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In Pear Assessment, opening, closing, and pausing assessments are essential features for managing student access. To open an assessment, sign in to your teacher account, go to Assessments, and select the assessment you want to open. Click on the Open button, allowing students to start the assessment. To close it, navigate to the assessment, click on Close, and students won’t be able to submit their responses after the deadline. To pause an ongoing assessment, locate it and click on Pause. Pausing suspends the timer and prevents further progress. These functions give teachers control over assessment timelines and enable a fair and organized testing environment.

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Manage Assessments: Open, Close, and Pause Assignments

These steps will guide users through managing student access to assessments. It covers opening assessments to allow student attempts, closing them to prevent further submissions after a deadline, and pausing ongoing assessments to temporarily suspend the timer.

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Open Assessment

  1. Click Assignments in the navigation menu.
  2. Hover an assignment.
  3. Click the Live Class Board button.
  4. Click the Open button.

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Close Assessment

  1. Click Assignments in the navigation menu.
  2. Hover an assignment.
  3. Click the Live Class Board button.
  4. Click Close.
  5. To pause an assessment, go to the Live Class Board and click Pause.
  6. Users can also pause single/multiple student(s) by selecting the individual student cards and clicking Pause Students in the dropdown menu.
Last modified on July 16, 2026