MyWritingLab Activities/Assessments Manager User Guide for Instructors in the Academic Skills English Department Camden County College Activities/Assessments Manager The Activities/Assessments Manager is the tool you will use to manage your students’ assignments and activities. All of the activities that appear in their Learning Path will appear in your Activities/Assessments Manager. They are organized around the modules, and the assignment numbers match the numbers on our departmental course outlines. You can see from the course outlines which activities are and which ones are required. recommended To see an overview of all assignments click the all’ tab under and ‘show ‘Activities Assessments.’ Open the drop down menu under to choose if you want to unassign, edit, ‘actions’ or modify a specific activity. While this is a good way to manage specific activities, if you are making large-scale changes you’ll want to click on Dates & Assign Status’ ‘Change To make changes to a whole set of exercises at once, use the Dates & Assign Status’ ‘Change link. For example, if you are setting due dates for groups of topics you can do it quickly and easily in this view. Once you set a due date for an assignment you will have the option to allow students to complete it after the due date. You can also customize assignments for specific students here. In addition to managing the assignments that are preloaded on your course, you can also create new assignments. Click Assignment’ and follow the prompts for the type of assignment ‘Create you want to create. All of the preloaded activities are set under a certain category: H represents homework, T represents tests, and Q represents quizzes. Topic activities Overview, Animation, Recall, and – Apply are categorized as homework, and diagnostic pre and post tests Path Builder and – – Mastery Check are categorized as tests. – At the end of the semester you will use the Activities/Assessment Manager to assign the Mastery Check for your students. When you enter the main page find the Mastery Check, open the drop box, and choose Do not assign this test until you are ready for your students to take it. “assign.” More information about this course tool can be found by clicking on the question mark icon in the upper right-hand corner of the page.
MyWritingLab Activities/Assessments Manager User Guide for Instructors in the Academic Skills English Department Camden County College Activities/Assessments Manager The Activities/Assessments Manager is the tool you will use to manage your students’ assignments and activities. All of the activities that appear in their Learning Path will appear in your Activities/Assessments Manager. They are organized around the modules, and the assignment numbers match the numbers on our departmental course outlines. You can see from the course outlines which activities are recommended and which ones are required. To see an overview of all assignments click the ‘show all’ tab under ‘Activities and Assessments.’ Open the drop down menu under ‘actions’ to choose if you want to unassign, edit, or modify a specific activity. While this is a good way to manage specific activities, if you are making large-scale changes you’ll want to click on ‘Change Dates & Assign Status’ To make changes to a whole set of exercises at once, use the ‘Change Dates & Assign Status’ link. For example, if you are setting due dates for groups of topics you can do it quickly and easily in this view. Once you set a due date for an assignment you will have the option to allow students to complete it after the due date. You can also customize assignments for specific students here. In addition to managing the assignments that are preloaded on your course, you can also create new assignments. Click ‘Create Assignment’ and follow the prompts for the type of assignment you want to create. All of the preloaded activities are set under a certain category: H represents homework, T represents tests, and Q represents quizzes. Topic activities – Overview, Animation, Recall, and Apply – are categorized as homework, and diagnostic pre and post tests – Path Builder and Mastery Check – are categorized as tests. At the end of the semester you will use the Activities/Assessment Manager to assign the Mastery Check for your students. When you enter the main page find the Mastery Check, open the drop box, and choose “assign.” Do not assign this test until you are ready for your students to take it. More information about this course tool can be found by clicking on the question mark icon in the upper right-hand corner of the page.
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