1. In your course, go to More Tools then Assignments

2. Click the New Assignment button

3. Enter a Title

4. If the assignment is going to be graded, select the Grade Out Of field

   1. Enter the points you want the assignment to be worth

   2. Select the drop-down to select either In Grade Book to add a new Grade Item, or you can choose Edit or Link to Existing to link to an existing Grade Item in the Grade Book.

5. Optional: Click in the Due Date field to add a due date for the assignment. Note that the Due Date does not affect the assignment's availability, but it will show a Late tag if students submit an assignment after the due date has passed.

6. Add your instructions for the assignment in the Instructions field. Note that you can add links, videos, images, and other files to this field.

7. Make your adjustments to the Availability Dates & Conditions to add a Start Date, End Date, and more.

   1. Start Date: Set a date for the assignment to be available to students. You can also set special parameters for how the assignment will display before the Start Date has been reached. Select the blue text after Before Start to set this special parameter.

   2. End Date: Set a date for the assignment to become unavailable for students. While the Due Date will allow students to submit an assignment late, the End Date will not allow students to submit after the date has been reached. The End Date can also have special parameters similar to the Start Date.

   3. Release Conditions: Set special conditions that students need to meet before the assignment is available to them. While this is similar to the Start Date, you can be more specific about where students need to complete certain activities or tasks before they can access the assignment. See our Release Conditions page for more info.

   4. Special Access: Set special conditions for specific students to have extra submissions, access before or after the Start/End Dates, and more.

8. Make your adjustments to the Submission & Completion section

   1. Assignment Type: Set whether you want the assignment to be done by individual students or be a group project. Note that you need to set Groups in your course to do a group assignment.

   2. Submission Type: Set the parameters of how students will submit the assignment. Note that file and text submissions will allow you to restrict the amount of times a student can submit to an assignment.

      1. File Submission: Students can upload a file and fill out the Comment section to submit. See FAQ below to learn about restricting file types.

      2. Text Submission: Students can only fill out the HTML Editor to submit

      3. On Paper Submission & Observed in Person: This will not allow students to submit, instead, they will automatically complete the assignment upon the Due Date and you will need to manually award points.

9. Make your adjustments to Evaluation and Feedback:

   1. Rubrics: Add a rubric to the assignment that you can use to evaluate student submissions

   2. Annotation Tools: Enabling this setting will allow you to annotate student file submissions. Students can review your feedback and annotations after the assignment evaluation has been published.

   3. Anonymous Marking: Enabling this setting will remove the student's name from the evaluation process

   4. Turnitin Integration: Enabling this setting will allow you to send the student's file and text to Turnitin for plagiarism and AI content detection. See Turnitin directions below.

10. Once you have made all of your adjustments, select Save and Close

1. In your course, go to More Tools and then Assignments

2. Find the assignment in the list that you wish to edit and select the down arrow next to the assignment's name

   1. Alternatively, you may select the assignment to be taken to the "Folder Submissions" page

3. Click "Edit Folder"

From there, you can edit the assignment details and settings as needed. Please note that these changes will only affect submissions after the changes are saved.

1. In the Assignments Tool, select Edit Categories

2. Click Add Category at the top

3. Enter a name for the category and click Create

4. Add other categories as needed then click Done

Note: You can edit the name and the order of the categories from the Edit Categories page.

1. In the Assignments Tool, select the checkbox next to the assignment(s) that you wish to add to a category

   1. Or select the checkbox at the top to select all

2. Click Bulk Edit at the top of the list

3. Under the assignment's name, select the drop-down menu

4. Select the category you want for the assignment to be under

5. Repeat steps 3 & 4 for all assignments

6. Click Save when done

Edit a category:

1. In your course, go to More Tools and then Assignments

2. In the list, find the category you wish to edit

3. Click the Edit button (pencil icon) to edit the name of that category

4. Adjust the name for the category as needed and click "Save" when done

From there, the category will show the new name you entered. Please note that changing the category name does not affect the assignments within the category and does not automatically reorder the category in the assignment list.

Delete a category:

1. In your course, go to More Tools and then Assignments

2. In the list, find the category you wish to delete

3. Click the Delete button (trash icon) to delete the category

4. Click "Delete" again to confirm you wish to delete the category

From there, the category will be deleted and all assignments will be moved to the default 'No Category' section in the assignment list.

1. In your course, go to More Tools and then Assignments

2. Select the "Edit Categories" button

3. Click on the checkbox next to the categories you wish to delete

4. Select the Delete button (trash icon) to delete the selected categories

5. Click "Close" when done

From there, the categories will be deleted from your Assignments tool. Please note that any assignments within the deleted category will not be deleted. Instead, they will be moved to a 'No Category' section in the assignment list.

The Assignment Bulk Edit tool will allow you to adjust multiple assignment's Name, Category, Due Date, Start Date, and End Date.

1. In the Assignments Tool, select the checkbox next to the assignment(s) that you wish to edit

   1. You can select the checkbox at the very top of the list to quickly select all assignments

2. Click Bulk Edit at the top of the page

3. Adjust each section as needed:

   1. Name: Adjust the name of the assignment. Note that this will not adjust the Grade Item associated with the assignment.

