Manage and organize assignments within categories. For example, if you assign four research papers in a semester, you could organize the papers in two different ways: you could create four assignments under a category entitled Research Papers or each Research Paper could be created as a single assignment category.

1. From the Edit menu, choose Setup Categories.
2. To add an assignment under an existing category, click on the category name and then click on the Add Assignments radio button.
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   To create an assignment that contains only one grade or one assignment, click on Add Categories radio button and then click on the Single Assignment Category checkbox.
3. Click inside the Assignment Title text box and enter name of assignment.
4. OPTIONAL: Click inside the Abbrev. text box and type in its Abbreviation.
5. Click inside the Max. Score text box and type in a maximum score.
6. OPTIONAL: Click inside the Date text box and enter date.
   NOTE: If you have created a single assignment category, MicroGrade may also display a Percent Wgt. text box. Click inside or tab to text box and type in percent weight.
7. To save information, click Enter.
8. To continue, click OK.