An assignment refers to any task or work that you would like to assign to either a student, parent, or counselor. These assignments can be tracked with a designated start date and due date. With the app, you have the ability to create and assign multiple assignments to be completed by either the students/parents or the counselors.
Switching between automatic and manual order
At the far left of the column headers above the assignment list (above "Title"), there's a small up/down arrow icon. Hover over the icon to see which mode you're currently in, and click it to switch:
- Auto-sorting by Due Date — the tooltip reads "Auto-sorting by Due Date - Click to sort by Drag-and-Drop order." Assignments are automatically ordered as described above. Click the icon to switch to Drag-and-Drop order instead.
- Sorting by Drag-and-Drop order — the tooltip flips to "Sorting by Drag-and-Drop order - Click to auto-sort by Due Date." Assignments stay exactly where you've manually placed them. Click the icon to switch back to auto-sorting by Due Date.
Auto-sorting by Due Date
Assignments are listed in ascending order by Date Due — the assignment due soonest appears at the top of the list, and later due dates fall below it.
For example, in the screenshot above, "Dartmouth College - App Completed" (due 9/5), "Tufts University - Essay Status" (due 9/7), "September 3 Meeting Notes" (due 9/8), and "Essay Draft" (due 9/9) are listed in that order automatically, soonest due date on top.
If an assignment doesn't have a due date set, it drops to the very bottom of the list, below every assignment that does have one — see "The University of Chicago - Resume status/upload" in the screenshot above, which has an earlier Start Date (9/2) than everything above it but still sorts last because it has no Due Date.
When two or more assignments have no Due Date at all, they're ordered among themselves by Start Date, earliest first — a different rule than the tiebreak above. For example, this student's three assignments all have no Due Date set, and display in ascending Start Date order (9/2, 9/3, 9/4):
Video walkthrough
https://www.loom.com/share/830821ab83eb4c0baa0191c98156df1a
Sorting by Drag-and-Drop order
Once you've switched to Drag-and-Drop order, a small grid-of-dots drag handle appears to the left of each row:
Click, hold, and drag any assignment by its handle to move it up or down in the list and place it exactly where you want it.
Hot Tip!
You can easily personalize your View Bar by clicking your chosen view icon, allowing you to set it as your Default View for a more tailored experience.
