As an educator, you can create a variety of tasks on Toddle, including learning experiences, quick tasks, and assessments, tailored to your curriculum and students' needs. These tasks enable students to engage actively, submit their responses, and, when applicable, receive feedback and evaluations. In this article, you'll learn how to create tasks step by step, making the learning process more interactive and effective.

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There are multiple ways to access the options for creating class tasks, each explained in detail below. You can choose the entry point that best suits your workflow.

You can easily create a task while creating a new unit or within an existing unit. From your homepage, choose the class that you would like to create the task for.

Next, head over to ‘Planning’ and choose ‘Unit planning’ from the left-hand collapsible menu. Click on any unit within which you would like to create a task.

Once you are inside the unit, click on the ‘Assessments and resources’ icon on the top-right toolbar. This opens the panel on the right, where you’ll see a red ‘+’ button. From here, you can create a new Learning experience or assessment.

Note: You cannot create a quick task from within a unit since these are unit-independent.

Enter a class, navigate to ‘Classroom’, and choose the ‘Assignments’ section from the left-hand collapsible menu. Here, you will find the ‘+ Create new’ option at the top right corner of the page. Click on it to initiate the creation of quick tasks, assessments, or learning experiences.

From the classroom, you can navigate to ‘Calendar’ from the left-hand collapsible menu. Once you are on the calendar page, simply select any date or click anywhere on the calendar. This action will trigger a menu, offering the option to add a quick task, assessment, or learning experience.

Enter the ‘Calendar’ card from your homepage.

The task creation process is the same as creating a task from the calendar within the classroom section, as shown above. The only exception is that when creating a task using the Calendar tab directly from the homepage, you need to specify the class you would like to create the task for.

As you choose to create a task, you will be prompted to select a class from a dropdown menu. The list displayed includes only the classes you are tagged to as a teacher. For a quick task, you will be prompted to select the class at the time of the task assignment.

Alternatively, you can select the class for your task using the Class filter, as highlighted below. Simply select the preferred class and proceed with task creation. Note that this class selection option for tasks works only when one class is selected at a time.

Navigate to ‘Gradebook’ and choose the ‘Assessment gradebook’ section from the left-hand collapsible menu. Here, you will find the red ‘+’ button at the top right corner of the page. Click on it to initiate the creation of quick tasks, assessments, or learning experiences.

Navigate to ‘Classroom’ and choose the ‘Class flow’ section from the left-hand collapsible menu. Here, you will find the ‘+Create’ option at the top right corner of the page. Click on it to initiate the creation of quick tasks, learning experiences or assessments.

The process for creating a learning experience, assessment, or quick task on Toddle follows a similar workflow. The steps outlined below specifically describe the process for creating an assessment via Classroom > Assignments.

Toddle offers flexible assignment types to suit different teaching needs:

Once you’ve chosen the task type and opened the creation screen, follow the steps below to set up your task details.

Step 1: Add a cover image and a title.

Step 2: Select the unit within which you would like to create the assessment. However, if you wish to create an assessment/learning experience that is not attached to any unit, you can leave this field blank.

Step 3: Tag the preferred subject(s) for the task. There are several conditions for the subject population:

Step 4: If you are creating an assessment, you can choose the preferred type from the dropdown menu, as shown below.

💡 The option to tag a ‘Unit’ does not appear when creating a quick task as they are unit-independent.

Step 5: Set a duration for the task.

Step 6: Next, select a relevant term (grading period) from the ones configured by your school administrator. Consequently, this task will be used for the overall grade calculation of that grading period. By default, the current term (grading period) will be selected.

Step 7: Next, choose an assessment category for your task. Assessment categories are defined for each grading period, subject, and grade level and are used to aggregate scores at the category level. If assessment categories exist for your chosen grading period, subject, and grade, they will appear in the dropdown. Please note that in case you have selected an interdisciplinary unit and multiple subjects are showing in the ‘Subject’ field, you will not see any assessment categories in the dropdown.

If assessment categories are showing in the dropdown, you have an option to:

If you want to create a new assessment category or modify an existing one, click on the gear icon.

Once you click on the gear icon, use the pop-up window to create new assessment categories by clicking on the ‘Add category’ option. Furthermore, you can assign weights to the categories as needed. You can even edit the names and weights of existing categories or delete a category altogether using the trash icon on the left side.

💡You may or may not see the option to add weights to assessment categories depending on the grade calculation method selected by your school administrator. Refer to this article to learn how administrators configuring grade calculation methods for your curriculum.

Enabling the 'Use grade boundaries for each category' option allows you to create grade boundaries for each category to convert final category scores to their equivalent grades.

To do so, click on the ‘+Add’ button under the Grade boundary section.

You can use one of the following options to define grade boundaries:

Once done, click on 'Save' to proceed. Note that these grade boundary changes made to an assessment category will apply to all classes of the selected subject and grade.

