Homework & Assignments

Homework & Assignments is the daily-engagement feature of Premeena. Teachers post homework to a class+subject; students see it on their dashboard, submit text and files; teachers grade with feedback; parents see what’s pending. Students earn shiny stickers for high scores — clickable confetti included.

How it works in one minute

Teacher posts homework for a specific class + subject. Add a title, instructions, due date, max marks, and attach reference files if needed.
The students enrolled in that class see it instantly on My Assignments → Pending and on their dashboard’s “Homework” card.
Parents see it as a row on their child dashboard’s “Homework” card (top 5 pending/overdue items).
Students submit — type a response, upload files (PDFs, images, anything ≤ 25 MB), tap Submit. They can resubmit anytime before it’s graded.
Teacher reviews submissions on the assignment detail page: a DataTable of students with their files, an inline score input, an optional feedback field, and a Save button. Bulk “Mark reviewed” is one click.
The student sees the grade on My Assignments → Graded — a calm celebratory banner appears at 80%+ with a tier sticker (🏆 / ⭐ / 🎉). Tapping the sticker fires confetti.
Parents see the updated status on their dashboard card.

Where to find it

Role	Where	What’s there
Teacher / Manager / Owner	Sidebar → Assessments & Grading → Assignments	The list of all assignments you’re scoped to, filters by class/subject/term/status, “New assignment” button
Student	Sidebar → My Learning → My Assignments	Tabs: Pending / Overdue / Submitted / Graded — click any row to open the detail page and submit
Parent	Dashboard → Homework card	Top 5 pending/overdue items per child (read-only)

Roles & permissions

Role	Can do
Owner / Manager / Partner / Platform admin	Full org-wide access — post, edit, grade, delete any assignment
Teacher / Class teacher	Scoped to (class + subject) from their timetable, OR any subject in classes they run as homeroom
Student	See own assignments, submit, view their grade
Parent	Read-only summary on their dashboard (no detail page)

The granular permissions wired into roles: assignments:view, assignments:create, assignments:edit, assignments:delete, assignments:grade, assignments:view-own, assignments:submit.

For school owners & admins — setup

Most of the setup happens elsewhere in the system. Homework just reads from it.

Make sure each grade has its subjects configured. Go to Settings → Grade Subjects and confirm the subjects offered at each grade. The “New assignment” form filters the subject dropdown by the picked class’s grade — if a grade has no subjects configured, the form falls back to all org subjects (with a hint to the teacher).
Assign teachers to classes. For homework, the system trusts two sources of truth:
- Timetable entries — Sections & Scheduling → Timetable. Schedule the teacher for (class, day, period, subject). They get scope for that exact (class, subject) pair.
- Class teacher (homeroom) — on the class detail page, set the primary teacher. They get scope for any subject in that class.
Verify student enrollments. Homework is only visible to students with an active class enrollment in the assignment’s class. Check Sections → IX-A → Roster to confirm.
Optional: configure document requirements. Submission files are stored in your S3 bucket scoped per student/per assignment. If you haven’t set up storage, the file upload will fail. See Settings → Storage (if available in your install).

For teachers — daily flow

Posting a new assignment

Open Assignments from the sidebar.
Click New assignment (top right).
Fill the form:
- Title — e.g. “Chapter 3 problem set”
- Instructions — what students should do (optional, supports line breaks)
- Class — only classes you teach. Selecting one auto-fills the grade.
- Subject — narrowed to subjects offered at that grade
- Term — usually the active term
- Due date & time — students can submit until this moment without a “late” badge
- Max marks — used to validate your future grading inputs
- Attachments — optional. Drop PDFs, images, etc. They upload to S3 on save.
Click Post assignment.
Every enrolled student in the class gets a notification with a link to the assignment.

Reviewing submissions

Click any assignment row to open its detail page.

The stat strip at the top tells you everything at a glance:

Card	What it means
Class strength	Total students currently enrolled in this section. The hint shows “N not yet started” so you know how many to chase.
Submitted	Number of students who have turned something in (submitted + graded), over class size. “N late” hint when any are past the deadline.
Awaiting review	Students who submitted but haven’t been graded yet — your queue.
Graded	How many you’ve finished. The progress bar shows percent reviewed.

The Submissions table at the bottom is where you do the work:

Click any student-uploaded file to download it through the PDF/download queue (bottom-right tray on the page).
Type a score (validated against max marks — out-of-range turns the input red and disables Save).
Add feedback for the student.
Hit Save — the student gets a notification with their score.

For students whose work is fine and doesn’t need a numeric score, select their rows with the checkbox and hit Mark N reviewed in the section header.

