What is the Assign Prompt Feature?

The Assign Prompt feature is a way for teachers to assign different prompts to students within the same course. When a prompt is assigned, it appears in the Assigned Writing table on the students' Writing page.

Why Would I Use the Assigned Prompt Feature?

Whole Course: If students have several prompts enabled from which to choose for independent practice, you can use the Assign Prompt feature to make a more formal assignment. Students can then make that prompt a priority when writing. 

Groups: If your students have been working on group projects or reading different novels in literature circles, you may want to assign a unique prompt to each group as a part of their unit of study.

Differentiation: Teachers can create and assign writing prompts for individual students or groups of students at different ability levels. Prompts can also be differentiated by adding stimulus material at different reading levels to meet the specific needs of students. You can create copies of a prompt and add appropriately-leveled stimulus material to each. Prompt titles must be unique, so each copy need its own title. The differentiated prompts can then be assigned to selected students. 

How Do I Assign a Prompt?

On the Writing tab and the Prompt Library sub-tab, prompts that you have enabled for your students have a green check mark in the Enabled column.

1.  To assign an enabled prompt for students, click the pencil icon at the end of the row for your desired prompt.

2.  On the Edit a Prompt page, click on the second tab named Assignment.

3.  In the Assign Prompt field, click Select All to assign the prompt to all students in your course.

4.  To assign the prompt to individual students or a group of students, click in the box and select all student names in the drop-down menu that are needed.

5.  When you click Save Prompt at the bottom of the page, the prompt will appear at the top of the students' Writing tab in the Assigned Writing table. 

How Do I Remove the Assigning of a Prompt?

1.  On the Writing tab, click the pencil icon at the end of the row for your desired prompt.

2.  On the Edit a Prompt page, click on the second tab named Assignment.

3.  In the Assign Prompt field, click Clear to deselect all students in your course or click the x next to the names of individual students to remove the prompt assignment.