NEW Courses Released: Assignments + Gradebook Features

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It's back-to-school season! For most areas around the world, the first day of school is right close by ( if it hasn't started already) and the soon-to-be pupils are enjoying their last few days of summer freedom.

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, have been back in their classrooms for weeks: arranging fresh arrangement of seating, hanging up new posters, creating new attendance forms, and practicing innovative teaching methods they can't wait to try with their incoming students.

We want our teachers online to experience the same joy and enthusiasm when they create an engaging and effective online learning space for their students.

That's why we're thrilled to present new tools for students. new Courses tools: Assignmentsand Gradebook:

• Tasks The students in your class can now complete and submit a variety of projects directly within the curriculum. From writing essays and designing web pages to designing digital portfolios and multimedia content, these tasks aid in developing analytical, technical and communication abilities, providing an overview of what they know.
• Grading Book: 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 simpler for you to monitor performance and provide timely feedback. Students can also easily view their marks, allowing them to remain informed and inspired in achieving the goals of their education.

We designed these tools to make your virtual classroom more engaging, organised, and ready to provide an enjoyable learning experience for you and your pupils.

Let's take a closer look!

Courses: The No. 1 LMS tool for online educators

This robust tool was crafted to improve your online learning experience and allow you to focus on what you are passionate about - teaching and sharing your experience.

• Our easy-to-use interface helps simplify creating courses. It makes it easy and enjoyable to build your curriculum.
• Automatically issue certificates for students at the time of course completion giving recognition and value for their effort.
• Customize the appearance and feel of your course to reflect your brand perfectly with extensive choices for customization, making sure you have your students have a fully customized learning experience.
• Enjoy seamless transactions with various payment methods, allowing the enrollment of courses and payment for fees easy.
• You can control who has access to your information by setting up access rules, ensuring the security of your educational environment.
• Access detailed guides, tutorials, and personalized support to help you set up and optimize your courses efficiently.

Our passion for excellence is what is what sets Courses above the others and establishes us as a leader on the LMS market.

Sure, it requires extra efforts to succeed in both areas, but to us, it's obvious that our clients deserve the best!

That commitment drives us to continually research and study new market trends and adopt the best practices and improve our tools in order to exceed and meet the expectations of our customers.

It's that commitment to our customers that is the reason for the creation of our latest features: Assignmentsand Grading Book.

These tools are designed to help keep your students on track and ensure that your role as an online teacher is as simple and effective as possible.

Inspire creativity in your coursework with NEW assignments

When you incorporate different kinds of work, you can are not just creating a more engaging educational environment for your students, but you enhance your teaching strategies.

Here's how you can diversify your curriculum by incorporating a range of choices for assignments:

• Essays and Written Reports: Encourage students to get their ideas flowing through writing essays that are traditional or require an intense detective effort for investigation reports.
  
• Digital Projects: Spark creativity by making students create web pages or craft digital portfolios. The ideal choice for students who thrive on visual flair, such as the design of websites, digital marketing, or graphic design.
  
• Media Submissions: Let students showcase their skills through videos as well as graphics and different multimedia formats. It is a great option for classes where students need to take a few steps, like public speaking or software tutorials.
  
• Complex Projects Students are challenged to mix it all together with graphics, text and media - to create complete projects that prove their thorough understanding of the material and meet the requirements of their assignment.

3 Reasons Why You'll Love Adding Assignments to Your Online Courses:

1. Encourages Diverse Skill

The Assignments addition broadens the scope of learning to go beyond the typical writing assignments. The aim is to assist students develop a rich mix of skills they'll actually use in everyday situations.

• Writing and Analytical Skills: The process of writing essays and research papers doesn't just mean writing words down. Students engage in complex analysis. They develop solid arguments, support their ideas with solid evidence and speak in a clear and precise manner.
  
• technical and design skills When students take on assignments like designing web pages or creating digital portfolios, they're applying the most advanced technical abilities, from programming and graphic designs. They also grasp key design principles as well as user-experience, both of which is essential for jobs in the field of digital marketing as well as web development.
  
• Media Production Skills Making video or multimedia projects teaches much more than cutting, editing and retouching. Students study storytelling structure, understand the nuances of audiovisual storytelling, and get a handle on the details involved in multimedia production.
  
• Communication and presentation skills: Whether it's showcasing the digital work of a portfolio, recording an audio or video clip, or preparing reports, writing in various formats sharpens students' ability to present their ideas clearly and persuasively essential skills to succeed in any profession.

 2. Improves Interaction

Each unique assignment type is crafted to encourage students to take a deeper dive into their education and stay actively involved all through the program.

• Explore Learning Styles: With a range of assignments, students have the opportunity to investigate and determine what's most suitable for them. If they are good at critical thinking, technical tasks as well as creative tasks or even the art of storytelling, permit them to try different approaches and identify their strengths.
  
