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Assignments Page

The table below explains the fields on the Assignments page. For more information about this page, see Set Up Assignments.

Screen Item	Description
Marking column	Select the marking column in which you want to view and add assignments.
Class	Select the class in which you want to view and add assignments.
Category	To filter the list of assignments visible in the grid, select a category.
Attached documents	If necessary, you can attach documents to your assignments. In the Assignments grid, select an assignment, and click the attach documents icon
New	To add a new assignment row in the grid, click New.
Delete	To delete an assignment, select a row in the grid, and click Delete.
Print	To view a printer-friendly version of your assignments, click Print. To print this page, from your web browser menu, click File, Print.
Excel	To export your assignment information to Microsoft Excel, click the Excel icon.
Student date due	Enter the date the student must complete the assignment.
Student time due	Enter the time the assignment is due by.
Enable dropbox	Select whether to use a dropbox for students to turn in their assignments online. If you choose to enable the dropbox, you must enter a time in Student time due column and a date in the Show assignment column. To save you time when you enable a dropbox, set up your assignment dropbox defaults. For information about how to set up defaults, see Configure class assignment dropbox defaults.
Category	Select a category for the assignment.
Name	If you selected a category, the default name of the category appears in the Name column. Enter or append a unique name for each assignment, for example, “TEST-1”, “HW-1”, and “Essay-1”.
Maximum points	If you selected a category, the default maximum points of the category appear in the Maximum points column. You can edit the maximum points for each assignment. We recommend you enter “100” as the maximum points if you use percentages in marking column weight calculations.
Factor	Enter a number to determine the number of times the assignment grade counts in marking column weight calculation
Description	Enter a description of the assignment. For example, enter “Write an essay explaining the differences in the main characters of Jane Eyre and Wuthering Heights. Provide specific examples supporting each difference.” as an essay assignment description. You can enter hyperlinks in descriptions, such as website links. To enter a hyperlink, you must begin with the applicable prefix. The prefixes allowed in Faculty Access for the Web include http://, https://, ftp://, and mailto:. For example, enter “Write a short essay on the great white shark. References are available at http://www.scaquarium.org.”
Show assignment	Enter the date the assignment details appear in NetClassroom.
Dropbox close date	If you choose to enable the dropbox for students to turn in assignments online, enter a date for the dropbox to close. Leave the date blank if you want to close the dropbox manually. The date must be on or after the student due date and time.
Dropbox close time	Enter a time for the dropbox to close.
Show grade	Enter the date the assignment grade appears in NetClassroom.
Grades date due	Enter the deadline for you to enter grades for the assignment. On your Home page, in your My Classes list, you can see which of your classes contain overdue grades.
New shared assignment	To add a new assignment, shared by at least two classes, click New shared assignment. For more information about this screen, see Add a shared class assignment.
Up \| Down	To set the order of the assignments in the grid, select an assignment row in the grid, and click Up and Down. The order of the assignments in the grid is the order the assignments appear in the grade entry grid when you sort assignments by “None.”