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Preview and assign an activity

Preview an activity on a dataset and assign it to your classes.

How-to guide

Last reviewed: September 2026

  1. Open a dataset that has activities built on it — for example, How Long Do Different Dog Breeds Tend to Live? on the Man’s Best Friend dataset. On the right side of the screen, the Activities panel lists every activity for the dataset, each with its own Assign, Teacher, and Student buttons.

    The Activities panel on the right of a dataset's tool page, listing activities with Assign, Teacher and Student buttons

  2. Click an activity’s title to preview it. The activity opens on its own page — Overview, Teacher Guide, Student Printable, Standards, and Additional Data tabs, with Assign, Teacher Preview, and Student Preview buttons at the top. It’s a full page, not a pop-up.

    An activity's own page, with tabs and Assign, Teacher Preview and Student Preview buttons

  3. Click Student Preview to work through the activity as a student would see it.

    A Student Preview session, showing the activity's intro step

  4. Finish the preview and click Finish on the completion screen to return to the activity page. The Teacher Preview / Student Preview buttons don’t change label after a preview — they stay the same whether or not you’ve completed one.

    The activity's completion screen after finishing a Student Preview

  5. Click Assign to open a pop-up listing your classes. Find the class you want and click its Assign button.

    The Assign Activity pop-up listing a teacher's classes

  6. Choose whether to assign to the Entire Class or Individual Students, and optionally set a Schedule Date, adjust Points, and add Assignment Instructions. Click Assign to [Class Name] to finish.

    The assignment form with Schedule Date, Points and optional Assignment Instructions

  7. The activity now appears in that class’s Assignments tab.

    The assigned activity listed on the class's Assignments tab

Students see the activity on their dashboard under that class the next time they sign in. Once they have worked through it, grade their responses.

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