Managing Homework

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.
5. Enter the Assignment and Solution Content.
6. Check options according to your preferences
7. Click "Submit"

Directions on Editing Assignments:

1. Click "edit" next to the assignment you want to edit
2. Edit the assignment as needed
3. Click "Submit"

Directions on Deleting Assignments:

1. Click "delete" next to the assignment you want to delete
2. Confirm that the assignment is the one you want to delete
3. Click "Delete"
   

Directions to Find Submissions:

1. Click Homework in the Navigation Bar
2. Click Find submission
3. Select "All Students" or one student's name for the Student Name dropdown list. Note: Ungraded and Incomplete submissions will not be shown
4. Select "All Assignments" or a specific assignment's title from the Assignment dropdown list
5. Click "Search"

To view all submissions simply click "View All Submissions" on the Homework page.

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.