Sample Online Assignments

These are examples of online task descriptions for various organizations, including the Virtual Volunteering Project itself. This is a resource to help you write your own online task descriptions. We also have a listing of examples of online volunteering assignments

Most assignments below are written for volunteers who would have already gone through an agency's orientation and evaluation process. They are not written as examples of descriptions that would use to market volunteering opportunities to new volunteers. Introductory descriptions would have different information, and would not be this specific, because you would not want a volunteer to start on an assignment until after he or she has gone through your orientation process and you have made a formal assignment.

One of the most important things in writing task descriptions is to avoid creating unreasonable expectations. Don't assume that a particular volunteer has many hours to spend every day on a task, or will be volunteering with your organization forever. Keeping expectations realistic means the volunteer won't be overwhelmed, your agency will get the time and materials it needs, and no one is set up for failure.

If you are looking for an online assignment, please see our section for volunteers, which has extensive information on how to find an online assignment. The opportunities listed below are examples only; agency contact information has been removed.