webassign.net for the quickest answer to your questions or comments. From 8 am to 8 pm Eastern time, we can also be reached at 800-955-8275 7 days a week.
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2. Fill in the information about the question in the form.
3. Submit.
or
2. Include the question name and ID number as well as details on the error. If applicable, please include a student's name whose version of the question is being scored incorrectly.
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1. Select Course from the Create menu in the toolbar.
2. Under Course Information, do the following:
• Enter a Course Name and an optional Description.
• In Date Visible to Students, click the calendar icon to select a date. This
is the first date your students will be able to access this course.
• In the Last Date Visible to Students, select a date. This is the last date students
can access this course. You can edit these dates later, if necessary.
• In Term, select a term from the menu.
• In This Course Has, select a single-section course, or select multiple sections
and then enter the number of sections the course will contain. If you are setting up a multi-section course, you can select other instructors later.
3. Under Textbooks, do the following:
• If a discipline is not already selected, select a Discipline
to narrow the list of textbooks to only the selected discipline.
• Optionally, select an Author, Publisher, or both to further narrow the list.
• Select your textbook from the list. If you have not adopted a textbook that is
available in WebAssign, do not make a selection. If you want WebAssign to consider adding your textbook, visit http://webassign.net/info/adding_textbooks.html for more information.
• You can click select beside the short description of a book to see more Information about the book. You can click select a different book to return to the scrolling list of textbooks.
• Select any additional resources that you want to use for the course.
• Read the certification statement and select the check box if you agree.
4. Under Communication, do any of the following:
• Select Enable
for Private Messages if you want your students to send or receive private messages from you
within WebAssign.
• Select Email
for Private Messages if you want student private messages delivered to your email address rather
than to your WebAssign Communication area.
• Select Enable for Ask Your Teacher if you want your students to be able to enter a help request to you from an assignment.
• Select Enable for Extension Requests if you want your students to be able to request later due dates and additional submissions for a particular assignment.
5. Under Billing, do any of the following:
Depending on your schools' WebAssign setup, you may see different information or no billing Information.
• Select Bill Institution if you want WebAssign to invoice you for the student fee. We invoice about four weeks after the course begins based on a roster count of enrolled students as of the date of invoice. If you select this option, enter a purchase order number or other payment information in the Student Fee Payment Description box.
• Select Student Access Codes if your students will purchase access cards at the bookstore, purchase access online, or receive code cards with their new textbooks.
6. Click Next.
7. Do one of the following:
• If you are creating a single-section course, select an instructor. You can also optionally enter a section name and select meeting days and times.
• If you are creating a multi-section course, enter section names. You can also optionally add meeting days and times for each section. You will be able to change the instructor of each section after you finish the course creation.
8. Click Save.
A confirmation page opens summarizing the information you entered for
the course.
9. Select the option to let your students self-enroll or to upload your roster — now or later.
If you select Students will self-enroll, a page opens
showing the class keys and instructions, which you can print, post online, or email to your students.
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See Create a New Class, directly above.
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If you have chosen a textbook that has an online component, you can view the online book from the Student View.
1. Click Open Student View in the top right of your WebAssign page.
2. Select a class, if necessary.
3. Click the link to the book in the WebAssign Notices part of the student home page.
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1. Select your class from the Jump to Class... menu.
2. Click Edit Section Settings.
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1. Select your class from the Jump to Class... menu.
2. Click Edit Section Settings.
3. Click Add Textbooks and Additional Resources.
4. Click Request Additional Textbooks.
5. Select the textbook from the list.
6. Explain the reason for your request considering the restrictions listed.
7. Click Send.
Your request will be sent to WebAssign support. We will look into the possibility of adding the textbook or ask for more information.
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1. Select your class from the Jump to Class... menu.
2. Click Roster in Class Tools.
3. Click Upload (top right).
4. Follow the instructions. You can either copy and
paste your list, or upload directly from a file.
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1. Select your class from the Jump to Class... menu.
2. Click Roster in Class Tools.
3. Click Add Student (top right).
4. Fill out the Information.
5. Click Save.
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1. Select your class from the Jump to Class... menu.
2. Click Roster.
3. Click drop in the row with the student.
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1. Select your class from the Jump to Class... menu.
2. Click Roster in Class Tools.
3. Click Dropped in the Showing: selector.
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1. Select your class from the Jump to Class... menu.
2. Click Roster in Class Tools.
3. Click the name of the student.
4. Click the Change Password tab.
5. Enter a password in the Set password to box and click Save.
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1. Select your class from the Jump to Class... menu.
