New Courses Released: Assignments + features in the Gradebook

Reader Disclosure

It's back-to-school season! For most areas around the globe, the first day of school is just across the horizon ( if it hasn't begun already) and students who are soon to be on the way are enjoying their last few 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 returning to their classrooms for months, setting up fresh arrangement of seating, hanging new posters, making updated attendance sheets, and practicing innovative teaching methods they can't wait to try for their new students.

At e-Learning, we would like our online educators to feel the same joy and enthusiasm when they create an interactive and efficient virtual learning environment for their students.

This is why we're excited to present new tools for students. NEW Courses Tools: Assignmentsand Grading Book:

• Assignments: Students can finish and submit a variety of tasks directly from the course. From writing essays to designing web pages to creating digital portfolios and multimedia content, these assignments help them build analytical, technical and interpersonal skills. They will give the instructor a complete picture of their understanding.
• Gradebook: Grades are now easier to manage, and allows you to manage all student grades in one central location. It makes it simpler for monitoring individual progress, making it easier for you to keep track of performance and give immediate feedback. Students are also able to easily check their grades, helping them remain informed and inspired in achieving the goals of their education.

We designed these tools to help make your classroom more engaging, organized, and ready for the best educational experience for you as well as your pupils.

Let's take a closer look!

Courses: The No. 1 LMS Software for Online Teachers

This robust tool was crafted to improve your online learning experience and allow students to be focused on what you love most - educating and sharing your knowledge.

• Our intuitive interface makes course creation, making it enjoyable and easy to create your own curriculum.
• Automatically issue certificates for students at the time of course completion to give recognition for their effort.
• Tailor the look and feel of your classes to match your company's image perfectly using extensive possibilities for customizing, which will ensure a completely built-by-you learning experience.
• You can enjoy seamless transactions using a variety of payment options, making the enrollment of courses and payment for fees easy.
• Control who accesses your content with customizable access restrictions, providing a secure and exclusive educational environment.
• Access detailed guides, tutorials and personalised support for helping you setup and improve your course efficiency.

Our dedication to excellence is what sets Courses above the others and makes us an industry leader within the LMS market.

Yes, it takes extra effort to excel in both areas, but for us, it's an easy decision because our customers are entitled to the top quality!

Our commitment to continuously explore new market trends as well as adopting best practices and develop our tools to meet and exceed the expectations of our customers.

And it's this commitment that has resulted in the development of our latest features: Assignmentsand the Gradebook.

They are made to help keep your students on track and enable you to make your online role as an educator easy and efficient as possible.

Let your creativity shine through in classwork by using NEW assignments

Through incorporating various types of work, you can are not just creating a more stimulating learning environment for your students but increase the scope of your teaching methods.

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

• Essays and written reports: Encourage students to get their ideas flowing through writing essays that are traditional or demanding the most serious detective work in investigative reports.
  
• Digital projects: Spark creativity by creating web pages for students or design portfolios using digital technology. The ideal choice for students who are awe-inspiring in visuals for example, the design of websites, digital marketing and graphic design.
  
• Media Submissions: Let students show off their talents through videos, graphics, or other formats for multimedia. This is great for courses where students need to take a few steps such as public speaking, or computer tutorials.
  
• Comprehensive Projects: Challenge students to blend it all - text, graphics, as well as media to make all-encompassing projects that demonstrate their thorough understanding of the material and meet the requirements of their assignment.

Three Reasons You'll Like 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 develop a rich mix of abilities they can apply in real-world situations.

• Writing and Analytical Skills Drafting essays or research papers doesn't just mean putting words on paper. Students are immersed in sophisticated analytical thinking. They are taught to construct solid arguments, support their ideas with solid evidence and speak with clarity and precision.
  
• Technical and Design Skills If students are involved in tasks like creating web pages or creating digital portfolios, it's a case of applying actual technical skills, from coding through graphic designing. The tasks help them understand the key principles of design and user experience, which are essential to careers in web and digital marketing development.
  
• Media Production Skills: Making multimedia or video projects, students learn more than just the fundamentals of cutting and editing. Students investigate narrative structure, learn the intricacies of audiovisual storytelling, and master the details involved in media production.
  
• Communication and Presentation Skills: Whether it's showcasing a digital portfolio, recording an audio or video clip, or preparing reports, writing in various formats sharpens students' capacity to communicate their ideas clearly and persuasively crucial skills that are essential for every profession.

 2. Improves Interaction

Each assignment has been created to motivate students to take a deeper dive into their education and stay actively involved during the entire course.

• Explore Learning Styles: With a range of tasks, students are given the opportunity to investigate and determine what's most suitable for them. If they are good at critical thinking, technical tasks and creative work, or telling stories, it is possible to permit them to try different methods and discover their strengths.
  
