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Organize Assignments
Reorder the list of assignments on your Assignments page.
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View Assignments
Find out when your next assignments are due on the Assignments page.
Archive Assignments
Archive assignments to hide them from your Assignments and Grades pages without deleting them. Use this feature to save assignments that haven't been assigned or that do not count toward students' final grades.
Retrieve Archived Assignments
Retrieve assignments you have previously archived to add them to your Assignments and Grades pages.
Excuse Assignments for Individual Students
Excuse an assignment for a student to remove it from their gradebook. Excused assignments will not impact the student's grade.
Add Assignments to LMS
Create links from your LMS to content in OWLv2.
Complete Homework Assignments
Complete your homework assignments in OWLv2.
Complete External Homework Assignments
External assignments are linked from your Assignments page and completed outside of OWLv2.
Complete Mastery Assignments
Complete Mastery assignments to understand new concepts. Mastery assignments are made up of groups of questions. To earn points for a group, correctly answer the required number of questions within the group.
Complete Quick Prep Assignments
Quick Prep assignments prepare you for new material. They consist of an introduction to the material, a quiz, and a set of activities based on your quiz results.
Schedule Assignments
If you did not set a due date when you created an assignment, you can set one later. Try to edit your assignments before they become available to your students.
Edit Assignments
After creating an assignment, you can edit the assignment information, content, and options.
Create Assignments
You can create and manage assignments in OWLv2. There are several types of assignments available.
Complete Assignments
Find and complete your assignments in OWLv2.
Comment on Assignments
Leave comments on individual students' assignments to let them know what they are doing well and what they still need to learn.
Complete Reading Assignments
Read assigned sections of your eBook.
Add Assignments to Grading Categories
Add your assignments to grading categories. Scores for the assignments in a grading category are averaged and count as a percentage of students' overall grades.
Edit Assignment Options
After you have created an assignment, you can edit the assignment options. Assignment options vary, but often include grading policy and feedback availability. If some of your students have already begun the assignment, the changes you make do not apply to those students. You cannot edit the assignment options for Reading assignments.
Save Assignment Settings
Save assignment settings as an option set to reuse for future assignments.
Edit Assignment Content
After you have created an assignment, you can edit the content included in it. You cannot edit the content in Reading, Adaptive Study Plan, or Quick Prep assignments.
Create a Mastery Assignment
Use Mastery assignments to help your students understand new concepts. Mastery assignments consist of groups of questions related to a concept or skill, and are designed to encourage conceptual understanding. You can include up to 70 groups of questions in a single Mastery assignment, and the numbers and chemical systems in each question are randomized.
Create a Reading Assignment
Use Reading assignments to assign specific sections of the eBook to your students. Reading assignments are available with assignable eBook resources, and they are not graded.
Create an External Web Link Assignment
Use External Web Link assignments to link to additional assignments outside of OWLv2. Creating External Web Link assignments allows you to include external assignments in your gradebook.
Edit Adaptive Study Plan and Quick Prep Assignment Options
You can edit the default assignment options for Adaptive Study Plans and Quick Prep assignments. If some of your students have already begun the assignment, the changes you make do not apply to those students.
Create an Activity, Problem, or EOC Assignment
Use Activity, Problem, or EOC (End-Of-Chapter) assignments to reinforce concepts and provide reviews for your students. You can add a variety of pre-made questions, as well as questions you've created. You can include up to 150 questions in a single assignment.
Create a Quick Prep Assignment
Use Quick Prep assignments to prepare your students for new material. Students take a quiz to assess what they already know and what they don't, then work through a customized study plan based on their results. Some Quick Prep assignments end with another quiz to show what the student learned.
Add Links in Google Classroom to OWLv2 Activities and Resources
After setting up your OWLv2 course, create links from Google Classroom to activities or other content in OWLv2.
Add Links in Sakai to OWLv2 Activities and Resources
After setting up your OWLv2 course, create links from Sakai to activities or other content in OWLv2.
Add Links in Schoology to OWLv2 Activities and Resources
After setting up your OWLv2 course, create links from Schoology to activities or other content in OWLv2.
Link to OWLv2 Activities and Resources
After setting up your OWLv2 course, create links from Brightspace to activities or other content in OWLv2. Linked graded activities are included in the Brightspace gradebook unless you choose to exclude them.
