Q. What is an assignment group, and what is it used for?

What is an assignment group, and what is it used for?

Assignment groups are a way to organize and manage the graded items in your course. For example, you can organize the graded items by groups such as discussions, quizzes, homework, etc. Assignment groups are helpful if you are going to weight your grades or if you would like to drop a low or high score from a group of assignments.  

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