In case you added a new assessment category, it will appear in the dropdown and you can select it for the task.

Step 8: Next, add the instructions for your assessment that will be shared with the students. You can even add them in the form of an audio message.

Step 9: If you would like students to use a specific template for the task, upload it under ‘Submission template’. This can include a Toddle workbook template, a file from Google Drive or OneDrive (based on the school’s chosen cloud storage integration during onboarding), or other formats uploaded from your local device. If no cloud storage option was selected during onboarding, only the workbook template and files uploaded from the local device can be used as submission templates.

Additionally, if your school has enabled external tool integration, you can use these tools as submission templates. To do so, click on ‘Add an external tool’ within the submission template and select the desired tool from the list (e.g., ClickView, Edpuzzle, H5P). The tools displayed may vary based on your school's enabled integrations.

💡For more details, read this article on using external tools as submission templates for class tasks.

💡Read this article to learn how to use Google doc/slides as a submission template.

💡Read this article to learn more about adding OneDrive files as submission templates.

💡Read this article to learn more about adding Workbooks as submission templates.

Based on the submission template(s), you can use the three-dot menu to rename, delete, or download the attachment. Additionally, you can rearrange the order of the submission templates by dragging and dropping them using the drag icon next to each template. The uploaded template(s) will be visible to students, allowing them to use it for their submissions.

Step 10: Under 'Resources', you can upload a wide range of learning resources for your students including image files, documents, and audio/video clips from your local device, Google Drive, or OneDrive. You can also directly add relevant links or notes. Additionally, if you have tagged a unit to the task, you can use the option to directly upload existing resources of that unit.

Step 11: Use the ‘Assessment tool(s)’ section to decide how you would like to carry out the evaluation for this task.

To assess your students' work effectively, Toddle provides various assessment tools to choose from:

You also have the option to add rows and columns directly in the middle of the grid. To do this, hover over any existing criterion (row) or level (column), click on the six-dot menu that appears, and choose the option to add a row or column above, below, left, or right of the selected point. However, if you wish to reorder the rows and columns, use the six-dot menu to drag and drop them into your preferred position. Additionally, you can download or remove a rubric/single point rubric/checklist using the three-dot menu located at its top right corner.

💡 Please note that this article uses a rubric as an example, but the same functionality applies to single-point rubrics and checklists as well.

💡Please note that when creating a Quick task, the available assessment tools are limited to rubrics, checklists, and final remarks/comments.

Step 12: Next, decide whether you want to evaluate the task, allow students to self-evaluate, or both. Accordingly, you can enable evaluation settings for rubrics, single-point rubrics, and checklists for either teacher evaluation, student evaluation, or both. This flexibility is useful if you want certain assignments to be student-evaluated only. Keep in mind that for final remarks and scoring, only teacher evaluation is available, and it cannot be disabled.

Furthermore, you can edit an already added tool using the expand icon right next to it.

Step 13: You have the option to evaluate students on learning goals such as subject standards and skills. For all of these learning goals, you have the option to choose from either the goals attached to your chosen unit or from a repository of all learning goals defined for your curriculum.

Once you have chosen the goals for evaluation, enable the 'Rate on learning goals' option, as highlighted below. This enables you to evaluate students on learning goals, allowing for a holistic assessment of student progress. Note that students are not able to self-evaluate learning goals.

💡Please note that you will not be able to tag any learning goals for Quick tasks.

Step 14: Lastly, use the 'Teacher Notes' section to jot down your thoughts. These notes are private and visible only to you.

Once the task details are finalized, you can assign it to one or more classes, configure visibility, and manage submission settings. Follow the steps below:

Step 15: When you’re ready to assign the task, click the Assign button. In the modal window that opens next, you will have the following options:

4. Configure assign settings: This option allows you to specify the task’s due date, and dates for opening and closing task submissions, and adjust task visibility settings. Let’s explore each one of these settings in detail:

Note: If you backdate a task and set a due date that falls before the open date, Toddle automatically adjusts the open date to match the due date. This adjustment happens only the first time if an open date has not been selected yet

Additionally, you have the option to pin one or more settings within ‘Configure assign settings’. Pinning these options makes them available by default in the Assign modal for future use. You can change your preferences for pinned options at any time.

5. Add tags: Tags help you organize and access tasks easily. You can select from existing tags in the dropdown or create a new one by typing its name.

If you have selected more than one class to assign the task, they will appear in a data-grid view. Each row represents a class, along with details such as assigned students, open date, due date, close date, visibility, and tags.

This layout allows you to view, edit, and compare assignment settings for multiple classes easily. You can also use common data-grid operations such as copy and paste, drag to adjust fields, or keyboard navigation using arrow keys and Enter/Return to move between cells and edit fields for multiple classes efficiently.

