Assignments in eCampus Ultra

You can create several different types of assignments in eCampus that will help determine your students’ level of mastery. These may include self or peer-assessments and multiple third-party tools assignments (Turnitin, Voice Thread, or publisher-created). Each assessment you create in the eCampus course will be added to the Gradebook as a new column and calculated into overall grade for the course.

Initial Steps

1. Click the plus symbol in the Course Content tab.
   
   

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2. Click Create.

3. In the Create Item menu, scroll to the Assessment area and choose Assignment.

4. In the upper left corner, click the edit icon and name the assignment.

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5. Click in the Instructions block. The tool bar appears. You can type the instructions, and/or add a link, attach a file or image, and activate other options by clicking the plus sign enclosed within the circle.
   
   

Assignment Settings

In the Assignment Settings region, click the gear icon.

Details and Information

1. Enter a due date. Optionally, check boxes to:

   1. Prohibit late submissions

   2. Prohibit attempts after the due date

   3. Allow class conversations, (enables a space for students to have discussions about the assessment or ask questions)

   4. Collect submissions offline

      1. For example, for an oral presentation. If you check the box to collect the submissions offline, you will need to manually enter the grade.

Formative Tools

Check the box to indicate if this is a formative assignment; it will not automatically be excluded from Gradebook calculations.

Grading & Submissions

1. In the Grading & Submissions area,

   1. The default Grade category is Assignment. If necessary, click the dropdown to change the category.

   2. One is the default number of Attempts allowed. If necessary, click the dropdown to change this to a different number or unlimited.

   3. The default Grade using is Points. If necessary, change this to a different way to grade.

   4. Enter the Maximum points given for the assignment.

   5. Optionally, hide student names.

   6. Optionally enable two graders per student.

   7. Optionally, enable peer review.

   8. Optionally, enable delegated grading.

   9. Assessment grade: Check if you want the grade to be posted to students immediately after you have graded the assignment.

Assessment Security

1. Access code: You can add an access code to control when students and groups take a test. At this time, the access code is generated at random by the system.

2. Respondus Lockdown Browser: require students to use a browser that prevents them from accessing other screens while taking an online test.

Additional tools

1. Add Time limit: You can set a time limit for the assignment, but for an assignment, you would more typically enter a due date.

2. Add grading rubric: You can add a rubric to help you evaluate student submissions based on key criteria that you define. You can create a new rubric or associate a rubric that you’ve already created.
   NOTE: At this time, you can only add a rubric to a test without questions.

3. Goals & standards: You can align a test to one or multiple goals.

4. Assigned groups: You can create a group here or choose a group already created. By default, you assign a grade to each group as a whole, but you can change a group member’s individual grade.

5. Description: Add an optional description: The description appears with the Assignment title on the Course Content area. The description is limited to 750 characters.

Assignment’s visibility:

1. Options for showing to students:

   1. Hidden from students (default)

   2. Visible to students

   3. Choose the release conditions;

      1. Choose from all students, specific students, or specific groups.

      2. Set date and time.

      3. Performance:

         1. Choose if assignment applies to the overall grade or just a specific grade.

         2. Choose the grade requirement for the overall or specific grade.

            1. Choose a range.

            2. Create your own range.

               1. Choose the grading schema

               2. Choose a minimum and maximum grade.

      4. Choose if the assignment will appear now or only if a student meets the conditions.