NEW! Assignment submission via Infinite Campus

Today, I spent some time checking out the assignment submission feature that’s now available in our current version of Infinite Campus (v. E1226.2).  For those who want the full details, here’s the official documentation from Infinite Campus on both  Student Assignment Submission  & Student Work Product

From the teacher view…

Step 1) Enable File Submission

When adding an assignment, select ENABLE STUDENT SUBMISSION, then select either EDITOR  (allowing kids to type in their own responses) or FILE ATTACHMENTS (which allows students to submit actual Office, PDF, or picture files)

Step 2) Attach Resources to the Assignment

After entering assignment information (such as Description, References, etc), click on ATTACH RESOURCES.  This allows you to post documents with the assignment, this could include Office files, pdf files, or even pictures.  It could be used to share the grading rubrics, example projects, lists of web sites/resources.

Step 3) How students submit files

Students then visit the Campus portal, click on the assignment –  and there’s now an option for students either type in an answer and/or attach files (depending on the options that the teacher has selected)

Step 4) Files can be submitted until assignment is marked by teacher as TURNED IN

Students have the ability to upload new versions of the documents until the teacher marks them as TURNED IN.  Once marked as TURNED IN, then the files/answers can not be edited.

Step 5)Teachers can view student submitted work

For the teacher to view and grade the student work…   Open the specific assignment and on the right side of the screen (as seen below), you should see a date/time when the files were submitted, you can also click on this link to show you more details.

Step 6) Teachers can grade and provide feedback on the submitted work

On the next screen, the teacher can..  A) open and review the student work  B) provide feedback that will be directly available to the student (typed in ASSIGNMENT FEEDBACK area   and  C) Assign a grade directly into the grade book.

Missing Assignments Notifications Coming Soon!

Problem:  Both parents and teachers have expressed a desire for a better notification system regarding “missing” assignments.  

Solution:  We’ve been working on a scenario where parents/guardians would be sent missing assignment notifications via email on a given day of the week.   Instead of just receiving a notice of missing assignments, parents would prefer to see an actual list of the missing assignments, viewable directly in the email. We are putting final touches on the notification system and hope to begin testing within the next week.

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Q1. How would this new feature work?  What would teachers mark in the gradebook that would trigger this?
Each week, the system (Infinite Campus) will query all grade books (6th grade thru 12th grade) and identify all assignments that have been marked “M” for missing by the teachers.  A district standardized email is  then sent to each guardian that has a student with 1 or more missing assignments.  If your child does not have any missing assignments – then no notification will be sent.   

Q2. What about assignments that are past the due date and have not been graded?
Those assignments will not be included in the notification, only the assignments that were manually marked as missing by the classroom teacher.

Q3. When will the notifications start?  and how often will they be sent?
We’re hoping to finish up the programming on this feature this week and will roll the feature out as soon as it’s ready.  We will start by sending the notifications out once a week – every Thursday evening. 

Q4. Why Thursday night? Why not Friday?
Parents were requesting the information prior to the weekend, so that students have a chance to return to school to get the missing work.  Parents were concerned that sending out the notifications during the weekened was nice – but would be frustrating because they couldn’t get back into the building during the weekend to collect materials that might be needed.

Q5.  Will the message be unique to each school?
No.  Since the message is sent from Infinite Campus, it must be standardized and apply to all students in all schools.   

Q6.  What will the notification look like? Could we see a sample?

To: < Parent email address>
Subject:Missing assignment reminder for <last name>, <first name> — A Message From: WDMCS Messages

Campus Messenger from the West Des Moines Community Schools

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Parent/Guardian of <student first name>  <student last name>:

 Your student <student first name> has the following missing assignment(s).

Course Number	Course Name	Teacher	Assignment Title	Due Date	Teacher Comments
MTH304	Algebra II – Trig B	Bakker	Quiz 8.1-8.3	02/13/2012

Please sign into your school’s parent portal at https://campus.wdm.k12.ia.us/campus/portal/westdesmoines.jsp to find more information.

Thank you for your support!

West Des Moines Community School District Missing Assignment Policy: Assignments marked as “M” are currently missing and have not been turned in to the teacher. Students are allowed to finish and submit all assignments designated as missing. Submitted missing assignments cannot receive a zero, however, they may not receive full credit as this is determined by the classroom teacher.

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Please do not respond via the email client Reply button. Your response to the Campus Notification will not be delivered to the person who originated this message

 

 Q7.  Why does the policy state that “zeros” are not allowed?
If we are going to notify students and parents about missing assignments – and if they go through the work of getting the assignments turned in, then a zero is not appropriate.  However, as to what portion of credit can be earned, that is at the discretion of the classroom teacher.