Once you click CREATE, you will see a list of the pages you've created at the bottom of the screen.

• Select the page you want to assign by clicking on it
• The ECTO URL for the assignment will automatically appear in the URL field
• Then click ADD
• When you are finished click UPDATE 

Now you are on the NEW ASSIGNMENT page. Begin by entering the basic information.

• Available date field: this is when the assignment will become available to the students
• Due date field: after this date, the students are unable to submit the assignment
• Calendar icon: Note the calendar icon -- if you click it a clickable calendar appears, which makes it easier to enter the dates
• When you have finished filling out the fields click CREATE
  

CREATING AN ASSIGNMENT

A content page does not have to be a quiz or an assignment. It could be purely informational! You might even create a content page as a "sandbox" to store information.

Quite often, however, as in the example on this page, the content page you are assembling is homework or a quiz. Let's say that you've created a content page which is a comprehension quiz for a US History Course, incorporating a YouTube movie, a multichoice question and a short answer question.

You associated the page with the group page that belongs to the history course you are teaching. As a result, it appears on your group page. You've marked it HIDDEN until the date of the quiz so only you can see it.

In order to administer the page as a quiz, you need to CREATE AN ASSIGNMENT and associate the assignment with the content page.  Let's take a look at how to do this:

From your group page, 

DO THIS:

• Click NEW ASSIGNMENT