Bb-Assignment Feature

Using the assignment feature can help you track and grade assignments.

Here are the basic steps:

Create a new content area for your assignments.
1. Go to control panel.
2. Click on Manage Course Menu.
3. Choose Add Content Area.
4. Name it and then click submit.
To add an assignment, return to the control panel.
Click on the link for the newly-created assignment area.
From the drop-down menu on the right, choose Assignment and click the "Go" button.
Name your assignment and type up instructions.
Click submit.

Using the assignment feature will automatically generate a gradebook column for the assignment. To grade your assignments, following these steps:

Go to the control panel.
Under Assessment, choose Gradebook.
You will see the column for the assignment. Students who have submitted the assignment will have an exclamation point underneath the column.
From here, you have two options.
1. You can grade the assignments one at a time by clicking on the exclamation point for that student. This will show you a row for this student. You can then click the view button (on the far right). This will take you to a page where you can download the assignment, enter feedback and/or submit a file with further feedback, and enter a grade.
2. You can also download all the assignments at once by clicking on the column title. Then click on the "Item Download" link. Students who have submitted the assignment will have a little checkbox next to their names. You can opt to check all, check ungraded or simply check individual students.
  1. When you click submit, you will be taken to a screen with a link to download all the files.
  2. The files are zipped up. On your desktop or wherever downloads are saved, you will find a zip file with all the files in it. When it's unzipped (usually by double-clicking), you will end up with a folder with all the files in it. You will see the assignment itself, plus a text file that will contain any comments made by the student.