This resource [PDF] explains how to attach a document, like a PDF or a Word file, to a post in a discussion thread. This is a very useful document to provide to students when you want them to share resources or perhaps post some work for feedback from other students. Please feel free to upload […]

From time to time you may need to provide students with extensions due to illness, technical issues or personal issues. If a student needs an extension on an online assessment task, you can use the Special Access feature to provide different types of extensions to different students. This video from Tam Lynch demonstrates how to […]

Presentations are a common form of assessment for group and individual assessment tasks. Presentations are usually delivered during face to face tutorials. How can we ‘translate’ the task of delivering a presentation into something that is feasible for distance students? Here are three possible solutions. Presentations during online sessions If you have a relatively small […]

Grade Items act as the connection between an assessment item – like an assignment – and the Grades tool. If you want to mark and record grades online, you may need to associate a Grade Item with an assessment item. You can link an existing grade item to an Assignment Submission folder, Quiz or Discussion Topic. Go to […]

Here are three methods that can be used to grade student Discussion contributions online: Marking with a Grade Item via the Discussion Tool, in which a score and general feedback are provided; or Marking with a Rubric via the Discussion Tool, in which an electronic Rubric is used for feedback and/or grade calculation (when a Custom […]