diff --git a/02_activities/assignments/assignment_1.ipynb b/02_activities/assignments/assignment_1.ipynb
index 14faec566..0911be3e0 100644
--- a/02_activities/assignments/assignment_1.ipynb
+++ b/02_activities/assignments/assignment_1.ipynb
@@ -58,11 +58,27 @@
    "cell_type": "code",
    "execution_count": null,
    "metadata": {},
-   "outputs": [],
+   "outputs": [
+    {
+     "data": {
+      "text/plain": [
+       "True"
+      ]
+     },
+     "execution_count": 4,
+     "metadata": {},
+     "output_type": "execute_result"
+    }
+   ],
    "source": [
     "# This is a function, which we will learn more about next week. For testing purposes, we will write our code in the function\n",
     "def anagram_checker(word_a, word_b):\n",
     "  # Your code here\n",
+    "  ####### define a function that takes a string and returns a dictionary of the count of each unique character in the string \n",
+    "  def character_count(word: str) -> dict:\n",
+    "    return {c:word.count(c) for c in set(word)}\n",
+    "  ######### check if the character count of the two words are the same\n",
+    "  return character_count(word_a.lower()) == character_count(word_b.lower())  \n",
     "\n",
     "# Run your code to check using the words below:\n",
     "anagram_checker(\"Silent\", \"listen\")"
@@ -70,18 +86,40 @@
   },
   {
    "cell_type": "code",
-   "execution_count": null,
+   "execution_count": 5,
    "metadata": {},
-   "outputs": [],
+   "outputs": [
+    {
+     "data": {
+      "text/plain": [
+       "False"
+      ]
+     },
+     "execution_count": 5,
+     "metadata": {},
+     "output_type": "execute_result"
+    }
+   ],
    "source": [
     "anagram_checker(\"Silent\", \"Night\")"
    ]
   },
   {
    "cell_type": "code",
-   "execution_count": null,
+   "execution_count": 6,
    "metadata": {},
-   "outputs": [],
+   "outputs": [
+    {
+     "data": {
+      "text/plain": [
+       "True"
+      ]
+     },
+     "execution_count": 6,
+     "metadata": {},
+     "output_type": "execute_result"
+    }
+   ],
    "source": [
     "anagram_checker(\"night\", \"Thing\")"
    ]
@@ -97,12 +135,32 @@
   },
   {
    "cell_type": "code",
-   "execution_count": null,
+   "execution_count": 9,
    "metadata": {},
-   "outputs": [],
+   "outputs": [
+    {
+     "data": {
+      "text/plain": [
+       "True"
+      ]
+     },
+     "execution_count": 9,
+     "metadata": {},
+     "output_type": "execute_result"
+    }
+   ],
    "source": [
     "def anagram_checker(word_a, word_b, is_case_sensitive):\n",
     "  # Modify your existing code here\n",
+    "  ####### define a function that takes a string and returns a dictionary of the count of each character in the string\n",
+    "  def character_count(word: str) -> dict:\n",
+    "    return {c:word.count(c) for c in set(word)}\n",
+    "  ######### check if the character count of the two words are the same  \n",
+    "  if not is_case_sensitive:\n",
+    "    ##### convert the words to lowercase before checking if case sensitivity is not required\n",
+    "    return character_count(word_a.lower()) == character_count(word_b.lower())\n",
+    "  else:\n",
+    "    return character_count(word_a) == character_count(word_b)  \n",
     "\n",
     "# Run your code to check using the words below:\n",
     "anagram_checker(\"Silent\", \"listen\", False) # True"
@@ -110,9 +168,20 @@
   },
   {
    "cell_type": "code",
-   "execution_count": null,
+   "execution_count": 10,
    "metadata": {},
-   "outputs": [],
+   "outputs": [
+    {
+     "data": {
+      "text/plain": [
+       "False"
+      ]
+     },
+     "execution_count": 10,
+     "metadata": {},
+     "output_type": "execute_result"
+    }
+   ],
    "source": [
     "anagram_checker(\"Silent\", \"Listen\", True) # False"
    ]
@@ -130,7 +199,7 @@
  ],
  "metadata": {
   "kernelspec": {
-   "display_name": "new-learner",
+   "display_name": "dsi_participant",
    "language": "python",
    "name": "python3"
   },
@@ -144,7 +213,7 @@
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    "nbconvert_exporter": "python",
    "pygments_lexer": "ipython3",
-   "version": "3.11.8"
+   "version": "3.9.21"
   }
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