New: Group Assignments

We are pleased to announce the release of Group Assignments.

You can now set up Student Groups in one of several different ways, and then schedule an assignment to be a group assignment. With a Student Group assignment your students can work together to determine their answers, and then have any single member of the group log in and submit those answers for the whole group. Any action -- such as submitting an assignment, saving work, or requesting an extension -- is counted for all of the group's members.

To start using this feature, go to the Schedule page for a new assignment and click "Show Restrictions". At the bottom of the restrictions page is a new setting, Group Assignment.

WebAssign offers several different ways to create students groups. You may choose to set up default Class Groups to be used throughout the semester, or you may want to have different groups for each assignment, all generated randomly. You also have the option to create groups based on performance in the class or on a particular assignment, grouping those students who are doing well with those students who may need additional help. And, as always, you have complete control to edit and modify your groups however you see fit.

We hope that you find this new feature helpful and easy to use. If you have have any suggestions for improvement, please let us know!

The WebAssign Team