Use this guide to assign an assessment, choose what students can access, share it with a class, or unassign it.
In this guide
Assign an assessment
1. Find your assessment
Go to the "Library" tab.
Find the assessment you want to assign.
Created it yourself? Check the "Created by you" section
Created by a colleague? Open the yellow folder on the left, find their name, then find the assessment
Not sure who made it? Use the search bar. It works for either.
2. Choose the rosters
Click "Assign" for each roster you want to assign the assessment to. Review the settings for each roster before you finish.
Don’t see your rosters?
Clever or ClassLink: Contact us through site chat.
Google Classroom: Select Manage rosters and follow these setup steps.
Another roster setup: Follow these steps to create a roster.
Choose assignment settings
Review these settings for each roster:
1. Due date: Choose a date to encourage students to finish on time. This does NOT block students’ access
💡 Students can still access and submit the assessment after the due date, and submissions won’t be marked late. The students' submission time will appear in the Assignment Report.
2. Lock or unlock:
When locked, the assessment appears on students’ dashboards, but they can’t open it.
When unlocked, students can open and complete it. You can change this setting at any time.
Ways to use lock/unlock: Keep an assessment locked until class is ready; limit access to a differentiated assessment; or keep an original assessment locked while you assign a retake.
3. Student scores: Choose whether students see their scores right away or release them later.
If scores are hidden, students see that they completed the assessment, but not their scores.
If scores are shown, students see their overall grade and which questions they answered correctly or incorrectly, but not the correct answers.
4. Correct answers: Choose whether students can view correct answers and set the date range when they can access them. We recommend releasing answers after all students have completed the assessment.
Students can view answers one question at a time.
Share the Assignment Link (optional)
Students can open assigned assessments from the InnerOrbit login page or through their Clever or ClassLink dashboard if their school or district is synced. You can also share the assignment link through your school’s platform, such as Google Classroom, Canvas, or Schoology.
Unassign an Assessment
In Library, open the assigned assessment.
In its assignment settings, deselect the roster(s) you want to unassign.
If you cannot find a common assessment, your district administrator may have locked it. Ask your administrator to unlock it, or contact us for help adjusting the assignment settings.
What students see after an assessment is unassigned
Students who have NOT submitted: The assessment disappears from their dashboard, and they can no longer access or complete it.
Students who have submitted: Their grade remains in the Scores tab.
If "release student scores" is toggled on, students can review their answers.
If "release student score" is toggled off, students see a checkmark showing that they submitted the assessment.
💡 Pro Tip: Unassigning doesn’t erase student progress—it just changes their access.
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