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Tracking assignment progress and completion

Read assignment statuses, see who finished on time or late, and use the Assignments page to spot work that needs attention.

Written by Kerry Ao

Once work is assigned, the question every day is "who's done, and who still needs a nudge?" Intertwined answers it in two places: each class's assignments list, and the Insights > Assignments page that pulls every class together. Both show a status and a progress count for every assignment, and one click on any row shows exactly which students have finished and when.

Available on: completion tracking inside a class works on every plan, including Free. The all-classes Insights > Assignments page, with its Needs attention summary and calendar, needs Intertwined Solo or a school plan.

Where to look

  • One class: Classrooms > your class > Coursework > Assignments.

  • All classes: Insights > Assignments in the sidebar. Use the CLASS menu to narrow it to one class, or leave it on All classes.

The line under the page title sums it up, for example "24 total · 6 active · 3 overdue · 2 scheduled".

Reading the assignments list

Each row shows:

  • Assignment: the name, a badge for its type (Reading, Quiz, Budget sim and so on), and its points if it has any.

  • Class: on the all-classes view only.

  • Status: see below.

  • Assigned to: Class, or the number of groups or students it's for.

  • Progress: a bar and a count such as "18/25", meaning 18 of the 25 students it's for have finished.

  • Publish and Due: the two dates.

What each status means

  • Scheduled: the publish date hasn't arrived, so students can't see it yet.

  • Active: students can see it, and its due date is today or later.

  • Overdue: the due date has passed and at least one student hasn't finished.

  • Complete: every student it's for has finished, whenever the due date was.

Note that Complete means the whole audience is done, not that the date has passed. An assignment 24 of 25 students finished stays Overdue until the last student finishes, which is exactly the one you want to see.

Use the tabs above the list to filter: Active, Overdue, Scheduled, Complete and All, each with a count. If a tab is empty you'll see "Nothing in this filter".

See who's done: the completion panel

Click any row to open a panel on the right. Its heading shows the class and a count such as "18 of 25 completed", and it sorts the students into four groups:

  • On time: finished before the due date, with the date and time they finished.

  • Late: finished after the due date, with the date and time.

  • Missed: not finished, and the due date has passed.

  • Not yet: not finished, and it isn't due yet.

Keep in mind that a due date chosen on the Create Assignment page means the start of that day (12:00 AM), so a student who finishes during the school day on the due date lands in Late. For a Twine Town checkpoint, the panel also shows where each unfinished student's town stands.

The Insights > Assignments page

Besides the list, the all-classes page adds three things:

  • Needs attention: up to three cards above the list. A card such as "3 overdue" counts past-due assignments that fewer than half the students have finished. "2 due in the next 7 days" counts live work coming up, with how many students still have to finish. "1 publishing soon" counts scheduled work going live in the next three days, your last chance to adjust it before students see it. Click a card to jump to the matching tab.

  • List and Calendar: the calendar shows every assignment on its due date, colored by status, with busy days shaded so pile-ups stand out. You can drag an assignment to a new day to move its due date; see Editing, rescheduling, and deleting assignments.

  • The page opens on whichever tab has something in it (Active first, then Overdue, then Scheduled), so you don't land on an empty list.

On your dashboard

The This week card on your dashboard lists what's due in the next seven days across all your classes, with a count like "12 of 25 done" or "All done", plus an Overdue section for recent work some students haven't finished. Click a row to open that class's assignments. See Your teacher dashboard, explained.

How "done" is decided

Reading counts when every lesson in the section is completed, a quiz when it's finished, and a Twine Town checkpoint when the student's town meets the goal. Simulators, student tools and Arcade games count when the student marks them done (Arcade games can also count themselves after a few minutes of play). The full rules are in Assignment types explained.

Tips

  • Start the week on the Overdue tab and open each row's panel. The Missed group is your follow-up list.

  • Before class, check the Not yet group on work due in the next day or two to see who might need time at the start of the period.

  • Treat a simulator's "done" as the student's word. Pair it with the Gradebook's simulator column or the Simulators tab to see what they actually did.

  • For quiz scores and mastery rather than completion, use the Gradebook and the class Overview: Using the Gradebook and The classroom Overview: reading your class analytics.

Common questions

Why is an assignment still Overdue when nearly everyone finished?

An assignment is Complete only when every student it's for has finished. Open the panel to see who's left under Missed.

A student finished the lessons before I assigned them. Why are they already done?

Reading and quiz assignments use the student's actual course progress, whenever it happened. They count as done, and as on time.

Why does Progress say "Not started"?

That appears when nobody is in the assignment's audience yet, for example a class with no students.

A student says they finished, but the panel doesn't show it.

Reload the page first. If it still doesn't show, check the type: a simulator or student tool needs the student to click Mark done, and a reading needs every lesson in the section completed. Grades or progress aren't updating has more.

Can students see who else has finished?

No. Students see only their own assignments and status.

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