How do I create an assignment?

Modified on Thu, 08 Jun 2023 at 01:23 PM

Before we begin, let's come back to some important questions: Why does Ella do it this way? Why should I care?

Assignments vary in how they look, how they're completed, how they're graded, and how they relate to each other. Ella takes this all into account, providing teachers with a number of different ways to customize when creating assignments.

As with Ella's other features, assignments are designed to help students learn and help teachers teach. That means that students have instructions, related content, additional files, and all the information about submissions, including late work, and teachers can spend more time in class going over content and less time answering repetitive questions about homework.

What else can Ella assignments do?

Two key Ella features are related activities and templates.

With related activities, teachers can indicate all of the content that students can refer back to while completing assignments. Any activities that teachers have put into Ella can be referred to by the assignment, including lessons, other assignments, and tests.

Templates are another way of minimizing teacher busy work. Any Google Document that is attached to an assignment can become a template with the click of a toggle. Rather than having to create copies, print out, or deal with the formatting nightmares that come with exporting Google Docs, Ella automatically creates a template for students to download and work on. Easy peasy!

Instructions

Refer to this "Creating an Assignment" presentation and instructions below to create your assignments.

Click the "Create an Activity" button underneath your first unit in the "Plan" tab of your course.
Then, enter the name name & duration of your assignment.
Enter content for your assignment. This can include instructions, pictures, links, or any other content.
Attach relevant files from Google Drive and/or your computer.
Add related activities. This likely includes the first lesson you created.
Select how the assignment will be graded, including its grading category and worth.
Determine how students should submit the assignment.
Determine late submission rules
Click the arrow next to the top right "Create and Schedule" button. Select "Create."

Congratulations! You have created an assignment for your course.