NEW Course Assignments Announced for New Courses and features of the Grading Book

Aug 22, 2024

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It's back-to-school season! Most of the world, the first day of school is in front of you ( if it hasn't begun yet) and the soon-to-be pupils are enjoying their last couple of days off from summer.

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Teachers however are returned to their classrooms over the last months: setting up fresh seats, hanging brand new displays, preparing updated attendance sheets, and experimenting with innovative teaching methods they're eager to experiment with for the students they will be teaching.

Here at e-Learning, we'd wish that our online teachers feel the same joy and enthusiasm when they create an effective and engaging online learning area for their pupils.

We're so excited to present the NEW Courses Instruments: Assignmentsand Grading Book:

  • assignments: The students will be in a position to finish and submit several projects within the course. From writing essays to creating websites to designing multimedia portfolios, digital and other media, these assignments help them develop their technical, analytical, and communication skills, giving the students a complete understanding of the skills they have.
  • gradebook Grading is now more efficient, allowing users to track all their grades in one central location. It makes tracking individual progress and makes it easier for you to keep track of your progress and give immediate feedback. Students are also able to easily see their scores, enabling them to be in the loop and stay in line with their learning targets they've established for themselves.

These tools were designed by us for your online classroom to be more engaging, organized and prepared for the most effective learning experience for you as well as your students.

Let's look closer!

Courses They're the No. 1 LMS Software for Online Teachers

The powerful software was designed to improve your online teaching experience and allow you to be focused on what you are most passionate about: giving lectures and sharing knowledge.

  • The user-friendly interface we provide helps in the process of creating classes, making it simple and fun to create your course curriculum.
  • Issue certificates automatically to students after completing their course, recognizing and value for their work.
  • Tailor the look and feel of your classes to match your company's image perfectly using extensive choices for customization, making sure you have an entirely customized learning experience.
  • Experience seamless transactions thanks to a range of payment options. This makes registration for courses and fees simple.
  • Manage who can access your information by allowing you to set access limits, ensuring you with a secure educational experiences.
  • Learn in depth about tutorials, guidelines as well as individualized support that can assist you with setting up and optimize your courses efficient.

Our dedication to excellence is what makes Courses apart from the rest and sets us apart as the market leader on the LMS market.

It's true that it takes extra efforts to achieve both areas, but we find it an easy option since our clients want only the best!

That's why we constantly explore new market trends and follow the latest practices and develop our techniques to meet and exceed your expectations.

And it's this commitment that was the motivation behind the design the most popular features we have: Assignmentsand Grading Book.

They're designed to ensure that your students are on the right track and ensure that your role as an online teacher is as straightforward and efficient as is possible.

Inspire creativity in your coursework with NEW assignments

By incorporating different types of assignments, you do not only create an enjoyable learning setting for your students as well as broaden the scope of your teaching techniques.

Find out how you can diversify your course's content by providing a range of choices for assignments:

  • Writing Reports and Essays: Encourage students to get their ideas flowing with traditional essay writing or requiring a fervent investigatory effort to write investigation reports.
  • Digital projects: Spark creativity by making students create web pages or design digital portfolios. Perfect for classes that demand artistic thinking such as the design of websites and digital marketing as well as graphic design.
  • Media Submissions Students can demonstrate their abilities through video as well as graphics. There are also other multimedia formats. It's great for courses which require a bit of action for public speaking or tutorials on software.
  • Comprehensive Projects: The students are required to blend it all graphs, text and multimedia - in order to create complete projects that demonstrate their knowledge of the subject and meet the expectations of the assignments.

Three good reasons to love Adding Assignments to Your Online Courses:

1. Promots a Variety of Skillset

The assignments supplement expands students' skills beyond writing tasks that are typical. The aim is to assist students acquire a wide range of abilities they can employ to be successful in their daily lives.

  • Written and analytical abilities: The process of writing research papers and essays does not only revolve around the process of writing. Students participate in deep thought processes. They are taught to construct strong arguments, strengthen these arguments with proof, and communicate with clarity and precision manner.
  • Design and Technical Skills: When students get into projects like making web pages or portfolios online are applying their real-world skills; From coding to graphic design. The tasks help them understand the key principles of design and user-experience, both of which are essential to careers in web as well as digital marketing.
  • Media Production Skills working on video or other multimedia projects can provide more than just making cuts and editing. Students explore storytelling structure and the complexities of audiovisual storytelling and master the specifics involved in the production of media.
  • Presentation and communication skills: Whether it's showcasing an online portfolio, making videos or writing a paper and presenting it in a variety of formats helps students improve their ability to express their ideas in a convincing and clear manner. These are abilities that are required to every position.
Assign video demonstration assignments with  Courses

     2. Improves Interaction

Each task has been designed for students to inspire them to go further into their education and keep them involved throughout the duration of the course.

  • Discover learning styles With a range of options, students have the freedom to explore and determine what's most suitable to meet their requirements. To find out if they're proficient in analytical thinking as well as technical work, or telling stories you can test different approaches to identify their strengths.
  • Stay curious and interested: The variety of assignments makes learning lively and thrilling. Due to the continual creation of new formats and challenges the students are always interested and engaged in their learning.
  • Explore the learning procedure: Offering a mix of assignment types makes this class a great experience. Students often anticipate their tasks when they are aware that they'll be faced with something different each occasion, which makes the learning experience enjoyable and rewarding.
Allow students to submit a mix of assignment types, from essay writing, multimedia and graphic uploads, URL submissions, and more with  Courses

     3. Flexible Settings that can be adjusted

Each course is different. We've created the Assignments add-on to offer many choices for personalization. It allows you to modify assignments to ensure they align with the objectives of your class and also meet the needs of your students.

