Introduction to the Assignments Tab

The Assignments Tab allows you to assign pages to help direct your
classes’ progress through the book. Any page that is not marked as
“Teacher Only”, , is available to the students as soon as they log in, and
assignments direct them to which pages need to be done and when. You
can also give students access to pages that are marked as “Teacher Only”
by assigning the page. Furthermore, folders allow you to reorganize your
assignments and set an order in which they should be completed.

When you open the assignments tab, you will see any assignments you
have created presented as either a detailed list, or a calendar. You can
switch to the view you prefer using the view toggle button,
seen to the right. To help focus your screen, we also offer
two filter options. When using calendar view, the “Class
Key” at the top will allow you to select which classes
assignment are displayed. Simply click on the name of the class to toggle
whether or not assignments for the class appear. In list view you can use
the “Show Filters” button to control which assignments are displayed. The

button will hide any assignments that have been disabled for

later use, as described below. The button will allow

you to hide any assignment that doesn’t have a due date within the
selected date range. When the filters are active, the button will display in
green, and you can simply press it again to toggle the filter back off.
To create a new assignment, follow the wizard in the “Create A New
Assignment” button.This wizard will allow you to set all of your assignment
parameters by following the steps below:

1. Click on “Create A New Assignment”.

2. Select which pages to assign. The “Current Page” button will assign
only the page you were on when you opened the assignments
tab. The “Different Page(s)” button will bring up the full table of
contents, and allow you to select multiple pages to assign at
once. When you have finished selecting your pages, click

to continue.

3. The next screen allows you to select which folder to keep your
assignment in by selecting it from the drop down menu. You can also
choose to create a new folder by selecting this option in the drop

down menu, and giving the folder a name. Click to

continue.

4. The following screen will allow you to select the date range for your
assignment. The options under “When can students start this
assignment” will determine when the assignment becomes available
for your students. The second set of options allows you to select the
due date. If a due date is selected, you can also choose how strict the
deadline is. There are 3 options for what late work is allowed: a Hard
Deadline which allows no late work, a Soft Deadline which only
allows late work if it is the first try, or an Open Ended Deadline that
allows all late work. When you are done setting the dates and a

deadline setting you can click to continue.

5. This next screen will allow you to select from a number of additional
options. Which options are available will depend on the type of
assignments you selected. There are 4 main types of pages for
creating assignments: Reading Only, Embedded Games, Standard
Activities, and Recording Activities. The possible additional settings
are listed below
i. Submission Limit - This option allows you to set a
maximum number of times the student is able to turn the
assignment in.
ii. Prevent Students from Leaving the Page - This is an
option that helps control how students complete
assignments. Voces will track when students leave the
page, including to go to other sites, or windows. The first
time the student leaves the page, they will get a pop-up
warning. If they leave the page more than the number of
warnings that you set, their assignment will be turned in
and they will have to restart.
iii. Timed - If this option is selected, a timer will start when
the student begins the page. When the timer runs out, the
students' work will be automatically turned in.
iv. Require X% - This option allows you to set a percentage
or higher of questions students need to have correct
before the assignment is marked as “Complete”.
v. Clear on Retake - By default, when students retry a page,
all of their previous work will still be shown. If you would
like your students to start with a blank assignment each
time, check this box.
vi. Allow Review - These options allow you to set when
students can return to the assignment for review. When
the assignment is open for review, students can see
which answers were correct, as well as any feedback you
left while grading.
vii. Single Record - If this box is checked, students will only
be allowed to record their response to each question
once.
 viii. Automated Recording - This option will automatically turn
on the microphone for recordings based on a timer.
ix. Recording Timer - This option limits the maximum length
of each recording.
Please Note: Some of these options work well with each other, and some
can interfere with each other. For example, “Prevent Students from Leaving
the Page” works well with options like a submission limit or “Clear Page on
Retake”. On the other hand, you usually want to use options like “Require
X%” without a submission limit, so that students can practice the
assignment as many times as they need to reach mastery of the skills.
7. The next screen will allow you to select who to assign the page to.
You can either choose entire classes at once, or choose individual
students by clicking on “Specific Students” for the class, and then on

the students’ names. Clicking will take you to

the last screen.
8. This last screen allows you to review your settings before creating the
assignment. You will see a summary of which pages and settings you
have selected. Below the summary, you can leave any additional
directions by typing in the textbox. If you are using an LMS linked
account, you will also see a pair of checkboxes allowing you to sync
the assignment to your LMS. The assignment will be created and

synced when you click on .

