Creating Activities

Distribute an Activity to Multiple Courses

To distribute an activity to multiple courses, follow these steps:

1. From the Academics & Offices screen, click on the organization/program that contains the template for the activity you are distributing.
2. Click the Templates tab.
3. Click the more options (three dots) button on the far right of the template listing and choose Create Activity.
4. In the Title text field, type a name for the activity.
5. Click Add Sections.
6. A window will appear with a list of your course sections. You can search for sections by Course Code, Course Name, or Section Name. Check the box next to each section you want to distribute the activity to and click Next.

   NOTE: The following fields will differ depending on the workflow of the template you have created.

   

   

7. The next screen will list the sections you have selected and verify your settings. Role is defaulted to Student and additional options, if available, will display in a drop down menu. Click Add if the correct sections and settings are displayed or Back to make adjustments.

   

8. On the Create Activity form, you will now see a list of the first five sections you selected. You may click the View More Sections link to expand the full list. Clicking Show Fewer Sections will collapse the list back to five.

   

9. Clicking Edit Sections will allow you to add sections.
10. Clicking the "more options" button (three dots) to the right of a section will allow you to delete the section or edit the role that was selected.
11. Change the Visibility and Submission Open Dates and Times if necessary.
12. Select a Submission Due Date and Time (optional).
13. The Submission Withdrawal checkbox will be selected by default. You may uncheck this box if you don't want to allow students to withdraw after submitting.
14. Click the This activity is required checkbox if students are required to complete the activity.
15. Click the Enable grade return to LMS gradebook checkbox if the activity will be integrated with your Learning Management System (LMS) and you would like the Score entered in the activity to be returned to the LMS gradebook. For more information on LMS integration, LMS Integration.
16. Click Publish. You will be presented with two options:
    1. Publish to Faculty as Draft
    2. Publish to the selected section

After making a selection, your activity will be created in the selected sections.

Activity Scheduler

For information on how to schedule an activity to automate the activity deployment process, please see the " Activity Scheduler" article in the help center.

Create an Activity within a Single Section

To create an activity within a single section, follow these steps:

1. From the Academics & Offices screen, click on the organization/program that contains the course.
2. Click the Courses tab.

   

3. In the course list, click the title of the course where you would like to create the activity.
4. From the section list, click on the section where you would like to create the activity.
5. A list of any existing activities for the section will be displayed.
6. Click the Create Activity button.
7. Type a title for the activity in the Title text field.
8. Click the Template dropdown menu to choose a template to be completed by students. After selecting a template, you will see additional options below. These options will differ depending on the workflow of the selected template.

   NOTE: The chosen template can be previewed by clicking the View Template button next to the dropdown menu.

   

9. Click the Student dropdown menu to choose the student role that will be submitting or assessed for the activity.

   NOTE: There must be at least one student member in the course in order to publish an activity.

10. The Students can withdraw submission checkbox will be selected by default. You may uncheck this box if you don't want to allow students to withdraw after submitting.

    NOTE: If a student needs to revise their submission and they are unable to withdraw, the instructor of the course section can open the student's submission and click Request Revision.

11. Click the This activity is required checkbox if members are required to complete the activity.
12. Click the Enable grade return to LMS gradebook checkbox if the activity will be integrated with your Learning Management System (LMS) and you would like the Score entered in the activity to be returned to the LMS gradebook. For more information on LMS integration, LMS Integration.
13. Click the Visible Date field to choose a date and time that the activity will become viewable to students.
14. Click the Open for Submission Date field to choose the earliest date and time that members will be able to submit to the activity.
15. Click the Due Date field to choose a date and time that the activity will be due.
16. Click the Publish button to distribute the activity to students, or click the Save as Draft button if you would like to save the current settings and publish the activity later.