NEW Courses Released: Assignments + Grading Book Features

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It's back-to-school season! In most parts of the world, the very first day of school is just around the corner ( if it hasn't been started yet) and soon-to-be students have been enjoying the last days of summer bliss.

WHAT'S IN THE 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, have been returned to their classrooms over the last months, setting up fresh arrangement of seating, hanging up new posters, making new attendance forms, as well as experimenting with innovative methods of teaching they can't wait to try with their incoming students.

Here at , we want our teachers online to experience that same excitement and preparedness in establishing an exciting and productive virtual learning environment for their students.

This is why we're excited to present the NEW Courses Tools: Assignmentsand the Gradebook:

• Tasks Your students can finish and submit many assignments directly in the curriculum. From writing essays to designing web pages to creating digital portfolios and multimedia materials, these projects will help them develop analytical, technical and communication skills, giving you a clear view of what they know.
• Gradebook: Grades are now more streamlined, allowing the management of all students' grades from one place. It simplifies the process of monitoring individual progress, making it easier for you to keep track of performance and give immediate feedback. Students can easily access their scores, which helps them stay informed and motivated in achieving the learning objectives they have set for themselves.

We created these tools for your classroom online to be more interactive, better planned, and more ready for the best educational experience for you as well as your pupils.

We'll take a look!

Courses: The Most Popular LMS Tool for Online Educators

The robust software was designed 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 creating courses. It makes it simple and fun to design your course.
• Issue certificates automatically for students at the time of course completion giving recognition and value for their work.
• Customize the appearance and feel of your classes to match your branding perfectly by using a variety of customization options, ensuring an entirely custom-built learning experience.
• Enjoy seamless transactions with various payment options, making registration for courses and fees effortless.
• You can control who has access to your content by defining access restrictions, providing an exclusive and secure learning environment.
• Learn about the latest guides, tutorials and personalised support to help you set up and optimize your courses efficiently.

Our commitment to quality makes Courses out from other LMSs and makes us an industry leader within the LMS market.

It takes a lot of efforts to succeed in both, however ours is obvious that our clients deserve the best!

Our commitment to continuously explore new market trends, adopt best practices, and enhance our tools to meet and exceed your expectations.

It's that commitment to our customers that has resulted in the development of the latest feature: Assignmentsand Gradebook.

These tools are designed to ensure that your students stay in line and to ensure that your role as an online teacher is as straightforward and efficient as is possible.

Let your creativity shine through in classwork by using NEW assignments

By incorporating different types of work, you can not only create a more enjoyable classroom for your students, but you enhance your teaching strategies.

Here's how you can diversify the content of your class by offering a variety of choices for assignments:

• Writing Reports and Essays: Encourage students to get their ideas flowing through writing essays that are traditional or demanding an intense detective effort for investigation reports.
  
• Digital projects: Spark creativity by creating web pages for students or craft digital portfolios. Perfect for classes that require visual creativity, such as the design of websites, digital marketing, or graphic design.
  
• Media Submissions: Let students show off their talents through videos as well as graphics and other formats for multimedia. It is a great option for classes which require a bit of action such as public speaking, or computer tutorials.
  
• Comprehensive Projects: The students are required to blend it all including text, images, as well as media to make complete projects that prove their understanding of the subject and satisfy the assignment requirements.

Three reasons why you'll love Adding Assignments to Your Online Classes:

1. Inspires Diverse Skill

The Assignments addition broadens the scope of learning to go beyond typical writing tasks. The aim is to assist students acquire a wide range of skills they'll actually apply in real-world situations.

• Written and analytical abilities Drafting essays or research papers isn't solely about the writing process. Students engage in complex conceptual thinking. They learn to build strong arguments, back up their arguments with solid proof and express their thoughts with clarity and precision.
  
• Technical and Design Skills If students are involved in projects like making websites or digital portfolios, they're using the most advanced technical abilities, from programming and graphic designs. The tasks help them learn the fundamentals of design and user experience, which are essential to careers in web and digital marketing development.
  
• Media Production Skills: working on video or multimedia projects teaches more than the basics of cutting or editing. Students study narrative structure, learn the subtleties of audiovisual storytelling and get a handle on the details involved in media production.
  
• Communication and Presentation Skills: Whether it's showcasing an online portfolio, making an audio or video clip, or preparing a report, presenting work in various formats sharpens students' ability to present their thoughts clearly and convincingly - critical skills for any job.

 2. Improves Interaction

Every assignment is crafted to encourage students to take a deeper dive into their education and stay actively involved throughout the course.

• Exploring learning styles: With a range of tasks, students are given the ability to experiment and find out what is most effective for them. If they are good at the areas of analytical thinking, technical work, creative projects and telling stories, it is possible to permit them to try different approaches and identify their strengths.
  