2. Click Roster in Class Tools.
3. Click Who's Registered?
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1. Select your class from the Jump to Class... menu.
2. Click Edit Section Settings.
3. Click Add Additional Access.
4. Select a discipline to filter by or select Show All from the pulldown menu.
5. You may even add a teacher at another school, but you will need to know their username and institution code.
6. Check the box next to the instructor you want to give access to.
7. Click Choose Privileges.
8. Check the boxes next to the privileges(s) you want to grant.
9. Click Grant Access.
10. Click Finished or Choose More Faculty.
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1. Select My Groups from Tasks in the Main Menu Bar.
2. Click Create New Group.
3. Enter a name for the Group.
4. Check the boxes next to the names of the group members.
5. Click Save.
6. Close the window.
7. To allow your group to edit a Question or Assignment, choose the appropriate group from the Permission pulldown menu in the Question or Assignment Editor.
All members of the group can edit the assignments or questions. Clicking the Last Saved date gives the date and person for every date the assignment was saved.
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You can remove a class from your list
of classes. When you remove a class in WebAssign, you
send it to the trash, where it is stored in case you ever want to restore
it in the future.
1. Select the class you want to delete from the Jump to Class... menu.
2. Click Edit Section Settings.
3. Click Trash this Section at the bottom of the page. A message displays asking you to confirm that you want to send this class to the trash.
A page with Restore This Section link displays so you can immediately restore the class. If you want to restore the class later, you can click Folders in the toolbar, then Trash, and then restore next to the class you want to restore.
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1. Select Assignments from the Create menu in the toolbar.
2. Enter the Name, Description, and Instructions.
3. Click Question Browser.
4. Click the name of your textbook from the My Textbook pane.
Your textbook will be listed if you associated it with your course.
5. Select the chapter from the pulldown list.
6. Click the section or type of questions from the chapter overview and click Add next to the questions you want on your assignment.
7. Click Update Assignment.
8. Adjust the Submission Options and Administration Settings, if desired, selecting the way students can submit, whether the questions are delivered all at once, whether the order of the questions is randomized, the number of Submissions Allowed, the Category, the Permission, Randomization, and the Feedback.
9. Click Test/Preview to review your assignment.
10. Click Save.
WebAssign automatically assigns an Assignment ID number to the assignment.
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1. Select Assignments from the Create menu in the toolbar.
2. Enter the Name, Description, and Instructions.
3. Click Question Browser.
4. Select Browse My Folders or All My Questions from the pulldown menu.
5. Click Add next to the questions you want on your assignment.
6. Click Update Assignment.
7. Adjust the Submission Options and Administration Settings, if desired, selecting the way students can submit, whether the questions are delivered all at once, whether the order of the questions is randomized, the number of Submissions Allowed, the Category, the Permission, Randomization, and the Feedback.
8. Click Test/Preview to review your assignment.
9. Click Save.
WebAssign automatically assigns an Assignment ID number to the assignment.
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1. If you are viewing the assignment in the Assignment Editor, click Schedule and skip to step 3. Otherwise, find the assignment. See below for how to find assignments.
2. Click Schedule for the assignment you want to schedule.
3. Select the classes you want to schedule the assignment for.
4. Click Schedule.
5. Enter the dates manually or use the popup calendars.
6. Click Save.
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1. Find the assignment. See below for how to find assignments.
2. Click the edit link for the assignment of interest to open it in the Assignment Editor.
3. In the Administration Settings, use the pulldown Category menu to select the desired category.
4. Click Save.
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1. Find the assignment. See below for how to find assignments.
2. Click the view link for the assignment you want to preview.
3. Alternatively, click Test/Preview if you are editing the assignment in the Assignment Editor.
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1. When previewing an assignment, click Print in the Preview Tools.
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1. Click Open Student View (top right).
2. Select the class, if necessary.
3. Click the assignment name.
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1. Select My Groups from the Tasks menu in the Main Menu Bar.
2. Click Create New Group.
3. Enter a name for the group.
4. Check the boxes next to the teachers with whom you want to group-author assignments.
5. Click Save.
6. Close the window.
7. Create an assignment or edit an existing assignment.
8. Select the name of the group from step 3 in the Permission pulldown menu.
9. Click Save.
All members of the group can edit the assignment. Clicking the Last Saved date gives the date and person for every date the assignment was saved.
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1. Select your class from the Jump to Class... menu.
