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Schedule a Timed Assignment

Give your students a specific amount of time to complete an assignment. Timed assignments are recommended for quizzes and tests.

When you assign timed work, make sure your students understand the following:
  • Once they start the assignment, the timer does not stop, even if they close the assignment.
  • The due date is either when the timer expires or the original assignment due date and time, whichever comes first.
  1. Schedule the assignment, if you have not already done so.
  2. Open the Schedule page and navigate to the assignment.
    1. Open the My Classes page.
    2. Click Class Schedule under Class Tools.
    3. Click a scheduled assignment in the Assignments list to view the week for which it is scheduled.
  3. Beside the assignment, click Actions button > Edit Restrictions.
  4. Select Timed Assignment.
  5. Select the number of minutes to allow for the assignment.

    If the number of minutes you want is not listed, select other and type the number of minutes you want. You must enter a whole number between 1 and 999.

  6. To give additional time to some of your students:
    1. Click Grant extra time for specific students.
    2. For each student who needs additional time, type the number of additional minutes to allow in Extra Time.
    3. Optional: Type a positive or negative number in with adjustment to add or subtract points from the student's assignment score.
    4. Click Save and close the window.
  7. Optional: Select Drop Security and Time Restrictions after and select a date and time after which your students can access the assignment.

    Security restrictions (password, IP address, and LockDown Browser®) are not automatically lifted from assignments after the due date. Usually, these restrictions mean that your students can't see their scores and feedback for individual assignment questions.

    To allow this, either drop the assignment restrictions manually from the Schedule page or select Drop Security and Time Restrictions after and set the date and time to drop the restrictions automatically.

  8. Click Save.

Timed assignments are indicated with an hourglass icon timed icon.

While your students work on a timed assignment, a timer displays the remaining time in the top right corner.

Hours to Minutes Table for Long Timed Assignments

You can set a timed assignment to allow up to 999 minutes (16 hours, 39 minutes). Use the following reference table if needed.

Hours Minutes
3 180
4 240
5 300
6 360
7 420
8 480
9 540
10 600
11 660
12 720
13 780
14 840
15 900
16 960