Chasing missing homework

If the Class strength card shows “N not yet started”, a Remind N button appears in the Submissions header. Tap it — every student in the class who hasn’t submitted (or is still in draft) gets a notification.

Other actions

Button	What it does
Edit	Change title, instructions, due date, or max marks. Class/subject/grade/term are locked once posted (changing them would invalidate submissions).
Duplicate	Open the create form pre-filled with everything from this assignment. Title gets (copy) appended; due date jumps +7 days. Adjust and post for the next cycle.
Close	Stops new submissions. Existing submissions remain visible and gradable. The status pill flips to Closed.
Delete	Removes the assignment and every submission tied to it. Cannot be undone — confirms before deleting.

For students — submitting homework

Open My Assignments from the sidebar. The default Pending tab shows everything due that you haven’t started.
Click any row to open the detail page.
Read the instructions and download any teacher-provided files.
Type your response in the textarea (optional), and/or attach files — PDFs, images, code, anything up to 25 MB each.
Hit Save draft to keep working later, or Submit when you’re done.
Submitting after the deadline still works while the assignment is open — you’ll just get a small “Submitted late” badge on your row.
Before grading, you can resubmit anytime — the form replaces your previous text and lets you add/remove files.

What the tabs mean

Tab	What’s there
Pending	Not yet submitted, due date hasn’t passed
Overdue	Not yet submitted, due date has passed — top priority
Submitted	You’ve submitted, teacher hasn’t graded yet
Graded	Done — shows your score and feedback. High scores get a sticker (🏆 100% / ⭐ 90%+ / 🎉 80%+).

About the achievement stickers

When you score 80% or higher on an assignment, a colorful banner appears at the top of the detail page with a sticker matching your tier:

Score	Sticker	Label
100%		Perfect score!
90 – 99%		Excellent!
80 – 89%		Great work!

Tap the sticker to fire confetti. The trophy gets fireworks; the star gets star-shaped confetti; the party popper gets a classic burst. Tap as many times as you like.

You’ll also see a small sticker next to your score on the Graded tab.

For parents — staying in the loop

Open your school dashboard. The Homework card on the right shows the top 5 pending/overdue items across all your children, with color-coded status pills:

Pill	Meaning
Amber — Pending	Not started, due in the future
Red — Overdue	Not started, past the deadline
Sky — Submitted	Turned in, awaiting teacher’s grade
Emerald — Graded	Done

If you have more than one child, use the child switcher at the top of the dashboard to see each one.

The card is read-only — it gives you the what and when so you can prompt your child without needing to log in as them.

Notifications

Event	Who’s notified
Teacher posts a new assignment	Every student enrolled in that class
Teacher hits “Remind N”	Every enrolled student who hasn’t yet submitted
Teacher grades a submission	The student whose submission was graded

Notifications appear on the bell icon in the top-right of the app. Click to navigate straight to the assignment.

Common questions

A teacher can’t post — why?

Most likely the teacher isn’t scoped to that class+subject. The error toast names the exact class and subject. Fix one of:

Add a timetable entry linking the teacher to the (class, subject) — Sections & Scheduling → Timetable
Set the teacher as the class teacher (homeroom) of that class — class detail page

If the teacher has no scope at all (no timetable + no homeroom assignments), the error says “You aren’t assigned to any class yet.”

Why doesn’t a student see the homework?

Three things to verify, in order:

Is the student logged in as a student role? Parents and other roles don’t see “My Assignments” in the sidebar.
Is the student in the right class? Compare the assignment’s class with the student’s active enrollment (Sections → IX-A → Roster).
Did the teacher post to the right class? A common mistake is picking “X-A” (grade 10) when you meant “IX-A” (grade 9). The dropdown labels look similar.

Can a teacher extend the deadline for one student?

Not today. You can extend the global due date (Edit → Due date), which applies to everyone, or accept a late submission and choose not to penalize it.

What happens when I delete an assignment?

The assignment and every submission tied to it are removed permanently. Files are deleted from S3 on the next cleanup pass. If you only want to stop new submissions, use Close instead.

Can I download all submissions for offline grading?

Today you download files one at a time through the queue. A “Bulk download” zip action is on the roadmap — until then, the queue lets you click through them fast without leaving the page.

How long do files stay around?

Uploaded files live in your school’s S3 bucket. They stay until the assignment is deleted or your storage policy expires them. There’s no fixed expiration on Premeena’s side.

What’s coming next

Feature	Status
Bulk download of all submission files	Planned
Auto-save student draft text	Planned
Search box on the assignments list	Planned
WhatsApp / SMS notifications	Category 8
Real-time push notifications (PWA)	Category 5.4
Auto-publish marks to report cards	Optional, requires per-school grading config