2. Adjust the assignments showing using the Past, Current/Recent, Future, and All links, if necessary.
3. Click Schedule for the assignment you want to change.
4. Change the due date.
5. Click Save.
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1. If you have filed your assignments, click Folders in the toolbar.
2. Browse your folders to find the assignment and click its name. This opens the assignment in the Assignment Editor.
3. Alternatively, select My Assignments from Assignments in the Main Menu Bar. All of your assignments are listed, ordered by most recently saved date and can be sorted by Name or Category.
4. If you want to find an assignment that you did not author, select Search from Assignments in the Main Menu Bar.
5. Fill in one of the search fields; for example, fill in part of the assignment name and the author's name.
6. Click Search.
7. If you know the assignment ID number, you can use the Search on the toolbar.
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There are several ways to share Assignments. The simplest is to choose Public for the Permission of your assignment. That way anyone can find it in a search and use it. If Permission of your assignment is Private, you are the only teacher who can find it or use it.
If you wish to give a teacher access at your discretion, then
1. Make the Permission of the assignment Protected.
2. Give the other teacher the assignment ID number.
3. The teacher can find your assignment using the Search on the toolbar.
4. Once the other teacher finds the assignment, they can schedule it for their own class(es) or duplicate and schedule.
5. If the teacher wants to be able to modify the assignment, they will have to first duplicate it.
Another way to share assignments is to give the teacher access to your class (see section above). The teacher will then be able to view all of your assignments in the ClassView and can schedule them as needed.
A third way to share assignments is to create a group and add the teacher to the group (see section above). You and the teacher will then be able to edit each other's assignments as long as the permission on the assignment is set to the group name. The members of the group have to be in the same school.
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1. Select My Classes Page from the Tasks menu.
2. Click Past above the Class list.
3. Click the term of the class that contains the assignment(s) you want to reschedule.
4. Click the name of the class, so you are in ClassView of the past class.
5. Click Propagate at the lower edge of the assignment list. The Propagate
page displays, showing a list of the assignments on the left and a list of your classes on the right.
6. Select the assignment you want to reschedule to the current class(es). You may need to adjust the assignments showing using the Past, Current/Recent, Future, and All links.
7. Click Current above the Class list on the right.
8. Select the classes to which you want to schedule the assignment(s).
9. Select one of the following based on what you want to do:
• To create one set of new assignments that are copies of the originals and schedule these copies to the selected classes, select Create a copy of the original assignment.
• To schedule the original assignments, click Schedule the original assignment to multiple classes.
• To create a new set of assignments for each class, click Create
multiple copies of the original assignment. This creates a new set of assignments for each class. If you
choose this option, you will also need to specify the author of the new sets of assignments--either Myself or Class Instructor.
10. Click Choose Dates. The Propagate - Copy to page displays, listing the assignment name and each class you selected to schedule this assignment to.
11. Enter the First Visible, Due, and Last Visible dates for these assignments.
12. Click Save.
An Assignments Successfully Propagated message displays, along with a ClassView button you can click to go to the ClassView page from step 4.
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1. Select the class from the Jump to Class... menu.
2. Click Class Schedule at the end of the list of assignments.
3. Adjust the Assignments displayed using the Past, Current/Recent, Future, and All links.
4. Uncheck the Available box next to the assignment you want to remove.
5. Click Save.
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1. Select the class from the Jump to Class... menu.
2. Click Class Schedule at the end of the list of assignments.
3. Adjust the Assignments displayed using the Past, Current/Recent, Future, and All links, if necessary.
4. All assignments that have ever been scheduled for your class will appear in this list.
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1. Find the assignment (see section above) and click Edit if you are not in the Assignment Editor.
2. Enter the total points you want the assignment worth at the end of the list of questions.
3. Click distribute total.
4. Click Save.
5. Alternatively, click the Full tab above the list of questions.
6. Enter the value for each part of each question in the Points boxes.
7. Click update total.
8. Click Save.
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1. Select your class from the Jump to Class... menu.
2. Adjust the assignments showing using the Past, Current/Recent, Future, and All links, if necessary.
3. Click Schedule for the assignment you want to password protect.
4. Enter a Password in the Password Protected entry box (Restrictions area).
5. Verify that the active box is checked.
6. Click Save.
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1. Select your class from the Jump to Class... menu.
2. Adjust the assignments showing using the Past, Current/Recent, Future, and All links, if necessary.
3. Click Schedule for the assignment you want to restrict access.
4. Enter the IP address or subnet that is common to the computer lab (Restrictions area). Your network administrator may have to provide this information.
