Teacher guide
How to assign past papers as homework
In Exam Science an assignment or homework is called a task. A task attaches papers to students or a group, sets the dates, and measures completion by marked questions.
1. Create the task
Open the task page and create a task with a clear title and optional description. Set a start date if students should not see it yet, and a due date if the work must finish by a specific day. The late-completion switch decides what happens after the due date.
A task needs at least one paper and at least one recipient. Without either, it cannot be created.
2. Choose the papers
Attach one or more official papers, or published custom papers you built — private or public. In the Create Task dialog, Add from Paper Cart and Add from Bookmark import papers you have already collected and remove duplicates.
Each paper's composition is anchored when the task is created, so editing a live custom paper later does not change what an in-progress task asks.
3. Assign students or a group
Choose individual students or a group; group members are expanded when the recipient limit is checked. The Free plan allows 5 open tasks and 10 recipients per task, Pro allows 50 and 50.
If a start date is set, assignees do not see the task until that date. Students open Start or Continue and choose a paper from the task.
4. Understand the progress rule
Progress is counted per paper as distinct questions with status marked. Only attempts started from the task entry carry the task id and count; a paper practised from the normal library does not complete the homework.
Retakes do not inflate progress because the same question counts once. This makes the percentage a measure of coverage, not of effort.
5. Read the dashboard and report
The task dashboard shows per-student and per-paper progress, so a teacher can see who has not started, who is partway through, and who has finished. The task report lists every marked question with its score; custom-mark questions include the scaling note.
Use the report to decide the next assignment: a weak topic can become a short custom paper, assigned to the same group.
Questions teachers ask
- Is a task the same as homework or an assignment?
- Yes. In Exam Science a dated set of papers assigned to students is called a task. Assignment and homework describe the same object; there is no separate homework module.
- How is completion calculated?
- Only distinct questions marked inside the task count. Free practice, draft attempts and retakes outside the task entry do not change the percentage.
- Can I assign a private custom paper?
- Yes. A published custom paper is assignable whether private or public; only drafts cannot be assigned. A private paper stays in your own task picker, so only you can attach it.
- Do students need an account?
- Yes. Tasks are assigned to Exam Science accounts; students sign in and open the task from their task list.
- What happens after the due date?
- If late completion is allowed, students can continue; otherwise the paper rows are disabled and the task is marked overdue.
Assign your first task
Create a task, attach official or custom papers, and assign it to a student or a group.
Open task assignment