This article is for students.
When you work on a practice set, you:
- Get real-time feedback
- Get helpful resources and hints
Open practice sets the same way that you open other assignments. Learn how to see your work for a class.
Get help on a practice set
Some practice sets have resources to help when you're stuck. You can get help with a specific question, or the overall practice set.
Get help with a specific question:
- On your computer, open an assignment practice set.
- Next to the question, click Show a hint .
- The help resource opens.
- To close the help resource, click Close .
Get help with the practice set:
- On your computer, open an assigned practice set.
- At the top right, click to open the 'Resource' tray.
- Select a resource.
Answer questions
There are four types of questions that teachers can include:
- Short answer: Enter or ink a response.
- Paragraph: Enter or ink a response.
- Single-select: Select an answer from a list that drops down.
- Multi-select: Tick the boxes next to your answers.
Important: Anything that you ink is visible to the teacher after you click Check. This includes answers that you ink before you submit the assignment.
- On your computer, go to an assigned practice set.
- On the left of the questions, above the progress bar, click Inking .
- In the ink pad, use your mouse to draw or write.
- To erase your entry, select an option:
- Click Erase .
- In the upper right corner of the ink pad, click More Clear content.
- On your computer, go to an assigned practice set.
- Inside the answer text box, click Insert maths formula .
- Use the maths keyboard that displays to insert special characters.
- On your computer, go to an assigned practice set.
- Below the answer, click Show your work.
- Provide more information in the text box.
Check your answer
You can check your answer immediately for short answer, single-select and multiple choice questions.
- On your computer, go to an assigned practice set.
- Answer a short answer, single-select or multiple choice question.
- Next to your response, click Check.
- When you answer incorrectly, 'Try again' is displayed.
- You have unlimited attempts to get the correct answer.
Open-ended and paragraph questions aren't automatically marked. They display the message, 'Needs teacher to check'.
Tip: When you use the check tool, your answers and your work can be reviewed by your teacher.
Hand in your practice set assignment
- On your computer, go to an assigned practice set.
- Complete the practice set.
- At the top right, click Hand in and confirm.