5. Verify that the active box is checked.
6. Click Add 1 Row or Add Multiple Rows if you need to add another IP address or subnet.
7. Click Save.
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1. Select your class from the Jump to Class... menu.
2. Adjust the assignments showing using the Past, Current/Recent, Future, and All links, if necessary.
3. Click Schedule for the assignment you want to open only in Securexam Browser.
4. If you have not purchased Securexam Browser for your class, do so now.
5. Check the box next to Securexam Browser.
6. Click Save.
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1. Select Questions from the Create menu in the toolbar.
2. Enter a name for your question.
3. Select the Mode from the pulldown menu, for example, numerical.
4. Enter your question in the Question box.
5. If students must type in their answer (a numerical,
fill-in-the-blank, essay (or file upload), symbolic, or algebraic question), type the entry box tag
<_>.
6. Enter your answer in the Answer box.
7. Click Test/Preview to view how your question will be displayed.
8. Click Close this window.
9. Click Save.
WebAssign automatically assigns a unique Question
ID number to the question. See Question Coding Reference for detailed instructions for writing questions.
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1. Select My Groups from the Tasks in the Main Menu Bar.
2. Click Create New Group.
3. Enter a name for the group.
4. Check the boxes next to the teachers with whom you want to group-author questions.
5. Click Save.
6. Close the window.
7. Create a question or edit an existing question.
8. Select the name of the group from step 3 in the Permission pulldown menu in the Additional Information area.
9. Click Save.
All members of the group can edit the question. Clicking the Last Saved date gives a history of edits, the date and person for every date the question was saved.
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1. Select Search from Questions in the Main Menu Bar.
2. Fill in one or more of the search fields. For example, type template in the Name box and webassign in the author box to find questions with a name that includes 'template' and were authored by someone at webassign.
3. In the Results Options, choose the way you want the questions displayed—how
many questions per page, whether to see the full display of the
questions or the short display with just the name and ID and possibly keywords and first 100 characters.
4. Click Search.
5. If you know the Question ID number or name, you can use the Search on the toolbar.
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1. From the Question Editor, click Test/Preview.
2. From the results of a search for questions, click view in the row with the question you want to view.
3. From the Assignment Editor, click view in the row with the question you want to view.
4. From the ClassView of a class, click High for High Detail and then from the list of questions on your assignments you can click view next to any question.
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1. From the Question Previewer, click the image of the printer in the Previewer Tools.
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1. Select Search from Questions in the Main Menu Bar.
2. Choose your textbook from the pulldown menu.
3. Enter the chapter number and click Search.
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1. Select your class from the Jump to Class... menu.
2. Click ScoreView in Class Tools.
If a student never viewed (downloaded) the assignment, their score is designated as ND; if a Student viewed the assignment but never submitted it, their score is designated NS.
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1. Select your class from the Jump to Class... menu.
2. Click scores in the row with the assignment of interest.
3. Click the student's name. The assignment with your student's responses displays.
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1. Select your class from the Jump to Class... menu.
2. Click scores for the assignment that includes an essay you want to grade.
3. Check anonymously next to Grade Essays/Files, if desired.
4. Choose to Grade All essays/files on the assignment or just one of the questions that includes an essay or uploaded file.
5. Click Grade Essays/Files.
6. Edit the default score and add a comment, if desired, for all students.
7. Click Save.
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1. Select your class from the Jump to Class... menu.
2. Click scores in the row with the assignment of interest.
3. Click the total score of the student for which you want to change the score.
The Excuse or Override Assignment window opens.
4. Select one of the following based on what you want to do:
• To keep the original score unchanged, click Use Original Score.
• To override the original score, click Override Original Score and enter the new score in the New Score field.
• To excuse this assignment, removing the score and any weight it has for the course for this student, click Excuse Assignment.
5. In the Notes
field, enter any information that may be helpful to you in the future, such as the reason for the change.
6. Click Save.
You are returned to the Grades Summary
page. The new score displays with a red asterisk * indicating you changed the score, or an EX
if you excused this assignment.
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1. Select your class from the Jump to Class... menu.
2. Select Add Scores to GradeBook from Grades in the Main Menu Bar.
3. Select I want to add a single Assignment using the assignment editor.
4. Click Next.
5. Enter the Assignment Name, Category, Description, total Points, and Due date.
6. Leave the Available to Students checked.
7. Select Enter scores for each Student by hand.
8. Click Add Scores.
9. Enter the scores.
10. Click Review.
11. If OK, click Save.
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1. Select Reports from Grades in the Main Menu Bar.
