Creating assignments

Assignments live inside a class. Open Courses → My Courses, click a class, then use the Assignments tab. Need to create the class, invite students, or change class defaults first? See My Courses.

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Start from a client card

If your account shows Case actions on a client card, you can begin from the simulation library:

1. Open Simulations and find the client.
2. Open the card’s Case actions menu and select Create assignment.
3. In Pick a class, use Search classes if needed and select the intended class. The picker has a Continue button for the next step.

This shortcut starts assignment setup; opening the class picker does not create or publish an assignment. Review the assignment settings before saving. No Case actions menu or missing class? Check that you are signed into the account you use to teach that class. You can also start from Courses → My Courses → the class → Assignments → Create Assignment. If the class is missing there too, ask its owner or your program administrator to check your membership.

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Pick an assignment type

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Adding students to a class

Open the class’s Members tab, then click Invite → Add Student for Join Code or Email Invite. Enrollment options include:

• Email invitation — students receive a link that takes them straight to the Join class page. If they don’t have a SimCare account yet, they create one on the way in and land in your class automatically.
• Enrollment code — share the class’s enrollment code directly (in person, over email, in an LMS announcement). Students enter it from inside their own SimCare account, so they need to already have an account and be signed in — there’s no way to redeem a code from the sign-up screen.
• LTI (Canvas, Blackboard, D2L, Moodle) — connect the class to your LMS so students are added automatically when they launch the assignment from their course.

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Choose an assignment type

Click Create assignment and choose:

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Case assignments

The case builder has these steps:

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Quiz assignments

Builder steps: Details → Settings → Questions. On Questions, add:

• Multiple choice and True/False — auto-graded
• Short written answers (up to 200 characters) or longer written answers (up to 1,000) — you grade these

Set a due date and attempt limit on Settings, then create the assignment and Publish it when students should see it.

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Document assignments

Builder steps: Details → Settings → Content.

• On Content, add the reading (file or URL) students should see.
• On Settings, optionally turn on Require Student Upload so they must submit their own file (with instructions and type/size limits).

Document assignments do not use attempt limits — students can re-upload if you required a file.

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Trying an assignment

After you create an assignment, use Try assignment in its row on the Assignments tab (it may also appear under ⋯). You can run the case, quiz, or document yourself without affecting student data. A purple Teacher Preview Mode banner appears throughout the session.

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Follow-up / longitudinal cases

Follow-ups let students return to the same client across multiple sessions. Each follow-up is tied to a parent assignment (the earlier session) and a scenario (the clinical situation the client is in when they come back).

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Turning on follow-up mode

In the case assignment builder’s Avatar step, use Create “Follow-up” Assignment (Optional). Two new fields appear:

• Parent assignment — the previous assignment in this class that students must complete first.
• Follow-up scenario — the storyline for this session.

The assignment is automatically labeled Follow Up #N in the class assignment table for both teachers and students, so the order is clear at a glance.

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Picking a scenario

Each case template ships with a set of numbered scenarios (1, 2, 3…) plus any custom scenarios your school has built (shown as C1, C2…). The picker shows a short summary and a one-line clinical goal for each.

• Scenarios already used by another follow-up in the same class show a Used badge so you don’t accidentally duplicate them.
• Scenario 6 is reserved as a termination session — selecting it auto-sets the session type to Termination.
• The session type defaults to Intervention on follow-ups (since intake has already happened).

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Creating a custom scenario

If none of the built-in scenarios fit, select Not a fit? Create your own under the scenario picker. The Follow-up builder opens in a new tab. Each case template can hold up to 10 custom scenarios. Delete ones you no longer need from the Follow-up builder.

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Organizing assignments into modules

Modules let you group a class’s assignments into a structured plan students can follow — for example, Week 1, Week 2, or units by topic. Modules belong to one class. Changing them never affects other classes or course templates.

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Manage modules

On the Assignments tab, click Manage Modules:

• Add module — give it a title and an optional description.
• Rename — click the pencil icon to edit the title or description.
• Reorder — drag modules by the handle. The order you set is the order students see.
• Delete — deleting a module does not delete its assignments. They move to Other Assignments at the bottom of the module view.

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Add an assignment to a module

Two ways:

• In the assignment builder’s Details step (Case, Quiz, and Document assignments), pick a module from the Module dropdown. Use Create new module inside the dropdown to add one without leaving the form. Modules are always optional — leave it as No module if you don’t use them.
• On an existing assignment row, open the ⋯ menu and pick a module to move the assignment into it, or Remove from module.

Assignments you add to a module are placed at the end of that module.

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View by module

Use the sort dropdown on the Assignments tab to switch between By due date and By module. The module view groups assignments under collapsible module headers, with unassigned assignments under Other Assignments. Once a class has modules, students get the same By module option on their class page.

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Publish, edit, and delete

On the assignment row: Use View Submissions on the row to open the student list for that assignment.

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Editing form assignments

Form assignments support the same edits as other types, with two specifics:

• Due date changes sync to students. When you change the due date, every student’s pending form task updates to match. Forms a student has already submitted keep their original date.
• You can swap the attached form only before anyone starts. Editing the assignment lets you pick a different form, but once any student has started filling it out, the swap is blocked to protect their work. Create a new assignment instead to assign a different form.

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Viewing submissions

Each student row on the Assignments tab shows a status badge: Click a student row (or View Submissions) to open their work.

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Grading

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Case submissions

Click Grade Case on a submitted row. You’ll see the recording, AI feedback, and a grading panel:

1. Optionally add instructor comments on the annotated transcript.
2. Enter a numeric grade (0–100) and written feedback.
3. Click Save to keep a draft the student cannot see yet.
4. Click Publish Grade when they should see it.

If the student has more than one attempt, use the attempt switcher at the top of the grading view. Re-grade runs a fresh AI analysis of that submission. Give it up to a minute; if it’s still stuck, email hello@simcare.ai. Unpublish Grade hides the grade again so you can revise. Reset Submission (on the student row) lets the student start over.

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Quizzes

Open the student’s quiz. Auto-graded items are filled in; override scores or add feedback on written answers, then Publish Grade. For the whole class, open View Submissions and use Grade All Quizzes (or Grade All Cases for simulations).

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Releasing feedback

If you held AI feedback for instructor review:

• Per student: Release Feedback (or Unrelease) on their row
• Whole class: Release All Feedback at the bottom of View Submissions

High-volume grading also lives at /grading/bulk-case and /grading/bulk-quiz.

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Class analytics

The Analytics tab on your class shows:

• Completion rates by assignment
• Grade distribution
• Per-student progress view
• Competency performance (if learning outcomes are tagged)

Use the period filter to focus on a specific date range. Export the full dataset as CSV or generate a PDF report for individual students or the whole class.

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Troubleshooting

Need more help? Email hello@simcare.ai.