Assignment enrollment, attempts and emails
Last updated: October 28, 2026
Assignments reach learners in two ways: you add people or groups to the assignment, or they join a group the assignment is already tied to. Once a learner has one, only the attempts they start from inside it count towards it. This article covers both, and the emails that go out along the way.
Group members get the group's assignments
This happens on its own, and covers assignments that are live now, scheduled to start later, or still in draft, as long as they have not expired or been deleted. Enrolment usually appears straight away. If it does not, give it a moment and refresh.
People who join a linked group after the assignment is created are enrolled too, up until its due date.
Add someone to a group
Go to Settings → Workspace → Groups and open the group.
On the Members tab, select Add member.
In the dialog, select Add member again and pick the people you want. You can search by name or email.
Select Add members.
Add people automatically by email
Open the group and go to the Assignment rules tab.
Select Add enrollment rule, then Add rule.
Leave Type as Email and, in Contains, enter the text the address has to include, such as your domain.
Select Save changes.
Anyone whose email matches joins the group and picks up its assignments, exactly as if you had added them by hand.
Add one person straight to the assignment
To get a particular person onto an assignment without going through a group:
Go to Assignments under Training and open the assignment.
Open the Users and groups step.
Add them under Users. You can set Users, Groups, or both.
An assignment needs at least one user or group before you can set it live.
Groups managed by your SSO provider
Membership of a group created by your single sign-on provider is managed in that provider, not in Solidroad. Add member is turned off for those groups, so add and remove people in your identity provider instead.
Only attempts started inside the assignment count
If a learner opens a simulation from the library, or from a practice link someone sent them, that attempt is saved as practice. The assignment does not move, even once they finish.
Learners should open Assignments under Training, open the assignment, and select Start next to a simulation. That Start button is what ties the attempt to the assignment and records the score against it.
Emails learners receive
A learner added to a live assignment is emailed so they know they have something to do, and reminded again as the due date approaches. Assignments that are scheduled or still in draft send nothing. The learner is enrolled quietly and sees the assignment when it goes live.
To assign something without emailing anyone, turn off Email learners at the bottom of Advanced settings while you create or edit the assignment. It is on by default. With it off, that assignment sends no new-assignment email and no due date reminders, which is what you want when learners reach it another way, such as from your LMS. They still see it in their assignment list.
The setting also covers learners who join a linked group later, scheduled assignments when they open, and copies made with Duplicate. Turn it back on before the due date and the reminders go out as normal.
The completion email you receive
When a learner finishes every simulation in an assignment, Solidroad emails whoever created it. It is sent once per learner, so a large assignment means one email per person.
To stop receiving it:
Go to Settings → Notifications.
Under Assignments, set Assignment completed to Off.
It saves straight away. This changes your own email only. Anyone else who receives it keeps receiving it, and completions still show in reporting and analytics. Each person sets this for themselves, so someone who joins your workspace later starts with the email on.
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