• Stay Engaged and Curious: The variety of assignments keeps the learning process lively and thrilling. By regularly introducing new challenges and formats Students remain curious and enthralled by the course.
  
• Enjoy the Learning Process: Offering a mix of assignment types makes it a pleasurable experience. Students are more likely anticipate assignments when they know that they'll be faced with something different each time, making the learning process fun and enjoyable.

 3. Configurable Settings

Every course is unique, so we've designed our Assignments add-on with many options for customization. This flexibility allows you to adjust assignments to align with your objectives for the course and satisfy your students' needs.

• Particular Character counts. Set character limits so that the students are on target. It ensures that they're precise enough to not be rambling or too brief, helping maintain the standard of their writing.
  
• Points for Achievement. Give points to students who have completed their assignments to encourage students to make the most of their effort. It's an excellent way to keep them engaged and acknowledge their efforts.
  
• Resubmission Opportunities. Students can submit their project after receiving feedback. This will help to learn from mistakes and make improvements. This is a fantastic approach to create a positive mindset which is always growing and becoming better.

How do you create assignments in Courses

Begin by incorporating the task into your program, and jot down your instructions in the assignment's page.

Prior to putting your work live, be sure to include the image that you want to highlight, label your content using tags and secure access for assignments by using Rules If necessary.

Keep reading to discover how to grade assignments through Our NEW Gradebook add-on next! The video tutorial is detailed...

Simplify Assessment Tasks with the NEW Gradebook

As an educator, you understand that teaching involves much more than delivering lectures. When your students are engaged with the material, completed assignments, and completed quizzes, it's now the time to assess their efforts.

In the past, checking progress of students was as simple as navigating each test separately to see the students, their responses, and scores.

Every course that is on your site is equipped with its own Gradebook. Once students have completed exams or assignments, the work automatically populates into the Gradebook.

The Gradebook lets you examine and mark every student's activities on one single page. It gathers their assignments and tests in one location, making it easier to assess and monitor the performance of each student.

Three Reasons to Like The Gradebook Add-On

1. simplifies Grade Management

Our brand new Gradebook feature is about simplifying your life when it comes to handling the grades.

It consolidates all your grading needs in your admin interface, eliminating the stress of managing multiple spreadsheets or sifting through pages.

All of the information is in one place You can easily assess how each student is doing in their work and tests. This will not only speed down the process of marking but also makes it simpler and much less stressful.

2. Individual Student and Collective Classroom Tracking

With the Gradebook add-on, you gain access to real-time, instant reports which highlight individual students' progress as well as the general performance of the class.

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

The Gradebook also features filtering and search options that make it easy to customize your view of quizzes, assignments, and student progress.

You can see each student's completed quizzes and assignments, their grades, and the cumulative score of their scores:

Getting a handle on these types of patterns lets you tailor your teaching to fit the needs of each individual student, and make sure that every student receives the appropriate kind of support to really succeed.

3. Transparent Feedback

The Gradebook simplifies the process of the grading process and provides feedback. It gives a concise overview of your scores for every exam and project, which means both you and your students can easily track progress.

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

It is also possible to award bonus points for standout works, offering a simple and meaningful way to encourage and reward hard work.

What's especially useful for teachers is the personal feedback section. You can make particular comments directly next to the grades:

The system allows you to leave pointed feedback that students can match up with their scores increasing both your instruction efficiency and students' learning.

An efficient Gradebook setup keeps you organized and enhances the way you guide students on their learning process, thereby making the learning course more efficient and personal.

How to Set Up and Grading Assignments using the Gradebook

The time has come to put away that old-fashioned gradebook that has tiny column and overcrowded text! The Gradebook add-on introduces a fresh, user-friendly approach to the process of grading.

It offers a simple 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 attractive and complete summary.

Within your Gradebook, you'll find all of your grades neatly arranged: each student's completed quizzes and assignments, the grades you've assigned as well as their total scores All clearly displayed at one spot.

Additionally, any item which hasn't yet been graded is marked clearly with the words "ungraded," making it simple to determine what requires your attention in the near future.

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

Conclusion

Gear up for a standout school year with Courses' latest and greatest tools: the Courseworkand Grading Bookadd-ons.

The tools designed by these experts are created to simplify your course management as well as grading processes, freeing up your time to concentrate on providing a high-quality learning.

With the Assignments option, students are able quickly submit their work via the website, and it's Gradebookprovides a clear, organized system to keep track of grades as well as feedback.

Have you not set up your classroom? No worries! Click below to get started and join thousands of educators who are making online learning more dynamic and engaging.

What's the first assignment you're going to add to your class? Share your teaching ideas with us in the comment section below!

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