How can I ask my students to rewrite their assignment and resubmit it?

After grading the first effort, if it is not good enough, you should say, "please submit rewrite by mm/dd/year" in the comments field and check the allow resubmission button. This way the assignment will reopen for the student. You can have the assignment submissions set to accept attachments so that students can attach a rewrite WITHOUT affecting the original. You should also ask them to add "rev1" in the filename. You can repeat the process and ask them to submit a third by allowing resubmission again.

Can students submit more than one file of attachments without removing the first?

If you allow resubmissions for an assignment that allowed attachments, when students to go to resubmit, they get a button "Add/Drop Attachments." They can add new attachments AND remove previous ones. In a way, it is good to let students clean up junk and leave just good files for instructors to review and grade. Remember that if you don't allow students to resubmit, they can't alter or remove already submitted assignments. However, when you allow a student to resubmit, he/she can make adjustments, as that's the whole idea. If you want the original submissions to stay intact, you don't allow resubmissions. Instead, create a brand new assignment and call it "Rewrite - Essay #1.

If a student has to resubmit an assignment, is the final date still the deadline?

When you are configuring the student's assignment to allow them to resubmit you have the ability to set a new submission deadline for the student. Resubmission deadlines can be set on a student-by-student basis.

Is there a way to reopen an assignment to one student for a specific period of time?

No, but you can simply change the due date of the assignment and only inform the student you are working with. Students that already submitted the assignment won't be able to resubmit or change their assignment at this point.

How do I get back to the role of teacher after submitting an assignment as a student?

After submitting the assignment as a student, you should see links at the top, where you clicked to get to the student view. You should see a link at the top for "Assignment List". Click this link to get back to the instructor view.

How do I release a student's grades?

Click on Assignment List > In/New > then Release Grades will be in the upper center portion of the frame.

How do I grade an assignment I completed as a student but created as an instructor?

Follow these steps:

1. Create an Assignment and click "Post."
2. Click on the Student View >> Click on "Submit as student" under the name of the assignment you just created.
3. Complete the Assignment and Click "Submit."
4. Go back to the Assignment List by clicking it in the top menu bar.
5. Click on "Grade" under the name of the assignment.
6. Click on YOUR NAME to open the Assignment to grade it.
7. Grade the Assignment and Click "Return."
8. You will now be back Submissions/Grading page where you can see the score.

Can I have two browser windows open while I'm grading so I don't have to go back and forth?

It is not recommended that you have two of the same browser windows open at the same time, sharing the same session. You may overwrite information or log yourself out. If you must do so, open two different browsers, such as Internet Explorer and FireFox on the PC, or FireFox and Safari on the Mac.

Can students see their assignment grades in the assignments section?

If you have 'returned' grades, yes. To release grades, you can click on "Return" after grading each submission. Students will see their grades next time they return to the Assignments. You can also grade all of the assignments first, clicking on "Save as draft" for all students, and when done grading all of them, you click on "Release grades." Then, students see their grades/points/comments but not before the release.

When scoring an assignment with an attached file, what do Save, Return, and Allow Resubmit mean?

RETURN does not mean resubmit. RETURN means that you are done grading (comments and/or score) and you are returning the assignment to the student. This is the same as returning homework back to students in the traditional classroom.

The only way to allow students to resubmit is by checking the "allow resubmission" box. Then, click on RETURN it to the student with the option to resubmit. You see "returned" and they see "resubmit." When they resubmit, you adjust the grade/points based on the value of the resubmission.

SAVE does simply that. It saves your comments and points so that you can take a break and come back later to review them and RETURN to students. For example, you could grade all your assignments and click on SAVE on each. Once everyone has been graded you can click on release grades so that all of them are now viewable to students at once.

It's a matter of preference or teaching style. Some instructors RETURN assignments as they grade them, just like some prefer to handle email quickly and get answers out to people. Students are anxious to get feedback. But it is entirely up to you.

What would happen if I revise the point total after grading some submissions?

You CAN change the maximum number of points possible after the fact. You will get a warning message that you are altering the assignment when some students have submitted work, but it will let you make changes. It wants you to be aware of your actions. So revise the assignment and make it worth 400 points. Save it. When you click on "revise" and change the assignment's maximum points to 400, the effect will be available to you immediately for all submissions not yet scored and any new ones that will come in. The ones already submitted and given only 300 or other points will need to be opened and manually adjusted by you and RETURNED to students.

What happens when a student loses connectivity and all their work and what can the student do about it?

There are several reasons why someone might lose connectivity. One possibility, even with broadband connections and especially with DSL, is that the ISP may have dropped the connection for a moment or two and immediately reconnected. Or, locally, Windows XP, wireless in particular, will habitually drop and reconnect. Hard wired connections are of course much more stable...while dial-up connections are like so much spidery filament. Even the most stable hardwired-into-the-T1 connection can fall victim to power outages. The bottom line is that if anyone is doing something they would feel bad about losing, they should take the necessary precautions!

Students should write up their submissions in a text editor/word processor such as Microsoft Word. Then copy and paste their work into the Isidore submission box. They should save the original document on their computer in case something happens. This also allows them to use the Spell Check feature of their text editor.

How do I input a grade in the gradebook when a student never submitted the assignment in the Assignment tool?

You can extend the assignment grace period and allow the student to submit the assignment. After you set a future grace period date, send an email to the student and tell them to submit the assignment by the new deadline. The rest of the class won't see the grace period. They only see open and due dates.

Two of my students did a group final project together and one of them submitted the project. I have graded the project. How do I give the grade to the person who did not turn in the project?

Click on the second student's name and assign him/her the same number of points as you did for the first group member and save and return the assignment. It doesn't matter that they didn't turn anything in.

Is there a workaround to address the fact that assignments don't have a model answer field?

If you want to wait to provide a solution until after assignments are turned in, you can provide the solution as an attachment when you grade the assignment. By choosing "Save" instead of "Return" when you grade, you can then "Release" all of the graded assignments once your final accept-date has passed. Once you release the graded assignments, the students will be able to see your attached solution.

Alternatively, you can add an ungraded assignment, called "Solution to Assignment X" (immediately after the actual assignment) and make it open a few days after the Assignment is due (or when you know that you will be done grading the submissions of Assignment X). Not the best, but it would work.

When accepting "attachment only" submissions, if I allow resubmission, will I get both the original attachment and the new one?

When you allow resubmission for 'attachments only" types of assignments, students have the option to remove the previous attachment and add a new attachment, or add a new attachment in addition to the first, and so on. You can allow as many resubmissions as you wish. If you don't want the students to remove their original files then you should convey that to them clearly in the assignment directions.