Creating an Assignment in Outcomes Assessment Projects

Assessment Coordinators and users with a Faculty role can create and manage Assignments in Outcomes Assessment Projects.

To create an assignment or view the list of assignments, click the Manage Evidence button on the left-hand side of the project navigation menu.

The Assignments List page under Outcomes Assessment Project 1 showing a message stating that no assignments are available and suggests creating a new one. The left navigation panel lists About This Project, Project Settings, Manage Evidence, and View Results, with Manage Evidence currently selected.

In the case where no Assignments have been created, click the Create Assignment button to create a new Assignment.

The Assignments List page under Outcomes Assessment Project 1 showing a message stating that no assignments are available and suggesting creating a new one. A Create Assignment button in the upper‑right corner.

For an Assignment, the Coordinator and Faculty will provide a title, context for the Assignment (i.e. prompt to student or other contextual information) and attachments. Also required are the learning outcomes that student work should be measured for and the courses in which students’ work will be submitted.

Assignments are organized by Learning Outcome to easily identify the distribution of Assignments across the Project goals. If an Assignment is mapped to measure multiple outcomes, that same Assignment will display twice on the list - once for each outcome.

The Create New Assignment page showing a Title field at the top. An Instructions section below with two tabs: Instructions for Students and Scoring Instructions. A rich‑text editor for entering instructions, along with an area for dragging or browsing to upload files. A Visibility option for making the assignment visible to evaluators appears at the bottom of the section. Save and Close and Publish buttons in the upper‑right corner. The left navigation panel lists About This Project, Project Settings, Manage Evidence, and View Results.

The Learning Outcomes & Rubrics section showing one learning outcome, Critical Thinking, with its evaluation method listed as a rubric named Critical Thinking Matwick University, including two criteria: Context and Evidence. A View Rubric link and a remove option on the right. An Add Learning Outcomes button below the table. The Courses section showing one selected course, MUS_100_MON1: MusicTheory_MON1, with a remove option on the right and an Add More Courses button below.

Once this has been completed, you'll have the option to Save and Close, or Publish the assignment.

When Assignments are not yet ready for student work to be submitted, they will appear in the list under a Draft status.

Depending on the Assignment status, the Assessment Coordinator and Faculty can manage the Assignments.

Below, you will find the status that an Assignment can be listed as:

  • Draft - Assignment can be edited or deleted from the menu on the right-hand side of the Assignment
  • Published with no student work submitted for scoring - Assignment can edited or deleted from the menu on the right-hand side of the Assignment
  • Published with student work submitted for scoring - Assignment can be edited (title, context only) but cannot be deleted.

A Publish Assignment dialog box stating that once an assignment published, student work can be submitted and evaluation can start. A confirmation question appears, asking if the user is ready to publish the assignment. Two buttons at the bottom: Not Yet and Yes, Publish Now.

If you choose to Publish the assignment, you can begin uploading the Student Roster and the assignment will appear on the list of assignments within the project.

The Assignments List page under Outcomes Assessment Project 1 showing one category labeled Critical Thinking, containing one assignment titled OAP Assignment 1. The assignment row is applied in one course and currently has zero submissions. An Actions menu on the right, and a Create Assignment button in the upper‑right corner.

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