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Creating an Assignment Submission Folder

​Overview

Before students can upload an assignment, the instructor must create an Assignment Submission folder to hold it.  

Instructions

From your course homepage, click on Assignments under the Assessments menu.

D2L Brightspace Navbar with the "Assessments" dropdown menu expanded out. There is a red box around the "Assignments" option in the dropdown menu.

Select New Assignment.  The new folder properties screen will open.

Fill in the following information in the assignment creation window:

1. In the Name field, enter a title for your submission folder.

Labeled screenshot of the New Assignment creation page, showing 1. a text field for "Name", 2. fields for "Score Out Of" and "Due Date", 3. a large text box for assignment "Instructions", 4. a place to add attachments, audio, and video, 5. the "Availability Dates & Conditions" panel, 6. the "Submission & Completion" panel, and 7. the "Evaluation & Feedback" panel.

2. Select the Score Out Of box to select from Ungraded to Choose from Grades. A popup will appear. 

Pop-up window titled "Choose from Grades" with a red box around the unselected "Create and link to a new grade item" option and the selected "Link to an existing grade item" option, which shows a linked grade item titled "Test Peer Assessment (Peer Review)".

3. Type in any instructions that you have for the folder in the Instructions text box.

4. Click the Add Attachment button to attach a document or file. You may also choose to Record Audio up to 1 minute long or Record Video up to 3 minutes long.

5. Select Availability Dates and Conditions. The pane will open allowing selection of: 

  • Start Date and End Date. 
  • Add Release Conditions. 
  • Manage Special Access (selecting this option will open in a new tab)

Labeled screenshot of the "Availability Dates & Conditions" panel showing 1. date fields for the Start Date and End Date, 2. a dropdown link labeled "Add Release Condition", and 3. a link labeled "Manage Special Access".

6. Select Submission & Completion. The pane will open allowing selection of Assignment Type. Choose whether this is an Individual or Group Assignment. Note: This setting cannot be changed after students submit to the assignment. Select the Submission type for the Assignment. There are 4 submission types:

  • File submission – Students will upload a file to the assignment folder.
  • Text submission – Students complete their submission within a text box.
  • On paper submission – Students submit a paper copy of the assignment. They do not need to submit anything to the assignment folder on D2L Brightspace.
  • Observed in person – Students complete a presentation or demonstrate tasks in person. They do not need to submit anything to the assignment folder on D2L Brightspace.

Define how many files can be included per submission and how many submissions students are allowed.

 The "Submission & Completion" panel, which has options for Assignment Type--individual or group--, Submission Type, Files Allowed Per Submission, submission retention, and notification emails when an assignment is submitted.

7. Select Evaluation & Feedback.  The pane will open allowing selection of:

  1. Rubrics, Learning Objectives, use of Annotation Tools.
  2. Turnitin Integration.

Labeled screenshot of the "Evaluation & Feedback" panel showing 1. a dropdown link labeled "Add rubric" and 2. a link labeled "Manage Turnitin."

Selecting 1. Rubrics dropdown carat opens a popup to Create New or Add Existing rubric. Note: Selecting Create New will open the create a new Rubrics screen.

"Add rubric" dropdown menu expanded out, displaying the options of "Create New" and "Add Existing".

Decide whether you want to have Anonymous Marking, which will anonymize student names while you grade to prevent bias.
Annotations Tool is selected by default.

Selecting 2. Turnitin Integration opens a new popup window to allow Turnitin settings selection.

Page titled "Turnitin Integration" with options to "Enable GradeMark for this folder", decide on grade transfer syncing Automatically or Manually, "Enable Originality Check for this folder" and "Allow learners to see Turnitin similarity scores in their submission folder".

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