NEW Courses Released Course Assignments and features in the Gradebook

Reader Disclosure

It's back-to-school season! For most areas around the world, the very first day of classes is around the corner ( if it hasn't begun already) and soon-to-be students are enjoying their last few day of freedom from summer.

WHAT'S IN THE INSIDE          Toggle

•     Courses The #1 LMS Tool for Online Educators
•     Unleash Creativity in Coursework with NEW Assignments
•       3 Reasons Why You’ll Love Adding Assignments to Your Online Courses
•     How to Create Assignments in  Courses
•     Simplify Assessment Tasks with the NEW Gradebook
•       3 Reasons Why You’ll Love the Gradebook Add-On
•       How to Set Up and Grade Assignments with Gradebook
•     Conclusion

Teachers, on the other hand are returning to their classrooms for several weeks, arranging new arrangement of seating, hanging up new posters, making up-to-date attendance sheets and experimenting with new teaching techniques they can't wait to try with their incoming students.

Here at , we want our teachers online to experience that same excitement and preparedness as they set up an interactive and efficient online learning space for their pupils.

This is why we're excited to announce our new Courses Tools: Assignmentsand Grading Book:

• assignments: Students can finish and submit a variety of assignments directly in the class. From writing essays to designing web pages, to making digital portfolios as well as multimedia content, these tasks aid in developing the analytical, technical, and communication abilities, providing an overview of their knowledge.
• gradebook Grades are now more streamlined, allowing you to manage all student grades in one organized place. This makes it easier for keeping track of individual progress and makes it much easier to keep track of performance and give timely feedback. Students can also easily view their scores, which helps them remain informed and inspired to stay on track with their learning goals.

We designed these tools to make your virtual classroom more fun, more organized, and ready for an enjoyable learning experience for both you and your pupils.

Let's look closer!

Courses: The No. 1 LMS tool for online educators

This robust tool was crafted to elevate your online teaching experience, allowing you to concentrate on the things you enjoy most: teaching and sharing your experience.

• Our intuitive interface makes creating courses. It makes it easy and enjoyable to design your course.
• Automatically issue certificates to students upon course completion to give recognition for their effort.
• Customize the appearance and feel of your course to reflect your company's image perfectly using extensive possibilities for customizing, which will ensure your students have a fully customized learning experience.
• You can enjoy seamless transactions using a variety of payment gateways, making the enrollment of courses and payment for fees effortless.
• Control who accesses your content by defining access policies, which ensure an exclusive and secure learning experience.
• Get detailed tutorials, guides, and personalized support to help you set up and improve your course efficiency.

Our dedication to excellence sets Courses above the others and positions us as an industry leader on the LMS market.

It takes a lot of effort to excel in both fields, but for us, it's a no-brainer because our users need the very best!

This is why we continuously explore new market trends and adopt the best practices and improve our tools in order to meet and exceed the expectations of our customers.

And it's this commitment that has resulted in the development of our most recent features: Assignmentsand the Gradebook.

They are made to ensure that your students stay in the right direction and help enable you to make your online role as an educator as straightforward and efficient as is possible.

Let your creativity shine through in classwork by using NEW Assignments

Through incorporating various types of tasks, you will are not just creating a more stimulating educational environment for your students but enhance your teaching strategies.

This is how you can broaden your course content with several assignments:

• Writing Reports and Essays: Encourage students to develop their thinking by writing traditional essays or demanding the most serious detective work in investigative reports.
  
• Digital Projects: Spark creativity by creating web pages for students or craft portfolios using digital technology. Perfect for classes that are awe-inspiring in visuals, such as online marketing, web design or graphic design.
  
• Media Submissions Let students demonstrate their abilities through video as well as graphics and other formats for multimedia. It's great for courses which require a bit of action, like public speaking or tutorials on software.
  
• Comprehensive Projects: The students are required to combine it all with graphics, text and multimedia - in order to design all-encompassing projects that demonstrate an understanding of subject and satisfy the assignment requirements.

Three reasons why you'll love adding assignments to your online Classes:

1. Encourages Diverse Skill

The Assignments add-on broadens learning beyond the typical writing assignments. The aim is to assist students develop a rich mix of abilities they can apply in real-world situations.

• Writing and Analytical Skills: The process of writing essays and research papers aren't only about writing words down. Students are immersed in sophisticated analytical thinking. They learn to build solid arguments, support their arguments with solid proof and express their thoughts clearly and with precision.
  
• The Design and Technical Skills: If students are involved in assignments like designing web pages or creating digital portfolios, it's a case of applying real technical skills; from programming through graphic designing. They also understand the key principles of design and user experience, which are essential to careers in digital marketing and web development.
  
• Media Production Skills Making videos or other multimedia projects can teach more than the basics of cutting or editing. Students study storytelling structure, understand the nuances of audiovisual storytelling, and master the technical details of media production.
  
• Communication and presentation skills: Whether it's showcasing the digital work of a portfolio, recording a video, or writing an essay, the ability to present work in a variety of formats enhances students' ability to present their ideas clearly and persuasively essential skills to succeed in any profession.

 2. Enhances Interaction

Each unique assignment type is designed to inspire students to take a deeper dive into their education and remain engaged throughout the course.

