diff --git a/Gemfile.lock b/Gemfile.lock
index 9cca8ef5d..3ebe264d4 100644
--- a/Gemfile.lock
+++ b/Gemfile.lock
@@ -167,6 +167,8 @@ GEM
       racc (~> 1.4)
     nokogiri (1.15.2-x64-mingw-ucrt)
       racc (~> 1.4)
+    nokogiri (1.15.2-x86_64-darwin)
+      racc (~> 1.4)
     nokogiri (1.15.2-x86_64-linux)
       racc (~> 1.4)
     parallel (1.23.0)
@@ -313,6 +315,7 @@ PLATFORMS
   arm64-darwin-22
   arm64-darwin-23
   x64-mingw-ucrt
+  x86_64-darwin-23
   x86_64-linux
 
 DEPENDENCIES
diff --git a/app/controllers/api/v1/assignments_controller.rb b/app/controllers/api/v1/assignments_controller.rb
index fdaf9bc75..a5fefecc5 100644
--- a/app/controllers/api/v1/assignments_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/api/v1/assignments_controller.rb
@@ -2,11 +2,31 @@ class Api::V1::AssignmentsController < ApplicationController
   rescue_from ActiveRecord::RecordNotFound, with: :not_found
 
   # GET /api/v1/assignments
+  # def index
+  #   assignments = Assignment.all
+  #   render json: assignments
+  # end
+
   def index
-    assignments = Assignment.all
+    if params[:course_id]
+      assignments = Assignment.where(course_id: params[:course_id])
+    else
+      assignments = Assignment.all
+    end
     render json: assignments
   end
 
+  def index_by_course
+    course = Course.find_by(id: params[:course_id])
+    if course
+      assignments = course.assignments.select(:id, :name, :created_at, :updated_at)
+      render json: { data: assignments }, status: :ok
+    else
+      render json: { error: "Course not found" }, status: :not_found
+    end
+  end
+  
+
   # GET /api/v1/assignments/:id
   def show
     assignment = Assignment.find(params[:id])
@@ -213,8 +233,9 @@ def varying_rubrics_by_round?
   private
   # Only allow a list of trusted parameters through.
   def assignment_params
-    params.require(:assignment).permit(:title, :description)
+    params.require(:assignment).permit(:title, :description, :instructor_id, :course_id)
   end
+  
 
   # Helper method to determine staggered_and_no_topic for the assignment
   def get_staggered_and_no_topic(assignment)
diff --git a/config/database.yml b/config/database.yml
index b9f5aa055..08f1c8948 100644
--- a/config/database.yml
+++ b/config/database.yml
@@ -1,18 +1,57 @@
+# MySQL. Versions 5.5.8 and up are supported.
+#
+# Install the MySQL driver
+#   gem install mysql2
+#
+# Ensure the MySQL gem is defined in your Gemfile
+#   gem "mysql2"
+#
+# And be sure to use new-style password hashing:
+#   https://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.7/en/password-hashing.html
+#
 default: &default
   adapter: mysql2
   encoding: utf8mb4
   pool: <%= ENV.fetch("RAILS_MAX_THREADS") { 5 } %>
+  username: dev
+  password: expertiza
+  host: db
   port: 3306
-  socket: /var/run/mysqld/mysqld.sock
+
 
 development:
   <<: *default
-  url: <%= ENV['DATABASE_URL'].gsub('?', '_development?') %>
+  database: reimplementation_development
 
+# Warning: The database defined as "test" will be erased and
+# re-generated from your development database when you run "rake".
+# Do not set this db to the same as development or production.
 test:
   <<: *default
-  url: <%= ENV['DATABASE_URL'].gsub('?', '_test?') %>
+  database: reimplementation_test
 
+# As with config/credentials.yml, you never want to store sensitive information,
+# like your database password, in your source code. If your source code is
+# ever seen by anyone, they now have access to your database.
+#
+# Instead, provide the password or a full connection URL as an environment
+# variable when you boot the app. For example:
+#
+#   DATABASE_URL="mysql2://myuser:mypass@localhost/somedatabase"
+#
+# If the connection URL is provided in the special DATABASE_URL environment
+# variable, Rails will automatically merge its configuration values on top of
+# the values provided in this file. Alternatively, you can specify a connection
+# URL environment variable explicitly:
+#
+#   production:
+#     url: <%= ENV["MY_APP_DATABASE_URL"] %>
+#
+# Read https://guides.rubyonrails.org/configuring.html#configuring-a-database
+# for a full overview on how database connection configuration can be specified.
+#
 production:
   <<: *default
-  url: <%= ENV['DATABASE_URL'].gsub('?', '_production?') %>
\ No newline at end of file
+  database: reimplementation_production
+  username: reimplementation
+  password: <%= ENV["REIMPLEMENTATION_DATABASE_PASSWORD"] %>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/config/routes.rb b/config/routes.rb
index 33df803e7..0e5b77f59 100644
--- a/config/routes.rb
+++ b/config/routes.rb
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
   # Defines the root path route ("/")
   # root "articles#index"
   post '/login', to: 'authentication#login'
+  root 'home#index'
   namespace :api do
     namespace :v1 do
       resources :institutions
@@ -62,6 +63,8 @@
         end
       end
 
+      
+
       resources :questionnaires do
         collection do
           post 'copy/:id', to: 'questionnaires#copy', as: 'copy'
@@ -112,6 +115,7 @@
 
       resources :participants do
         collection do
+          get '/student_tasks', to: 'participants#student_tasks'
           get '/user/:user_id', to: 'participants#list_user_participants'
           get '/assignment/:assignment_id', to: 'participants#list_assignment_participants'
           get '/:id', to: 'participants#show'
diff --git a/db/seeds.rb b/db/seeds.rb
index b6de376f2..02ffe7a49 100644
--- a/db/seeds.rb
+++ b/db/seeds.rb
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
       email: 'admin2@example.com',
       password: 'password123',
       full_name: 'admin admin',
-      institution_id: 1,
+      institution_id: inst_id,
       role_id: 1
     )
     
diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
index 85edfda55..dcb7c5838 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-version: '3.1'
 
 services:
   app:
@@ -6,7 +5,7 @@ services:
     command: tail -f /dev/null
     environment:
       RAILS_ENV: development
-      DATABASE_URL: mysql2://root:expertiza@db:3306/reimplementation?
+      DATABASE_URL: mysql2://dev:expertiza@db:3306/reimplementation_development
       CACHE_STORE: redis://redis:6380/0
     ports:
       - "3002:3002"
@@ -22,6 +21,7 @@ services:
     environment:
       MYSQL_USER: dev
       MYSQL_PASSWORD: expertiza
+      MYSQL_DATABASE: reimplementation_development
       MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD: expertiza
     ports:
       - "3307:3306"