School-level feature — managed within your school portal at
yourschool.deandesk.com.Navigating to assignments
From any course, click the Assignments tab. You’ll see a list of all assignments for that course, sorted by due date. Click any assignment to open it. To see assignments across all your courses in one place, go to Assignments from the main navigation sidebar. This view shows every assignment across every course you teach or manage, filterable by course, due date, or status.Creating an assignment
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Open the Assignments tab
Navigate to the course and click the Assignments tab.
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Click New Assignment
Select New Assignment from the top of the assignments list.
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Fill in the assignment details
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Save the assignment
Click Save. The assignment appears in the course’s Assignments tab and on each enrolled student’s dashboard immediately.
Students receive a notification when a new assignment is created. They can see all their upcoming due dates from their personalized dashboard.
Assignment types
DeanDesk supports three assignment types. Choose the one that matches what you’re asking students to do.Quizzes and assessments
The quiz builder lets you create multimedia assessments that students complete directly in DeanDesk.1
Choose Quiz / Assessment as the type
When creating an assignment, set the Assignment Type to Quiz / Assessment.
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Add questions
Click Add Question and choose a question type:
To build similar questions quickly, use the duplicate question action on any existing question. It copies the question — including its options and answers — as a new draft question you can edit.
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Set point values
Assign a point value to each question. DeanDesk can calculate a total score automatically for multiple-choice questions.
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Save and publish
Click Save. The quiz appears in the course assignments list and is accessible to enrolled students.
How students submit assignments
Students access assignments from their course page or their personalized dashboard. The submission process depends on the assignment type:- Standard submission: Students type or paste their response into the submission field and click Submit.
- Document upload: Students click Upload File, select their document, and click Submit.
- Quiz: Students answer each question in sequence and click Submit Quiz when finished.
Reviewing student submissions
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Open the assignment
Go to the Assignments tab in the course and click the assignment you want to review.
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View the submission list
You’ll see a list of all enrolled students and their submission status — Submitted, Not submitted, or Late.
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Open a submission
Click a student’s name to view their submission. Document uploads open inline; quiz responses show each question and the student’s answer.
Giving grades and feedback
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Open the student's submission
From the assignment’s submission list, click the student’s name.
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Enter a grade
Type the grade in the Grade field. You can enter a number, a letter grade, or a custom value depending on your grading format.
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Add written feedback
Use the Feedback field to leave comments. Feedback is private — only the individual student sees it.
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Upload a marked-up document (optional)
If you annotated the student’s work or created a feedback document, attach it using Upload Feedback File.
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Save the grade
Click Save Grade. The grade is recorded in the course Gradebook and the student is notified.
Grades you enter on individual submissions flow automatically into the course Gradebook. You don’t need to enter grades in two places.