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====== Creating Homework Sets ======

== Copying/renaming an existing assignment ==

WeBWorK will not allow you to rename a homework assignment, but it will allow you to clone assignments.

  - In the Homework Sets Editor, check the box next to the assignment you wish to clone.
  - Select "Create a new set named" and enter a name for your assignment. Note that spaces are not allowed.
  - Change "a new empty set" to "a duplicate of the first selected set" and click "Take Action!"
  - Be sure to [[Changing Open/End Dates|change the due dates]] on your new assignment.
  - Note that your assignment will not be accessible to students until you [[Adding Students to Homework Sets|assign]] it to them.

== Creating an assignment from scratch ==

  - In the Homework Sets Editor, select "Create a new set named" and enter a name for your assignment. Note that spaces are not allowed.
  - Click "Take Action!"
  - Be sure to [[Changing Open/End Dates|change the due dates]] on your new assignment.
  - You can [[Adding Problems to Homework Sets|add problems]] to your new assignment in several different ways.
  - Note that your assignment will not be accessible to students until you [[Adding Students to Homework Sets|assign]] it to them.

== Importing a new assignment ==

If you or someone else has previously [[Exporting Homework Sets|exported]] a homework set to a set definition file, you can turn that file back into a homework set.

  - Use the File Manager to place the set definition file (*.def) in the templates directory of your WeBWorK course.
  - In the Homework Sets Editor, select "Import" and choose from the menus as appropriate.
  - Click "Take Action!"
  - Make sure the [[Changing Open/End Dates|due dates]] on your imported assignment are correct.
  - Note that your assignment will not be accessible to students until you [[Adding Students to Homework Sets|assign]] it to them.
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