Managing Homework

Managing Homework

Instructors have the option of adding an introduction or overview to all homework assignments for the class on the Homework page. The introduction appears near the top of the Homework page, before the topic and assignment lists.

Directions to Add or Edit an Introduction on the Homework Page:

1. Click Homework in the navigation bar.

   

2. To add an introduction, click the "add intro text" link; to edit an existing introduction, click the edit intro text link. Stellar displays the Edit Intro Text page.

   

3. Enter or update the text in the text box. You can enter plain text or use HTML tags .

   

4. Click the Submit button.

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Instructors must add all homework assignments on the Homework page of the class website. For classes with sections, instructors and students can use a section's Homework page to retrieve and comment on assignments, but instructors cannot add assignments there.

Directions to Add an Assignment:

1. Click Homework in the Navigation Bar

   

2. Click the "add assignment" link under the appropriate topic

   

3. On the Add Assignments page, enter a title for the assignment.
4. Choose the dates indicating when the assignment is due, when it should be posted, and when grades will be released.

   If a posting date is set in the future, the assignment content will not be accessible until the posting date. However, the title of the assignment will still appear on the homework listing.

   

5. Enter the Assignment, creating multiple parts if needed.

   

6. Enter solution content if applicable.

   

7. Check options according to your preferences

   

8. Click "Submit". Once you add an assignment, its title appears on the Homework page.

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Instructors can edit an assignment, changing its title, content, dates, and options on the class Homework page. For classes with sections, instructors and students can use a section's Homework page to retrieve and comment on assignments, but instructors can use only the main Homework page to edit an assignment.

Directions to Edit Assignments:

1. Click Homework in the Navigation Bar

   

2. Click "edit" next to the assignment you want to edit

   

3. Edit the assignment as needed
4. Click "Submit"

Directions to Delete Assignments:

1. Click Homework in the Navigation Bar

   

2. Click "delete" next to the assignment you want to delete

   

3. Confirm that the assignment is the one you want to delete
4. Click "Delete"

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Directions to find and view Homework Submissions:

Instructors use this page to find the homework submissions for a specific assignment or student.

1. Click the Homework link on the Navigation bar.

2. Click the Find Submission link on the Homework page.

3. Select All Students or one student's name from the Student Name dropdown list.
Note: Ungraded and Incomplete are not implemented at this time.
4. Select All Assignments or a specific assignment's title from the Assignment dropdown list.

5. Click the Search button.
Stellar displays the results on the Search Results page.

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When downloading homework submissions, Stellar creates a .zip file of all submissions to date. In the .zip file, each submission is identified by the student's email address followed by a numbered suffix, then the file extension of the file submitted by the student; for example:

jdoe@mit.edu.1.htm
jdoe@mit.edu.2.pdf
ffish@mit.edu.1.doc

In this example, jdoe submitted two files in response to this assignment, and ffish submitted one.
Homework that a student entered into a text box is downloaded as a .htm file.

Directions to Download All Submissions for an Assignment:

1. Click Homework in the Navigation Bar

   

2. Click the title of the assignment

   

3. Click "download all submissions". This opens a standard file download dialog box.

   

4. Choose whether to open or save the .zip file on your computer.

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Instructors, TAs, and graders can post or change grades for online homework submissions. Grades are displayed on the Assignment Details page and Submission Details & Comments/Grade page. A student's grade is visible only to that student and the instructor; no student can see another student's grade.

Note: Grades cannot be posted for a homework assignment unless the option that allows students to submit their homework online is checked. For more information and a workaround, see Options in Add and Edit Assignment Pages topic.

Directions To edit a grade in Stellar:

1. Click Homework on the navigation bar. Or, if you are already on a Homework page, click Homework in the breadcrumbs.

   

2. On the Homework page, click the assignment's title to display the Assignment Details page.

   

3. Do one of the following to display the Edit Grade page:

   

   • Click the link in the Grade column of the Submissions table.
   • Click the Submission Details link under a student's name to display the Submission Details & Comments/Grade page for that student's submission. Then click the edit grade link.
4. Edit the grade.
5. Check the "keep the grader anonymous" box if you do not want your name to appear as the grader.
6. (Optional) Click the edit link to change the grade's release date.
   Clicking this link takes you to the Edit Assignment page where you can change the assignment's grade release date for all class/section members.
7. Click the Submit button.

Note: If considering using the pilot Gradebook, please keep entering all the grades in one place, either Assignment or Gradebook. Because there is not a way to transfer grades between Assignment and Gradebook currently.

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Directions to Post Homework Grades:

1. On the Homework page, click the assignment's title to display the Assignment Details page.

   

2. Do one of the following to display the Edit Grade page:

   

   • Click the link in the Grade column of the Submissions table.
   • Click the Submission Details link under a student's name to display the 'Submission Details & Comments/Grade page' for that student's submission. Then click the edit grade link.
3. Enter the grade.

   

4. Check the box if you do not want your name to appear as the grader.
5. (Optional) Click the edit link to change the grade's release date.
   • Clicking this link takes you to the Edit Assignment page where you can change the assignment's grade release date for all class/section members.
6. Click the Submit button.

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Directions to change Topic Order

Use this procedure to change the order of the class or section topics listed on the Homework page.

1. Click Homework in the navigation bar.
2. Click the "change topic order" link.
   Stellar displays the Change Topic Order page.
3. Click a topic and use the up and dn (down) buttons to change its order in the list.
4. Repeat step 3 for each topic you want to move.
5. Click the Submit button.

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