Edit the project for one assignment

Use assignment editing when one class needs a tailored version of a project. You work in the familiar authoring workspace, but every saved change belongs to this assignment only. The reusable project in Find or Library—and assignments created for other classes—stay unchanged.

The authoring workspace opened for an assignment-owned project copy, with the assignment-editing notice and project-building sections visible. — Assignment editing uses the authoring workspace but remains tied to this class run. The project identity comes from its template while the template itself stays untouched. Select the image to enlarge it.

Assignment editing uses the authoring workspace but remains tied to this class run. The project identity comes from its template while the template itself stays untouched. Select the image to enlarge it.

Open the assignment copy

From the assignment, open Actions and select Edit Assignment. Draft and Staged assignments also provide two direct doorways from Project:

Select Edit in authoring for the whole copy.
Select Edit rubric to open directly to the rubric editor.

The location trail begins with Assign, names the assignment, and ends at Edit assignment. The notice below the tabs confirms that the project identity comes from the template while the template stays untouched. Select Edit the template instead only when the reusable project itself should change.

The five tabs in this workspace belong to the assignment copy:

Project gives you the whole-project view. The title, driving question, subjects, grades, duration, student brief, product, and audience remain inherited from the template.
Milestones edits the content students encounter inside each stage.
Rubric edits the assignment’s criteria and performance levels.
Reading View proofs the assembled teacher or student document.
Review compares this assignment with its source template.

Edit milestones and deliverables

Assignment authoring open to one milestone, with editable title, description, standards, and deliverables beside a read-only duration. — Edit what students encounter in Milestones. Timing remains read-only here because the assignment Schedule owns dates and duration. Select the image to enlarge it.

Edit what students encounter in Milestones. Timing remains read-only here because the assignment Schedule owns dates and duration. Select the image to enlarge it.

In Milestones, select a milestone from the left rail. You can:

edit its title and description;
add or remove content standards while the assignment is still a Draft;
edit a deliverable’s title, description, submission mode, and submission format;
add another deliverable.

The duration is labeled as of load and cannot be changed here. Use the assignment’s Schedule tab for timing. Assignment editing also does not add, remove, or reorder milestones, or remove and reorder existing deliverables. Those boundaries prevent a content edit from silently changing the class schedule or disconnecting submitted work.

Edit the assignment rubric

Assignment rubric editor with a selected criterion, editable weight and mastery levels, attached practice standard, and Add criterion control. — The assignment copy can change criterion language, weights, standards, and observable levels without rewriting the reusable project. Select the image to enlarge it.

The assignment copy can change criterion language, weights, standards, and observable levels without rewriting the reusable project. Select the image to enlarge it.

In Rubric, select a criterion to edit its name, weight, and four observable performance levels. You can also add a criterion.

For a Draft assignment, saved criteria can have practice and habit standards attached. If you add a new criterion, select Save changes first so Rectangle can create its assignment record; then attach standards. Existing criteria cannot be removed from this workspace because scores or student evidence may already depend on them.

Proof what teachers and students will read

Reading View for the assignment copy, with Teacher and Student audience controls above the assembled project plan. — Proof the complete assignment copy in Teacher or Student view, then print the audience document currently selected. Select the image to enlarge it.

Proof the complete assignment copy in Teacher or Student view, then print the audience document currently selected. Select the image to enlarge it.

Use Reading View to read the complete assignment copy as one document. Switch between Teacher and Student to confirm that the framing, milestones, standards, deliverables, and rubric make sense for the intended audience. Print uses whichever audience is selected.

Review differences from the template

Review tab comparing the assignment copy with its template and linking each changed milestone back to its editor. — Review shows what this class copy changed from the source project. Each difference links back to the tab where it can be edited. Select the image to enlarge it.

Review shows what this class copy changed from the source project. Each difference links back to the tab where it can be edited. Select the image to enlarge it.

Review is a read-only comparison between this assignment and its source project. It groups changed milestone and rubric content, shows before-and-after language, and links back to the tab where each item can be edited. The change count remains visible across the workspace.

If the source template changed after this assignment was created, Review says that some comparisons may not line up. It never copies those later template changes into the assignment automatically.

Save before leaving

Assignment editing uses an explicit save because students may already be working from this copy. After your first change, the top navigation changes from All changes saved to Unsaved changes and shows Save changes. Select it, or use Command-S on macOS or Control-S on Windows.

Unsaved assignment edit with a leave-warning dialog offering save, stay, or discard choices. — Assignment edits are explicit. If you leave before saving, Rectangle asks whether to save, keep editing, or discard the local changes. Select the image to enlarge it.

Assignment edits are explicit. If you leave before saving, Rectangle asks whether to save, keep editing, or discard the local changes. Select the image to enlarge it.

If you try to leave with unsaved work, Rectangle lets you Save & leave, Stay & keep editing, or Leave without saving. When a co-teacher saved a newer version while you were editing, Rectangle asks you to reload their version or overwrite it with yours instead of silently choosing one.

After saving, follow the assignment name in the location trail to return to Assign and review the updated class copy in its operational context.