Creating and Editing Assignments
Posted by Support Manager, Last modified by Support Manager on 27 December 2016 01:03 PM
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Creating and Editing AssignmentsLast Modified
15:24, 7 Mar 2013
Assignments allow you to create coursework and manage the grades and feedback for each student separately. In an assignment, you can include a description, point value, and file attachments. You can create assignments in several courses areas, such as in a content area, learning module, lesson plan, or folder. Students access the assignment, type a submission, attach files, and submit it. You can respond to each student separately with comments and attached files. You can distribute assignments to course groups. To learn more, see Creating Group Assignments. You grade submitted assignments in the Grade Center. To learn about grading assignments, see Grading Assignments. How to Create an Assignment
About Multiple AttemptsYou can allow more than one attempt on an assignment. This is a good way to permit students to send in drafts and earn credit on improvements. You can provide feedback on a large assignment so students can demonstrate mastery. Be sure to inform students which of your assignments allow multiple attempts and what the expectations and grading policies are for each attempt. Providing multiple attempts can help students stay on track, raise the quality of assignments, and ultimately improve student success and retention. Research Paper Assignments You can provide feedback throughout the research paper process. In one assignment with four attempts, students can submit their outline as a file attachment for the first, bibliography for the second, rough draft for the third, and final paper as the fourth and last attempt. You can provide feedback at each stage. A grade is not assigned until the final paper as the last attempt is received. Alternatively, if you want to provide grades for each portion of the research paper process, you can create separate assignments for each. You can then set up a calculated column in the Grade Center to add the points of each assignment to produce a final score for the research paper. The last graded attempt appears in the Grade Center column. To change the displayed grade to the first graded attempt, highest grade, lowest grade, or an average of attempts, access the Grade Center column's contextual menu, select Edit Column Information, and select the attempt to score from the Score attempts using drop-down list. How to Edit an Assignment in a Course Area
How to Delete an Assignment in a Course AreaYou can delete an assignment at any time. If students have submitted work, deleting the assignment also deletes the submissions. You can choose whether or not to keep the associated grades. Alternatively, retain student submissions by making the assignment unavailable rather than deleting it.
Remember that even if you keep the scores in the Grade Center, you will not be able to access the assignment submissions again. | |
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