Creating An Assignment

One responsibility of the Course Admin is to provide assignments to students, then review them and provide feedback on their performance in the simulations.

1. Sign in to a course admin account

2. Select the Courses tab from the left sidebar

3. Select the course where you'll add the assignment

Find the course you wish to add an assignment to from the list, then click on the "Manage" button. To help your search you can filter out the courses by which department they belong to using the tabs near the top of the page.

4. In the Course Management page, select the "Manage Assignments" tab

5. Click on the button with a plus sign to add a new assignment

If there is already a list of assignments, this button will be at the bottom.

6. Select a Simulation for the new Assignment

Click on the black "Select Simulation" button in the bottom right corner of the new assignment window that appears

Select the simulation from the list of available simulations

Choose one of the available environments by clicking on the environment thumbnail. There's often only one to choose from.

The next page asks you to choose one of the available AI personas. You can learn more about each persona by clicking on the purple "i" button under the thumbnail. To select one of the available AI Personas, click on their thumbnail.

There may be several AI Personas to choose from if the simulation author has decided to include several different types of people a trainee might encounter, but often there is only one.

Choose the trainee persona using the Trainee Persona dropdown. There's typically only one. After choosing the Trainee persona click on the purple "Submit Selection" button and the window will close, showing that your Assignment has selected the Simulation parameters.

If you wish to edit the details of the selected Simulation, you can click on the "Change Simulation" button in the Assignment Editing window.

7. Fill out the Assignment details

• Provide an assignment name that your students will see

• Select any previous assignments that must be completed first using the "Prerequisite Assignment" dropdown

• Give the amount of attempts your students are allowed to attempt

The toggle labeled "Course-wide" lets all students in the course participate in the assignment when toggled on. When toggled off, a new section appears below you can use to assign to specific users.

Provide a description of the assignment, along with any explicit instructions or expectations you have for your students in the "Assignment Description" box.

Provide a start date for when the assignment will become available, and a Due Date by which your students must complete the assignment

Once you are done filling in the details of your assignment, click on the green "Create Assignment" button

8. Managing Assignments

In the "Manage Assignments" tab of the course you can see a list of all of the assignments associated with your course, including assignments that are past due.

To edit an existing assignment, click on the icon that looks like a pencil on a box to the right of the assignment. To delete the assignment, click on the trash can icon. You can also take a closer look at the assignment and any Learner submissions by clicking on the eyeball icon.