Manage activities in Schoolwork
Use the assignment details view to discover students who might need extra challenges or attention. The information in the assignment details view can help you determine students who might be falling behind, who might need to try an activity again, or who might need a little extra time after you lock an assignment.
You can also use the assignment details view to return work to your students.
Find students needing extra challenges or attention
In the Schoolwork app
, tap Recent Activity, Favorites, or a class in the sidebar, then tap the assignment you want to view.Use the Student Data chart to help you determine which students might need extra challenges or attention.
Ask students to retry an activity
In the Schoolwork app
, tap Recent Activity, Favorites, or a class in the sidebar, then tap the assignment you want to view.Tap an activity tab, tap the student work you want to review (Ready For Review), then review the work.
Tap
, then tap Ask to Try Again.Enter instructions telling the student you want them to work on the activity again.
You can also include multimedia in your assignment instructions.
Tap Send.
Note: If students mark the activity done again without retrying, Schoolwork displays the previous progress data.
Note: If notifications are allowed for Schoolwork (Go to Settings 
> Notifications > Schoolwork, then tap Allow Notifications), Schoolwork sends you a notification when students submit revisions. Tap anywhere in the notification to open the assignment, then view the revision.
Allow students extra time to complete an activity in a locked assignment
In the Schoolwork app
, tap Recent Activity, Favorites, or a class in the sidebar, then tap the locked assignment you want to view.Tap an activity tab, tap
for a student whose progress is Not Done or Not Started, then tap Allow to Complete.In the locked assignment, Schoolwork unlocks the activity for the student you selected.
Return assignment files to students
In the Schoolwork app
, tap Recent Activity, Favorites, or a class in the sidebar, then tap the assignment you want to view.Do one of the following:
To return work to all students: Tap an activity tab, tap Return to Students, then tap Continue.
To return work to an individual student: Tap an activity tab, tap
for the student whose work you want to return, tap Return to Student, then tap Continue.To return work to all students and mark the assignment complete: Tap Mark as Completed, then tap Continue.
Schoolwork cancels any outstanding requests for work and returns copies of assignment files to all students. If you selected individual students in step 2, Schoolwork only returns copies of assignment files to the selected students. If you tap Mark as Completed, Schoolwork also marks the assignment complete and moves the assignment to the Completed tab. Providing students copies of all their assignment files can help them build a personal portfolio of their Schoolwork projects.