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 to Edit Assignments:

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

Directions to Delete 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 Homework 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.

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.

Both instructors and students can add comments providing feedback on a homework submission.

• As an instructor, you can flag your comments as private, which means the comments can be read only by the student and the class/section instructor and staff.
• Students commenting on their own submissions can also flag a comment as private, which makes it visible only to that student and the class/section instructor and staff.
• Students' comments on other students' submissions are always public. (Students can comment on each other's homework only if you have selected the assignment option to allow them access to each other's homework.)
• The name of the person posting the comment is always displayed. (There are no anonymous comments.)
• You can also upload or attach a file to a comment.

  You can comment on a student's assignment without that student handing in a submission.

Directions to Add a Comment:

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. Click the Submission Details link under the student's name to go to the [Submission Details & Comments/Grade page] for that student.

   No student can see another student's grade.
   #. Click the add comment link to display the Add Comment page.
4. Enter the comment as plain text or using HTML tags .
5. Check the Make This Comment Private box if you want only the student and class/section faculty and staff to see it.
   • If you check the box, a note appears on the Submission Details & Comments/Grade page to let the student know who can see the comment.
6. (Optional) Attach a document to the comment by either typing the file's location or using the Browse button.
   You must also enter text in the text box when you are attaching a file.
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7. (Recommended) Proofread the comment (comments can be deleted but not edited).
8. Click the Submit button.

Comments are displayed in the lower portion of the [Submission Details & Comments/Grade page], and you may need to scroll down to see them. If a comment includes an uploaded file, the Download Attached Document link is displayed below the comment.

Directions to Make Comments Public:

By default, all your comments to a student are private. If you want the comments visible to the entire class, uncheck the "Make this comment private" box on the 'Add Comment' page.