How to Create an Assignment

Go to the Assignments tab and click NEW ASSIGNMENT in the top-right corner.

Open a book and browse by chapter and subchapter. In each subchapter, the problems are sorted into three columns: Understanding, Fluency and Problem solving. Click a problem to add it, or tick a column heading to add the whole column.

You can also search for problems, click FIND PROBLEMS WITH AI, or open My book and Shared from colleagues to reuse your own and your colleagues' assignments. Use ADD/REMOVE next to BOOKS to choose which books are shown.

Tip: mix and match problems across chapters, years and levels to fit your pupils' needs.

Your selected problems are shown at the bottom left. On the right, enter a name in Assignment name – this is the name pupils will see in their assignment list.

Under CLASSES, tick the class or classes that should receive the assignment. Click the arrow next to a class to choose specific groups or individual pupils.

Choose Assignment or Quiz, and turn Allow hints and Show work on or off directly in the side panel. Click SETTINGS AND ORDER for all options:

· Allow hints – pupils can get hints from Lava while they work.

· Show work – pupils use the canvas to show their work before submitting answers.

· Publish – publish now, keep the assignment unpublished or schedule it for later.

· Allow answer checking – if a pupil answers incorrectly, a small eye icon appears next to the answer box. Pupils can click it to peek at the correct answer.

· Attempts – set the maximum number of attempts per problem: unlimited, 3, 5 or 10.

· Require unit – pupils must include the correct unit (e.g. cm, g, £) in their answers.

· Formula sheet – upload a reference sheet that pupils can use during the assignment.

· Calculator – off, or a basic, scientific or graphing calculator.

If you choose Quiz, you can also turn on Safe mode, which stops pupils from leaving the quiz. Read more in our Quiz Mode and Safe Mode articles.

With Allow answer checking turned on, pupils see the eye icon after an incorrect attempt:

In the Reorder problems tab you can order the problems by subchapter, by difficulty or manually, and turn on Personalised shuffle so that each pupil sees the same problems in a different order. Click SAVE when you are done.

When you are ready, click CREATE in the top-right corner.

Need to make changes later? No problem. Click the three dots next to the assignment in your list to edit, copy, print, archive or delete it.