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Creating, Archiving, and Assigning a Playlist

Create a Playlist with custom activities for your students

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Written by Jeremy Keeshin
Updated over 4 months ago
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Creating a Playlist:

To Create a Playlist:

  1. Navigate to your Create app found in the lefthand navigation menu, or in your Toolbox.

  2. Click the Playlists tab at the top.

  3. Name your Playlist and click the green Create button to create a new playlist

  4. After creating a new playlist, you can create a new activity for that playlist by clicking on the green Add New Activity button in the top left corner.

  5. A window for creating the activity will pop up, and from there you can choose the activity type, enter activity details, and write starter code for the assignment.

View, Add, and Edit Assignments in your Playlist

  1. From the Create app, click the Playlists tab.

  2. Click on the name of the Playlist you want to edit.

  3. Click Add New Activity button in the top left to add a new assignment to the playlist.

  4. Click the three dots icon to edit, remove, or adjust the order of assignments.

Animated Gif showing how to view, add, and edit assignments in the Playlist tool.

You can also assign the entire playlist to a course or section by clicking Assign Playlist in the top right. Click the three dots icon next to an assignment to assign only that specific assignment.

Archiving a Playlist

To Archive a Playlist:

  1. Navigate to your Create app

  2. Click the three dots next to any playlist and choose Archive

➡️ Archiving is permanent, please make sure you are completely done with a Playlist and no longer want it before archiving.

Screenshot highlighting the Playlists section of the Create Dashboard. Click the ... on the right and click Archive to remove the playlist

Assigning a Playlist

After you create a playlist, you can assign it by following these steps:

  1. Go to your Create app and click the Playlists tab.

  2. Click the three dots next to the Playlist you'd like to assign.

  3. Configure the Playlist settings and click the blue Assign button.

Animated .gif showing how to assign a playlist

Assigning from the Playlist Bank

Here's how you can assign any Playlist from the CodeHS Playlist Bank to your sections:

  1. Click on the Search Bar on the top navigation bar, or you can access it through keyboard shortcuts:

    1. For Mac users, you can use the Search Bar by pressing Cmd + K on your keyboard

    2. For Windows users, you can open use the Search Bar by pressing Ctrl + K on your keyboard

  2. Search for "Playlist Bank"

  3. From here, you can browse through different playlists and assign them to your course and sections; to assign a playlist, click the blue Assign button

  4. Then, select the course and section(s) where the Playlist will be assigned

  5. Adjust any configuration settings as needed

  6. Click Assign.

Gif demonstrating how to navigate to the Playlist Bank and assign a playlist to a course.

Another way to view the Playlist Bank is by navigating to a specific playlist, and clicking on the View Playlist Bank button at the top right corner:

Screenshot of a playlist's page with an arrow pointing to the View Playlist Bank button in the top right corner.

Still have questions? Contact our team at hello@codehs.com to learn more!
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