This article is for Instructors/TAs who want to create an Assignment in Ultra Course View. This article explains how to create an Assignment and how to adjust Assignment Settings.

Overview

In Ultra Course View, with the Assignment tool you can create:

• Traditional assignments that require students to digitally submit text or files for grading and feedback.

After creating the assignment task, certain assignment settings will be available or unavailable depending on your selected assignment format.

Video Instructions

Creating an Assignment

1. To create a new assignment, navigate to your Ultra course. From the main Course Content page click any plus sign to create an assignment in that location.

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2. From the dropdown, click Create.

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3. Then from the right-side menu, scroll down and click Assignment.

    

4. The new assignment will automatically receive a default name. To change the name, click the underlined name or pencil icon.

    

5. Click into the Instructions box to input assignment instructions, attach instruction files, embed images, etc.

6. You can also set the assignment’s visibility status by clicking Hidden from students in the upper right corner. It can be set for Visible, Hidden, or Release Conditions.

7. After the Assignment task has been created, customize the Assignment Settings to align with your assessment needs.

Assignment Settings

1. To access the Assignment Settings panel, click the gear icon or any setting link.

2. From Details and Information, you can adjust the following:

   1. Due date: sets when the assignment is due. Submissions after the due date will be flagged as late. Instructors can select “No due date” if preferred.

   2. Prohibit late submissions automatically submits any work in progress as soon as the due date passes.

   3. Allow class conversations allows students and instructors to post comments and questions below the assignment.

   4. Collect submissions offline allows instructors to create an assignment that does not require students to submit online. This is ideal for in-person assessments such as class presentations.

3. Grading and Submissions contains the following settings:

   1. Grade category allows instructors to organize the assignment into a specific category for Gradebook organization and calculation.

   2. Attempts allowed determines the number of submissions allowed for each student.

   3. Grade using determines how the grade will be entered by the instructor and displayed to students.

   4. Maximum points is the total point value assigned to the assignment.

   5. Anonymous grading hides student names during grading.

   6. Evaluation options allows instructors to add an extra grader to each assignment or assign students to peer review the assignment.

   7. Assessment grade allows instructors to have grades posted to students as soon as grades are entered. If this option is not checked, instructors will need to post grades from the Gradebook after they finish grading.
      
      

      
      
      

4. Assessment Security offers the following settings:

   1. Add an access code lets instructors turn on a six-digit access code that students must enter in order to open the assignment. This option is useful for assessments that are being administered in-person and require students to start the assessment in a specific place at a specific time.

   2. LockDown Browser Dashboard allows instructors to require students to complete the assignment using LockDown Browser or Respondus Monitor.

       

5. Additional Tools offers the following settings:

   1. Time Limit allows instructors to limit the amount of time a student can work on an assignment after they have started it. Instructors can also allow students to continue working after the time limit expires.

   2. Use grading rubric allows instructors to add a rubric to the assignment by creating a new one or using an existing rubric.

   3. Goals and standards allow instructors to select course goals and learning objectives that correspond with the assignment.

   4. Assigned Groups allows instructors make this a Group Assignment, thereby requiring one submission for the whole group.

   5. Originality Report allows instructors to enable SafeAssign, which compares student submissions to general internet searches and the SafeAssign Institutional Database. In addition to requiring submissions to be checked against these sources, instructors can also choose whether students see their originality report and whether a student’s submission will also be included in the Institutional Database for future originality reports.
      
      

       

6. Once you are finished specifying or editing the Assignment settings, click Save.

7. Once completely finished, you can click the 'X' to return to Course Content.