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Illinois Compass provides a powerful assignment tool for the electronic submission of written work. The assignment tool has a number of different options for the submission of electronic work, including submissions with attachments, submissions by groups, and the ability for instructors or students to post finished work for the entire class to see. This tutorial provides the basic steps for developing an assignment and taking advantage of the various choices that the tool allows.
To access the Assignments tool, select the Build tab, and under Course Tools select Assignments.
To create a new assignment, click on Create Assignment.
Fill in the Assignment Title, Description, and Instructions if any. Item Visibility allows you to keep the Assignment hidden in the Student View.
Select the submission type, either Text or Web site. Under Assignment Recipients, decide if you want to release the assignment to all students individually, or to a particular group of students.
Set the primary Due Date for the assignment after which submissions are accepted, but marked late. Set the Cutoff Date after which submissions are not accepted and marked missed.
You can decide if the assignment is Graded or Ungraded. If graded, you can decide if you want the grades released to students. Grades can be Letter or Alphanumeric.
If you wish, you can set specific Goals for the assignment.
Under More Options, you can decide if students can work on a returned assignment for corrections, set publication rights, and whether or not the instructor will be notified of submissions.
Once done, click on Save. You will then be returned to the Assignments main screen.
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