A brief summary appears below the datagrid, giving you a clear view of when the assignment will open, close, and how late submissions will be handled. If you have assigned the task to multiple classes, you can use the arrow icons beside the summary line to switch between summaries and quickly review the configuration for each class.

Based on the selected settings, the summary automatically updates to reflect your choices.

For example, if you configure an assignment for a class with the following settings:

Opens on: 4 November, 6:00 PM

Due on: 5 November, 6:00 PM

Visibility: Visible to students now

The summary will display: “Grade 2 English: The assignment will be immediately visible to students. Submissions open on 4 November at 6:00 PM and are due by 5 November at 6:00 PM. Late submissions are allowed.”

Lastly, you will see the following options under the ‘Settings’ section. Note that these setting are common and will apply to all classes where the task has been assigned:

Note: This setting will appear only if Turnitin is integrated with Toddle for your school, and your school admin has enabled Turnitin for the current grade.

Finally, click on the ‘Assign’ button to assign the task in real-time, or if you wish to pick it up at another time use the ‘Save draft’ option.

Saved Progress

If you accidentally close the platform before finishing your task, your progress is automatically saved and you see an option to resume your work or start afresh when you hit the ‘+New’ button again and select the task type (quick task, learning experience, assessment) you were creating.

You also have the option to update existing tasks. To do so, simply click on the three dots menu and select the 'Edit' option to make any necessary adjustments. You can also update the assign settings for it directly from here by clicking ‘Edit settings’. Additionally, you can change the task type using the ‘Change task type’ option.

Upon clicking ‘Edit’ from the three-dot menu, you can modify the task details such as its title, term (grading period), category, assessment instruction, submission template, resources, assessment tools, evaluation settings, learning goals, etc. To update the task assign settings, click on the ‘Edit settings’ option at the bottom.

Note: You cannot change the unit tagged to the task.

You can choose to switch your task to a different type by clicking on the ’Change task type’ option from the dropdown menu. This means that you can change a learning experience to an assessment, an assessment to a learning experience, and so on.

A pop-up window will appear, highlighting the current task type and displaying a list of available task types to switch to. Note that you can choose to change the task type at any time, irrespective of the submission, evaluation, or shared status.

Note: This feature is not available for ‘Worksheets’ and 'AI tutor' as a task type.

Since certain fields differ between task types, keep these points in mind when switching:

In the example below, a Formative assessment is being changed to a Quick task, triggering the relevant disclaimer messages. Note that every time the task type is changed, an entry is made in the activity log for teachers, students, and family members to view.

Read this article to learn about the other access points for changing task types on Toddle.

You have the option to import an existing assessment, learning experience, or quick task from a unit, your school library, or the Toddle library and customize it according to your preferences. Let's explore each of these in detail.

Using the ‘Import from Library’ option, you can access all the quick tasks, learning experiences, and assessments created within the school of your chosen subject across grade levels and academic years. Furthermore, tasks from other subjects will also be accessible here.

Step 1: Search for a specific task or use the filter options based on grade, subject, assignment type, and creator. Select the task that you want to import. Once selected you will see a preview of the task on the right-hand side of the screen. Once done, click ‘Next’.

Step 2: Change the assessment details as per your requirement from the ‘Edit post’ section and click ‘Assign’.

Step 3: Select the students and choose due date and time. Depending on your requirement, you can use the ‘Configure assign settings’ option to also add the dates for opening and closing task submissions and adjust the task visibility settings. Once you have set the post settings, hit the ‘Assign’ button to assign it to the selected students.

Using this option, you can import a task from any of the units created in the class that you are in.

Note: This option is only applicable to Learning experiences, and assessments, as quick tasks are unit-independent.

Step 1: Select the unit from which you want to import the task, and click on the ‘Next’ button to proceed.

Step 2: Choose the task that you would like to import. When you click on a task, you will be able to view the basic details, instructions, etc. on the right pane. You can also use the filter to select a specific task type - learning experience or assessment.

Step 3: Change the details as per your requirements. Note that a copy of this assessment will be created in your class and any changes you make here will not impact the original task.

Step 4: Once you are done configuring the assign settings, go ahead and ‘Assign’ it to the selected students.

Using this option, you can import a task from the Toddle library, our growing library of expert-created learning experiences and assessments for all grade levels.

Step 1: Search for a specific task or use the filter options based on the post type (all or saved bookmarks), grade, and subject. After you select your preferred task, you will see a preview of it on the right-hand side of the screen. Once done, click on the ‘Next’ button to proceed.

Step 2: Change the assessment details as per your requirement from the ‘Edit post’ section and click ‘Assign’.

Step 3: Once you are done configuring the assign settings, go ahead and ‘Assign’ it to the selected students.

Formulating different assessments and learning experiences provides an opportunity for students to showcase their acquired knowledge and helps teachers improve their pedagogy and teaching methods.

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