Enhanced Assignments allow educators to continue to enrich and scaffold the learning experience for their students by providing structured guidance and additional sources of inspiration for each assignment.
Educators can now add rich text to their assignment descriptions, such as bullet points, numbering, Bold and italic font, and hyperlinks. Educators can also add media from various sources, streamlining the video creation process for their students.
Please see more information about Enhanced Assignments in this video:
Create an Enhanced Assignment:
Navigate to the Classes page in the Multimedia Creation space and select the class to which the assignment should be assigned.
Click Create Assignment to start creating a new assignment.
Enter the assignment's name and description. Instructors can also use the rich text editor below to adjust formatting, add hyperlinks, or add lists to the description.
Select the project type for the assignment. There are four options for the assignment:
(Optional) Upload a cover photo for the assignment by clicking the Import Cover Photo button.
(Optional) Instructors can create starting blocks for their learners. When launching the assignment, learners will be able to use the media and placeholders in the starting blocks to create their works. Click + Add media and starting blocks and select one of the following options:
- Start from Scratch: Open the editor and create new starting blocks for this assignment.
- Add Your Projects: Select projects from the instructor’s account and add them to the assignment as starting blocks.
Instructors who select to start from scratch will be brought to the starting blocks setup page. They can add the media to the assignment by selecting it from the project bin on the left. They can also add the media to the timeline. Learners will see these media and tracks when launching the assignment, and they can edit, add, or remove media from the starting blocks. After creating the starting blocks, click Close at the top right to save and close this page.
Click Next to proceed to the settings page for the assignment.
Select the participation option for the assignment, which can be assigned to individual users or teams.
Enter the due date for the assignment. The assignment will not be accessible after the due date.
After adjusting the settings, click Assign to publish the assignment to the class immediately or Save Draft to save it as a draft. Please note that once the assignment is assigned to the class, it can no longer be edited.
To publish the draft assignment to the class, locate it from the class, click the triple dots button, and select Assign to publish it for learners.
The drafts and published assignments can be added to the assignment ideas to use in other classes or to share with other users in the organization. To add the assignment or the draft to the assignment ideas library, click the Add to assignment ideas library button. For more information about the assignment ideas, please see the articles below.
Create assignments with the assignment ideas library.
Create your own assignment ideas.
Happy assignment creating from the WeVideo team!