Using Oncourse Assignments 2, how do I add, edit, or remove an assignment?

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For instructions for the original Assignments tool, see Assignments.

Note: To complete these procedures, you must be assigned a role having the necessary permissions. To determine your role, follow the directions in Participant roles. To view a list of permissions associated with a given role, see Permissions, roles, and tools. For a basic understanding of roles and permissions, see Permissions and roles: Overview.

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Add a new assignment

To add a new assignment:

In the menubar, click Assignments 2, and then, at the top of the page, click Add.
Note: On the form that opens, fields marked with a red star are required.
Under "Access", choose Display Assignment to All Students or Display Assignment to Selected Groups. If you choose the latter, you'll see the groups and sections that are available; check the group(s) and/or section(s) to which you want the assignment released.
Note: The "Access" section will appear only if groups have previously been defined for this site. See Managing groups.
Under "Assignment Details", next to "Title", enter a brief title for your assignment (e.g., Essay 1 ).
Under "Instructions", type the assignment's instructions into the text box.
Next to "Supporting Materials", click Add to attach files from your local computer or from Resources, or specify the URL for a file on the web. See Options for adding attachments.
If desired, check the box next to Add Model Answer? A "Model Answer Text" field will appear; you can type the model answer here and/or add a Model Answer attachment below. Using the drop-down list next to "Display model answer to student", you can choose when to display your model answer: Never, Immediately, After student submits assignment, or After feedback is released to student.
Under "Submission Details", you can specify the following options:
- Require Submissions: This is selected by default. To make the assignment optional, uncheck the box. This will make all remaining options unavailable.
- Submission Format: From the drop-down list, choose to have students submit their assignments as Text only (typed directly into a text box), Attachments only, Text and Attachments, or Non-electronic. Keep in mind that the maximum file size is 200 MB (except when using WebDAV), and the site quota is 1 GB.
  Notes:
  - If you want your students to submit their work to Turnitin (see step 11 below), choose Attachments Only. Reports will not be generated for text-only submissions.
  - The text box may create difficulties for students who use adaptive technology; see Oncourse Tool Accessibility Breakdown.
- Number of Submissions: To allow more than one submission from each student, from the drop-down list, select a number from 1 to 20, or choose Unlimited.
- Require honor pledge?: To display the honor pledge when students are submitting their assignments, select this option. Students must check a box agreeing to the pledge before they can submit their work. The text of the honor pledge is as follows:
  "I have neither given nor received aid on this assignment. Yes (You must respond to submit your assignment.)"
Under "Availability Details", enter the following information:
- Open Date: At the open date and time, the assignment is available for students to begin working on it. To announce the open date automatically, check Post Open Date to Announcements on Open Date.
- Due Date: This is the assignment's deadline. If desired, check Set Due Date? ; date and time fields will appear for you to edit. To list the due date on the site's calendar, check Post Due Date to Calendar Now.
- Accept Until: No assignments can be submitted after this date. You can set this to a date and time later than the due date if you want to continue accepting assignments (e.g., to allow for revisions) after the due date. To do so, check Set Accept Until Date? ; a date and time field will appear for editing.
  Note: The assignment will appear on the calendar immediately, even if it has not been released to students.
Under "Grading Details", either:
- Choose This assignment is not graded.
- Choose This assignment is graded and is associated with a Gradebook item: , and from the drop-down list, select the appropriate assignment.
- Click Create a new Gradebook item to create a new entry in your gradebook from within Assignments 2. A box will open in which you can specify details for the Gradebook item (e.g., point value). When you are done, click Add Item.
Under "Submission Notifications", check Send email notifications for student submissions if you want instructors to receive notification when work is submitted.
Note: Notification settings in this area apply to all users with a role of instructor, assistant, or adjunct instructor/teaching assistant; students receive mail automatically upon submission of an assignment.
If you want your students to submit work to Turnitin using Assignments 2 (see Turnitin integration: Overview), under "Turnitin", check Use Turnitin. You can then specify the following options:
- Submit papers to the following repository: To allow future IU submissions to be checked against your students' work, select Indiana University Repository; otherwise, select None.
- Generate originality reports: Choose to generate the reports Immediately on submission or On Due Date.
- Allow students to see originality reports: Check this box to allow students to access their own originality reports.
- Check originality against: Check the boxes for all the repositories in which you want Turnitin to search for matches with your students' work. You must select at least one. Available repositories are:
  - Turnitin paper repository: Works previously submitted on Turnitin
  - Current and archived internet
  - Periodicals, journals, and publications
  - Indiana University Repository: Works previously submitted from IU students
Note: The first time you create an assignment that uses the Turnitin option in Assignments 2, you may see a message saying that the assignment was saved, but the Turnitin settings were not saved. Edit the assignment, select the Turnitin settings again, and it will save correctly.
When you have filled in all desired information for the assignment, at the bottom of the page, choose one of the following actions:
- Click Save when you are finished adding content to the assignment. The assignment will become visible to students on the open date you have set.
- Click Save as Draft to save your changes without making the assignment visible. To make further changes or to post your assignment, from the assignment list, highlight the assignment and click Edit.
  Note: When you save an assignment as a draft, no one else in your site (including other instructors and teaching assistants) will be able to see it in the assignment list.
- Click Preview as Student to review your assignment before posting it. To return to the Add Assignment page, click Edit.

Edit an assignment

To revise a saved assignment or draft before or after its open or due date:

In the menubar, click Assignments 2.
From the list of assignments, mouse over the assignment you wish to modify, and then click Edit.
Make your revisions. Afterward, for draft assignments, you can choose Save, Save as Draft, Preview as Student, or Cancel. For assignments that have already been posted publicly, you can no longer choose Save as Draft.

Delete an assignment

Note: You can completely delete an assignment before any students have submitted work. However, if you delete an assignment after the first submission, all students will continue to see the assignment with a notice saying "(Assignment has been deleted)". The assignment will not be visible in the Assignment List that you see by default as an instructor, but you can see it by clicking Enter student view in the menubar.

To delete an assignment:

In the menubar, click Assignments 2 to see a list of assignments.
Check the box(es) next to the assignment(s) you wish to delete, and then click Remove.
You will see a confirmation screen asking if you are sure you want to delete the assignment. Click Remove to permanently delete it along with all associated submissions to it, or click Cancel to keep the assignment.

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Adding an assignment

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Last modified on January 04, 2012.