Creating Homework

5. Creating Homework Assignments

Homework assignments are automatically graded by the system and their results are reported in the grade sheet. After a homework assignment is created, its status can be in one of three modes: new, active or passive. The table below summaries the condition, availability to students, and what can be modified in each status.

Status	Condition	Availability to Students	Modification
New	The release date is later than the current date. Example: Current date: 3/21/2004 Release date: 4/15/2004	Not available to students until the release date.	Can modify homework problems, release date, due date, due date type, and description of the homework.
Active	The release date is on or earlier than the current date. Example: Current date: 3/21/2004 Release date: 3/15/2004	Available to students.	Can modify due date, due date type, and description of the homework.
Passive	Instructor set the homework assignment to passive mode. Students can not access any passive assignment.	Not available to students.	Can delete homework and all related student homework records.

To create an active homework assignment, set the current date as the release date of the assignment. This immediately activates a published assignment.

Step 1. Click on the button from the parent main menu to open the homework screen.

Step 2. Click on the New button at the upper right corner of the page to open the new homework screen.

The homework parameters are described below:

Release date: specifies the date to make the homework available to students.
Due date: specifies the due date of the homework.
Due date type: specifies the due date type as Fix or Flexible.
- Fix: after the due date, students can continue to do the homework, but it will not be graded.
- Flexible: after the due date, students can continue doing the homework.
Description: gives a name or description to the homework.

Step 3. Set the release date. Click the button of the Release Date to open a calendar. It should display the current date highlighted. Click the arrows to display different months.

Step 4. Click the date (month and day) on the calendar to define the release date of the homework.

Step 5. Set the due date. Click the button of the Due Date to open a calendar. Click the date on the calendar to set the due date of the homework.

Step 6. Select the Due Date type: either Fix or Flexible.

Step 7. Add the title of the homework. Click in the Description parameter to open the Homework Description dialog box. Click Submit button to return to the homework page. For example, type in this homework description (ex. "HW1: Measurement" and click on Submit.).

Step 8. Add homework problems. Click on the Add new project button to open the project list menu as below

Step 9. Select the grade and category for selection projects. Click button to select a grade level. Click the second button to select the project category.

Step 10. Click on the project name to select a project for homework. Always try a project to determine the number of questions per screen. This will also prepare you for student questions.

Step 11. Define the parameters. Two control parameters of each selected project are: Number of Problems and Passing Score. Then click on Add to add this project to the homework assignment, or click on Back if you decide not to include this project.

Step 12. Add more projects to the homework assignment. Repeat step 10 to add projects one by one to the homework assignment.

Close the project list window. The homework project list now appears.

Step 13. Publish the homework. Click on the Publish button to release the homework to students. Click OK to the prompt "Are you sure you want to publish the homework?" The homework is added to the homework listed.

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