  • Certain character counts. Limit the character count to ensure that students stay on target. It ensures that they're precise enough without going overboard, or overly brief, helping maintain the quality of their writing.
  • Points to Completion. Award points for completed assignments for students to help them make the most of their effort. This is a fantastic way to motivate them and recognize their hard work.
  • Resubmission Opportunities. Students can submit their project after receiving the feedback. This will help students make mistakes, and to increase their performance. This is a fantastic way to build a positive mental attitude that keeps improving and getting more effective.
 Courses Assignments customization options

How can you make assignments for the course

The first step is to include the assignment in your application, then take note of the guidelines on the assignment's page

Add a new assignment in the  Courses Curriculum builder
Assignments curriculum page

Before you put your project up for public display, ensure you include an image that you like and classify your course by using tags as well with securing access to your work applying Rules if needed.

Keep reading to discover how you can grade assignments with the NEW Gradebook add-on next! The video tutorial is detailed...

Simpler Assessment Tasks by using the NEW Gradebook

Teachers, you understand how important it is to teach beyond just giving lectures. When your students have taken an interest in the subject area, finished homework, and completed exams, now is the time to assess the effort they have put into it.

Prior to that, assessing student progress involved navigating the exam individually to view participants along with their answers and scores.

Today, each course that you offer is equipped with a gradebook. If students complete exams or assignments, the tasks are recorded automatically in the grades book.

Every course on your site is equipped with its own Gradebook to house completes quizzes and assignments

The Gradebook allows you to review and evaluate each of your students' assignments from one page. The Gradebook collects each assignment as well as exams on one single page, which makes it much easier to evaluate and track every student's progress effectively.

     3 Reasons You'll Like the Gradebook Add-On    

1. Simple Grad Management

The new Gradebook feature is all about making your life easier when it comes to handling the grades.

It centralizes all aspects of your grade in an administrator interface. It eliminates the hassle of managing different spreadsheets or scrolling through pages.

On one page, you can quickly check on how your students are doing with their homework and tests. This does not just speed the process of grading but it can also make it simpler and less anxiety-inducing.

2. Individual Student and Collective Classroom Monitoring

With this Gradebook upgrade, you get access to live, immediate reports that show how each student is progressing and overall class performance.

The dual overview can help identify trends in an instant and identify areas in which students could require extra support, and then adjust your methods of teaching accordingly.

The Gradebook is also equipped with filtering and searching choices. This makes it possible to alter your perception of exams, assignments, and student performance.

You can view the quizzes that students have submitted and assignments, their grades as well as their cumulative scores of their scores:

Gradebook filter search

The knowledge of the basic patterns can allow you to adapt your teaching in order to accommodate the needs of each student, making sure that every student receives the appropriate level of help to achieve their goals.

3. Transparent Feedback

The Gradebook simplify the way you manage your feedback and grading. It gives a thorough summary of the scores received for each exam and project that means your students and you are capable of easily tracking progress.

This clarity helps to identify areas where students perform very well, and areas where they may require assistance.

In addition, you may award extra points to those who have done outstanding work which is a fast and efficient method of rewarding and reward effort.

One of the most valuable features for teachers is the personalized feedback section. In this section, you can write particular comments right next to your grade:

Assignments grading

This system lets you leave pointed feedback that students can match up with their results, which can enhance the impact of your teaching and help them focus their learning.

The efficient use of the Gradebook keeps you organized and enhances your ability to guide students on their learning experience that makes the learning process more efficient and flexible.

How do you set up and Grade Assignments with the Gradebook

Time to retire that old-school gradebook that has tiny texts and cramped columns! The Gradebook add-on offers a new and user-friendly method of grading.

It features a clean user interface that is easy to navigate. It not only improves how students' data is displayed, however, it also simplifies the process of grading. It offers a beautiful and comprehensive view of the entire procedure.

In your Gradebook, you'll find every grade carefully arranged. Each student's completed quizzes and assignments along with the marks you've assigned to them, and their overall scores All clearly displayed all together in one location.

Additionally, any work that is not graded is clearly labeled as "ungraded," making it simple to determine what requires your attention next.

Check out our comprehensive video guide to help you create and grade assignments for your courses:

Conclusion

Get ready for an unforgettable school year with Courses the most up-to-date and exciting features: assignmentsand the Grading Bookadd-ons.

These innovative tools are designed to simplify your course management and grading procedures and free your time to focus on providing a high-quality learning.

Through The Assignments feature, students can effortlessly submit their assignments directly via the platform. Likewise, using the Gradebookprovides an easy, organized method of tracking scores and providing feedback.

Are you still not setting up your classroom? No worries! Follow the link below to start and be part of the hundreds of teachers who help make online learning more enjoyable and engaging.

What's the very first assignment you'll include to your curriculum? Share your teaching suggestions with us in the comments below!

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