# Live view controls

> Every control on the live view of an assignment: views, pace, hide names, filters, grading, downloads, results, documents, the join screen and settings.

URL: https://learnworkly.com/help/settings/live-view-controls · Updated 2026-11-11

The live view opens when you press **Assign and watch live**. You can open it again any time from **Assignments** in the menu, or from **Assigned to this class** on the class page. Everything updates as students work.

On narrower screens some buttons move into the ☰ menu, which has every control of this page: the class code, **View**, **Pace**, **Hide names** and the **Assignment** actions.

*[Screenshot: The live view of an assignment: the class code and Settings and Close assignment buttons at the top, counters for online and submitted students, views, pace, Hide names, student filters and one card per student.]*

## Top bar

| Control | What it does | Default | Plans/limits |
|---|---|---|---|
| **Live** / **Closed** | Shows whether students can still answer. | **Live** after assigning | All plans |
| Class code | The join address and the class code. Click it to open the join screen with a QR code. On smaller screens it is in the ☰ menu with **Copy join link** and **Show join screen**. |  | All plans |
| **Documents** | Documents for this assignment: only students of the class see them, inside this assignment. Documents added to the activity show here too. See [Share documents](https://learnworkly.com/help/documents/share-documents). |  | All plans |
| **Settings** | Opens **Assignment settings**. See [Assignment settings](https://learnworkly.com/help/settings/assignment-settings). |  | All plans |
| **Close assignment** | Students can no longer change their answers. They still see their work and your feedback, and they see their scores whatever you chose under **Show scores**. |  | All plans |
| **Reopen** | Shown on a closed assignment. Students can answer again. |  | All plans |

## Summary and rules

| Control | What it does | Default | Plans/limits |
|---|---|---|---|
| Counters | **Online**, **Submitted** (Self-paced) or **Answers** (One by one and Practice), **To grade** and **Average score**. |  | All plans |
| Rule badges | A summary of the settings: due date, time limit, attempts, pass mark, late penalty, **Page activity tracked**, **Shuffled for each student** and when scores are shown. |  | All plans |
| **Release results** | Shows every student their scores now (and the correct answers, if **Show correct answers** is on). Appears while the assignment is open and scores are not shown as students answer. |  | All plans |
| **Hide results again** | Undoes **Release results**: scores follow the **Show scores** setting again. |  | All plans |

## Views and pace

| Control | What it does | Default | Plans/limits |
|---|---|---|---|
| **By question** | One card per student with their answer to the chosen question. Use the **Q1**, **Q2**… tabs to switch; each tab shows how many students answered. | Selected | All plans |
| **Gradebook** | One row per student and a score for each question, with **Total**, late penalty, **Passed** / **Not passed** and attempt number. Click a cell to open the answer. |  | All plans |
| **Insights** | **Score distribution** (**Average**, **Median**, **Highest**, **Lowest** and **Pass rate** with a pass mark) and how each question went. Sort with **In order** or **Hardest first**; click a question to open it in **By question**. |  | All plans |
| **Student-paced** / **One by one** | Switches the pace of a running assignment. Practice assignments show a **Practice** badge instead. | The mode you assigned | All plans |
| **Hide names** | For sharing your screen: students show as “Student 1”, “Student 2” and so on. It only changes your screen and stays on for this assignment until you turn it off. | Off | All plans |
| **Previous** / **Next** | One by one only. Moves the whole class to the previous or next item; the bar shows what **Everyone sees:**. | No question open yet | All plans |

## Students, grading and downloads

| Control | What it does | Default | Plans/limits |
|---|---|---|---|
| Filters | **All**, **To grade**, **Not started**; **Submitted** and **Working** (Self-paced); **Late** (with a due date); **Left the page** (with page activity tracking); **Passed** and **Not passed** (with a pass mark). Each shows a count. | **All** | All plans |
| **Find a student** | Shows only students whose name contains what you type. | Empty | All plans |
| **Grade answers (n)** | Walks through every answer still to grade, question by question, for the students shown. Grading one moves on to the next. | Shown when answers need grading | All plans |
| **Download** | **Excel (.xlsx)**: scores and question analysis. **CSV**: scores only. The file includes every student, whatever filter is on. |  | All plans |

## A student’s answer

| Control | What it does | Default | Plans/limits |
|---|---|---|---|
| **Score**, **Save**, **Full marks**, **0** | Grade the answer. Auto-graded answers can still be changed. See [Marking answers](https://learnworkly.com/help/feedback/marking-answers). | Auto-graded or not graded | All plans |
| **Rubric** | For questions with a rubric: points per criterion, then **Save**. |  | All plans |
| Feedback | Type a message, use a quick reply, record **Voice feedback** (up to 2 minutes) or draw on a drawing, then **Send**. See [Give feedback](https://learnworkly.com/help/feedback/give-feedback). |  | All plans |
| **Hand back** | Reopens a submitted attempt so the student can change their answers and submit again. Not possible after the due date with late work off. |  | All plans |
| **Earlier attempts** | Shows the answer and score from each earlier attempt. |  | All plans |
| **Previous** / **Next** | Moves to the same question for the next student. |  | All plans |

## Keyboard shortcuts in an answer

| Key | What it does |
|---|---|
| ← / → (or K / J) | Previous or next answer |
| F | Full marks (every rubric criterion at its full points) |
| 0 to 9 | That score, on questions worth up to 9 points without a rubric |
| Esc | Close the answer |

## Before you share your screen

> **Before you share your screen:** Turn on **Hide names** first. Names are hidden on the cards, in the gradebook and in the answer panel, so you can discuss answers without showing who wrote what.

## Frequently asked questions

**Does closing an assignment delete anything?**
No. Students keep their work and your feedback, and you can press **Reopen** at any time.

**Why is there no Release results button?**
It only appears while the assignment is open and **Show scores** is not **As they answer**. Once results are released, the button changes to **Hide results again**.

**Can I see who is on which question?**
Yes. In the **Gradebook**, the question a student is working on right now has a coloured ring, and a dot on the avatar shows who is online.