   2. Category: Set a category for the assignment to fall under. Note that this is just in the Assignments Tool and will not place the assignment's associated Grade Item in a Grade Category.

   3. Due/Start/End Date: Quickly enable/disable and/or adjust the Due Date, Start Date, and/or End Date for the assignment.

4. Click Save when done

You can also use the More Actions menu to bulk delete, reorder the assignment list, and/or Hide/Display assignments to students.

1. In your course, go to More Tools and then Assignments

2. Select the "More Actions" dropdown menu

3. Click "Reorder"

4. Under the "Sort Order" column, select the dropdown menu to change the order position for the assignment or category (1 will be at the top)

5. Click "Save" when done

From there, your assignments and categories will be sorted based on the selected order. Please note that assignments within a category can only be sorted within that category.

1. In your course, go to More Tools and then Assignments

2. Select the checkboxes next to each assignment you wish to hide or make visible

3. Click the "More Actions" dropdown menu

   1. Select "Hide from Users" to hide the selected assignment(s) from your learners

   2. Select "Make Visible to Users" to allow your learners to see and access the selected assignment(s)

Note: If an assignment is hidden from learners it will have a Hidden icon next to the assignment's name (eyeball with a slash through it).

1. In your course, go to More Tools and then Assignments

2. Select the checkboxes next to the assignments you wish to delete

   1. Note: It is recommended to remove any grade associations for the assignments you wish to delete

3. Once all are selected, click the "More Actions" dropdown menu

4. Select "Delete" and then "Delete" again

From there, the assignments will be deleted and will not longer be accessible for you or your learners. Please note that deleting an assignment may not remove its Grade Item association and will keep the Grade Item in your grade book.

1. In your course, go to More Tools and then Assignments

2. Select the "More Actions" dropdown menu

3. Click "Event Log"

4. In the Event Log, click the "Restore" button next to the assignment you wish to restore

From there, your assignment will be restored and available in your Assingments Tool.

1. In your course, select the ‘More Tools’ menu and then select ‘Assignments’.

2. In the Assignments tool, click the dropdown arrow next to the assignment name and then select ‘Edit Folder’.

3. Click on the ‘Evaluation & Feedback’ tab on the right side of the screen.

4. Click the button to ‘Manage Turnitin’.

5. A window will appear with the Turnitin Integration settings. Start by enabling the setting to ‘Enable Originality Check for this folder’. You may also choose to allow your learners to see Turnitin similarity scores as well.

6. Additionally, there are quite a few settings you can personalize to your liking by clicking on the ‘More Options in Turnitin’ button.

7. Click the ‘More Options in Turnitin’ button to customize additional settings.

8. Review and adjust any settings. Some settings cannot be changed in this window. If corrections are needed, make changes in the assignment submission folder properties.

9. When you are finished making changes, click Submit.

10. Click the ‘Save and Close’. The assignment will now automatically upload student papers into Turnitin.

Helpful Tips

• To verify you have Turnitin enabled for an assignment, you will see the icon below when looking at your Assignments in the Assignments tool.

• Are students asking how they can view their Turnitin Similarity? To do that, they should do the following:

  • First, go to the 'Assignments' tool.

  • A list of all assignments in the class will show up. There is a column called 'Submissions'. Click the number (link) that shows in the Submissions column.

  • You will then see a page with a 'Turnitin Similarity' column. Click on the percentage to view your Turnitin feedback.

• Looking for other Turnitin Tutorials and Support? Visit https://www.turnitin.com/support

A Turnitin.com account has been created automatically on your behalf using the email address designated in your Brightspace profile.

To use Quick Submit, you will need to do the following:

1. head over to Turnitin.com 

2. Select Log In in the top right

3. Next to "Forgotten Your Password?", select "Click Here"

4. Enter your NICC email and click "Next"

5. You should receive a "Reset your Turnitin password" email from noreply@turnitin.com, follow the link in the email to go to the password reset screen

6. Enter your new password and click "Submit"

7. Select your "Challenge Question" and enter your answer. It is important to remember this answer if you need to recover your account

Once logged into Turnitin.com, you may access Activate Quick Submit and Submit via Quick Submit.

1. After you are logged in to Turnitin, select your name at the top of the page to go to your account settings

2. On the right under "Account Settings", find "Activate Quick Submit"

3. Select "Yes" from the dropdown menu

4. Click the "Submit" button when you are done to save your changes

You should now see a "Quick Submit" tab at the top left of your Turnitin page.

1. After you are logged in to your Turnitin account, select the "Quick Submit" tab

2. Click the "Submit" button at the top left of the table

3. Select the checkboxes next to the options to customize your search targets

4. Choose if you want to submit the paper to the repository or not, and click the "Submit" button

5. Enter the student's information in the text boxes and choose one of the options to upload a file to Turnitin

   1. Choose from this computer: Upload a file from your computer

   2. Choose from Dropbox: Sign in to your Dropbox account and choose a file to submit

   3. Choose from Google Drive: Sign in to your Google Drive and choose a file to submit

6. Click the "Upload" button

7. Wait for Turnitin to scan the file and click the "Confirm" button to confirm this is the file you wish to submit

8. Click the "Go to assignment inbox" button to view the file, or click "Submit another file" to upload another file to Quick Submit

From there, in your Quick Submit Assignment Inbox, you should be able to see the file(s) you submitted with their Similarity Report.

