HCC Basic Eagle Online Faculty Training Guide
How to Create Assignments in Eagle Online 2
The Assignment tool allows professors to collect work from students, review it and provide feedback including grades.
When using assignments, students can submit any electronic files (e.g., Word-processed documents, spreadsheets,
images, audio, video clips) or type their response directly into Moodle. This tutorial will explain how to create an
assignment in your EO2 course. To view the video counterpart that goes with this tutorial, please click here: xxxx.
Creating Assignments:
1.
Login to Eagle Online 2.
2.
Select the course where you would like to use groups.
3.
On the upper right-hand side of the screen, click the Turn Editing On button.
4. Click on the folder icon next to the words in the topic where you would like to add a resource. Note: Do not click
on the words in the topic. This will cause the entire topic to open in a new screen. By clicking on the folder icon
on the homepage, the topic will expand or collapse on the homepage.
5. Click Add Resource.
6. Click the down arrow, next to Add To
located at the bottom of the Add Resource
box to select the topic you would like your
resource to appear.
7.
Select Assignment.
8.
Enter the Assignment
Name.
9.
Enter the instructions
in the Description
textbox.
10. If you would like the
instructions to be
displayed on the topic
page, click the
checkbox by Display
Description on Course
Page.
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11. Complete the Assignment Settings section.
a. Allow Submissions From is
the beginning date or when
the assignment is available for
students to submit their
assignment
b. Due Date is the last day a
student may submit the
assignment without a late
penalty.
c. Cut-off Date deals with
submissions after the due
date.
i. If you allow students
to submit
assignments after
the assignment is
due (with or without
a late penalty),
decide what the cutoff date will be for
that assignment.
ii. If you do not allow
students to submit late assignments, the set the Cut-off Date as the same as the
Due Date (or take the checkmark off by Enable).
iii. Once the Cut-off Date is reached, the student may no longer submit the
assignment to Eagle Online 2.
d. Always Show Description will display the instructions you wrote in the General section.
e. Require Students Click Submit Button simply means that students will have to click a
Submit button to declare their submission as final. This allows students to keep a draft
version of the submission on the system.
f. Require the Students Accept the Submission Statement requires that students accept
the submission statement for all submissions to the assignment.
g. Notify Graders about Submissions: Choose whether graders (instructors) receive emails
upon submission.
h. Notify Graders about Late Submissions: Choose whether graders (instructors) receive
emails upon late submissions.
i. Students Submit in Groups: If you have created groups in your course and this is a
collaborative assignment, select Yes. For more information on Groups, see the Manage
Your Course section.
j. Require All Group Members Submit: If this is not a group assignment, you cannot change
this setting. If you are using groups, then you can select whether you want just one
submission for each group or for all the members in the group to submit the assignment.
k. Grouping for Student Groups: If you use Groupings (groupings of groups) then select Yes.
l. Blind Marking will hide the identity of the students when you are grading the
assignment.
12. Configure the Submission Settings.
a. Online Text: Choose whether students are able to type an online text for their
submission.
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b.
c.
d.
e.
File Submissions: Select Yes if you would like
students to submit files (like a Microsoft Word
document) by attaching the file.
Maximum Number of Uploaded Files: Choose how
many files that may be uploaded.
Maximum Submission Size: Choose maximum size
of upload files (leave the default).
Submission Comments: Choose whether students
can leave a comment when submitting their
assignment.
13. Select Feedback Settings
a. Feedback Comments: If Yes is selected, faculty may leave
comments per submission.
b. Feedback Files: Allows instructor to attach a file and send it
back to the student.
c. Offline Grading Worksheet: If enabled, the instructor will be
able to download and upload a worksheet with student grades
when marking the assignments.
14. Complete the Grade section.
a. Grade: Type in the points the
assignment is worth.
b. Grading Method:
i. Simple Direct Grading:
The instructor will type
in the grade points in a
box by the student
name.
ii. New Ways to Grade in
EO2
1. Checklist: If you are interested in creating a checklist, see the Manage
Your Course section.
2. Rubric: If you are interested in creating a rubric, see the Manage Your
Course section.
3. Marking Guide: If you are interested creating a marking guide, see the
Manage Your Course section.
c. Grade Category: Select the gradebook category to organize the assignment in your
gradebook. For more information, see the Manage Your Course section.
15. Configure your Common Module Settings if you are going to make this a group assignment. For
more information about groups, see the Manage Your Course section.
16. If you want to enable a conditional release or restricted access, complete the Restrict Access
section. For more information on conditional release or restricted access, see the Manage Your
Course section.
17. Click Save and Return to Course.
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