• Keep curious and engaged: The variety of tasks keeps learning dynamic and exciting. With the continuous introduction of innovative formats and new challenges, students remain intellectually curious and emotionally invested in the coursework.
  
• Experience the learning process: Offering a mix of assignment types makes it a pleasurable learning experience. Students tend to look forward to assignments when they know they'll encounter something different each time, making the process of learning enjoyable and rewarding.

 3. Configurable Settings

Every course is different We've created the Assignments add-on that offers numerous options to customize it. This flexibility allows you to adjust assignments to align with your course objectives and meet your students' needs.

• Particular Character Numbers. Create character limits in order to ensure that students stay on track. To ensure that their writing is precise without rambling or being too concise, which will help maintain the standard of their writing.
  
• Points to Achievement. Award points for completed assignments to encourage students to make the most of their effort. This is a fantastic way to keep them engaged and recognize their hard work.
  
• Resubmission Opportunities. Allow students to submit projects after getting feedback. Help to learn from mistakes and make improvements. This is a fantastic approach to create a positive mindset which is always growing and becoming more efficient.

How to Create Assignments in the course

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

Before you make your assignment live, remember to add the image that you want to highlight, label your content using tags as well as secure access to your assignment with Rules when needed.

Keep reading to discover how to grade homework with the 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 that teaching involves much more than just delivering lectures. Once your students have been completed the course or completed homework assignments, as well as taken quizzes, it's time for you to evaluate their efforts.

In the past, checking progress of students was as simple as navigating each test individually to view participants as well as their answers and scores.

Today, each course on your site is fitted with a Gradebook. As soon as students complete exams or assignments, the tasks are instantly reflected within the gradebook.

The Gradebook allows you to review and evaluate each of your students' assignments from one page. The gradebook combines their work and tests in one location, making it easier to evaluate and track each student's performance effectively.

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

1. simplifies Grade Management

The new Gradebook feature is about making your life easier in handling the grades.

It consolidates all of your grading needs in your administration interface, removing the frustration of having to manage multiple spreadsheets or sifting through pages.

All of the information is in one place, you can quickly check how your students are doing on their assignments and quizzes. This not only speeds up the grading process but it also makes it easier and much less stressful.

2. Individual Classroom Tracking for Students and Teachers

By utilizing the Gradebook upgrade, you get access to instant, real-time reports which highlight individual students' progress as well as the overall performance in the class.

This double overview will help you to identify trends quickly and areas in which students might require additional assistance, and adjust your methods of teaching accordingly.

The Gradebook is also equipped with filtering and search options, making it easy to customize the way you view quizzes or assignments as well as student progression.

You can see each student's quizzes, assignments and tests as well as their marks and the cumulative score of their scores:

Understanding these patterns allows you to adapt your instruction to the needs of each individual student, and make sure that every student receives the appropriate level of assistance to achieve.

3. Transparent Feedback

The Gradebook simplifies how you handle the grading process and provides feedback. It offers a detailed overview of your scores for every assignment and quiz, so both students and you can easily track progress.

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

It is also possible to award extra points to those who have done outstanding work, providing a quick and effective way to motivate and recognize effort.

The most useful feature for teachers is the personalized feedback section. You can make specific comments right next to the marks:

The system allows you to leave specific feedback to students that they can be able to match with their marks increasing both your instruction impact and their learning focus.

An efficient Gradebook setup ensures you are organized and increases the way you guide the student's education experience, which makes the education process more effective and personalized.

How to Configure and Grading Assignments using Gradebook

Time to retire that old-school gradebook, with its small texts and cramped columns! The Gradebook add-on introduces a fresh easy-to-use method for grade-giving.

It offers a simple, easy-to-navigate interface that does more than just improve the way you view student data and also speeds up your grade-giving process. It provides an attractive and complete summary.

Inside the Gradebook, you'll find everything neatly organized: each student's quizzes, assignments and tests as well as the grades you've given them, and their overall scores which are clearly visible all in one place.

Additionally, any item that hasn't been graded yet is clearly marked in the form of "ungraded," making it simple to determine what requires to be your next focus.

Watch our complete video guide to help you create and grading assignments within courses:

Conclusion

Get ready for an unforgettable school year by utilizing Courses new and greatest features: Courseworkand Gradebookadd-ons.

The tools designed by these experts are created to simplify your course management and grading processes, freeing up more time for you to concentrate on providing a high-quality educational.

Thanks to the Assignments feature, students can quickly submit their work on the platform, while it's Gradebookprovides a simple, well-organized method of tracking grades and feedback.

Haven't set up your classroom? No worries! Click below to get started and join the thousands of educators helping to make online education more exciting and engaging.

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

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