• Stay Engaged and Curious: The variety of tasks keeps learning dynamic and exciting. By regularly introducing new challenges and formats, students remain intellectually curious and emotionally invested in the coursework.
  
• Experience the learning process: Offering a mix of assignments makes it a pleasurable experience. Students are more likely enjoy assignments if they are aware that they will encounter something different every time, which makes learning fun and enjoyable.

 3. Customizable Settings

Each course is unique, so we've designed our Assignments add-on with plenty of customization options. The flexibility lets you modify assignments in order to meet your course objectives and meet your students' requirements.

• Specific Character Counts. Limit the character count so that the students are on target. To ensure that their writing is precise without rambling or being too concise, which will help maintain the standard of their writing.
  
• Points for Completion. Award points for completed assignments in order to motivate students to put in their best effort. It's a great way to keep them engaged and to acknowledge their effort.
  
• Resubmission Opportunities. Allow students to submit project after receiving feedback. This will help them learn from their errors and improve. This is an excellent way to build a mindset which is always growing and becoming more efficient.

How do you create assignments in courses

Start by incorporating the assignment into your program, and note your directions on the assignment page:

When you go to make your assignment live, make sure you add a featured image, categorize your curriculum with tags, as well as secure access to your assignment by using Rules if necessary.

Follow us as we teach the steps for grading homework with Our NEW Gradebook add-on next! A detailed tutorial video awaits...

Make Assessment tasks easier with the NEW Gradebook

As an educator, you understand the importance of teaching more than simply delivering a lecture. When your students are completed the course, completed assignments, and took quizzes, it's time to review their performance.

Prior to that, assessing student progress was as simple as navigating each test in a separate way to review the participants who took the test, their answers, as well as scores.

Now, every course that you offer is now equipped with its own Gradebook. Once students have completed exams or assignments, the tasks are instantly reflected into the Gradebook.

The Gradebook lets you review and evaluate every student's assignments from one page. The Gradebook collects all assignments and quizzes in one place and makes it much easier to assess and monitor the performance of each student.

Three Reasons to Love The Gradebook Add-On

1. Simplifies Grad Management

The new Gradebook feature is about simplifying your life with regards to managing the grades.

It consolidates all of aspects of your grades in an admin interface, eliminating the hassle of juggling multiple spreadsheets or sifting through pages.

All of the information is in one place it is easy to assess how each student is doing on their assignments and quizzes. This will not only speed down the process of marking but it also makes it easier and less stressful.

2. Individual Student and Classroom Tracking

With the Gradebook Add-on, you have access to instant, real-time reports that show both the individual progress of students as well as overall performance in the class.

This double overview will help to quickly spot trends, recognize areas where students might require additional assistance or assistance, and modify the teaching methods you employ accordingly.

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

You can see each student's completed quizzes and assignments as well as their marks and their cumulative score:

Understanding these types of patterns lets you tailor your teaching to fit every student's requirements, making sure that every student receives the appropriate level of assistance to excel.

3. Transparent Feedback

The Gradebook simplifies how you handle grading and feedback. It gives a concise overview of your scores for every test and assignment, so that both students and you can easily track progress.

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

Additionally, you can award bonus points for standout efforts, which is a fast and effective method to reward and reward effort.

The most useful feature to teachers is the personal feedback section. You can make particular comments directly next to the marks:

The system allows you to leave specific feedback to students that they can be able to match with their marks which will increase your teaching impact and their learning focus.

A well-organized Gradebook system keeps you organized and enhances your ability to guide and support each student's learning journey, making the educational process more efficient and personalised.

How to set up and Grading Assignments using Gradebook

The time has come to put away that old-fashioned gradebook, with its small texts and cramped columns! The Gradebook add-on offers a modern easy-to-use method for grade-giving.

It has a sleek and easy-to-use interface. It not only improves how you view student data and also speeds up your grade-giving process. It provides an appealing, comprehensive and visually pleasing view of the entire process.

Within your Gradebook, you'll find everything organized neatly: every student's quizzes, assignments and tests and the marks you've given them, and their overall scores All clearly displayed at one spot.

Additionally, any item not yet graded is clearly marked with the words "ungraded," making it easy to spot what needs to be your next focus.

Check out our video tutorial for step-by-step guidance on creating and grading assignments in Courses:

Conclusion

Prepare for a memorable school year by utilizing Courses the latest and best: the assignmentsand Gradebookadd-ons.

These innovative tools are designed to help you streamline 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 effortlessly submit their assignments directly through the platform. Likewise, it's Gradebookprovides an organized, clear system to keep track of grades as well as feedback.

Are you still putting your classroom up yet? No worries! Follow the link below to start and be part of the thousands of educators who are helping to make online education more exciting and exciting.

What's the initial assignment you're going to add to your class? Share your teaching thoughts with us via the comment section below!

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