In MyFIRE, students can submit all assignments in one area called the Assignment Submission Folder. These folders contain multiple submission types including file submissions, text submissions, on paper submissions, and observed in person. Instructors can house all assignments for viewing, grading, and leaving feedback for each submission within an assignment folder. This tutorial demonstrates how to create an assignment in a course. 

 

1.        Navigate to the specified course in MyFIRE.

2.        Once within the course, select Instructor Tools at the top of the page in the navigation bar.


3.        Then select Course Admin.


4.        Locate and select Assignments.


5.        Once the page refreshes, select New Assignment at the top of the page.


6.        When the page refreshes again, title the assignment folder in the name field.

Note: We recommend naming the assignment the same name that is listed in the course syllabus to alleviate possible confusion for the students.


7.        Next, enter the maximum points in the Score Out Of field for the assignment.


a.        Once the Score Out Of field is selected, a drop-down menu will appear to connect the assignment to the grade book, to unattach the assignment from the grade book, or to change the corresponding grade item to ungraded by selecting the desired option below:


                                                                                             i.         Option 1: Choose from Grades

1.        A pop-up window will appear. To connect the assignment to a grade item, select the desired option below:

a.        Create and link to a new grade item


                                                                                                                                                                                                         i.         Under the Grade Category drop-down menu, select the desired category that the new grade item will be nested under. Note: the newly created grade item will not appear until this assignment has been saved and closed.


b.        Link to an existing grade item


                                                                                                                                                                                                         i.         The pop-up window will refresh to show an additional drop-down menu. Select the grade item that should be attached to the newly created assignment.


2.        Select OK


                                                                                          ii.         Option 2: Remove from Grades - This option will change the grade item to a Not in Grades status, and the grade item will be removed.


                                                                                       iii.         Option 3: Reset to Ungraded - This option will remove the grade item and score from the assignment completely. The assignment will be set as ungraded.


8.        Then enter the desired due date in the Due Date field. Once selected, a calendar will appear to assist with choosing the desired date.


a.        If the date that was chosen is no longer desired, select Clear at the bottom of the pop-up window.


9.        Once a date is selected, choose the time of the day that the assignment will be due.


10.  Enter the directions for the assignment in the instructions field.


Note: Instructors have the option of adding files, links, videos, and format the directions as desired by selecting the additional format options.


11.  Then select the Availability Dates and Conditions drop-down menu on the right-hand side of the page. Once selected, the menu will expand.


a.        If desired, add a start date to the assignment. Start dates will not allow students to submit to the assignment until the start date and time has passed.

                                                                                             i.         If adding a start date, select visible with access restricted to determine how the assignment will appear to students before the start date.


                                                                                          ii.         Select the desired visibility behavior:


1.        Visible with access restricted - This option will allow students to view that the assignment exists; however, students will not be able to see the assignment instructions or be able to submit to the assignment until the start date has passed.


2.        Visible with submission restricted - This option will allow students to view the assignment and assignment instructions. However, the students will not be able to submit to the assignment until the start date has passed.


3.        Hidden - This option will hide the assignment from students’ view before the start date.

                                                                                       iii.         If desired, add the start date to the course calendar by selecting the add availability dates to calendar checkbox.


                                                                                       iv.         Select Done at the bottom of the pop-up window.


b.        If desired, add an end date to the assignment. End dates will not allow students to submit to the assignment after the end date and time has passed.

                                                                                             i.         If adding an end date, select visible with access restricted to determine how the assignment will appear to students after the start date.


                                                                                          ii.         Select the desired visibility behavior:


1.        Visible with access restricted - This option will allow students to view that the assignment exists; however, students will not be able to see the assignment instructions or be able to submit to the assignment after the end date has passed.


2.        Visible with submission restricted - This option will allow students to view the assignment and assignment instructions. However, the students will not be able to submit to the assignment after the end date has passed.


3.        Hidden - This option will hide the assignment from students’ view after the end date.

                                                                                       iii.         If desired, add the end date to the course calendar by selecting the add availability dates to calendar checkbox.


                                                                                       iv.         Select Done at the bottom of the pop-up window.


c.        If desired, add a Release Condition to the submission folder by selecting Add Release Condition. A release condition is a prerequisite that the student has to complete prior to viewing and gaining access to the assignment that is being created. If no prerequisite is required, you can skip this step. Professors can create a new condition or add an existing condition.


d.        If needed, grant an individual or a group of students extra time or give an extra attempt on the assignment by selecting Manage Special Access.


