{"id":3054,"date":"2014-02-24T10:24:19","date_gmt":"2014-02-24T16:24:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/adamscenter\/?p=3054"},"modified":"2020-07-06T11:09:25","modified_gmt":"2020-07-06T16:09:25","slug":"managing-assignments-with-coursesites","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/adamscenter\/2014\/02\/24\/managing-assignments-with-coursesites\/","title":{"rendered":"Managing Assignments with CourseSites"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Written by Berlin Fang<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Collecting student assignments by email can add to the increasing clutter of our digital lives. \u00a0Well, there is a method to madness. \u00a0\u00a0You can collect assignments using your learning management system. \u00a0All major learning management systems (OpenClass, CourseSites and Moodle) have ways for you to collect student assignments, grade them and record them directly in the grade book that comes with the learning management system you use.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">The benefits of doing this is that you do not have to sift through your emails to find a particular attachment and then relate that to a particular class. \u00a0Nor would you have to create folders to store such files. \u00a0\u00a0A learning management system would streamline the entire process while students can get quicker feedback as soon as you have given them.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">I am going to use CourseSites as an example to show how it works to management assignments with a learning management system.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1080\" height=\"810\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/TFyyEGPYuKw?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><br \/>\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">While this tutorial shows you as an instructor how to manage assignment using CourseSites, the following tutorial shows students how to submit an assignment. \u00a0Consider copying the URL and share it with students if you intend to collect assignments the way I explained:<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"http:\/\/ondemand.blackboard.com\/r91\/movies\/bb91_student_submit_assignment.htm\">http:\/\/ondemand.blackboard.com\/r91\/movies\/bb91_student_submit_assignment.htm<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Please note that you can also create \u201cself and peer evaluation\u201d type of assignments or group assignments using CourseSites. \u00a0Let me know if you need any help creating this type of assignments. 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