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.

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.

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"

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.

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.

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.