Perusall: Differentiated Assignments

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Typically most assignments in Perusall are assigned to all students. However, Perusall does offer an option for assigning only specific students to an assignment. This is known as a differentiated assignment. Some possible use cases for differentiated assignments include group work, peer review, make-up assignments, extra credit assignments, individualized instruction, and formative assessment.

If you would like to extend the deadline on a certain assignment for some students, and would like the assignment to still be assigned to all students, then extend the deadline for certain students rather than creating a differentiated assignment.

Prerequisite

Create a folder with the differentiated content documents you would like students to engage with. This folder should contain at least two documents.

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Step-by-step Instructions

1. Navigate to the Assignments area of your Perusall course Page and select Add Assignment.

image showing to select the assignments button located between the library and students buttons, and then select the Add assignment button located just below the assignments button

2. Select Add Differentiated Assignment.

image showing to select the Add Differentiated assignment button located below the Add assignment button on the right-hand side of the screen.

3. Under the Basics section of setting up your assignment, name your assignment and set a deadline for the assignment.

An image of the Basics options on the Add differentiated assignment setup screen where first the Assignemtn name and second the Submission deadline text boxes are higlighted on the right-hand side of the screen.

6. Select Options.

image showing to select the Options button located at the top of the pop-up window between the Content and Scoring buttons

7. Enter the Instructions For Students.

image showing to enter the appropriate information into the Submission deadline, Assignment name, and Instructions for students boxes

Example Instructions for Students: Each of you has been assigned a different article to read for this activity. As you read, annotate 3 to 5 key arguments made. For each annotation be sure to highlight the argument in the document and create a short explanation of why you selected that argument.

8. Select Next Step.

image showing to select the Next Step button located at the bottom of the pop-up window between the Previous Step and OK buttons

There are several optional settings you can customize for your differentiated assignment, such as setting the date and time when the assignment becomes visible to students, allowing students to post anonymously, and enabling other optional toggles. We recommend using the default pre-selected options unless you have a specific need or use case for your course.

9. Select your Scoring option for this assignment.

image of a the Scoring options for the differentiated assignmetn where the defalut Use course scoring settings option is selected in the middle of the screen.

10. Select OK.

image showing to select the OK button located at the bottom of the pop-up window between the Next Step and Cancel buttons

11. Congrats! Your differentiated assignment has been created. You will now see each assignment in the Assignments area. Each assignment lists which student(s) are assigned to it.

image showing the newly created differentiated assignments now listed in the Assignments area of the Perusall course page, the note beneath the instructions for the assignment is highlighted to show that only specific students have been assigned this assignment for this example.

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