Assignment Settings Improvement

What’s the old way?

Previously, a teacher could edit assignment settings here (multiple attempts, minimum score, retry missed items) at any time, even after students started completing the assignment.

Why was it a problem?

That functionality was plagued by bugs, not to mention some confusion — were all students affected or only students who haven’t completed the assignment yet?  What if the student has one attempt left and the settings are changed?

On top of that, it made troubleshooting much more difficult because what if the teacher changed the settings after the student finished the assignment?  We didn't keep track of those changes, so there was no way to be certain of the settings at the time when a student completed an assignment.

What’s the change?

We have removed those three settings from the Settings modal.  So, here are the two main changes:

1. If teachers want to change those settings, they must use the Edit button — but wait…can’t teachers only edit an assignment before any students have completed it?
2. That is change #2.  Teachers can only edit those three settings if NO students have completed it yet.  That way, we can ensure that all students have the exact same settings.

Where can teachers view their settings?

To view the settings for a specific assignment, click on the assignment title.  We’ve added the selected settings in those details as a reference.