You can find additional information about what options are available while
editing or creating assignments by checking the tutorial found at this link:
Changing Assignment Parameters.

You can also edit any assignment you have created. Editing the
assignment will allow you to make several useful changes, including some
options that are not available while creating the assignment! To open the
main assignment editor screen, open the assignments tab, navigate to and
select your assignment, then click the button. In the big
blue box labeled “Core Assignment Details” you can change any of the
settings described above. Below this box, you will see your class names
and class lists. By clicking on the names you can change which classes or
students this page is assigned to. Another useful setting that is only
available through editing the assignment is the “Edit Student/Class Specific
Details” option which should be available next every class or student the
page is assigned to. You can find more information about editing specific
classes or students in our tutorial here: Editing Assignment Details for a
Class or Student. Just remember to scroll to the top and click
the “Save Edit” button, shown to the right to keep your changes!
Also, If your account has been linked to an LMS, you will see a
checkbox allowing you to sync the assignment. This checkbox
should appear next to the “Save Edit” button, and will create a linked
assignment in your LMS for the classes the page is assigned to when you
click save.

Another set of buttons that are available when editing the assignment are
the assignment management options. When you select an assignment,

these buttons should appear next to the button. The

button should be the first. This button will take you to the
page that the assignment is on, and is the only one of these buttons that
also shows up for your students. The button will
temporarily remove the assignment from the students’ assignment list.
When disabled, the assignment does not show for the students, and will not
be marked as late or incomplete. This assignment has not yet been deleted
however, and can be reactivated later. If the assignment has been disabled,
it will show up with a grey background on the teacher’s screen, and the
button will appear, allowing the teacher to completely
delete the assignment. Next should be the button, which
allows you to view a quick summary of your students scores. In this
summary, you can check which students have completed the assignment,
and what scores have already been assigned, but grading should be done
from the Grading and Results center found in the Teachers Panel. You can
find more information about the Grading and Results center here:
Introduction to the Grading and Results Tab. Finally, if your account is

linked to an LMS, the should be available. This button

will break the link between the assignment in Voces, and the assignment in
your LMS account. This is often useful if you need to repair the link, as you
can then resync the assignment using the “Sync to LMS” check box under
the Edit Assignment button described above. Please Note: Unsyncing the
assignment only breaks the link, and it does not delete either version of the
assignment. This can result in duplicate assignments being created in your
LMS account if you don’t delete the old version before re-syncing the
assignment.

There is another set of useful organization tools available if you are using
folders. Clicking on the name of the folder allows you to open or close the
folder. When closed, only the folder name displays, instead of the full list of
assignments, which can help to reduce clutter in your list view. Also, you
can move any assignment within the folder by dragging and dropping the
assignment into any place there is a dashed box. Next to the name of the
folder should be a set of icons containing additional tools:
● allows you to change the order of folders by dragging and
dropping.
● allows you to rename the folder.
● will disable the folder and all assignments in it.
● opens the bulk assignment editor screen. This will pull up the
Core Assignment Details options for each assignment, allowing you
to quickly change details from one screen, instead of having to
reopen it for each assignment.
● requires the assignments in the folder to be completed in the
order that they appear. Assignments will not become available until
the previous assignment has been completed, and students will not
be able to access the page until then.
● will resync the folder to your LMS.
 ● will unsync the folder from your LMS.
You can find more information about folders and how to use the additional
tools they make available by checking the tutorial found here: Introduction
to Folders in the Assignments Tool.

If you are not seeing your changes or new assignments immediately, you
can usually fix the problem by reloading the page. If this does not work, or if
you have any other questions, we are always happy to help by phone or
email!