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Assignments are the starting point for any authorship verification workflow in Puddin. When you create an assignment, you define the task, set the parameters students write within, and publish it so Puddin can begin capturing writing process evidence from the moment a student opens the document.

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Create a new assignment

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Navigate to Assignments

From your Puddin dashboard, select Assignments in the left sidebar. This panel lists all active, draft, and archived assignments for your course. Click New Assignment in the top-right corner to open the assignment editor.
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Enter the assignment details

Fill in the core details for your assignment:
  • Title — A clear, descriptive name that students will see (e.g. Essay 2: Comparative Analysis).
  • Instructions — The full prompt or task description. Write this directly in the rich-text editor or paste from an existing document. These instructions are displayed to students inside the Puddin writing environment.
  • Due date — Set the date and time by which submissions must be completed. Puddin timestamps all session activity, so late writing sessions are visible in the process record.
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Configure assignment options

Expand the Settings panel to configure optional constraints:
Puddin records all writing activity regardless of the settings you choose here. Settings define the task context; the process record captures what actually happened.
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Save as a draft or publish

Click Save Draft to store the assignment without making it visible to students. When you are ready for students to begin, click Publish. Published assignments appear in enrolled students’ dashboards immediately.
Save as a draft while you finalise instructions or enrol your student cohort, then publish all at once when you are ready to open the task.

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Manage existing assignments

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Edit an assignment

Open any assignment from the Assignments list and click Edit. You can update the title, instructions, due date, and settings at any time. If students have already started writing, any changes to instructions are logged with a timestamp so the historical context is preserved.
Changing the due date after students have begun writing will affect what Puddin flags as a late session. Update due dates carefully and communicate changes to students directly.

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Archive an assignment

Archiving removes an assignment from your active view without deleting the submission data or process records. To archive, open the assignment and select Archive from the action menu. Archived assignments and all their associated evidence remain accessible under Assignments → Archived.
Archived submissions are never deleted. You can restore an archived assignment to active status at any time from the Archived view.

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Duplicate an assignment

To reuse an assignment structure for a new cohort or semester, open the assignment and select Duplicate. A copy is created in draft status with all settings preserved but no student enrolments or submissions carried over.

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Assignment status overview

Draft

The assignment is saved but not visible to students. Edit freely before publishing.

Published

Students can see and open the assignment. Writing sessions are actively recorded.

Archived

The assignment is closed. Submissions and process records are retained and accessible.