Add an Assignment

Add an Assignment

In TrainerCentral, you can provide assignments to learners to help them gain subject knowledge. Furthermore, you can share reference materials and handouts as resources to help them learn the subject before they begin their assignments. Let’s look at the steps involved in adding an assignment.


Add Assignment

  1. Click Add Assignment under the Curriculum tab. The assignment window will be displayed.
  2. Enter the Title for the assignment.
  3. Enter the Score to evaluate your assignment.
  4. Enable or disable the below Settings options to add more customization to your assignment:

    Set assignment to draft:  You can set the status of the assignment to draft, and it will not be shown to your learners as part of the course curriculum. 
    Make this assignment free to access: This will make this assignment free so the learners can preview it at free of cost before purchasing the course.
    Make reference materials downloadable: This will make the reference materials downloadable so that they can have a glimpse before beginning their assignment.
    Mandate assignment submission for progress: This will mandate the assignment submission for learners to progress in the course
    Set assignment deadline: This will set a specified duration for the learners to complete the assignment. 

  5. Select a number from the Set submission limit dropdown to define the submission limit for the assignment.
  6. Enter the Set size limit for your learner's assignment file.
  7. Specify the Number of Allowed File/Link Uploads.
  8.  Mark the Assignment as completed when the assignment is submitted or graded.
  9. Choose how the learners can submit their assignments in Allowed File Types for Submission. The types are specified below: 

    Info
    Zip 
    Supported formats - ".zip"
    Supported file size for zip - upto 250M

    Videos 
    Supported formats - ".mov,.wmv,.flv,.mpeg,.mpg,.3gp,.3gpp,.mp4,.m4v,.ogv,.webm,.webmv,.avi,.vob,.mkv,.3g2”
    Supported file size for videos - upto 2GB 

    Docs
    PDF
    Supported formats - ".pdf"
    Supported file size for PDF - upto 250MB.

    Documents
    Supported formats - ".doc,.docx,.rtf,.odt,.dotm,.dotx,.docm,.dot"
    Supported file size for Documents - upto 50MB.

    Spreadsheets
    Supported formats - ".xlsx" 
    Supported file size for Documents - upto 10MB. 

    Image    s
    Supported formats - ".jpg,.png,.jpeg"

    Links
    Any URL can be added as a submission.




    Further, you can provide instructions and reference materials for learners to follow and learn while taking the assignment.

  10.  Select the Add Instruction tab below the Reference Material tab on the right. The Add Instruction window will be displayed.
  11.  Enter the Title and instructions. 
    You can attach the reference materials so the learners can go through them before starting their assignment. 
  12.  Select the reference materials from the library, Computer, or Zoho WorkDrive. The attached reference materials will be displayed on the screen.
  13. The reference material can be an image, document, PDF, audio, video, presentation, spreadsheet, or zip file. 

Review Assignment

Once the course is published, your learners can proceed to submit their assignments. When a learner submits an assignment, it will be available for review and grading in the Reports section.
  1. Navigate to the Reports tab of the course for which the assignment is given.
  2. Select the Assignments tab. The learner's assignment report page will be displayed. A search box will be displayed to search for the assignment. The assignments will be listed in a dropdown menu, categorised under All and individual assignment names.
  3. Use the Submitted dropdown in the filter section to view assignments available for review.
  4. View the Reports section, which includes the following information:
    Name: The learner's name enrolled in the course.
    Email: The learner's email address.
    Assignment: The assignment is linked to this course.
    Status: The current status of the learner's assignment.
    Time:  Timestamps of the learner's completed time and the trainer's graded time are displayed here.
    Score:  Assignment score.
    Action: The More icon under which Reset Assignment and Edit Submission Count are listed.
Once a learner submits an assignment, you can edit the submission count, reset the assignment submission, approve or reject it, or reject it with an extension.



Let’s look at these in detail.

Reset Assignment

The Reset Assignment feature enables you to delete all submission attempts taken by a learner, allowing them to resubmit the assignment.
  1. Select the Reset Assignment option under the Action column. The Reset Submission pop-up window will be displayed.
  2. Click Confirm to delete all submission attempts of the learner. 



Edit Submission Count

The Edit Submission Count feature enables you to modify an individual learner's submission count.
  1. Select the Edit Submission Count option. The Edit Submission Count window will be displayed.
  2. Increase or decrease the Edit Submission Count number as required.
  3. Pick a new deadline date in Set New Deadline.
  4. Click Save to save the change.



Approve Submission

  1. Click either the name, email, or assignment name to view the submitted assignment. The assignment review page will be displayed.
  2. Click the Review dropdown at the top right of the page. 


  3. Select Approve to approve the submission. The Approve Submission window will be displayed.
  4. Enter score in Add Score.
  5. Enter the Comments in the rich text editor text box. (optional)
  6. Click Submit. Your score and comments will be submitted and displayed to the learners.


Reject submission

You can reject an assignment in two ways: 
Reject with feedback
Reject and allow resubmission by updating the attempt count and setting a new deadline 

Let’s look at both options in detail.

Reject with feedback 
  1. Click the Reject option in the Review dropdown.  The Reject Submission window will be displayed.   
  2. Enter the Comments in the rich text editor text box. (optional)
  3. Click Reject. 


Reject with extension
  1. In the Reject Submission window, click Reject with Extension.  The Reject with Extension window will be displayed.
  2. Increase or decrease the Edit Submission Count as required.
  3. Pick a new deadline date in Set New Deadline.
  4. Click Update to save the changes.


To learn how your learners can submit an assignment, click here.

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