supporting-your-students-just-got-easier – The Cengage Blog

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We know how much you do to support your students, and we want to make it easier for you to give them the help they need, when they need it. That’s why we’re releasing improvements to accommodations and extensions in WebAssign — so you can manage student requests efficiently and save time throughout your course.

Let’s dive into what’s coming.

Easily accommodate students who need extended time

 It can be challenging to manage accommodation requests for extended time at the start of classes. We’re introducing a new feature that makes this process so much easier, allowing you to grant extra time to one or more students directly from your course roster.

Once applied, this setting will ensure that students who need additional time automatically receive it on all timed assignments. There’s no need for repeated manual adjustments to individual assignments. This change makes it easier to support your students, while saving you time.

“These [upgrades] will improve the amount of time I currently spend managing WebAssign each term for hundreds of students. Reducing the number of clicks and tabs I need to open is a huge change. Bulk extensions are a significant advancement in my mind.” – Kathleen Koenig, University of Cincinnati

Manage student requests with extension improvements

But what if your students don’t have an accommodation, but need an extra 10 minutes or an extra day to work on their assignment?

Students often request extensions, extra time, additional submissions or even early access to assignments. To help you manage these requests more efficiently, we’re redesigning the manual extensions process with a more user-friendly interface and added flexibility.

With the new extension improvements, you’ll be able to:

• Add extra time to timed assignments (for example: 10 more minutes).
• Allow additional attempts on assignments.
• Provide bulk extensions for multiple students or assignments.
• Issue a penalty to students for any accommodation you made above.

And later, you’ll be able to grant early access to assignments for specific students.

 

More updates are on the way

These updates to WebAssign accommodations and extensions are just the beginning. We’re committed to continuously improving your experience and will have even more enhancements coming in the next phase of extension updates. We encourage you to stay tuned for what’s to come.

Ready to learn more about what else is new in WebAssign? Check out the latest upgrades in this video.