Show My Work

When you enable Show My Work, students can enter formatted text and math expressions in the Show My Work answer box. They can also upload files, such as proofs created in other programs or pictures of handwritten work.

Review students' Show My Work responses and add comments, or grant points based on the completeness or correctness of the work shown. You can award points for optional Show My Work responses, for example, if a student demonstrates understanding of the problem but makes a mathematical error.

Students can edit Show My Work as often as they want before the assignment due date, regardless of the number of submissions set for the assignment.

Settings at the assignment level apply to all assignment questions except questions whose settings you specifically change in Questions. Question-level settings override assignment or template settings.

Enable Show My Work for Assignments

1. In the Assignment Editor, expand the Settings section.

2. Click Scoring.

3. Turn on Allow students to show their work .

4. Save customized settings as a template to reuse on other assignments.

   1. Under Settings, click Save as New Template.

      This is only shown if you have changed settings from the default.

   2. Enter your template name.

   3. Click Save Template.

5. Click Save at the top of the assignment.

Require Show My Work for Specific Questions

1. In the Assignment Editor, expand the Questions section, then expand the question.

2. Click Points Adjustment.

3. Turn Require students to show their work on and enter a number in Points.

4. Click Save at the top of the assignment.

The question is marked

in the assignment editor to show that it has different scoring settings than the rest of the assignment. This label is not shown to students, but required Show My Work questions are labeled and cannot be collapsed.

Communicate to your students what criteria will be used to assign points for Show My Work. You can put this information in the assignment instructions.