CouresSites
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CourseSites Tools: Creating an Assignment
Source of Screen Shots:
Course Title: “Introductory Oceanography”
URL: coursesites-dev.blackboard.com
Instructor Login: cchu/cchu
Level: Basic
Anticipated Movie Length: 2 mins 43 secs
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Project name: CourseSites Tools: Creating an Assignment
Author: Innodata [August 23, 2010]
Description: This tutorial explains how to create an Assignment.
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An assignment is a type of
content item in Blackboard
that enables you to publish
activity instructions, collect
and review student work,
and grade the student
submissions.
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This tutorial will show you
how to create an assignment
and upload an associated file
for students to use.
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learning goals
1.
2.
create an
assignment
upload any
associated
assignment file
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Assignments can be
created in any Content
Area, as well as within any
Folder, Learning Module, or
Lesson Plan.
For this example, we will
create an assignment within
a folder.
First, select the desired
Content Area from the menu.
[Click the Chapter Materials
item on the Course Menu]
Then choose the desired
Folder.
[Click the Chapter 4: Marine
Provinces item on the Course
Menu]
With Edit Mode ON, expand
the Create Assessment
menu and then select the
Assignment option.
[Mouse over the Create
Assessment dropdown]
[Highlight box on Assignment
option.]
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Now it’s your turn.
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[Your Turn box shows]
Start the assignment creation
process.
You can interact with this
movie by clicking the screen.
Skip the Your Turn activities
by clicking Forward in the
playback controls or by
pressing ENTER on your
keyboard.
[Click Assignment on the
Create Assessment menu.]
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[The Create Assignments
page appears]
Enter an Assignment Name.
[Enter “Chapter 4
Assignment”]
Enter assignment
Instructions.
[Enter in the text box “Using
the information presented in
this and other chapters, as
along with your own
research, submit a 4-page
opinion paper on whether
man-made coral reefs are as
effective for the environment
as natural-forming reefs.
Use the writing guidelines
provided below to help guide
your writing process.]
Writing clear and explicit
instructions is an important
part of creating an online
assignment.
Upload any related
assignment files, such as
writing guidelines, a rubric, or
a best-practice example.
[Click the attach file icon
within the third row of the text
editor and upload a fake PDF
file titled “Opinion Paper
Writing Guidelines”.]
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[Scroll down to display steps
3, 4 and 5.]
Next, enter a point value for
the assignment.
[Enter 50 in the point value
box.]
Set the availability and
number of attempts allowed.
[Highlight Availability area,
leave defaults.]
Set a due date.
Select Due Date and choose
Friday, September 24th, 2010
and use the End of Day time
option (last one)]
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[Display Steps 6 and 7]
Designate whether the
assignment will be submitted
by students individually, or if
it relates to a course group.
[Highlight Recipients area,
leave default set to
individual.]
For this example, we will
leave it set for individual
students to submit.
Now, Submit.
[Click Submit and display
assignment]
After the assignment is
created, an associated Grade
Center column is created
automatically for you. The
Grade Center is where you
will check for student
submissions.
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Let’s review.
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Summary:
The steps:
Locate where in the course
you want to place the
assignment.
1.
Then create an assignment.
2.
Enter the assignment
information and upload any
associated files, if necessary.
Then submit.
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[Steps appear as mentioned]
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“Keep in mind” box appears
but is not narrated. Text to
insert = Files cannot be
uploaded to an assignment
from the Content Collection
area.
locate where to
place the
assignment
create an
assignment
enter assignment
information
upload a file from a
local computer to
the assignment,if
necessary
submit