NEW Courses Released Course Assignments and Grading Book Features

Reader Disclosure

It's back-to-school season! In most parts of the world, the first day of school is right close by ( if it hasn't been started yet) and the soon-to-be pupils 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 however are returned to their classrooms over the last weeks: arranging fresh seating arrangements, hanging up new posters, creating updated attendance sheets, and experimenting with new teaching techniques they can't wait to try with the new students they will be teaching.

At e-Learning, we would like our teachers online to experience that same excitement and preparedness in establishing an engaging and effective online learning space for their pupils.

This is why we're excited to announce the NEW Courses Tools: Assignmentsand Grading Book:

• Assignments: Students can be able to complete and submit many projects directly within the class. From writing essays to designing websites to designing digital portfolios and multimedia content, these assignments help them build the analytical, technical, and communication skills, giving you a clear view of what they know.
• gradebook The process of grading has become more streamlined, allowing users to keep track of all their grades in one central location. It simplifies the process of keeping track of individual progress and makes it easier for you to monitor performance and provide timely feedback. Students can also easily view their marks, allowing them to remain informed and inspired to keep on track with the learning objectives they have set for themselves.

We designed these tools for your classroom online to be more engaging, organized, and ready for the best learning experience for both you and your students.

Let's look closer!

Courses: The No. 1 LMS Software for Online Teachers

This powerful tool was created to elevate your online teaching experience, and allows you to focus on what you enjoy most: teaching and sharing your knowledge.

• Our easy-to-use interface helps simplify the creation of courses, making it easy and enjoyable to build your curriculum.
• Issue certificates automatically to students upon course completion giving recognition and value for their work.
• Tailor the look and feel of your classes to match your company's image perfectly using extensive choices for customization, making sure you have a completely built-by-you learning experience.
• Enjoy seamless transactions with various payment options, making course enrollment and fee collection effortless.
• Manage who can access your content with customizable access restrictions, providing the security of your learning experience.
• Get detailed tutorials, guides and personalised support to assist you in setting up and optimize your courses efficiently.

Our passion for excellence is what is what sets Courses apart from the rest and makes us an industry leader on the LMS market.

Sure, it requires extra effort to excel in both, however for us, it's an easy decision because our customers need the very best!

This is why we continuously explore new market trends and adopt the best practices and develop our tools to exceed and meet your expectations.

And it's this commitment that is the reason for the creation of our most recent features: Assignmentsand Gradebook.

They are made to help keep your students on track and ensure that your role as an online teacher is as straightforward and efficient as possible.

Inspire creativity in your coursework with NEW assignments

Through incorporating various types of assignments, you not only create a more engaging educational environment for your students but also broaden your teaching techniques.

Learn how to diversify the content of your class by offering a variety of choices for assignments:

• Writing Reports and Essays: Encourage students to get their ideas flowing by writing traditional essays or demanding an intense detective effort for investigation reports.
  
• Digital projects: Spark creativity by having students build web pages or design digital portfolios. Ideal for subjects that require visual creativity, such as the design of websites, digital marketing, or graphic design.
  
• Media Submissions Let students showcase their skills through videos, graphics, or other formats for multimedia. It's great for courses that need a little action such as public speaking, or software tutorials.
  
• Comprehensive Projects: Students are challenged to blend it all - text, graphics, and multimedia - in order to design comprehensive projects that show their understanding of the material and meet the expectations of their assignments.

Three reasons why you'll love Adding Assignments to Your Online Classes:

1. Promotes a Diverse Set of skills

The Assignments supplement broadens knowledge beyond typical writing tasks. The aim is to assist students acquire a wide range of abilities they can employ in daily life.

• Written and analytical abilities: The process of writing essays and research papers isn't solely about the writing process. Students engage in complex conceptual thinking. They learn to build solid arguments, support the arguments with evidence, and communicate in a clear and precise manner.
  
• Technical and Design Skills: When students get into projects like making websites or digital portfolios, they're applying real technical skills; From coding to graphic design. These tasks also help them understand the key principles of design as well as user-experience, both of which are essential to careers in web and digital marketing development.
  
• Media Production Skills Working on videos or other multimedia projects can teach much more than cutting and editing. Students investigate storytelling structure, understand the intricacies of audiovisual storytelling and master the details involved in the production of media.
  
• Communication and presentation skills: Whether it's showcasing an online portfolio, making videos, or writing a report, presenting work in various formats sharpens students' capacity to communicate their thoughts clearly and convincingly crucial skills that are essential for every job.

 2. Improves Interaction

Each assignment has been created to motivate students to delve deeper into their learning experience and to remain actively engaged during the entire course.

• Explore learning styles: With a range of activities, students can have the freedom to explore and discover what works best for their needs. To determine whether they are proficient in analytical thinking, technical tasks and creative work, or telling stories, it is possible to let them experiment with various approaches to identify their strengths.
  
