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01/24/2019
Cheryl Kohen
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New Assignment Types and Interface Changes
Not all assignments are submitted online. Many assignments may be text-based, links to websites, paper-based submissions, in-person presentations, on-the-job demonstration of skills, etc.
Three new submission types are now available in addition to the standard file submission:
- Text submission: learners post text, image, or a link to their work in a text box within the assignment.
- On paper submission: learners submit a physical copy of their assignment directly to their instructor. No file upload is required to complete the assignment.
- Observed in person: allows instructors to observe learners as they perform tasks, such as in-class presentations, and evaluate them using Assignments. No file upload is required to complete the assignment.
Figure 1: Assignment types. Note that File Submission is the default.
On paper submissions and Observed in-person assignments include additional completion options as no submissions are made by learners in Falcon Online. These submission types can be marked as completed manually by learners, automatically on evaluation, or automatically on due date. Instructors select their completion option when creating these assignment types.
To streamline the creation and evaluation of these new types of assignments and to improve the user experience, changes have been made to the assignments user interface.
The Assignment Creation page has been reorganized. The fields on this page have been reorganized and grouped logically to improve the creation experience. The three broad groups will be as follows:
- Basic information related to assignments – Name, Instructions, Attachments
- Submission, Completion, and Categorization – Assignment type, Category and Completion status (*NEW* more details will be provided closer to the release)
- Evaluation and Feedback - Grade, Rubric, and Notification setup
Figure 2: The old Assignment Creation screen.
Figure 3: The new Assignment Creation screen.
Language Changes in Assignments
With the introduction these new assignment types, the language terms related to “submissions” are redundant because the Assignment tool supports use cases that do not need a submission. Therefore, the language references have been changed from “submission folder” to “assignment."
In the screenshots below you will see the impact of these changes on some of the most commonly used pages.
Assignment List page for Instructors
Figure 4: Instructor Assignment List screen with old language.
Figure 5: Instructor Assignment List screen with new language.
Assignment Creation screen for Instructors
Figure 6: Instructor Assignment Creation screen with old language.
Figure 7: Instructor Assignment Creation screen with new language.
Note: “Out of” language term is being modified to improve readability.
Assignment Submission List for Instructors
Figure 8: Instructor Assignment Submission list screen with old language.
Figure 9: Instructor Assignment Submission list screen with new language.
Note: Assignment name is being added to breadcrumb navigation to improve accessibility.
- On the Submissions page, instructors now click on a student name to evaluate the submission. Previously this allowed instructors to email students.
- Emails can still be sent by selecting the checkbox next to a student name and selecting Email at the top of the list.
Assignment Evaluation screen for Instructors
Figure 10: Instructor Assignment Evaluation screen with old language.
Figure 11: Instructor Assignment Evaluation screen with new language.
NOTE: Additional changes to the evaluation screen include:
- The navbar is no longer part of the Evaluation screen to give more room for the assignment evaluation. To get back to a screen with the navbar, select the Back to Submissions button.
- To download a student document, you now click on the file name.
- For Turnitin enabled assignments, the Markup Document button has been replaced by a Launch Turnitin link.
- The Publish and Save Draft buttons now display at the bottom of the screen and are not confined to the Evaluation and Feedback pane.
- An additional link to access the Next Student now displays next to the Publish and Save Draft buttons at the bottom of the screen.
Assignment List for Students
Figure 12: Student Assignment List screen with old language.
Figure 13: Student Assignment List screen with new language.
Submission screen for Students
Figure 14: Student Assignment Submission screen with old language.
Figure 15: Student Assignment Submission screen with new language.
Note: A breadcrumb navigation is being added to this page to improve accessibility.
Changes Coming 25 Jan. 2019
Changes to Assignment List screen for Instructors
Figure 16: Current Assignment List column names in instructor view.
Figure 17: New Assignment List column names in instructor view.
Changes to Assignment List screen for Students
Figure 18: Old Assignment List column names in student view.
Figure 18: New Assignment List column names in student view.
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Bill Harrison
Senior Instructional Designer/Instructional Technologist
william.harrison@daytonastate.edu | 386.506.4306
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