This article provides an instructor overview of the assignments feature and outlines how to add and edit assignments for your course.
Table of Contents
- What are assignments?
- Create an assignment
- Edit an assignment
- Basic Info
- Instructions
- Questions
- Solutions
- Publish an assignment
- Reviewing Answers and Providing Feedback
What are assignments?
The assignments feature provides instructors with a comprehensive way for learners to apply the knowledge and skills they’ve gained in your course with a real-world application.
With assignments, instructors can create various questions for users to answer regarding the course concepts. In addition, instructors can upload instructions and solutions in video format, share downloadable resources, and provide feedback on learners’ completed assignments.
After users complete the assignment, they can compare their work with the instructor’s solutions and receive feedback from their fellow users if they wish.
Create an assignment
1. Navigate to the Curriculum page (Learn how).
2. Hover your cursor over the grey space between the course items and click the + icon. You can also click on + Curriculum Item at the bottom of each section.
3. Click + Assignment. Then, add the title of the assignment and click Add Assignment.
Edit an assignment
After adding an assignment, click on the pencil icon to access the assignment’s editing features.
Basic Info
On the Basic Info page, you can update the assignment’s Title, Description, and Estimated duration for students to complete the assignment (in minutes).
Once you have entered the basic information, click Save to proceed.
Instructions
On the Instructions page, you can enter the assignment instructions in video or text format. If you include both, the text instructions will appear below the video.
The instructions should describe the activity, the purpose of the assignment, what your users need to do, and list any materials that are needed to complete it.
You can also upload any downloadable resources here that users can use to complete the assignment.
Please note: Instructions must be 65K characters or less. Images that are to be uploaded by a student for their submission must be smaller than 30 MB in size, and can be in .JPG, .PNG. or .BMP file format.
Questions
On the Questions page, you can create questions for the assignment. Each assignment must include at least one question, and you can add up to 12 questions.
Once you have finished entering the first question, click on Submit. Click Add more to create additional questions.
After you’ve finished creating the assignment’s questions, click on Solutions on the left menu.
Solutions
On the Solutions page, you can add answers to each of the submitted questions. A video explanation or downloadable resources can also be added to this page.
Click on Add answer below each question. Once you’ve entered the solution, click Submit.
Publish an assignment
Once you have completed the above sections, click Publish. You can continue making edits even after the assignment has been published by following the above instructions.
- Learn how to preview the assignment from the course curriculum
Reviewing Answers and Providing Feedback
After a user has completed an assignment, you can review their answers and provide feedback.
1. Click on Communication on the sidebar menu on the left. Then, click Assignments
2. Assignments that are completed and submitted will appear on this page. You can use the various filter options to sort through the responses.
3. To provide feedback, enter your response in the Give Feedback section. Then, click Post.
4. To add additional comments, write your response in the Enter your comment section, and click Submit.