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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
What is 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 create a short response for daily writing?
Follow these steps to create a simple assignment in under one minute, perfect for daily writing actitivites
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 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