Creating Assignments

Brightspace Assignments

Assignments can be used for both digitally submitted items and for in person assignments that are either turned in or observed in person. For assignments that are digitally submitted you can control if those are a text submission or if they are file submission.  

Create An Assignment

  • To set up an assignment login to your HVCC Brightspace account 
  • Select the course you want to set up an Assignment in
  • From the Nav Bar select Content
    (Note: You can also do this from Gradeable Activities and create the assignment there, but it would then need to also be added to the module the assignment is for to be part of the course content)  
  • Select the Module you want under Table of Contents you want to have the assignment for. If you do not have that Module created yet please set up your course modules first. 
  • Select the Upload/Create button 
  • From the dropdown list select New Assignment  
  • A new page will open where you will be able to set up the Assignment.Uploaded Image (Thumbnail)

Assignment Settings  

Enter a Name for the assignment, by default this will be the same name that will display in the gradebook for the item if you are not linking to an existing gradebook item.  

  • Click in the box for ungraded, this will expand the grading settings 
  • Enter in the points and select In Grade Book, to adjust the default settings. 
    • Edit or link to Existing: Change the category the item is assigned to. Or change the item to be assigned to an already exiting gradebook item 
    • Not in Gradebook: Set this if you do not want the item to be in the gradebook 
    • Reset to Ungraded: If this is not a graded assignment you can select this option.  
  • If you want the assignment to display on the calendar add a Due Date 
  • Add assignment instructions in the HTML editor. You will be able to attach/embed media, add quick links using the editor.  
  • Below the Instructions you can also use the icons there to attach files to the assignment, or add an Audio or Video note.  

Once the left side of the screen options are completed you can then complete the options on the right side of the screen. There you will find the following options: 

  • Availability Dates and Conditions 

  • Use this to add start/end dates along with Release Conditions and Special Access

  • Submission & Completion 

  • Assignment Type

    • Choose Individual (default) or Group

  • Category (this is only for the assignment page and does not affect the gradeboook

  • Submission Type: Use this to specify the type of assignment. If you want students to submit a file, text response, or if this is an assignment done observed in person you can put that information here.  
    Recommendation: If the assignment is turned in person, have this as a text response that the students can put in that they handed in the assignment so that it allows them to mark the item complete.  

  • Files Allowed Per Student

  • Allowable File Extensions set the file type that students are allowed to submit. 

    • No Restrictions

    • PDF Only

    • Annotatable Files
      doc, docx, rtf, odt, pdf, ppt, pps, pptx, ppsx, odp, xls, xlsx, txt, jpg, jpeg, png, tif, tiff, gif

    • Files that can be previewed without conversion
      bmp, htm, html, mht, mhtml

    • Images and Videos
      jpg, jpeg, png, gif, bmp, tif, tiff, swf, mpg, mpeg, rm, mp3, mp4, m4v, m4a, avi, wav, ram, asf, mov, ra

    • Custom File Types
      Set your own file types that are allowed example: PDF and Word files would be ".pdf, .doc, .docx"

    • Compatible with TurnItIn
      htm, html, mht, mhtml, doc, docx, hwp, odt, rtf, pdf, wpd, txt, ps, pptx, ppt, ppsx, pps, xls, xlsx

  • Submissions Set how submissions are saved

  • Notification Email Set if you want to have a notification emailed when there is a submission to the assignment (this is recommended to set if you have a student submitting for an incomplete)
    Screenshot of the Submission and Completion section

  • Evaluation & Feedback 

  • Rubrics: If you have Rubrics set up in your course for Grading you can link them to an assignment here

  • Learning Objectives: Contact DL if you want to learn more about Learning Objectives

  • Annotation Tools Use to turn on or off the annotation tools

  • TurnItIn Integration: Click the Manage Turnintin link to link the assignment to Turnitin and have the submission automatically checked
    Screenshot of the Evaluation and Feedback section 

After reviewing that all of the assignment information, grading, settings and availability are correct, change the assignment from Hidden to Visible then click Save and Close. 

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