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# Give Each Student Their Own Copy with Issuance

> Issue a ChimeEdu map, timeline, or chart as one shared copy, one per student, or one per group — and track who has started work.

By default, an activity is one artifact that the whole class works on together. **Issuance** lets you change that: give every student their own copy to build, or split the class into groups that each co-edit one copy.

It's the difference between "we're annotating this map as a class" and "everyone build your own map of the trade routes, and I'll review all twenty-eight."

## The three modes

Open the activity's settings and look for the **Issuance** section:

<CardGroup cols={3}>
  <Card title="One shared" icon="users">
    Everyone edits the same map, timeline, or chart — the classic flow, and the default for every activity.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Per-Student" icon="user">
    Each assigned student builds their own copy. They can't see each other's work; you can see all of it.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Group Assignment" icon="user-group">
    Students are placed into groups (A–Z), and each group co-edits one copy together.
  </Card>
</CardGroup>

<Note>
  Switching an activity to Per-Student or Group Assignment requires a **Plus or Premium** plan. **One shared** is available on every plan, including Free — it's how every activity has always worked.
</Note>

## Which activities support issuance

| Activity                                | One shared | Per-Student | Group Assignment |
| --------------------------------------- | ---------- | ----------- | ---------------- |
| Maps (Geographic and Area)              | ✓          | ✓           | ✓                |
| Timelines                               | ✓          | ✓           | ✓                |
| Graphs & Charts — Line and Scatter      | ✓          | ✓           | ✓                |
| Graphs & Charts — Compass and Pie       | ✓          | —           | —                |
| Quizzes, Flash Cards, Fill-in-the-Blank | ✓          | —           | —                |

Compass and Pie charts already collect **one submission per student**, so issuing them per-student would mean two different things by the same name. Quizzes, flash cards, and fill-in-the-blank activities record per-student results rather than per-student authorship.

## Setting it up

<Steps>
  <Step title="Link the activity to a classroom">
    Issuance works through classroom enrollment, so the activity must belong to a classroom with students in it. If you haven't enrolled students yet, see [Enroll Students](/teachers/classrooms/enroll-students).
  </Step>

  <Step title="Choose a mode">
    In the activity's settings, pick **Per-Student** or **Group Assignment** under **Issuance**.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Assign students">
    A **Students** panel appears on the activity page listing everyone enrolled. Select students and assign or unassign them — and in Group Assignment mode, choose which group letter they go into.
  </Step>
</Steps>

<Tip>
  **Everyone enrolled is assigned by default.** You don't have to assign students one by one to get started in Per-Student mode — enroll them in the classroom and they can begin. Use the Students panel when you want to *remove* someone, or to place people into groups.
</Tip>

## What students see

Students open the activity the same way they always have. Behind the scenes they land in their own copy — or their group's — and can only edit that one.

* They **can't see other students' work**, and other students can't see theirs.
* Anything you put on the activity before issuing it stays visible to everyone as a shared starting layer. On maps, your own pins show for every student but are **locked** — students can read them, but only you can change them.
* On an issued map, students can add, edit, and delete **their own** pins, including managing images on them.
* Newly assigned students get a notification in ChimeEdu telling them they have work. No email is sent.

## Reviewing student work

The **Students** panel shows each student's assignment status and when they last edited their copy, so you can see at a glance who has started and who hasn't. In Group Assignment mode it also shows each group and how many members it has.

To look at a student's work, open their entry from the panel — you can view and edit **any** copy of your activity, including the shared starting layer. On charts there's no per-student open link yet; use **Live Results** to see the class.

## Common questions

<AccordionGroup>
  <Accordion title="What happens if I switch modes after students have started?">
    Work isn't deleted. Each copy stays attached to the student or group it belongs to, so switching back restores what they had. Switching from Per-Student to One shared doesn't merge everyone's work into a single copy, though — the shared layer is its own separate copy.
  </Accordion>

  <Accordion title="I downgraded to Free. What happens to my issued activities?">
    They keep working exactly as they are — students keep their copies and can carry on. You just can't newly issue *another* activity, or make new assignments, until you're back on Plus or Premium. Nothing is frozen retroactively and nothing is deleted.
  </Accordion>

  <Accordion title="Does an issued activity count more than once toward my activity limit?">
    No. An activity counts as one activity no matter how many students you issue it to.
  </Accordion>

  <Accordion title="Can students still export or print their work?">
    Yes. On an issued timeline, a student's PDF export contains their own work plus the shared layer you provided.
  </Accordion>

  <Accordion title="What if a student joins the classroom later?">
    They're assigned automatically, and get their own copy the first time they open the activity.
  </Accordion>
</AccordionGroup>

## Related

<CardGroup cols={2}>
  <Card title="Enroll Students" icon="user-plus" href="/teachers/classrooms/enroll-students">
    Get students into the classroom first — issuance works through enrollment.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Plans & Pricing" icon="tags" href="/teachers/plans-and-pricing">
    Per-Student and Group Assignment are Plus and Premium features.
  </Card>
</CardGroup>