Create or Customize Assignments

Make any assignment your own! Edit or create your own prompts, reading passages, rubrics, and more.

27 articles in this collection
Written by Heidi Perry, Becky Mack, and Kelly Burnette

How do I create an assignment?

Build your own assignment from scratch.

Written by Kelly Burnette
Updated over a week ago

How do I edit an assignment?

Understand how to edit an existing assignment.

Written by Kelly Burnette
Updated over a week ago

How do I create a High 5?

Engage your students with a quick 5-minute writing prompt, perfect for daily use in your classroom.

Written by Kelly Burnette
Updated over a week ago

How do I edit prompts?

Adjust any prompt in Writable to fit your assignment.

Written by Kelly Burnette
Updated over a week ago

How do I create my own prompt?

Motivate and inspire your students with a teacher-created prompt.

Written by Kelly Burnette
Updated over a week ago

How do I edit assignment options?

Adjust assignment setting options or add a review step after you've assigned it to your class

Written by Kelly Burnette
Updated over a week ago

Assignment Content

How do I edit assignment section weights?

Adjust how much each section in an assignment counts towards the overall grade with these directions.

Written by Kelly Burnette
Updated over a week ago

What short-response question types are available?

Customize your assignments with a variety of short-response question types

Written by Kelly Burnette
Updated over a week ago

What is a prompt?

A writing prompt is a topic, idea, or starting point for an essay, report, response to reading, story, or other forms of writing.

Written by Becky Mack
Updated over a week ago

How do I remove prompts from an assignment?

If your assignment has multiple prompts, follow these steps to remove prompt choices.

Written by Kelly Burnette
Updated over a week ago

Can I edit an assignment after my class has started working on it?

Edit assignment content after you've assigned it

Written by Kelly Burnette
Updated over a week ago

How do I use multiple prompts in an assignment?

Add different prompt options to your assignment to give your students choices for their writing

Written by Kelly Burnette
Updated over a week ago

How do I build a multi-response section?

Add graphic organizers, multiple-choice, and short-response questions to your assignment with a multi response section.

Written by Kelly Burnette
Updated over a week ago

How do I add a graphic organizer to an assignment?

Support writers in their planning by adding a graphic organizer.

Written by Kelly Burnette
Updated over a week ago

How do I upload a reading to an assignment?

Learn how to include readings in your assignment.

Written by Kelly Burnette
Updated over a week ago

How do I add video instruction to my prompt?

Written by Heidi Perry
Updated over a week ago

How do I add multiple choice questions to an assignment?

Use multiple-choice questions to assess comprehension within your assignment.

Written by Kelly Burnette
Updated over a week ago

How do I add, remove, or adjust assignment sections?

Adjust sections in an assignment to provide additional scaffolding or add variety to the assignment.

Written by Kelly Burnette
Updated over a week ago

Rubrics & Rubric Items

What is a rubric?

Learn more about rubrics and how to use them in Writable.

Written by Becky Mack
Updated over a week ago

How do I replace an assignment rubric?

Replace the rubric in an assignment before assigning

Written by Kelly Burnette
Updated over a week ago

How do I find an existing rubric?

Find and use an existing rubric in your assignment, or edit it to suit your needs.

Written by Kelly Burnette
Updated over a week ago

How do I edit an existing rubric?

Adjust a pre-made rubric to fit your needs and save time.

Written by Kelly Burnette
Updated over a week ago

How do I save and use My Rubrics?

Save your customized rubrics to reuse in future assignments

Written by Kelly Burnette
Updated over a week ago

How do I build a rubric from scratch?

Follow these steps to create your own rubric from scratch.

Written by Kelly Burnette
Updated over a week ago

How do I find existing rubric items?

Explore curated rubric items to add to your own custom rubric.

Written by Kelly Burnette
Updated over a week ago

How do I edit an existing rubric item?

Learn how to change wording, proficiency labels, scoring, and more.

Written by Kelly Burnette
Updated over a week ago

How do I weight rubric items?

Adjust the number of points associated with each rubric item on your assignment.

Written by Kelly Burnette
Updated over a week ago