2. Select the class, if necessary.
3. Check the boxes of the assignments and students who requested the extension or extra submissions.
4. Click Extensions/Submissions.
5. Adjust the date and time and the number of submissions for each Student, as desired.
6. Enter a penalty to the Students' scores, as desired.
7. Click Save.
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1. Select your class from the Jump to Class... menu.
2. Adjust the assignments displayed using the Past, Current/Recent, Future, and All links, if necessary..
3. Click scores in the row with the assignment of interest.
4. Click Show Analysis.
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1. Select GradeBook from the Grades in the Main Menu Bar.
2. Select the class, if necessary.
3. If you have not setup the GradeBook for the class, click Wizard and set it up first, then click Settings.
4. Select the Final tab.
5. Enter the weight for each category of Assignment.
6. Click Save.
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1. Click Communication in the toolbar.
2. Select the class, if necessary.
3. Click enable for Ask Your Teacher, if necessary. If you have enabled Ask Your Teacher, your students can access Ask Your Teacher using a link at the lower edge of their assignments.
4. The number of unanswered and total requests are listed.
5. Click Requests.
6. Click the assignment name for the request you want to answer.
7. To see a student's work, click the responses link. A new window will pop up with the student's work.
8. Click Reply to correspond with the student.
9. Enter your message to the student.
10. Click Save.
Your students will see your response when they next access that particular assignment.
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1. Click Communication in the toolbar.
2. Select the class, if necessary.
3. Click New Announcement.
4. Enter a title for the announcement and the text of the announcement.
5. Select when you want it available.
6. Click Preview, if desired.
7. Click Save.
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1. Click Communications in the toolbar.
2. Select the class, if necessary.
3. Click New Forum.
4. Enter a title and description of the forum.
5. Click Save.
If you do not create any forums, your students will
not be able to communicate using forums. Not creating any forums
effectively turns off Forums.
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1. Click Communications in the toolbar.
2. Select the class, if necessary.
3. Click the name of the forum that has the student's post you want to hide.
4. Click the topic.
5. Click hide or delete for the student's post.
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1. Click Calendar in the toolbar.
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1. Click Calendar in the toolbar.
2. Click the date.
3. Click New Event.
4. Enter the title and description.
5. Select the time and/or duration or no specific time.
6. Select Personal or the courses you would like the event to appear in, using ctrl-click to select more than one course.
7. Click Save.
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1. Click Calendar in the toolbar.
2. Select All Classes from the pulldown menu in Calendar Tools.
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1. Click Folders in the toolbar or My Files in the Question, Assignment, or Announcement Editor.
2. Click the name of the folder you want to copy the file to.
3. Click Import File.
4. In the popup window that opens, click Browse.
5. Choose the file you want to copy and click Open.
6. Click Go.
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1. Click Folders in the toolbar or My Files in the Question, Assignment, or Announcement Editor.
2. Click the name of the folder where the file is stored.
3. Click the name of the file.
4. Enter alt and title attributes for images (longdesc attribute is optional) and link text and title for non image files you want a link to.
5. Click Save.
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1. From the Question, Assignment, or Announcement Editor, click My Files in Page Tools.
2. Click the folder name, if necessary, to open the folder where your image file is stored.
3. Check the box next to the image file you want in your Question, Assignment, or Announcement.
4. Make sure the pulldown menu next to 'Paste location of file as' is set to Image.
5. Select to use saved attributes from the second pulldown menu.
6. Select the destination you want for your image.
7. Click go.
8. Click Test/Preview to see the effect.
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1. From the Question, Assignment, or Announcement Editor, click My Files in Page Tools.
2. Click the folder name, if necessary, to open the folder where your file is stored.
3. Check the box next to the file you want to link to.
4. Make sure the pulldown menu next to 'Paste location of file as' is set to Link.
5. Select to use saved attributes from the second pulldown menu.
6. Select the destination you want for your link.
7. Click go.
8. Click Test/Preview to see the effect.
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1. Click Folders in the Main Menu Bar.
2. If the assignment or question you want to put into a folder is not filed yet, click My Unfiled Assignment or My Unfiled Questions on the left.
3. Search for the appropriate assignment(s) or question(s) using a word or phrase, if necessary.
4. Check the box next to each item you want to file.
5. Select File from the pulldown menu.
6. In the window that pops up, click the folder in which you want to file the item(s).
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