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How do I individually collect and return papers to students?
How do I individually collect and return papers to students?

Learn about how to individually collect papers to manage when students are writing and return papers to allow select students to revise.

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Written by Vivian
Updated over a week ago

Writable now allows teachers to manage assignments by collecting and returning papers for individual students. Individually collecting papers will automatically force submit student writing.

💡 Looking to collect and/or return papers for all students? Check out this article.

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Individually Collect Papers

  1. First, go to 'My Assignments', and select the assignment your students are working on.

  2. Next, click on the class you'd like to collect papers from.

    ❗️If you have multiple classes working on the assignment, you will need to collect from each class individually.

  3. You will now see the Dashboard. From here, click on the 'Supports' tab. The 'Collect/Return Work' column is on the right. From here, you can click on the inbox icon in order to individually collect papers for each student.

    ❗️If your students have not started on the assignment yet, the individual collect option will not be available for them.


Individually Return Papers

  1. First, go to 'My Assignments', and select the assignment your students are working on.

  2. Next, click on the class you'd like to return papers from.

    ❗️If you have multiple classes working on the assignment, you will need to return papers to each class individually.

  3. You will now see the Dashboard. From here, click on the 'Supports' tab. The 'Collect/Return Work' column is on the right. From here, you can click on the return arrow icon in order to individually return papers to each student.


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