One of the most common hesitations about digital homework is logistics: "do students need accounts?", "what about students without email?" The short answer: they don't need an account at all. A student opens the link, types their first name, and starts right away.
How you send the assignment
From any activity's menu, copy the direct link or display the QR code on the board at the end of class. For homework, the simplest route is sending the link on your class channel — messaging app, email, your school's platform, whatever you already use.
What the student types to appear in results
Just a first name (or first name plus last initial, if you want to avoid mixing up students with the same first name). No password, no email verification — the barrier to entry stays as low as possible, which matters a lot for optional or makeup assignments.
How you check who did it the next day
From Results, you instantly see who played the activity and who didn't — the full list, with the exact timestamp. No more collecting papers or asking around who forgot.
Set a visible deadline
Even though the activity stays open indefinitely (students can catch up anytime), you can communicate a deadline directly in the message with the link — "by Sunday evening" — then check Results afterward for who met it.
A bonus: self-graded homework
On a Quiz or Fill in the Blank, students see their score right after finishing — you don't have to manually grade 25 identical assignments. That saved time goes straight into prepping your next lesson.
A well-sent digital assignment doesn't add extra work — it removes the manual grading part, while keeping a clear record of who did it and how they answered.