Copy, share and lock assignments in Schoolwork
After you create an assignment, you can copy the assignment to use it again later, or use it in another class. You can also copy the link for a published assignment to share the assignment outside of Schoolwork.
When you want to pause work on an assignment, you can lock the assignment. If you need to use an assignment after you lock it, you can unlock the assignment.
Copy an assignment
When copying an assignment, Schoolwork creates a new assignment using the activities and work from the original assignment. Schoolwork does not copy over any assignment recipients.
Important: Imported assignments are not visible to students and co-teachers until you create a copy, add recipients and publish the assignments.
In the Schoolwork app
, tap Recent Activity, Drafts, Favourites, Imports, a class or a class archive in Archived in the sidebar.Do one of the following:
Touch and hold the assignment you want to copy, then tap Create a Copy.
Tap the assignment you want to copy, tap
, then tap Create a Copy.Note: For imported and archived assignments, tap
in the upper right of the assignment details view.
Edit the copy, then do one of the following:
If you are ready to publish your assignment, tap Publish.
If you specified a delivery date, tap Schedule. Schoolwork saves the assignment in the Scheduled tab to send on the specified date and time.
If you are not ready to publish or schedule your assignment, tap Cancel, then tap Save as Draft to save it as a draft to send at a later time.
Share an assignment link
You can copy the link for a published assignment to share the assignment with your students and other teachers outside Schoolwork.
In the Schoolwork app
, tap Recent Activity, Favourites, a class or a class archive in Archived in the sidebar.Do one of the following:
Touch and hold the assignment you want to share, tap Share Link, then tap Copy.
Tap the assignment you want to share, tap
, tap Share Link, then tap Copy.
Schoolwork copies the assignment link to your Clipboard.
To view and share the assignment, paste the assignment link into a message or email that students or teachers can access on their iPadOS device.
To view the assignment, any students or teachers you share the assignment with must be in the same class and included on the assignment distribution list.
Note: To share an assignment with other teachers who use Schoolwork or other learning tools that support importing a Common Cartridge file, export the assignment.
Lock an assignment
When you want to pause work on an assignment, you can lock it. When you lock an assignment, progress is not reported and students cannot make changes to any activities associated with the assignment (for example, submit and replace work, collaborate on assignment activities or mark an activity as done). When you view a locked assignment, you can see all progress data up until the locked date.
After you lock an assignment, if you want to give an individual student more time to complete a specific activity in the assignment, you can tap Allow to Complete to unlock an activity for a student.
In the Schoolwork app
, tap Recent Activity, Favourites or a class in the sidebar.Do one of the following:
Touch and hold the assignment you want to lock, then tap Lock.
Tap the assignment you want to lock, then tap
in the upper right of the window.
Note: It is easy to unlock an assignment — simply touch and hold a locked assignment, then tap Unlock.