An online text assignment allows the Instructor to provide a link to the assignment in any week/block, provide an assignment prompt, and asks students/participants to submit work within the rich text editor found in GauchoSpace (rather than uploading a document). See Gauchospace Assignment Best Practices: Selecting a submission type for more file submission type options.
Here's how to create an online text assignment in GauchoSpace:
Here's how to create an online text assignment in GauchoSpace:
- Log in to GauchoSpace, enter your course site, and Turn editing on.
- Locate the week/topic where you want the assignment to appear. Then, click +Add an activity or resource.
- Select Assignment from the menu.
- Enter an Assignment name. If desired, enter text in the Description field to provide additional prompts/instructions for students.
- Set the assignment dates in the Availability subsection as desired.
- In the Submission types subsection, check Online text. The default submission type allows users to upload files. If you only want students to have the option to submit an online text, uncheck the File submissions box.
- To impose a word limit, enter the number desired and check the Enable box next to the Word limit field, as shown in the image above.
- Click Save and return to course.