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DBQ Student-Ready Assignments

DBQ Student-ReadyAssignments

How to push a student-ready assignment from the district or school-level to teachers How to push a student-ready assignment from the district or school-level to teachers

To accommodate districts' transition into remote learning, we increased our co-teacher capacity to 500. With this increase, district leaders and schools can now create a single class for each grade and subject level and add instructors as secondary instructors.


(For example, create one class for MS Civics, another for 7th grade ELA, etc)


Read below to learn:

  1. How to create a class with secondary instructors
  2. How to create an assignment with instructor markups
  3. How teachers save assignments as a template to use with their own students

TOPIC 1. Creating a Class and Adding Secondary Instructors TOPIC 1. Creating a Class and Adding Secondary Instructors

Click on the below images to view them in full size.
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1. Click on "Classes & Assignments."

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2. Click "Add New Class."

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Type in grade and subject and click "Save."

4. Your class is created! Now, click on the "Secondary Instructor" tab and select "Invite Instructor." 4. Your class is created! Now, click on the "Secondary Instructor" tab and select "Invite Instructor."

5. Type in your teacher's email, choose "Full" access, and click "Invite." Remain on this page until you've added all of your teachers. 5. Type in your teacher's email, choose "Full" access, and click "Invite." Remain on this page until you've added all of your teachers.

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Note: once invited, your co-teachers will automatically see the classes in their Assignments section.

They will not be receiving a confirmation email but will see the class in the same class name once they log in.

TOPIC 2: Creating Marked-Up Assignments TOPIC 2: Creating Marked-Up Assignments

Click the below images to view other examples of instructor markups. Click the below images to view other examples of instructor markups.

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Sample annotation for a document

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Sample annotation for a background essay

TOPIC 3: Saving as a Template and Assigning to Students TOPIC 3: Saving as a Template and Assigning to Students

What will be saved as a template?

  1. The pages of the unit that have been selected
  2. All scaffolds (guided essay, audio tool, etc)
  3. All annotations made in Instructor Markup Mode

Remember: only templates will be saved year to year! Remember: only templates will be saved year to year!

A summary on the Assignment Templates Section

This section is found at the bottom of your Classes & Assignments page. See the below image for further details.

Saving, Editing, and Assigning Templates Saving, Editing, and Assigning Templates

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To save:

Under the gear icon, click "Save To Template(s)."
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To edit Instructor Markups:

  1. Select "Edit."
  2. At the end of the page, click "Save."
  3. On the pop-up, click "YES."
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To assign to a class:

  1. Select "Assign."
  2. Choose which class will receive this assignment.
  3. Change the name of the assignment.
  4. Select "Assign" again.
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Questions? We're here to help!

Email support@dbqproject.com with any questions about the online platform.
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