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Note: To complete the procedures in this document, you must be assigned a role having the necessary permissions. To determine your role, follow the directions in Participant roles. For a basic understanding of roles and permissions, see Permissions and roles: Overview.
To create/add a new assignment, follow these steps:
Assignments
, and then
click Add
at the top of the page.
Essay 1
).
Ungraded
, Letter grade
, Points
,
Pass/Fail
, or Checkmark
. If you choose points, enter
the maximum possible points (must be a positive number or zero).
Note: This step is optional, but you will receive an
alert message at the top of the page when you post the assignment if
you leave it blank. Click Post
a second time to proceed.
Add due date to Schedule:
To
add the due date to the site's Schedule, check the box.
Announce the open date:
To
announce the open date automatically when you post the assignment with
an announcement on your site's homepage, check the box.
Add honor pledge:
To display the honor pledge when
students are submitting an assignment, check the box. Students must
check a checkbox agreeing to the pledge before their work can be
submitted. The text of the honor pledge is as follows:
"I have neither given nor received aid on this assignment. Yes (You must respond to submit your assignment.)"
Add to Gradebook:
To add the
assignment grades to the course gradebook, check the box.
Note: If you choose this option, you won't be able to enter grades manually for students who did not complete the assignment online.
Click Preview
if you wish to review your assignment before
you post it. To see how it will look to students, click the black
triangle next to Student View
.
While previewing the assignment, you can click Save draft
if
you want to save your assignment before you post it. You can then go
back to it and revise it, if you want, before you post it; see Posting an assignment previously saved as a draft. Only instructors (or those with the
proper permissions) can view drafts.
Click Post
when you are ready to make the assignment
accessible by students.
You can revise a posted assignment either before or after its open date or due date. Follow these steps:
Assignments
button.
Revise
.
Note: If the assignment is currently open to students, you will only have the options of previewing and posting the assignment.
When students view the revised assignment, they will be notified that changes have been made.
Back to topTo delete an assignment, follow these steps:
Assignments
button. You will
see a list of assignments.
Remove?
next to the assignment you
want to delete.
Update
button.
Delete
to permanently delete
it, or Cancel
if you've changed your mind.