Note
This article applies to the following products:
- Imagine MyPath
- Imagine Purpose
- Imagine Science Corner
The Assignment Builder is a versatile tool in Imagine MyPath that enables Teachers and Administrators to efficiently personalize student learning in their classrooms. With the Assignment Builder, you can:
- Preview all available K–12 lessons and K–8 formatives in Imagine MyPath.
- Create assignments that complement students' work in their learning paths or in-class coursework.
- Edit drafts of assignments that have not yet been assigned to students.
- Assign teacher-built assignments to individuals or groups of students.
- Manage active assignments that students are currently working on.
- View student assignment data to inform instructional decisions.
Note
An assignment can be made up of lessons or formatives, but not both, because each content type serves a particular purpose. Lessons contain multiple activities designed to support student learning and follow a gradual-release model that culminates in a mastery check that you can use to make personalized instructional decisions. Formatives are standalone mastery checks specifically meant to inform instructional decisions.
In contrast to the auto-assigned learning paths, the Assignment Builder gives you control over the selection and sequence of the content presented to students. The table below summarizes other key differences between assignments created using the Assignment Builder and lessons assigned to students in their learning paths.
Assignment Builder assignments | Learning Path lessons | |
---|---|---|
Created by | Teacher or Administrator | Program-generated based on MyPath Assessment results or student placement |
Mastery Check | At the end of each lesson; formatives are standalone mastery checks | At the beginning of a lesson (and possibly 1-2 later on) |
Number of Mastery Checks | 1 per lesson or formative; multiple lessons or formatives can be added to an assignment, if desired | 1 or more per lesson |
Due Date |
Optional, determined by the teacher |
None |
Student access | My Assignments tile on the student homepage; assignments disappear upon student completion or when the teacher manually closes or deletes the assignment | Subject tile on the student homepage; lessons disappear upon student completion or when the teacher marks them Passed or Not Passed |
Educator access to student data | Student assignment data can be found within the Assignment Builder tool; data is only available to the teacher or administrator who assigned the assignment | Student learning path data is available in various reports; teachers can only access data for their classes; administrators can view school- or district-wide data |
Order of lessons/formatives | Set by the teacher and can be changed while the assignment is still a draft | Established in the learning path automatically based on MyPath Assessment results; cannot be changed |
Educator experience:
To access the Assignment Builder:
Teachers and School Administrators with access to 1 school: Click Assignment Builder in the left panel.
Administrators with access to multiple schools: Click Assignment Builder in the left panel, then choose the desired school.
You are taken to the Assignment Dashboard, where you can take the following actions:
A. Use the Content Explorer to find and preview lessons and formatives, create new assignments, and assign them to students.
B. View Drafts of assignments you've created but not yet assigned to students. You can finish editing drafts and also assign them from the Drafts tab.
C. Click an assignment card to review student assignment data or edit the assignment.
D. Review data from Closed assignments. An assignment automatically moves to the Closed tab when all students have completed it. You can also manually close an assignment.
Student Experience
Students who have assignments will see a My Assignments tile on their homepage.
Clicking that tile will take them to the My Assignments page, where they can access their new or ongoing assignments. Active assignments from all subjects are displayed by default, but students can filter the assignments by clicking a particular subject in the top left corner.
On each assignment tile, the due date is displayed, if applicable, and New! will indicate whether the assignment was recently assigned and/or has not yet been opened by the student. Under that, there is a progress bar that shows what portion of the assignment the student has completed so far.
Clicking Go or Start will open the assignment.
After opening an assignment, students are shown a course map that displays the lessons or formatives that make up the assignment. Students can only access one lesson or formative at a time. Future ones are greyed out. Clicking Start or Go opens the lesson or formative.
If a student exits an assignment before completing it, their progress is saved, allowing them to resume where they left off when they return to that assignment.