New Courses Released: Assignments + features in the Gradebook

Reader Disclosure

It's back-to-school season! Most places around the world, the first day of school is right across the horizon ( if it hasn't started already) and the soon-to-be pupils have been enjoying the last days of summer bliss.

WHAT'S 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 are, however were back in their classrooms for weeks: arranging fresh seats, hanging up new posters, making updated attendance sheets, and experimenting with new teaching techniques that they're eager to share for their new students.

At e-Learning, we would like our online teachers to feel the same joy and enthusiasm as they set up an engaging and effective virtual learning environment for their students.

This is why we're excited to introduce our new Courses Tools: Assignmentsand Gradebook:

• Tasks The students in your class can now complete and submit many projects directly within the class. From writing essays and creating web pages, to designing digital portfolios and multimedia content, these assignments will help them develop analytical, technical, and communication skills, giving an overview of their understanding.
• Grading Book: Grades are now easier to manage, and allows users to keep track of all their grades in one central location. This makes it easier for monitoring individual progress, making it simpler for you to monitor performance and provide timely feedback. Students can easily access their scores, which helps them keep themselves informed and energized to stay on track with the learning objectives they have set for themselves.

We created these tools for your classroom online to be more engaging, organized, and ready for a great learning experience for you and your pupils.

Let's look closer!

Courses: The Most Popular LMS tool for online educators

This robust tool was crafted to improve your online teaching experience, allowing you to focus on what you are passionate about - teaching and sharing your knowledge.

• Our intuitive interface makes creating courses. It makes it enjoyable and easy to design your course.
• Issue certificates automatically to students upon course completion to give recognition for their work.
• Customize the appearance and feel of your classes to match your branding perfectly by using a variety of possibilities for customizing, which will ensure an entirely custom-built learning experience.
• Experience seamless transactions through a range of payment gateways, making registration for courses and fees effortless.
• Manage who can access your content with customizable access policies, which ensure a secure and exclusive learning environment.
• Learn about the latest guides, tutorials and personalised support for helping you setup and optimize your courses efficiently.

Our dedication to excellence makes Courses out from other LMSs and establishes us as a leading player within the LMS market.

Yes, it takes extra effort to excel in both fields, but ours is an easy decision because our customers are entitled to the top quality!

Our commitment to constantly research new trends in the market as well as adopting best practices and enhance our tools so that we can meet or exceed the expectations of our customers.

This commitment is the reason for the creation of our most recent features: Assignmentsand Gradebook.

They are made to ensure that your students stay in line and to enable you to make your online role as an educator as simple and effective as it is.

Let your creativity shine through in classwork by using NEW Assignments

Through incorporating various types of work, you can do not only create an enjoyable classroom for your students, but you enhance your teaching strategies.

This is how you can broaden your course content with several assignments:

• Writing Reports and Essays: Encourage students to think about their ideas by writing traditional essays or require an intense detective effort for investigation reports.
  
• Digital Projects: Spark creativity by creating web pages for students or craft portfolios in digital format. The ideal choice for students who are awe-inspiring in visuals, such as the design of websites, digital marketing, or graphic design.
  
• Media Submissions: Allow students to demonstrate their abilities through video, graphics, or other multimedia formats. It is a great option for classes which require a bit of action such as public speaking, or tutorials on software.
  
• Comprehensive Projects: The students are required to mix it all together - text, graphics, and multimedia - in order to design comprehensive projects that show their understanding of the content and fulfill the expectations of their assignments.

3 Reasons Why You'll Love adding assignments to your online Classes:

1. Encourages Diverse skills

The Assignments supplement broadens knowledge beyond writing exercises. It's intended to aid students develop a rich mix of the skills they'll apply in real-world situations.

• writing and analytical skills: Drafting essays or research papers aren't only about writing words down. Students delve into complex analytical thinking. They develop powerful arguments, justify the arguments with evidence, and communicate clearly and with precision.
  
• Technical and Design Skills When students take on tasks like creating web pages or creating digital portfolios, it's a case of applying actual technical skills, from coding and graphic designs. They also learn the fundamentals of design and user experience, which are essential to careers in web and digital marketing development.
  
• Media Production Skills working on multimedia or video projects, students learn more than the basics of cutting and editing. Students explore narrative structures, discover the intricacies of audiovisual storytelling and master the specifics of multimedia production.
  
• Communication and Presentation Skills: Whether it's showcasing a digital portfolio, recording videos, or writing reports, writing in various formats sharpens students' ability to express ideas effectively and persuasively - critical skills for any job.

 2. Enhances Interaction

Each unique assignment type is crafted to encourage students to go deeper in their understanding and remain engaged all through the program.

• Explore the different learning styles of students: With a range of tasks, students are given the freedom to explore and find out what is most effective for their needs. If they are good at critical thinking, technical tasks and creative work and storytelling, you can let them experiment with different approaches and identify the strengths they have.
  
