> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.gradingpal.com/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.
# Assignment settings
> Every setting on an assignment, section by section, including how to duplicate or delete it.
export const updated_0 = "19 September 2026"
export const page_0 = "/teachers/create/assignment-settings"
The **Settings** tab lists its sections in a rail: **General**, **Schedule**, **Submission rules**, **Grading**, **Standards**, **Distribution**, **Danger zone**. Nothing saves as you go. A bar counts your unsaved changes and offers **Discard** and **Save changes**; a toast reads **Settings saved**.
Assignments where you upload the work yourself don't show **Schedule** or **Distribution**, and hide **Maximum attempts**.
## General
| Setting | What it does |
| ----------------------------- | -------------------------------------------------------- |
| **Title** | Shown to students and on your dashboard |
| **Type** | Read-only. Set at creation, not editable here |
| **Class** | Read-only. Each class has its own copy of the assignment |
| **Folder** | Files the assignment under a unit or topic |
| **Duplicate this assignment** | Opens the duplicate dialog. See below |
## Schedule & availability
| Setting | What it does |
| ---------------------------------------------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| **Visibility** | Read-only: where the assignment stands for students right now, from Draft to Closed |
| **Open date** (or **Post date** for Classroom) | When students can first see and start it. Disabled once it's live: use **Close for submissions** to stop new work |
| **Due date** | The deadline students see. A due date passing does not close the assignment |
| **Allow late submissions** | Lets students submit after the due date. Late work is flagged **Late** |
| **Late submission deadline** | Optional hard cutoff after which nothing is accepted. Only shown when late submissions are allowed |
## Submission rules
| Setting | What it does |
| --------------------------------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| **Where student work comes from** | The three collection cards. Changing this never deletes submissions; it changes what the assignment leads with. Switching to Classroom posts the assignment there |
| **Maximum attempts** | 1 to 5, default 1. Higher lets students resubmit; a new submission replaces the last |
## Grading
Read-only tiles showing the feedback style, length, instructions, languages, partial credit, grammar check and whether points are hidden. Select **Edit on Assignment tab** to change any of them.
## Standards
Read-only list of the standards tagged on the rubric, with **Edit on Assignment tab**. For a class tracking mastery, **Assessment purpose** is set here: it decides how much these grades count toward students' mastery levels.
## Distribution
| Setting | What it does |
| ------------------------------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| **Assigned class** | Read-only. An assignment belongs to one class |
| **Google Classroom** | The link status: **Connected — syncing**, **Not posted yet** with a **Post to Google Classroom** button, or **Not posted** for assignments not collected through Classroom |
| **Post feedback to Google Classroom** | When you share feedback, adds a graded item to Classroom so students see their grade there. Off, students get feedback by email |
| **Join link** | **Copy join link** for classes collecting in GradingPal. The link is the class's, not this assignment's |
## Danger zone
| Row | What it does |
| ------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| **Close for submissions** / **Re-open for submissions** | Stops or resumes new work. Nothing else changes |
| **Delete assignment** | Moves the assignment and its submissions to the class's **Deleted** bin. Students lose access at once; you can restore it later |
## Duplicate an assignment
**Duplicate this assignment** under General opens **Duplicate assignment**. Give it a **New name**, choose **Add to class**, pick how students will submit, and optionally set the open and due dates. The rubric, questions and settings carry over. Submissions and grades do not. The copy is always a draft, and it opens as soon as it's made.
## Restore a deleted assignment
On the class's **Assignments** tab, select **Deleted**. The dialog lists deleted assignments with a **Restore** button on each.
## What this does not mean
* A due date passing does not close an assignment.
* Deleting does not erase. The Deleted bin keeps everything until you restore it.
* Changing where work comes from does not delete work already collected.
## What to read next
The same controls from the bar at the top.
The rubric, questions and grading rules live on the Assignment tab.
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