Creating a new task

Creating a new task

To create a new take, go to the course and then the class you want to create a new task for.

Click on "New Task" and choose "Make a new task" or "Copy an existing task":


Complete the steps:

Create

Topics
Info
You can choose specific subtopics or the entire topic

Experience
You can mix and match different modes, and question ranges here.  As you add each one it will give an estimated time to complete.

Questions
Smart Revise will choose questions for you.  If you want to choose specific questions, click change.
To choose a new selection for all of the questions, click Generate new questions.
Marking
You can choose from different marking modes.
Schedule
Here you can set if your tasks have no deadline, no late submissions or deadlines enforced.  Task availability is when your task will be available from.  Deadlines will only show when no late submissions or deadlines enforced are selected.
Summary
This gives you a summary of the task, you can go back and make any changes before continuing.
Students
You can choose specific students or the whole class here.


Done
Now your task is created you will see a shareable link that will guide students to the task.  You can also copy this task to other classes.


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