Create an Assignment
Follow the steps below to create a new assignment for your dropbox:
- From the Collect It home page, under "Dropboxes you own" or "Dropboxes in which you collaborate," click the name of the dropbox in which to add an assignment. You will move to the dropbox home page.
- In the global navigation at the top right, click Manage.
- Click Edit to the right of "Assignments."
- Click Add assignment at the top of the assignment panel. You will move to the "Create an Assignment" form to enter information about your assignment.
- Enter a unique assignment title. This title will be displayed to participants.
- Enter instructions for the assignment.
- Attach "Supplemental files" such as an assignment sheet or other files relevant to the assignment. These can be in PDF, Word, or other formats. Click Browse... to upload a file from your computer. A dialog box will appear.
Navigate to the file to upload from your computer. The file name will appear after the upload is complete. File names will be displayed as links on the assignment home page.
Click Add another file to add additional files. - Establish an assignment time line by setting open, due, and close dates.
Open date: You can allow access to this assignment "Now," set the "Open on" date and time, or select "I'll decide later." Click
if you wish to select an open date from a month view. In this view, the left and right blue arrows will allow you to browse through months chronologically. Select a time to open your assignment (to the nearest 15 minutes) or leave the time as the default (midnight).
Once a dropbox is opened, the date cannot be changed.
If you select "I'll decide later" the assignment will be unavailable until you change this status.
Due date (optional): Set a due date and time for the submission of assignments. Files submitted after a due date will be marked as late.
Close date (optional): Set the close date for the assignment. After the close date, files can no longer be submitted but participants can leave comments. - You can click Preview to see how your assignment will appear to participants.
- Click Save to save your assignment, or Cancel to discard your changes.
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