To help test a learner's knowledge on the product Mahara, we are going to ask them to submit an online assignment. We are also going to select an Outcome which will be graded for this assignment. View your course, and make sure that "editing" is turned on.
- In the topic area that you want to create the assignment, select the Add an Activity drop-down and choose the Online text option. This brings you to the setup page for adding a new assignment.
- As with all names of activities and resources, the name is the call to action that appears on the course. Enter How much do you know about Mahara? as the text for the Assignment name field.
- In the Description field, this is where you elaborate on your call to action from the name field. Type in the following text into the Description field: Please describe the application Mahara in 50 words or less.
- Uncheck both of the dates (Available from and Due Date) otherwise the assignment cannot be done, except during those dates.
- The Grade options can remain the same. If you have built Categories for your grades, you would be able to select it here, but as this is a more advanced usage of the Grade book, I recommend you leave it for the time being.
- The Online Text options enable you control the assignment. Leave these three as No for now.
- If you wanted to allow a user to resubmit his assignment multiple times, you would change the first option in this section to Yes. This is usual in cases where you allow a draft submission and provide feedback on it, to enable the learner to make a more comprehensive submission the next time, before grading.
- If you want to be alerted every time there is a submission, you should change the Email alerts to teachers to Yes. This helps you with grading by prompting you soon after a submission.
- The Comment inline option can be helpful as it copies the submission into your feedback reply when you grade the submission. This saves time and enables you to add your comments into the learner's text. It is recommended that if you use this option of using a different color for your reply.
- The next options are Outcomes. Tick the Mahara Description and leave the other Outcome Mahara Benefits unchecked.
- The Common modules settings are the same as outlined before and you can ignore them for this exercise.
- Click on Save and display.
- It will now display the description page of the assignment.
We just went through the process of adding an Online Text assignment and enabling one of the Outcomes as a grading option. Only Outcomes that are enabled on the course are available for the activity. Should you wish to create an Outcome just for this activity, you will need to do so at course level first.
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