Create an assignment
Gimkit assignments allow your students to play Gimkit on their own time. Here's how to create an assignment:
From your Dashboard, click the "Assign HW" button next to any Kit.
![Assign HW](https://storage.crisp.chat/users/helpdesk/website/bcd2637da11dc000/assign-hw_16qvvep.jpg)
You can also create an assignment from your Assignments section.
![New assignment from assignments section](https://storage.crisp.chat/users/helpdesk/website/bcd2637da11dc000/new-assignment-from-assignment_kaowug.jpg)
If you create a new assignment in this way, you'll need to select a kit before continuing.
![Select a kit](https://storage.crisp.chat/users/helpdesk/website/bcd2637da11dc000/select-a-kit_jw3542.jpg)
Select the mode you'd like to use with your assignment from the mode picker and click continue.
![Select a game mode](https://storage.crisp.chat/users/helpdesk/website/bcd2637da11dc000/xnip2022-11-1620-34-34_iwp0ls.jpg)
Select options for your assignment. Beneath "due date" and "class" are options specific to the game mode you selected.
![Select assignment options](https://storage.crisp.chat/users/helpdesk/website/bcd2637da11dc000/select-assignment-options_1c95lil.jpg)
Different modes may have different objectives and options, but most modes will have a cash goal and a question goal. The question goal is optional. The goal students reach first will end the assignment.
![Goal options](https://storage.crisp.chat/users/helpdesk/website/bcd2637da11dc000/xnip2022-11-1616-25-18_1duoobj.jpg)
That's it! Your assignment is ready to go. Copy your assignment's link to share it with your students.
![Copy link to share](https://storage.crisp.chat/users/helpdesk/website/bcd2637da11dc000/copy-link-to-share_fm4pwh.jpg)
If you connected your assignment to a class or classes, students in a connected class will see the assignment in their dashboards.
![Student dashboard - assignment due date filters](https://storage.crisp.chat/users/helpdesk/website/bcd2637da11dc000/xnip2022-11-1620-49-40_hawerz.jpg)
Make sure your students use the due date filter buttons if they're not seeing assignments in their dashboards.
From your Dashboard, click the "Assign HW" button next to any Kit.
![Assign HW](https://storage.crisp.chat/users/helpdesk/website/bcd2637da11dc000/assign-hw_16qvvep.jpg)
You can also create an assignment from your Assignments section.
![New assignment from assignments section](https://storage.crisp.chat/users/helpdesk/website/bcd2637da11dc000/new-assignment-from-assignment_kaowug.jpg)
If you create a new assignment in this way, you'll need to select a kit before continuing.
![Select a kit](https://storage.crisp.chat/users/helpdesk/website/bcd2637da11dc000/select-a-kit_jw3542.jpg)
Select the mode you'd like to use with your assignment from the mode picker and click continue.
![Select a game mode](https://storage.crisp.chat/users/helpdesk/website/bcd2637da11dc000/xnip2022-11-1620-34-34_iwp0ls.jpg)
Select options for your assignment. Beneath "due date" and "class" are options specific to the game mode you selected.
![Select assignment options](https://storage.crisp.chat/users/helpdesk/website/bcd2637da11dc000/select-assignment-options_1c95lil.jpg)
Different modes may have different objectives and options, but most modes will have a cash goal and a question goal. The question goal is optional. The goal students reach first will end the assignment.
![Goal options](https://storage.crisp.chat/users/helpdesk/website/bcd2637da11dc000/xnip2022-11-1616-25-18_1duoobj.jpg)
That's it! Your assignment is ready to go. Copy your assignment's link to share it with your students.
![Copy link to share](https://storage.crisp.chat/users/helpdesk/website/bcd2637da11dc000/copy-link-to-share_fm4pwh.jpg)
For assignments using classes
If you connected your assignment to a class or classes, students in a connected class will see the assignment in their dashboards.
![Student dashboard - assignment due date filters](https://storage.crisp.chat/users/helpdesk/website/bcd2637da11dc000/xnip2022-11-1620-49-40_hawerz.jpg)
Make sure your students use the due date filter buttons if they're not seeing assignments in their dashboards.
Updated on: 17/11/2022
Thank you!