Create an Assignment in D2L Brightspace

Assignments

You can create assignment folders to collect paper-based, text, or media submissions from your students. Students can submit assigned material (such as research papers, outlines, images, media files, etc.) to the assignment folder.  You can review student submissions to provide scores and feedback to your students. Check out this setting up and evaluating assignments video in MediaSpace to learn more. 

Create an assignment folder

1. Navigate to the Assignments tool.
2. Click the New Assignment button.
3. Enter a Name for the assignment folder.
4. In the Score out of field:
   • Leave blank (i.e. “Ungraded”) if the assignment won’t be scored.
   • Enter the number of points if the assignment will be scored. By default, a new grade item will automatically be created in your gradebook.  You can select Choose from Grades from the drop-down menu to place the new grade item in a grade category, or link the assignment to an existing grade item.
     
5. You may assign a Due Date.
   
6. From the Submission & Completion section, select whether students must complete the assignment by themselves or as a group. Then decide what submission types are allowed, such as a file submission.
   
7. From the Availability Dates & Conditions sections, you may assign a Start Date and End Date to the assignment. Learn more about setting date restrictions on Assignments.
   
   • Optional: Under Availability Dates & Conditions, click Manage Special Access to set up special access for one or more students. Click Add Users to Special Access. Adjust the settings for the assignment, select the students to allow special access to the assignment, and click Save. Click Save and Close on special access screen.
8. From the Evaluation & Feedback section, you may enable any additional option, such as click Add Rubric to add or create a rubric for the assignment. 
9. Click Save and Close to finish.

Difference between an assignment start date, due date, and an end date

• Start Date – A student cannot enter the assignment before the start date.
• End Date – A student can enter the assignment any time before the end date. However, the student is prevented from submitting to the assignment after the end date. 
• Due Date – A student can enter the assignment any time before the quiz due date. The submission is flagged as late (to both the instructor and the student) when the student has not submitted it before the due date. 

Restore an assignment

Accidentally delete an assignment? You can restore it from the Assignments tool!

1. Navigate to the Assignments tool.
2. Select More Actions > Event Log.
3. Click Restore for the assignment you want to restore.
4. The assignment and any student submissions are restored in the Assignments tool.