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How to Reorder Problems in an Assignment

Need to change the order of problems in an assignment? Magma makes it easy to organize questions in the sequence that works best for your students!

Written by Stephanie

Edit or Create an Assignment

To get started:

  1. Create a new assignment, or

  2. Edit an existing assignment by clicking the three dots (...) next to the assignment and selecting Edit.

Open Settings and Order

After selecting the problems you want to include:

  1. Locate Settings and Order in the lower-right corner.

  2. Click Settings and Order.

Reorder Problems

Select Reorder Problems to view the available ordering options.

You can organize problems by:

  • Subchapter

  • Difficulty Level

  • Random

  • Manual

Create a Manual Order

To arrange problems yourself:

  1. Select Manual.

  2. Drag and drop problems into your preferred sequence.

  3. Click Save to apply your changes.

This is helpful for scaffolding instruction, grouping similar problem types, gradually increasing difficulty, and customizing assessments.

Organize Problems in a Special-Book Assignment

If you're working with an assignment in a special book, you can also reorder problems and move them between difficulty levels using Organize.

Open Organize

  1. Navigate to My Drive.

  2. Open your special book.

  3. Open the assignment you want to edit.

  4. Select Organize.

Reorder or Move Problems

In Organize, you can:

  • Reorder problems: Drag a problem using its handle to change its position within the same difficulty level.

  • Change difficulty levels: Drag a problem between Mild, Medium, and Spicy.

  • Move problems into empty levels: Drag a problem into a difficulty level that doesn't currently contain any problems.

  • Move multiple problems: Select several problems within the same difficulty level, then drag one of the selected problems to move them together.

Save or Cancel Your Changes

  • Click Done to save your changes.

  • Click Cancel to discard all changes made during that Organize session.

Note: Organize is available for special-book assignments in My Drive. It is not available from the Shared tabs.

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