Add Links in Canvas to OWLv2 Activities and Resources
After setting up your OWLv2 course, create links from Canvas to activities or other content in OWLv2. Linked graded activities are included in the Canvas gradebook unless you choose to exclude them.
Add Links in Moodle to OWLv2 Activities and Resources
After setting up your OWLv2 course, create links from Moodle to activities or other content in OWLv2. Linked graded activities are included in the Moodle gradebook.
Add Links in Blackboard to OWLv2 Activities and Resources
After setting up your OWLv2 course, create links from Blackboard to activities or other content in OWLv2. Linked graded activities are included in the Blackboard gradebook unless you choose to exclude them.
Add Links in LTI Advantage LMS to OWLv2 Activities and Resources
If your LTI Advantage LMS is not otherwise specified, the following steps apply to any LTI Advantage compliant LMS. After setting up your OWLv2 course, create links from LTI Advantage LMS to activities or other content in OWLv2. Linked graded activities are included in the LTI Advantage LMS gradebook.
Edit Assignment Information
You can edit your assignment name, dates, and other general information after creating it.
Sync Dates to Google Classroom
After adding activity links from Google Classroom, your assignments' available dates and due dates sync to Google Classroom based on your settings. If automatic syncing fails, you can request a manual date sync to Google Classroom.
Sync Dates to Brightspace
After adding activity links from Brightspace, your assignments' available dates and due dates sync to Brightspace based on your settings. If automatic syncing fails, you can request a manual date sync to Brightspace.
Sync Dates to Sakai
After adding activity links from Sakai, your assignments' available dates and due dates sync to Sakai based on your settings. If automatic syncing fails, you can request a manual date sync to Sakai.
Sync Dates to Schoology
After adding activity links from Schoology, your assignments' available dates and due dates sync to Schoology based on your settings. If automatic syncing fails, you can request a manual date sync to Schoology.
Sync Dates to Blackboard
After adding activity links from Blackboard, your assignments' available dates and due dates sync to Blackboard based on your settings. If automatic syncing fails, you can request a manual date sync to Blackboard.
Sync Dates to Canvas
After adding activity links from Canvas, your assignments' available dates and due dates sync to Canvas based on your settings. If automatic syncing fails, you can request a manual date sync to Canvas.
Add a Link to Technical Support
After linking your Google Classroom and OWLv2 courses, add a Cengage technical support link in the same way as adding links to OWLv2 activities. The technical support link is listed at the bottom of the list of activities.
Add a Link to Student Dashboard
After linking your Google Classroom and OWLv2 courses, add a link to the student dashboard in the same way you add links to OWLv2 activities. Students can use this link to access their purchases from the dashboard.
Allow Extra Assignment Takes for Individual Students
Allow individual students extra assignment takes, or remove the limit to allow unlimited takes.
Add Links in Canvas LTI Advantage to OWLv2 Activities
After setting up your OWLv2 course, create links from Canvas to activities or other content in OWLv2. Linked graded activities are included in the Canvas gradebook unless you choose to exclude them.
Add a Link to Student Dashboard
After linking your Brightspace and OWLv2 courses, add a link to the student dashboard in the same way you add links to OWLv2 activities. Students can use this link to access their purchases from the dashboard.
Add a Link to Technical Support
After linking your Brightspace and OWLv2 courses, add a Cengage technical support link in the same way as adding links to OWLv2 activities. The technical support link is listed at the bottom of the list of activities.
Add a Link to Student Dashboard
After linking your Moodle and OWLv2 courses, add a link to the student dashboard in the same way you add links to OWLv2 activities. Students can use this link to access their purchases from the dashboard.
Add a Link to Student Dashboard
After linking your Sakai and OWLv2 courses, add a link to the student dashboard in the same way you add links to OWLv2 activities. Students can use this link to access their purchases from the dashboard.
Add a Link to Student Dashboard
After linking your Schoology and OWLv2 courses, add a link to the student dashboard in the same way you add links to OWLv2 activities. Students can use this link to access their purchases from the dashboard.
Add a Link to Technical Support
After linking your Moodle and OWLv2 courses, add a Cengage technical support link in the same way as adding links to OWLv2 activities. The technical support link is listed at the bottom of the list of activities.