• Keep Engaged and Curious: The variety of tasks keeps learning lively and thrilling. With the continuous introduction of innovative formats and new challenges, students remain intellectually curious and emotionally invested in the learning.
  
• Enjoy the Learning Process: Offering a mix of assignment types makes this course a fun learning experience. Students are more likely to enjoy assignments if they know that they'll be faced with something different each time, making learning fun and rewarding.

 3. Customizable Settings

Each course is unique, so we've designed the Assignments add-on that offers plenty of customization options. This flexibility allows you to alter assignments so that they are in line with the goals of your class and to meet the needs of your students.

• Certain Character counts. Create character limits in order so that the students are on target. It ensures that they're precise enough to not be rambling or too concise, which will help maintain the high quality of their work.
  
• Points for completion. Points are awarded for assignments that have been completed for students to be motivated to make the most of their effort. It's an excellent method to motivate them and acknowledge their efforts.
  
• Resubmission Opportunities. Allow students to submit projects after getting feedback. Help to learn from mistakes and make improvements. This is a fantastic way to build a mindset that is focused on getting more efficient.

How to Create Assignments in the course

The first step is to incorporate the assignment into your program, and note your directions in the assignment's page.

Before you make your assignment live, make sure you add a featured image, categorize your content using tags and secure access for assignments by using Rules If necessary.

Keep reading to discover how to grade assignments with our NEW Gradebook add-on next! An in-depth tutorial video is waiting for you...

Simpler Assessment Tasks by using the NEW Gradebook

As teacher, you know the importance of teaching more than delivering lectures. Once your students have been engaged with the material or completed homework assignments, as well as took quizzes, it's time for you to evaluate the effort they put into it.

Previously, checking student progress was as simple as navigating each test separately to see the students, their responses, and scores.

Today, each course on your website is equipped with its own Gradebook. As soon as students complete exams or assignments, the tasks are instantly reflected into the Gradebook.

The Gradebook allows you to review and evaluate every student's work from a single page. It gathers their assignments and quizzes in one place, making it easier to evaluate and track the performance of each student.

Three Reasons to Like The Gradebook Add-On

1. simplifies Grad Management

The new Gradebook feature is all about making your life easier when it comes to handling grades.

It consolidates all the grading requirements in one administrator interface. This eliminates the frustration of having to manage several spreadsheets and sifting through pages.

In one location, you can quickly see how everyone is performing in their work and tests. This not only speeds down the process of marking but it also makes it easier and significantly less stressful.

2. Individual Classroom Tracking for Students and Teachers

By utilizing the Gradebook add-on, you gain access to live, immediate reports which highlight individual student progress and general performance of the class.

This dual overview helps to quickly spot trends and areas in which students may need additional support, and adjust the teaching methods you employ accordingly.

The Gradebook also features filtering and searching options. This makes it easy to customize the way you view quizzes or assignments as well as student performance.

You can see each student's completed quizzes and assignments, their grades, as well as their total score.

Getting a handle on the patterns will allow you to tailor your teaching to fit each student's needs, making sure everyone gets the right amount of help to achieve.

3. Transparent Feedback

The Gradebook simplifies the process of grading and feedback. It offers a detailed overview of your scores for every test and assignment, so that you and your students are able to easily monitor progress.

This clarity helps identify areas where students are doing very well, and areas where they might require additional help.

You can also give extra points to those who have done outstanding efforts, which is a fast and effective method to reward and recognize effort.

What's especially useful for teachers is the personalized feedback section. You can make specific feedback right beside the marks:

The system allows you to leave targeted feedback for students to be able to match with their marks increasing both your instruction effectiveness and the focus of their learning.

A well-organized Gradebook system helps you stay organized, and improves the way you guide the student's education process, thereby making the learning course more efficient and personal.

How to set up and Grade Assignments with the Gradebook

It's time to get rid of that outdated gradebook with its tiny column and overcrowded text! The Gradebook add-on offers a modern easy-to-use method for grade-giving.

It offers a simple and easy-to-use interface. It enhances the way you look at student information but also streamlines your evaluation process. The interface provides an appealing, comprehensive and visually pleasing overview.

Inside your Gradebook, you'll find everything organized neatly: every student's submitted quizzes and assignments, the grades you've assigned as well as their total scores All clearly displayed all in one place.

Plus, anything that hasn't been graded yet is marked clearly with the words "ungraded," making it easy to identify what's worthy of your attention in the near future.

Take a look at our comprehensive video guide for step-by-step guidance on creating assignments and marking them for the course:

Conclusion

Get ready for an unforgettable school year with Courses' latest and greatest features: Assignmentsand Gradebookadd-ons.

These innovative tools are designed to simplify your course management as well as process of grading, allowing the time you need to deliver a powerful learning.

With the Assignments feature, students can effortlessly submit their assignments directly via the website, and it's Gradebookprovides an organized, clear method of tracking grades and feedback.

Have you not set your classroom up yet? No worries! Click below to get started 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're planning to include in your course? Share your teaching thoughts with us via the comments section below!

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