Assignments

Instructors often have supporting documents or other files that students need to complete an assignment. These files can be worksheets to be completed, essay prompts, image files, or any other file necessary to complete the assignment. These files...

D2L Assignments contain a built-in annotation toolbar that allows faculty to highlight, draw, create shapes, and write comments on student submissions.  Enabling/Disabling Annotations From the Assignments listing, click the arrow be...

To avoid any unconscious bias in grading assignments, you can turn on Anonymous Marking, which replaces student names with "Anonymous User" + number.  Anonymous marking can be enabled or disabled when creating a new assignment submission folder or...

You may organize your assignment submission folders into categories to keep them organized. For example, you can create separate categories for course units, summative projects, bonus assignments, and individual submissions. These categories are opt...

Grading Activities can include— but not limited to— assignments and quizzes. To link the Grading Activity with a specific Grade Item in the Gradebook, you want to link from  the Grading Activity to the grade item. In this example, the Grading Activ...

By associating an assignment folder with a learning objective, you can tie the assignment to a competency you want students to master. This association can be a basic association or an association with a rubric-based assessment. Associate an assign...

Copy an Assignment D2L allows faculty to copy assignment folders within a course. This feature copies over most of the original folder's settings, but does not include gradebook associations or Turnitin settings. Click the [Course Activities]  m...

Students submit their work to an assignment folder. Instructions you provide in the assignment folder appear to students in the Folder Information area on the Submit Files page.  Instructions may include: Information about evaluation meth...

You may want to create an assignment that allows a group of students to turn in a single submission. This allows you to assign a single grade to the students in the group automatically, and any of the students are able to turn in the submission. Y...

Delete a Single Assignment Click [Course Activities]  in the navbar and choose [Assignments] . On the Assignments page, click on the arrow next to the name of the assignment you would like to delete, then choose [ Delete Assignment]. ...

Assignment Folders in D2L allow instructors to give students assignment instructions, rubrics, and other information students need to complete the assignment. Students then submit completed assignments to the Assignment Folder.  The following instr...

Assignments can be placed in categories. Otherwise, they are listed on the Assignment Folders page under No Category. (These categories are unrelated to gradebook categories.) The following instructions assume that at least one category has been cre...

You can edit multiple assignments at once. Edit multiple assignment folders On the Assignment Folders  page, select the checkbox beside each folder you want to edit. Click the Bulk Edit  icon. Update the appropriate fields. Folder Name ...

See also Previewing Assignments . Accessing the Evaluate Submission Page From the  Assignment Folders page, click the folder to view its submissions. From the Folder Submissions page, click the [Evaluate]  link to the far right of the n...

Use this feature to grant one or more students access to your assignments outside of the date restrictions set for the rest of the class. Show Video Walkthrough Adding Special Access for Students On the Edit Folder screen, click the [...

Inserting Formulas From HTML Equation Editor From Assignments To access the Equation Editor from the HTML Editor toolbar, click [+] , then click [Equation] . You will then be presented with the list of Equation Editors , which enables use...

Previewing Assignment Folders and Submissions The preview option enables you to navigate the steps that students go through to submit files, review their submissions, and view submission history. You can make a preview submission visible on the Sub...

Previewing Assignment Folders and Submissions The preview option enables you to navigate the steps that students go through to submit files, review their submissions, and view submission history. You can make a preview submission visible on the Sub...

On the Assignments  page, click   the More Actions  button then select Reorder . Select the new position for a folder or category using the Sort Order drop-down list beside its name. The positions of other folders and categories adjust ...

The Assignment Event log enables you to view information on specific activity for assignment submission folders. The event log tracks when users create, delete, and restore assignment submission folders. Once an action is taken, the event log record...

Faculty members can track when an assignment submission was deleted and who deleted it. They can also restore those deleted submissions. Click Course Activities on the navbar, then select Assignments . Click the title of the assignment that co...

Navigate to the Edit Folder page Click Course Activities on the navbar and choose Assignments . Click on New Folder or click on the context menu of any assignment and choose  Edit Folder . Set the file submission options On the Proper...

Instructors have the option to hide assignment folders from students. If you select the Hide  from Users  checkbox, the assignment will not be visible from content pages or on the Assignment folders list page. You can also limit access to an assig...

Release conditions allow you to set requirements for access to an assignment folder based on multiple criteria, including completion of other items in D2L. For example, you can require that students visit a set of lecture notes in the Content tool b...

NOTE: Text submission in WYSIWYG editor is NOT recommended as it may not generate a similarity report. Enabling Turnitin Feedback Studio on Assignment Settings From the Edit Folder page, expand Evaluation & Feedback  panel to do the...

Quick Eval lets you see a list of select ungraded student submissions from all your courses. Submissions from Assignments, Quizzes, and Discussions are displayed in one place to improve efficiency evaluating and providing feedback on all student w...

NOTE : We recommend using the YuJa Video Platform for all video content creation in D2L. Visit the YuJa Support Center for more info. Video Notes are available in any tool with an HTML editor. You can add videos to assignment ins...