12.  Select the Submission & Completion drop-down menu. Once selected, the menu will expand.


a.        Select the type of submission folder the assignment should be. Please note, once the assignment type has been selected and saved, the type cannot be edited. Choose either individual submission or group submission.


                                                                                             i.         If choosing group submission, select the group category to connect to the assignment.


Note: Groups must be set up in advance (under the User Tools tab in the navigation bar) for the group assignment option to become available to select.

b.        If desiring to visually organize the assignments within the assignment tool, select the category drop-down menu.


                                                                                             i.         Choose the desired created category.


                                                                                          ii.         If needing to add a new category, select new category.


                                                                                       iii.         A pop-up window will appear. Type the category title in the name field.


                                                                                       iv.         Then select Create.


c.        Select how the students should submit to the assignment by selecting the submission type drop-down menu and choose either file submission, text submission, on-paper submission, or observed in-person submission. The default type is file submission. Additional selections will need to be made for each option.

Note: Once students submit to the assignment, the submission type cannot be changed.


                                                                                             i.         File submission - This option requires a file to be attached or uploaded when submitting to the assignment.

1.        Choose how many files are allowed to be submitted to the assignment folder:


a.        Unlimited - This option allows for more than one file submission to be submitted.

b.        One File - This option allows for only one file submission.

2.        Next, choose how the submission(s) will be kept for grading.


a.        All submissions are kept - This option will allow all of the students' submissions to be kept for grading

b.        Only one submission allowed - This option only allows one submission to be kept for grading

c.        Only the most recent submission is kept - This option will allow only the most recent submission (if more than one) to be kept for grading

                                                                                          ii.         Text submission - This option will require students to type (or copy & paste) their response in a text field. There is no file to attach or upload.


1.        Choose how the submission(s) will be kept for grading. Refer to step 11.b.2 above for the listed options.


                                                                                       iii.         On paper submission - This option allows students to submit their paper in class and provides a place-holder for the assignment in the course and in the gradebook for the assessment.


1.        If this option is selected, please choose how the submission will be marked as complete by selecting the marked as complete drop-down menu.


a.        Manual by Learners - This option will require students to mark the assignment complete in the course.


b.        Automatically on Evaluation - This option will automatically mark the assignment as complete once a grade has been entered for the assignment.


c.        Automatically on Due Date - This option will automatically mark the assignment as complete once the due date has passed. A due date will need to be enabled as a restriction. This is the default option.


                                                                                       iv.         Observed in person - This option allows students to be observed in person when completing the assignment and provides a place-holder for the assignment in the course and in the gradebook for the assessment.


1.        If this option is selected, please choose how the submission will be marked as complete by selecting the marked as complete drop-down menu. Refer to the 11.b.iii.1 step above for the listed options.

d.        Select the number of files to allow to be submitted to the assignment by selecting either Unlimited or One File underneath Files Allowed Per Submission.


e.       If you would like to restrict HEIC files, such as Pages files from Mac computers, from being submitted to the assignment, select the Allowable File Extensions drop-down menu and select Annotatable Files. If this option is selected, students will receive an error message when trying to submit an HEIC file.


f.           Under Submissions, select either All submissions are kept, Only one submission allowed, or Only the most recent submission is kept.


g.         For File & Text assignment options, if desiring to receive emails when students have submitted to the assignment, enter the desired emails in the notification email field.


Note: ID&T does not recommend this option. If the content of the course is copied forward to another offering, then the user that has been added will receive emails for that course’s submissions too.

13.  Select the Evaluation & Feedback drop-down menu. Once selected, the menu will expand.


a.        If desired, attach a rubric to the assignment by selecting Add rubric. Professors will have the option of creating a new rubric or to add an existing rubric.


b.        If interested in attaching Learning Objectives to assignments, please reach out to idtsupport@seu.edu for further assistance.


c.        The Annotation tool is a mark-up tool that is available directly in MyFIRE. This option is automatically enabled. If desired, select the annotation tools checkbox to disable the tool.


d.        If interested in enabling Turnitin on the assignment, please refer to the Enable Turnitin on an Assignment tutorial.


14.  Next, choose if the assignment should be visible to the students by selecting the visibility toggle at the bottom of the page to change the visibility status.


a.        Open Eye icon - means that students can view the assignment.


b.        Eye icon with a Strikethrough - means that students cannot view the assignment.


15.  Select Save & Close at the bottom of the screen.