How would I set up class participation and study group assignments as distinct from individual assignments?
Since students generally submit private, public, and semi-public assignments in three different locations in their online classrooms, the assignment setup should reflect this: • Private, individual assignments (e.g., papers, exams, problem sets, etc.) are turned in via the students’ Assignments Folders. No one but the creator and instructor(s) can access/view these assignments. Make this type of assignment “Available in students’ Assignments Folders. • Public / participation assignments are submitted as topics, responses, or asides in the Conferences (e.g., topical discussions, article reviews, and sometimes problem sets or other assignments the instructor chooses to have students submit publicly). All class members can access/view (and respond to) all student work posted in the Conferences area. • Do not make this assignment type “Available in students’ Assignments Folders.” • When students see a link for a public assignment in their Assignments Folders, they are often confused as to