After students have submitted to an assignment, you will see how many have submitted in the Completed Column

1. In the Assignments Tool, select the assignment's name to go to the Folder Submissions page

2. Select Evaluate to the right of a student's name to evaluate all submissions

3. Optional: Leave feedback for the student. If you allow multiple submissions, you can click on individual submissions to leave feedback on individual submissions. Otherwise, you can leave overall feedback for the student.

4. Grade the assignment under the Score section. If you added a rubric, you can use that to score the student's submission.

5. Click Publish when done

Please note that when you Publish your evaluation, the grade will be passed to the associated Grade Item and the student will be notified that the assignment was evaluated. You can also save a draft of your evaluation if you wish to come back to it later by clicking the Save Draft button.

1. In your course, select the ‘More Tools’ menu and then select ‘Assignments’.

2. In the Assignments tool, click the dropdown arrow next to the assignment name and then select ‘View Submissions’. Alternatively, you can click on the Assignment name link.

3. Click on a student submission file name.

4. When you are finished marking the document, you can choose to ‘Publish’ after giving the student a grade value in the right pane. Or, you may click ‘Save Draft’ and return to the paper at a later time to pick up where you left off.

To restrict the file type that learner can submit to your assignment, you will need to do the following:

1. In the assignment, select the Submissions & Completion section on the left

2. Under Submission Type, make sure it is set to File Submissions

3. Go to Allowable File Extensions and click on the drop-down menu

4. Select one of the following based on what you want to restrict the file type to:

   1. No Restrictions: Any file type

   2. Annotatable Files: .doc, .docx, .rtf, .odt, .ppt, .pps, .pptx, .ppsx, .odp, .xls, .xlsx, .txt, .jpg, .jpeg, .png, .tif, .tiff, .gif, and .pdf files

   3. PDF Only: .pdf files only

   4. Files that can be previewed without any conversion: .htm, .html, .mht, .mhtml, and .bmp files 

   5. Images and Videos: .jpg, .jpeg, .png, .mp4, .avi, .f4v, .flv, .m4v, .mov, .webm, and .wmv files

   6. Custom File Types: You enter the file extension(s) that you only want students to submit (ex: for PDF and DOCX only, you would type .pdf, .docx)

   7. Compatible with Turnitin: .doc, .docx, .txt, .rtf, .pdf, .odt, .hwp, and .ppt files

5. Click Save and Close when done

1. Go to the assignment in question and click the down arrow next to the title

2. Select "Edit Folder"

3. Under "Submissions & Completion", go to the "Submissions" section

4. Select the option that works best for you:

   1. All Submissions Are Kept: Learners can submit as many times as they want to the assignment, and each submission will appear on the evaluation page

   2. Only One Submission Allowed: Learners can only submit once, then Brightspace will prevent further text or file submissions to the assignment

   3. Only the Most Recent Submission is Kept: Only the last submission from the learner will be available for you to evaluate 

5. Click "Save and Close" when done

1. Go to the Assignments Tool in your course

2. Select the assignment the learner accidentally submitted to or that you wish to reset

3. Find the learner's submission in the list

4. Click on the Trash Can icon (delete) next to the submission

5. Select Yes to delete/reset the submission

1. In the Assignments Tool, select the down arrow next to the assignment

2. Select Edit Folder

3. Under Grade Out Of, select the drop down next to the Points field

4. Select one of the following:

   1. Edit or Link To Existing: Link to an existing Grade Item, or create a new Grade Item

   2. Not In Grade Book: Removes the association between the assignment and the original Grade Item. This also allows point value to remain in the Points field if you wish to add it to the Grade Book later.

   3. Reset to Ungraded: Removes the association between the assignment and the original Grade Item. This also removes the point value from the Points field.

5. Click Save and Close when done

Pages files are from the word processing software that Apple uses called Pages. Unfortunately, the Brightspace Annotation Tool cannot accept this file type. Due to this, it is recommended that learners export Pages file as a Word Document by doing the following:

1. Click on File 

2. Select Export To

3. Click on the Word format

4. Select any additional options

5. Click Save to export the file

From there, learners can submit a Word file version of their Pages document.

If for some reason the learner is unable to do this, you or the learner can convert the file by using an online converter such as CloudConvert, Google Drive, or using Word on your own device to convert the file.

1. In your course, go to More Tools and the Assignments

2. Find and select the assignment you wish to download the file from in the list

3. Find and select the submission attempt for the learner

4. In the Annotation Tool (or submission window if annotation are turned off) click the down arrow next to the download button (cloud with a down arrow)

5. Select "Download Original"

From there, you may open the file on your device to see it with its original formatting, formulas, and more.