The assignment tool

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The assignment tool is a publication area for students. The course manager can create one or several assignments, where the students will be able to publish their work.

You can create several assignment sessions(different zones of publication), each one having different objectives or requirements. Publication can be a file or a text, or a text and a file. Publication can also be made for a group instead of for a single user,...

Students have the ability to modify their work after submission, and the course manager can give them a feedback about their submissions.

Create an assignment

To create a new assignment, the course manager must enter in the Assignment tool and click on the link Create a new assignment.

The form that is shown asks the course manager for :

• A title : the name of the assignment.
• A description : the statement of the assignment, what learners have to do.
• A submission type :
  • File : any type of file that can be uploaded, keep in mind that there is a size limit that depends on the platform, a text can be joined to describe the file.
  • Text only : a text formatted using the WYSIWYG editor.
  • Text with an attached file : a text formatted using the WYSIWYG editor and a file (file is not required).
• A start date : date from when the users will be able to post a publication in the assignment.
• An end date : date until when the users will be able to post a publication in the assignment.
• The default works visibility : choose if the publications will be available or not to other users.
• The assignment type :
  • Individual mode : any authenticated user can post a publication.
  • Group mode : the user must be a member of at least one group of the course to publish a work and the work will be posted in the name of the group.
• Permission to upload after the end date.

Add an automatic feedback

A feedback is a correct version of the assignment. To add an automatic feedback to an assignment, enter the assignment and click on the Edit automatic feedback link.

It can be a text or a file or both a text and a file. The course manager can choose when this automatic feedback will be shown to users (after the assignment end date or after the first submission of the user in this assignment).

Publications

Publications are the works uploaded by users.

For each assignment, the tool shows a list of all users registered in the course and for each user, the title of the first work he published, the number of submissions and the number of feedbacks. The list of publications related to the user and the assignment can be viewed by clicking on the name of the user.

Submit a work

If the user has the right to submit a work, a link to a submit form will be displayed.

Work list

As a course manager you have the right to edit, delete, make visible/invisible any of the works. You can also add a feedback for each work.

• Modify ( ) : if this icon appears, it means that the user can modify the content of the work. It appears when the user is the course manager, when the user is looking at his works or at his group works.
• Delete ( ) : this command allows the course manager to delete a work.
• Visible ( ) : if this icon appears for a work, it means that the work is visible to the learners. This is just like in the documents tool of Claroline. You can change this setting by clicking on the icon.
• Invisible ( ) : if this icon appears for a work, it means that the work is invisible to the learners. This is just like in the documents tool. You can change this setting by clicking on the icon.
• Add feedback : allows the course manager to publish a feedback about the work of the user. A feedback can be a file, a text or both a file and a text, with a private comment and a score in pourcent that only course manager(s) will be able to see.

See the video tutorial Create an assignement (http://www.claroline.net/dlarea/docs/videos/en/Create_an_assignment.htm).