• Keep curious and engaged: The variety of assignments keeps the learning process dynamic and exciting. With the continuous introduction of different formats and challenges the students are always interested and emotionally invested in the coursework.
  
• Experience the learning process: Offering a mix of assignment types makes this course a fun experience. Students tend to anticipate assignments when they know that they'll be faced with something different each time, making the learning process fun and rewarding.

 3. Flexible Settings that can be customized

Every course is unique We've created the Assignments add-on to offer many options for customization. This flexibility allows you to alter assignments so that they are in line with your course objectives and meet your students' requirements.

• Certain Character Counts. Limit the character count so that the students are on target. This ensures they're detailed enough without being rambling, or overly brief, helping maintain the quality of their submissions.
  
• Points for Completion. Award points for completed assignments to encourage students to make the most of their effort. It's a great method to motivate them and recognize their hard work.
  
• Resubmission Opportunities. Allow students to submit project after receiving feedback. This will help students learn from their mistakes and to improve. This is an excellent approach to create a positive mindset which is always growing and becoming more efficient.

How to Create Assignments in Courses

The first step is to incorporate the assignment into your program, and write down the instructions on the assignment page:

Prior to putting your work live, remember to add an image of your choice, classify your curriculum with tags, as well as secure access to your assignment by using Rules If needed.

Keep reading to discover how to grade assignments through our NEW Gradebook add-on next! The video tutorial is detailed...

Simpler Assessment Tasks by using the NEW Gradebook

As teacher, you know the importance of teaching more than just delivering lectures. Once your students have been taken an interest in the subject, completed assignments, and taken quizzes, it's the time to assess the effort they put into it.

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

Today, each course on your site is fitted with a Gradebook. When students finish exams or assignments, the activities are automatically logged within the gradebook.

The Gradebook allows you to view and grade each of your students' assignments from one page. The Gradebook collects all assignments as well as quizzes on one page, making it easier to evaluate and track every student's work effectively.

3 Reasons Why You'll Love the Gradebook Add-On

1. Simple Grad Management

Our new Gradebook feature is all about simplifying your life when it comes to handling the grades.

It centralizes all aspects of your grades in an administrator interface. This eliminates the frustration of having to manage different spreadsheets or scrolling through pages.

In one location You can easily check how your students are doing on their assignments and quizzes. This does not just speed the process of grading but it also makes it easier and less stressful.

2. Individual Student and Collective Classroom Tracking

Through the Gradebook upgrade, you get access to live, immediate reports, which show the individual progress of students as well as overall performance in the class.

The dual overview can help to quickly spot trends, recognize areas where students might require additional assistance, and adjust your teaching strategies accordingly.

The Gradebook is also equipped with filtering and searching options. This makes it possible to modify your experience of exams, assignments, and student performance.

It is possible to view each student's submitted quizzes and assignments, their grades, and the cumulative score of their scores:

Knowing the patterns will allow you to modify your lessons to meet each student's needs, making sure that every student receives the appropriate level of assistance to succeed.

3. Transparent Feedback

The Gradebook simplifies how you handle grading and feedback. It offers a detailed breakdown of scores for each exam and project, which means both you and your students are able to easily monitor progress.

This transparency helps in identifying areas in which students are performing very well, and areas where they might require additional help.

Additionally, you can award extra points to those who have done outstanding work, providing a quick and effective method to reward and reward effort.

One of the most valuable features for teachers is the personal feedback section. In this section, you can write particular comments directly next to the grade:

The system allows you to leave pointed feedback that students can match up with their scores which will increase your teaching impact and their learning focus.

An efficient Gradebook setup keeps you organized and enhances the way you guide students on their learning experience, which makes the education process more effective and personalized.

How to set up and Grade Assignments with the Gradebook

Time to retire that old-school gradebook that has tiny texts and cramped columns! The Gradebook add-on introduces a fresh and user-friendly method of grading.

It features a clean, easy-to-navigate interface that not only improves how you view student data however, it also simplifies the grade-giving process. It provides an attractive and complete view of the entire process.

Inside your Gradebook, you'll discover all of your grades neatly arranged: each student's completed quizzes and assignments and the marks you've given them as well as their total scores All clearly displayed all in one place.

Plus, anything not yet graded is clearly labeled as "ungraded," making it simple to determine what requires your attention next.

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

Conclusion

Get ready for an unforgettable school year by utilizing Courses' latest and greatest features: assignmentsand Grading Bookadd-ons.

These innovative tools are designed to simplify your course management and grading processes, freeing up your time to concentrate on providing a high-quality learning.

Through the Assignments feature, students can easily submit their work directly through the platform. Likewise, using the Gradebookprovides a clear, organized method of tracking grades and feedback.

Have you not set your classroom up yet? No worries! Follow the link below to start and be part of the thousands of teachers who are helping to make online education more exciting and exciting.

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

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