Offline assignment
Overview
An Offline assessment allows you to track any type of assessment that is taken offline, such as a paper-based test. There is no online submission for this kind of assessment, and the instructor enters scores or grades for each learner based on the results of the offline work.
Because there is no online submission for this kind of assessment, there is no option for setting the maximum number of submissions or enabling late submissions.
Please note the business platform defaults to the term assessment, and the academia platform defaults to the term assignment. The terms "assessment" and "assignment" are interchangeable in this article.
Adding an offline assessment to a course or class
To add a offline assessment:
- Access a course or class.
- Click Assessments from the course/class navigation menu.
- Click + Add.
- Click Offline assessment.
- Enter instructions and assessment details in the Add Offline assessment pop-up.
By default, Offline assignments provide learners with a self-completion button. When creating an Offline assessment, you can choose to disable this feature. To disable self-completion:
- Click the Options tab in the Add Offline assessment pop-up.
- Select the Disable self-completion checkbox.
Learner submissions
To access an Offline assessment, learners:
- Access the course with the offline assessment.
- Click Assessments from the course or class navigation menu.
- Click the Offline assessment.
- Review the instructions.
If the self-completion option is enabled, learners can report a submission by:
- Clicking Completed when they have completed the offline assessment.
- This will remove the offline assessment from the learner's due list.
If self-completion is disabled, the "Your submission" section does not display and the learner cannot mark the assessment as completed.
Scoring and grading offline assessments
To score or grade a learner's Offline assessment submission:
- Click Assessments from the course navigation menu.
- Click the Offline assessment.
- Click the To score tab.
- Academia platform users will click the To grade tab.
- Click the
icon in the Show/Score column.
- Enter a score in the Score widget in the right panel.
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