Most assignments go to the whole class, but sometimes you want work for a few students only: make-up work for students who were out, an extension for students who are ahead, or a task for one team. Step 3 of the Create Assignment page, Who gets it?, handles this. This article explains the three choices and what happens to each one when students join, leave or change groups later.
Available on: every plan. The Groups option uses Investment Groups from the Investing Simulator, so it's useful only once a class has those set up (Investing Simulator is part of Intertwined Plus and Pro, or a Solo trial).
Whole class
The default. The page shows "Every student in this class" with the current count.
A whole-class assignment belongs to the class, not to a list of names. Anyone who joins the class later gets it too, and your completion counts grow to include them. That's usually what you want, but it means a student who joins in week six also sees every whole-class assignment from weeks one to five, with the past-due ones marked Overdue on their list.
Groups
Choose Groups, then click one or more group tiles. Each tile shows the group's name and how many students are in it.
These groups are the class's Investment Groups, the teams you set up for the Investing Simulator. To create them:
Go to Classrooms > your class > Simulators > Investing Simulator > Setup.
Under Investment Groups, type a name in New group name and click Add Group.
Under Assign students, choose a group for each student.
Important: students in the same Investment Group invest from one shared portfolio in the Investing Simulator. Putting students in a group for assignment purposes puts them on a shared portfolio too, so plan your groups with both uses in mind. Each student is in at most one group per class.
Group assignments follow the group's current members. A student you add to a group later gets that group's assignments (including past ones). A student you move to another group stops seeing the old group's assignments and starts seeing the new group's.
If the class has no groups, you'll see "No groups in this classroom." Use Specific students instead.
Specific students
Choose Specific students, then click each student's name. If a student is in a group, the group name appears under their name to help you find a team. The list is fixed when you create the assignment: students who join later don't get it.
This is the best fit for make-up work, extensions and individual plans.
How you'll see it afterward
In the assignments list, the Assigned to column says Class, or the number of groups or students, such as "2 groups" or "5 students". The progress count and the completion panel include only those students, so "4/5" means four of the five students it's for. Students only ever see assignments meant for them.
When students join, leave or move
A student joins the class: they get every whole-class assignment, past and future. They get group assignments once you put them in a group. They don't get assignments made for specific students.
A student is removed from the class: they drop out of every assignment's counts. See Removing students and students in more than one class.
A student changes groups: their group assignments switch with them, as described above.
A student is in two of your classes: each class membership is separate. An assignment in Period 2 doesn't appear for the same student's Period 5 membership, and their progress in each class is counted separately.
Changing who an assignment is for
You can't change the audience after an assignment is created. Delete it and create it again with the right choice. For reading and quizzes this is safe: students keep their lesson progress and quiz results, and anyone who already finished shows as done on the new assignment straight away. For simulators, student tools and Arcade games, students who clicked Mark done would need to mark it again. See Editing, rescheduling, and deleting assignments.
Tips
Use whole class unless you have a reason not to. It's the only choice that keeps up with your roster by itself.
A class can have only one reading assignment per section. If some students already have a section's reading and you want everyone to have it, delete the small one and create one for the whole class.
For differentiated work in a class that doesn't use the Investing Simulator, use Specific students rather than creating Investment Groups you don't need.
When a student joins mid-term, tell them which older assignments they can skip. Intertwined shows earlier whole-class work as Overdue for them, and they'll appear under Missed in your completion panel for those assignments.
Common questions
Can I pick some groups and some individual students in one assignment?
No. Each assignment uses one of the three options. To cover a group plus a few extra students, choose Specific students and pick everyone.
Can students see that classmates got different work?
No. A student's Assignments page shows only the assignments meant for them.
Why does a new student already have overdue assignments?
Whole-class assignments include students who join later, so they see the class's earlier work with its original due dates.
I moved a student to another group and an assignment disappeared from their list. Is their work lost?
No. Their progress is kept. The assignment is no longer meant for them, so it leaves their list and your counts. Move them back and it returns.