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Enable Student Assistant

The Student Assistant is a generative AI assistant that provides students with guidance, but it will not reveal answers. It offers personalized feedback based on the student's input, the topic they are working on and the Cengage textbook used in your course. It will not use material outside of Cengage.

The Student Assistant is not available for all WebAssign courses, activity types or question types. On compatible questions, students can click Student Assistant to open the tool.

Enable at the Course Level

The Student Assistant will be automatically enabled for all supported assignments except quizzes, exams and tests. You can turn it off for individual assignments later.

  1. Open the Class Settings page.

    From My Classes, click Edit Class Settings.

  2. In the General Info tab, select Enable Student Assistant.
  3. Click Save.

Enable or Disable at the Assignment Level

Enable or disable the Student Assistant for an individual assignment.

  1. Click edit for the assignment that you want to change.
  2. In the Assignment Editor, expand the Settings section.
  3. Click Student Feedback.
  4. Turn Student Assistant on or off .
  5. Click Save.

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