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Assessment

Great New Change to the OAKS Dropbox/Assignment tool!

Mendi Benigni

Students can now post a link or text directly into the Assignment/Dropbox submission area!

In the past, if your assignment required students to submit a link to something they created, they would have to put the link in a Word document and upload it.  Now there is a setting to allow them to add the link right on the Assignment Submission page, skipping the extra step of the Word doc!

screenshot highlighting the Submission OptionsNote: this only works on newly created Assignments

  1. In your OAKS class, go to Grades > Assignments/Dropbox
  2. Create a new assignment by clicking on New Folder
  3. On the Properties tab, scroll to the bottom and click on Show Submission Options
  4. Under Submission Requirements, click on Text submission, no file required
  5. Finish setting up your assignment then click Save and Close

 

 

Instead of a File Upload button, the students will see a text box they can type into and submit:

Screenshot of the student view showing the text box

Can I have my cake and eat it too?

The question I get most often is, can I have both a File Upload button and a Text submission in one assignment? Unfortunately, you cannot.  You need to choose one submission format or the other.  If you want to know more about this option, feel free to contact your Instructional Technologist!

DEAR TLT
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Dear TLT: Can I use OAKS to give feedback to students even if they don’t upload into the Dropbox?

Mendi Benigni

Dear TLT:

I had my students turn in paper copies of a short assignment so that I can easily grade them.  Can I still use OAKS to give them the feedback on their assignments?

Thanks,
Dr. Vince Benigni

Communication Department

 

Dear Vince,

You sure can.  In our latest version of OAKS professors can now leave feedback even if a student doesn’t upload an assignment.

Just create the Dropbox in OAKS then follow the instructions below to submit feedback.
Animated gif of the OAKS Assignment Submission

 

Text-based instructions:

  1. Start by clicking on the assignment name as you normally would.
  2. Next to the Search For text box make sure that it says Hide Search Options.  If it doesn’t, click Show Search Options.  This should open up a greater search area.
  3. From the drop-down list choose Show Everyone then click the magnifying glass next to the search for text box.  This will now open up a list of all students in your class even though they have not submitted an assignment.
  4. Next to their name you should see Evaluate. Click on Evaluate.
  5. Now you can grade this assignment as you normally would. If you have given the assignment a numeric grade you can type that in.  You can also leave text-based feedback in the Feedback box. And lastly you can choose add a file to upload to add a comment file or the scanned paper with the feedback on it.
  6. When finished click Publish.
  7. The student will now be able to see their feedback on this assignment.