• Create an Assignment
• Types of Assignments
• Assignment - File submission
• Assignment - Text submission
• Assignment - Student's choice
• Assignment - 'On paper submission' and 'Observed in person'
• Evaluation and Feedback
• Creating a Video-assignment
• Video on how to create an Assignment

Click here to watch a video on how to create an Assignment.

• Click Course Tools in the navigation bar of your course.
• Click Assignments. You will land on the Assignments homepage. Here, you will see an overview of all your assignments for this course.  
• Click New Assignment.

1. Provide the assignment with an assignment name. This will be displayed on the Assignments homepage. 
2. You can indicate the maximum points within the assignment by filling in the Grade Out Of amount. When you enter a score, a new option will appear called In Gradebook. Clicking on it will give you 4 options:
   -In Gradebook: Will create a new grade item in the Gradebook.
   -Edit or Link to Existing: Selecting this will give you the option to Create and link to a new grade item or Link to an existing grade item.
   -Not in Gradebook: The grade will not be added to the Gradebook.
   -Reset to Ungraded: The assignment will not be graded and the maximum points will be deleted.
   Note: make sure that the max. score you fill in here matches the max. score of the grade item. For more information see here. 
3. Indicate a deadline at Due Date. Important: if you select Now as the due date this renders the Properties Assignment type and Submission type unchangeable (see Submission & Completion). By clicking Now, you will set the actual deadline in motion. Make sure to communicate this deadline in advance with your students. For more information see here. Under Availability Dates & Conditions you have the option to select a start- and end date in which the assignment will be visible to the students. You also have the option to make the assignment visible to students only when they have met certain conditions.
4. You can give instructions on the assignment by typing them in the HTML-editor box of Instructions.
5. Include any additional information. You can:
   • Click File upload to upload a File.
   • Click Attach Link to Existing Activity to connect the assignment to an Existing Activity in Brightspace.
   • Click Attach Weblink to place an external Link.
   • Click Record Audio to upload or record an audio message.
   • Click Record Video to upload or record a video message.
6. Hidden from users is turned on by default when you create an assignment. This means that students cannot see the assignment. Deselect the option Hidden from users to make the assignment visible to students. You can also perform this action at a later date.  

Under the tab Submission & Completion, you can select the type of assignment and the submission type.

1. Select the Assignment Type:
   • Click Individual assignment if students must submit individual work and if they are assessed individually. 
   • Choose Group assignment if students must hand in one assignment per group, for which they will all receive the same group mark. Determine the Group Category to specify which groups have access to the assignment. Note: this option is only available if you have set up Groups beforehand.
2. Select a Submission type. Here you can determine in which format the students should hand in their assignment. This could be a: 
   • File submission: Students submit the assignment by uploading a file (for example a Word- or PDF-file).
   • Text submission: Students can write and post a text, image, or link to their work. An HTML-editor box provides an area for submission to this assignment type. For example, if students are required to make a web page, they can link it here.
   • File or text submission: The student can choose whether to upload a file, write a text, or do both.
   • On paper submission: Students do not have to upload anything, but hand in their assignment via a hard copy.  By using this option you can still provide and process feedback in the Grade Book even though students have not uploaded their assignment. 
   • Observed in person: You will provide feedback for an assignment done in class, or in a work-group. For example, this could be for a presentation or an assessment. No file has to be submitted, but this option will give you the opportunity to process feedback in the Grade Book.

1. Choose the number of Files Allowed Per Submission. You can allow students to either upload multiple files (Unlimited) or only one (One File) at a time.
2. You have the option to indicate which file extensions are allowed to upload. Students will see which extensions are allowed to upload under Submit Assignment and will not be able to upload other extensions (they will receive error This file extension is not allowed).
3. Select the number of Submissions allowed per student or group.  In case of multiple attempts, you can choose to keep all submission files available or only the most recently submitted file.

Choose whether students can upload once, or multiple times. In case of multiple times, choose whether all submissions are kept or only the most recent one.

1. Choose the number of Files Allowed Per Submission. You can allow students to either upload multiple files (Unlimited) or only one (One File) at a time.
2. You have the option to indicate which file extensions are allowed to upload. Students will see which extensions are allowed to upload under Submit Assignment and will not be able to upload other extensions (they will receive error This file extension is not allowed).
3. Select the number of Submissions allowed per student or group.  In case of multiple attempts, you can choose to keep all submission files available or only the most recently submitted file.

For both the 'On paper submission' and the 'Observed in person' option, you can select how the assignment will be marked as complete. This can be done:

• Manually by learners: the students register the assignment as completed themselves in Brightspace. 
• Automatically on evaluation: the assignment is marked as completed automatically once you have assessed it. 
• Automatically on due date: the assignment is marked as completed automatically once the deadline has passed. 

For all hand in options you have the option to receive an automated email for every submission. Make sure to provide your email address under Notification Email. Note: separate multiple email addresses with a comma. 

Under the Evaluation & Feedback tab you can:

1. Add a Rubric.
2. Enable Annotation Tools in case you want to use Brightspace's Annotation Tool to give inline feedback.
3. Enable Anonymous Marking in case you want to grade anonymously. If you would like to learn more about Anonymous Marking, visit How do I assess an assignment using anonymous marking?
4. Assign multiple assessors to evaluate an assignment submission and select the publishers.

First, select the available Instructors/teachers from the list:

After selecting evaluators, options will become available in the Evaluation & Feedback section relating to publishing permissions and different workflows of evaluation.

You can choose whether all evaluators/teachers can publish all evaluations, only their own, or manually allocate the individuals for assignment. If either of the last two options is chosen, students can be distributed among the different evaluators/ Instructors through Manage Allocations. By default, all evaluators can evaluate all students.

In the Manage Allocations window, there is the option to manually assign evaluators to students, or apply this allocation randomly. Select one of the two options and click Apply Allocation Method.

You may include Video-assignments to let students submit a video. For this, the students must first upload a video to any video platform such as Microsoft Stream or Youtube and then submit it in the assignment. To create a video assignment, you must select either 'File submission', 'Text submission' or 'File or text submission' when choosing your submission type. With:

• File submission: students have to hand in another file, aside from the video (for example a text-file with a description or explanation). Students upload this file in the assignment (for example a Word- or PDF-file) and place the link to the video in the comment section.
• Text submission: students place the link to the video and they will have the option to add a short summary in the comment section of the assignment. Use this option if students do not need to hand anything else in, other than a video.

Furthermore, the optional settings for video assignments are the same as for any other assignment.

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