Managing Homework

Managing Homework

Instructors must add all homework assignments on the Homework page of the class website. For classes with sections, instructors and students can use a section's Homework page to retrieve and comment on assignments, but instructors cannot add assignments there.

Directions to Add an Assignment:

1. Click Homework in the Navigation Bar
2. Click the "add assignment" link under the appropriate topic
3. On the Add Assignments page, enter a title for the assignment.
4. Choose the dates indicating when the assignment is due, when it should be posted, and when grades will be released.
5. Enter the Assignment and Solution Content.
6. Check options according to your preferences
7. Click "Submit"

Directions to Edit Assignments:

1. Click "edit" next to the assignment you want to edit
2. Edit the assignment as needed
3. Click "Submit"

Directions to Delete Assignments:

1. Click "delete" next to the assignment you want to delete
2. Confirm that the assignment is the one you want to delete
3. Click "Delete"

When downloading homework submissions, Stellar creates a .zip file of all submissions to date. In the .zip file, each submission is identified by the student's email address followed by a numbered suffix, then the file extension of the file submitted by the student; for example:

jdoe@mit.edu.1.htm
jdoe@mit.edu.2.pdf
ffish@mit.edu.1.doc

In this example, jdoe submitted two files in response to this assignment, and ffish submitted one.
Homework that a student entered into a text box is downloaded as a .htm file.

Directions to Download All Submissions for an Assignment:

1. Click Homework in the Navigation Bar
2. Click the title of the assignment
3. Click "download all submissions"
   This opens a standard file download dialog box.
4. Choose whether to open or save the .zip file on your computer.

Directions to Post Homework Grades:

1. On the Homework page, click the assignment's title to display the Assignment Details page.
2. Do one of the following to display the Edit Grade page:
   • Click the link in the Grade column of the Submissions table.
   • Click the Submission Details link under a student's name to display the 'Submission Details & Comments/Grade page' for that student's submission. Then click the edit grade link.
3. Enter the grade.
4. Check the box if you do not want your name to appear as the grader.
5. (Optional) Click the edit link to change the grade's release date.
   • Clicking this link takes you to the Edit Assignment page where you can change the assignment's grade release date for all class/section members.
6. Click the Submit button.