• Explore the different learning styles of students: With a range of assignments, students have the freedom to explore and find out what is most effective for their needs. If they are good at the areas of analytical thinking, technical work as well as creative tasks, or telling stories, it is possible to let them experiment with various approaches to identify their strengths.
  
• Keep curious and engaged: The variety of tasks keeps learning lively and thrilling. Through the constant introduction of different formats and challenges Students remain curious and emotionally invested in the coursework.
  
• Enjoy the Learning Process: Offering a mix of assignment types makes the course an enjoyable experience. Students are more likely look forward to assignments when they know they'll encounter something different each time, making the process of learning enjoyable and enjoyable.

 3. Flexible Settings that can be customized

Every course is different, so we've designed the Assignments add-on to offer numerous options to customize it. The flexibility lets you alter assignments so that they are in line with your course objectives and meet your students' requirements.

• Specific Character Numbers. Set character limits to keep students on point. This ensures they're detailed enough to not be rambling or too short, thereby ensuring the high quality of their work.
  
• Points for completion. Points are awarded for assignments that have been completed for students to be motivated to put in their best effort. It's an excellent way to keep them engaged and acknowledge their efforts.
  
• Resubmission Opportunities. Allow students to submit project after receiving feedback. This will help to learn from mistakes and to improve. It's a great way to build a mindset which is always growing and becoming better.

How can you make assignments for the course

Start by incorporating the assignment into your program, and note your directions in the assignment's page.

Prior to putting your work live, remember to add an image of your choice, classify your content using tags as well as secure access to your assignment by using Rules if required.

Stay with us to learn the process of grading assignments through Our NEW Gradebook add-on next! A detailed tutorial video awaits...

Simpler Assessment Tasks by using the NEW Gradebook

As an educator, you understand that teaching is more than simply delivering a lecture. After your students have taken an interest in the subject as they completed their assignments and took quizzes, it's time to review their efforts.

Previously, checking student progress required navigating the quiz individually to view participants, their responses, and scores.

Every course that is that you offer is now provided with a separate Gradebook. Once students have completed quizzes or assignments, their tasks are instantly reflected within the gradebook.

The Gradebook lets you review and evaluate each of your students' work from a single page. It gathers their assignments and tests in one location which makes it easy to monitor and assess every student's work effectively.

3 Reasons You'll Like The Gradebook Add-On

1. Simplifies Grad Management

The new Gradebook feature focuses on helping you make your life easier with regards to managing your grades.

It centralizes all aspects of your grades in an administration interface, removing the hassle of juggling different spreadsheets or scrolling through pages.

With everything in one spot it is easy to assess how each student is doing in their work and tests. This not only speeds down the process of marking but it also makes it easier and significantly less stressful.

2. Individual Student and Collective Classroom Tracking

Through the Gradebook upgrade, you get access to live, immediate reports, which show individual student progress and overall class performance.

The dual overview can help to quickly spot trends and areas in which students may need additional support, and adjust the teaching methods you employ accordingly.

The Gradebook also features filtering and search options that make it easy to customize your view of quizzes as well as assignments and progression.

Each student's completed quizzes and assignments along with their scores and their cumulative score:

Knowing the patterns will allow you to modify your lessons to meet each student's needs, making sure everyone gets the right level of assistance to succeed.

3. Transparent Feedback

The Gradebook simplifies the process of your feedback and grading. It gives a concise summary of the scores earned for each assignment and quiz, so both students and you can track their progress easily.

This helps to identify areas where students are doing great and those who need some more support.

You can also give extra points to those who have done outstanding efforts, which is a fast and effective way to motivate and reward effort.

The most useful feature for teachers is the personal feedback section. In this section, you can write specific feedback right beside the grade:

This setup lets you leave specific feedback to students that they can correlate with their test scores which will increase your teaching effectiveness and the focus of their learning.

An efficient Gradebook setup helps you stay organized, and improves the way you guide students on their learning process, thereby making the learning course more efficient and personal.

How to Configure and Grading Assignments using Gradebook

Time to retire that old-school gradebook, with its small column and overcrowded text! The Gradebook extension introduces a new easy-to-use method for grade-giving.

It features a clean, easy-to-navigate interface that enhances the way you view student data and also speeds up your grading process, offering an appealing, comprehensive and visually pleasing overview.

In your Gradebook, you'll discover everything organized neatly: every student's completed quizzes and assignments and the marks you've given them as well as their total scores which are clearly visible in one central spot.

Plus, anything not yet graded is marked clearly as "ungraded," making it easy to identify what's worthy of your attention in the near future.

Take a look at our comprehensive video guide to help you create and grading assignments within courses:

Conclusion

Get ready for an unforgettable school year by utilizing Courses the latest and best tools: the Assignmentsand Gradebookadd-ons.

The tools designed by these experts are created to simplify your course management and grading processes, freeing up the time you need to focus on delivering impactful educational.

With the Assignments feature, students are able to effortlessly submit their assignments directly via the website, and using the Gradebookprovides an organized, clear way to track grades and feedback.

Have you not set your classroom up yet? No worries! Click below to get started and be part of the thousands of educators who are creating online learning that is more engaging and exciting.

What's the first assignment you'll add to your course? Share your teaching ideas with us in the comments below!

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