How to Edit Assignments (Faculty, Building Administrators, and District Administrators)

Follow the steps below to make changes to an assignment that you created. Note: If the assignment has been assigned to students, changes may affect students' progress on the assignment.

1. Select Assignments at the top of any myON page.
   
2. Select Active or Drafts under My Assignments on the left side of the page.
   
3. For active assignments, select the pencil (edit) icon.
   
   For drafts, select Edit Draft.
   
4. The assignment will open. In the Books section, you can change the books included and the settings for the books in the assignment:
   • If you want to add more books, enter a word to search for under Search for Books; then, select Find Books.
     
     A window will open that lists books that match your search. In this window, you can check the boxes after "Limit search to" to decide whether you want matching results for the title, series, author, description, or publisher. You can also select the filter icons to filter the results by fiction vs. nonfiction, Lexile® level, ATOS book level, guided reading level, grade level, language, or book type (by length or audio availability). After making your choices, select Find Books in the window. In the results, check the books that you would like to add to the assignment. When you're done, select Add.
     
     You will go back to the assignment page, and the books that you added will be listed. If there are more than 5 books, the list will be split; use the Next and Previous links under the books to see other parts of the list.
   • If you want to view information about one of the books in the assignment, select the book title to open the book information window.
   • If you want to remove a book from the assignment, select the trash icon in the Remove column. This removes the book immediately; if you remove a book by accident, leave the page without saving.
   • In the Completion Settings, use the drop-down list to choose how many of the books students must read to complete the assignment and how many of the books they must record.
     
   • In the Reader Settings, choose which features are available to students when they read the books in this assignment. (Select See more to see the last three settings.)
     
5. In the Instructions, you can change the title and instructions by selecting the field and editing text as needed. To change the start and due date, click in the field and type a new date, or select the calendar icon to choose a different date.
   
6. If the assignment is shared, under the "Share with other educators" check box, use the drop-down lists to change the recommended grade levels. If you want to add tags, enter each tag and select Add; select the X next to a tag to remove it.
   You can also change whether the assignment is shared by checking or unchecking the Share with other educators box.
7. In the Add Activities section, you can edit or delete any of the activities by selecting the links to the right of the activity.
   
   You can also change the order in which you want students to complete the activities by selecting the reorder icon to the right of an activity and dragging it to a new position in the list.
   
   If you choose to edit an activity, the information you can edit depends on the type of activity:
   • For Writing activities, you can edit instructions and use the drop-down list to change the word goal (if you have set a goal).
     
     If you included checklist items, to change one, select the pencil icon next to an item, edit the name, and then select Save; to add a new one, enter it and select Add. To remove one, select the trash icon next to an item.
     
     If you want to change whether a peer review is required, check or uncheck the box.
     When you're done, select Update.
   • For Oral Response activities, you can edit the prompt; select Update when you're done.
     
   • For Graphic Organizer activities, you can edit the instructions and/or choose a different type of graphic organizer. When you're done, select Update.
     
   • For News activities, you can edit the instructions, use search to find more articles, remove articles you've already added by selecting the X, and use the drop-down list to change the number of articles students must finish in order to complete the activity. When you're done, select Accept.
     
   • For Lexile Exam activities, you can edit the instructions. When you're done, select Update.
     
   • For Custom activities, you can edit the instructions; when you're done, select Update.
     
8. At the bottom of the page, teachers and Building Administrators see the students who have the assignment assigned. (District Administrators cannot assign assignments to students.) To change the selected students, you can check and uncheck individual boxes, choose the Select All and Unselect All links, search for a specific student to change, or choose a different tab to change how students are selected. For teachers, the tabs let you assign the assignment to students in your roster or students in a group; Building Administrators can assign it by grade (on My Building), by teacher, or by group.
   
9. If you want to preview the assignment after making your changes, select Preview Assignment at the top or bottom of the page. This will open the assignment in a new tab. When you're done previewing the assignment, close the tab.
   
10. When you have finished making your changes, select Save or Save as Draft at the top or bottom of the page. You will return to the list of assignments, and the word "Saved" will appear briefly to the left of the assignment.