Assignments help you create learning checkpoints to reinforce learning outcomes throughout your course. Heartbeat assignments are also used to make Courses more social and increase community engagement.

1. Creating an assignment

Create your first assignment by clicking + Add Content within your module and select Assignment. Then, give your assignment a name and click Create.

Once your assignment is created, you can hover over it and select the pencil icon to edit it and add your assignment content.

Add assignment content

1. Add a hero section

The process of adding a hero section for assignments is the same as it is for lessons. Learn more about adding a hero section here.

2. Choose an assignment type

There are 3 types of assignments in Heartbeat:

1. Public: Create more conversations and a culture of constructive feedback. You can then pick a Submission Channel so students can share their work. The assignment submission will be published as a post in your preferred channel.

2. Private: Easily collect feedback and gather useful member insights. Assignment submissions are only viewable by admins on the course overview page.

3. External: Offer quizzes and more customized tasks. Connect your members to external tools used for assignments.

3. Add instructions to the assignment

The process of adding content to the body of your assignment is the same as it is for lessons. Learn more about adding content here.

4. Upload assignment files

Adding assignment files is great for more involved tasks that require filling out templates, reviewing materials, or completing additional reading.

The process for uploading files on assignments is the same as it is for lessons. Learn more about uploading files here.

5. Configure assignment settings

Customize Submission Flow

• Configure a title that will be added to the start of the student submission.

• Set up help text to display to students as they work on their assignments.

Require Completion

• Choose whether you'd like to require completion. If you toggle this setting ON, members will have to complete the assignment before unlocking the next lesson in the course.

• Set a due date for the assignment. If this is toggled ON, you will need to set a due date for the assignment. Members will be shown the due date and will receive notifications prior to the due date.

To receive notifications of Assignment submissions, set yourself as the course instructor. 
Go to Edit Course Info and look on the right-hand side for Course Instructor. Select yourself from the dropdown menu. 

When do I approve submissions from assignments?

If you picked your assignment to be "Private", students are able to send their submissions over to the instructor for approval.

You can go to the Course and click "View Submissions" at the top to take action on any pending assignments.

Clicking the 3-dot menu to view the submission allows you to write your feedback and approve it or ask the member to retry.

Currently, it's not possible to grade assignments directly, but you can upvote our existing feature request. We prioritize features based on customer demand.