Organize your assignments into categories to make it easier for learners to navigate to the appropriate assignment. For example, you can create separate categories for course units, summative projects, bonus assignments, and individual submissions. Your new category will appear on the Assignments page only if there are assignments associated with it.
Add or edit categories
- Navigate to Assignments.
- On the Assignments page, click Edit Categories.
Figure: The Edit Categories option on the Assignments page.
- Do any of the following:
- Click Add Category to create a new category.
- Click the name of an existing category to modify it. Hit Enter, or click outside of the current cell to save your changes.
- Adjust the Sort Order of existing categories.
- To delete a category, select the check box next to its name and click the delete icon.
Create categories while making an assignment
- Navigate to Assignments.
- On the Assignments page, click New Assignment.
Figure: The New Assignment option on the Assignments page.
- In the Submission & Completion accordion, from the Category drop-down list, click New Category.
Figure: The Category drop-down menu in the Submission & Completion accordion.
- Enter a name for your category.
- Click Create.
Figure: The New Assignment Category dialog showing the Create option.