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Home / Instructors / Flexibility at Every Step / Question Creation / Question and Assignment Templates

Question and Assignment Templates

Save time with pre-built question and assignment templates in WebAssign to make customizing your course easier. Access the templates using the resources below, and reach out to the WebAssign Content team should you need help.

How to Access and Use Templates

Option 1: Use the ‘Access Template’ Buttons to Automatically Access Questions & Assignments

1) Make sure you’re logged into your WebAssign account
2) Click the ‘Access Template’ button below the question or assignment you’d like to use
3) The template will open in WebAssign as a ‘duplicate’
4) Customize as you see fit and then ‘Save’
5) You’ll now find the question under ‘My Questions’ or ‘My Assignments’

Option 2: Search the Question or Assignment IDs

1. Search the question ID or assignment ID provided in the search box
2. Click the name of a question
3. Choose ‘duplicate’ and rename the question
5. Customize as you see fit and then ‘Save’
6. You’ll now find the question under ‘My Questions’ or ‘My Assignments’


Attendance & Polling Templates

 

attendanceAttendance Question

This is a sample attendance question that says ‘Are You Present?’ and prompts students to confirm they are with a multiple-choice question with only one answer ‘Present’.

Question ID: 4209437

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attendanceAttendance Assignment

This assignment includes two different questions that can be used to take attendance in your course.

Assignment ID: 20352173

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attendancePolling Question

This question asks for students’ level of confidence on the topic covered. Any response will be marked as correct.

Question ID: 5154896

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attendancePolling Assignment

This assignment includes a sample poll question where students can choose any answer and it will be marked correct.

Assignment ID: 20352182

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Media Templates: Videos and Documents

 

YouTube Video Embedded Question (Fill-in-the-blank)

Here is a question with an embedded YouTube video and a single, fill-in-the-blank question.

Question ID: 5219538

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YouTube Video Embedded Question (Multiple-Choice)

Here is a question with an embedded YouTube video and a multiple-choice question.

Question ID: 5665112

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YouTube Video Embedded Assignment

Explore three different ways to embed a video including in the instructions, in a question and with a link to the Cengage library

Assignment ID: 17881816

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Vimeo Video Embedded Assignment

Use this template to include a Vimeo video in the instructions with a confirmation question.

Assignment ID: 23689788

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Cengage Video Embedded Assignment

This template helps you add links to different Cengage videos, or other external videos in the assignment instructions.

Assignment ID: 17881866

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Google Drive Embedded Assignment

Embed a folder from your Google Drive into the assignment instructions to deliver multiple documents to your students — with automatic syncing

Assignment ID: 17881849

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File Upload Question

Use this template for students to upload a file from your computer. Be sure not to use this question with the Lockdown Browser.

Question ID: 5222933

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Excel Embedded Assignment

Learn how to embed excel documents within questions in this assignment.

Assignment ID: 20351168

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PowerPoint Embedded Assignment

Learn how to embed a PowerPoint document in the assignment instructions followed by a multiple-choice question.

Assignment ID: 17881813

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Word Document Embedded Assignment

Learn how to embed a Microsoft Word document in the assignment instructors followed by a multiple-choice question.

Assignment ID: 17881861

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Misc Question Templates

 

Tutorial Question

This breaks down a question into four parts to walk students through the process step-by-step

Question ID: 1251029

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Graphing Question

Provide a graphing tool in the question for students to graph points, lines, segments, rays, circles, parabolas, and inequalities on a Cartesian coordinate plane. Graphing questions are automatically scored.

Question ID: 1077759

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Multi-Mode Question

Multi-mode question allow you to add extra steps to a single question — for example, multiple-choice and essay. These provide extra levels of interaction to a question, making it more engaging for students.

Question ID: 5154895

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Randomized Question (Numerical)

Randomized questions generates a variety of different values for the same question so students will receive different versions.

Question ID: 5222927

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