Assign McGraw Hill Assessments

Discover how to assign McGraw Hill online assessments for your students to complete.

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For steps on assigning assessments from eAssessment, see the eAssessment Management Resources article.

For additional McGraw Hill Assess resources, see the McGraw Hill Assessment Management Resources article.

Article Contents

From the Assessments Page (ConnectED and Open Learning Courses)

From the Assignments Page (Open Learning Courses Only)

From the Course Page (Open Learning Courses Only)

From the Course Resources Page (Open Learning Courses Only)

From the Assessments Page

This section refers to both ConnectED and Open Learning courses.

1. Launch your course.
   
   
2. Click on Assessments from the navigation menu.
   
   
   
   For certain programs such as Networks and Wonders, you will need to click on Assess (A), Assessment (B), or Online Assessment Center (C).
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
3. Click on the assessment folder where the assessment is located.
   
   
   
   
4. Click the Options menu icon in the Actions column.
   
   
5.  Click Assign from the menu.
   
   
   
   
6. By default, the Assignment Name is automatically populated with the assessment name. You can edit this field if a different name is required.
   
   
7. Select the Start and End Date and Time.
   
   D. If you would like students to be able to submit the assessment after the selected End Date and Time, check the Allow Late Submission box.
   
   
8. Use the drop-down menu to choose a Time Limit. If no changes are made, it will default to Unlimited.
   
   
9. Select the radio button next to the preferred Assignment Visibility.
   
   If Hidden is selected, students will not be able to see the assessment in their assignment list. You will need to change the visibility to Visible when you are ready for them to access the assessment.
   
   
10. Select the preferred Gradebook Category.
    
    For more information on adding additional gradebook categories, see the Access and Navigate the Open Learning Gradebook article. Currently, adding additional categories to the gradebook is only an option for Open Learning courses.
    
    
    
    
11. All students assigned to the roster are automatically selected for the assignment. Click the Edit button (pencil icon) to make adjustments to the assignment roster.
    
    
12. Select the number of Class Attempts from the drop-down.
    
    E. If more than one attempt is selected, select the preferred Grade Calculation from the drop-down.
    
    F. To set Individual Attempts, click the Edit button (pencil icon). Select the Students from the pop-up and click the Apply button.
    
    These students will receive an extra attempt. Ex: If the Class Attempts is set to 2, the students selected for an Individual Attempt will receive 3 tries.
    
    
    
    G. Click the Add Extension button if you want to provide certain students with a different due date and time. Select the Students from the pop-up, and the new Date and Time, then click the Apply button.
    
    H. Click the pencil icon to make adjustments for the students selected and/or the date and time.
    
    I. Click the trash can icon to delete the extension.
    
    
    
    J. Check the Share box if you want to share the assessment to Google Classroom.
    
    For steps on linking your McGraw Hill account to Google Classroom, see the Pair/Unpair Your McGraw Hill Teacher Account with Your Google Account article.
    
    K. If you have additional classes using the same content, you can assign the assessment to those classes as well in the Copy to Classes section. Enter the Start and End dates for each selected class.
    
    
    
    
13. Select the preferred Student Scoresheet option from the drop-down. 
    
    
14. Select the preferred Explanations option.
    
    For descriptions of the available Student Scoresheet and Explanations options, see the Access a McGraw Hill Assessment Student Scoresheet article.
    
    L. Check the Answer Reason box if you want students to view the reasoning for the correct answer choice. For more information on adding answer reasons to assessment questions, see the Manage Assessments, Questions, and Passages section of the McGraw Hill Assessment Management Resources article.
    
    M. Click on the Student Settings header to expand the section. For more information on the different student settings available, see the Manage Student Settings for a McGraw Hill Assessment article.
    
    
15. Click the Assign button.
    
    

From the Assignments Page

This section refers to Open Learning courses only.

1. Click on Assignments from the navigation menu.
   
   
2. Click on the New Assignment button.
   
   
   
   
3. On the Select Assignment Type page, click on the Online Questions link.
   
   
   
   
4. Follow the assessment details steps.

From the Course Page

This section refers to Open Learning courses only.

1. Click on Course from the navigation menu.
   
   
2. Click Browse This Course and select the chapter/unit/module and lesson.
   
   
3. Find the blade containing your assessment and click it to open.
   
   
   
   
4. Click the Assign button on the resource tile.
   
   
   
   
5. Follow the assessment details steps.

From the Course Resources Page

This section refers to Open Learning courses only.

1. From the Dashboard or Course page, search for a specific assessment resource or click on the magnifying glass button.
   
   
   
   A. Use the Filters to narrow down your resource options.
   
   
2. Click the Assign button on the resource tile.
   
   
   
   
3. Follow the assessment details steps.