What is Assignment Purpose?

Research shows that students are more motivated to work on assignments - particularly those that may be perceived as boring by students - if the instructor shares why they believe this work is important. Good things to share here are how you have observed this work affect students' learning processes, or alternate reasons why it's valuable to the course - including helping their peers, building a course community, or helping to improve the course experience overall. 

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To add assignment purpose

  1. Click "Assignments" under "Coursework" from the left-hand menu. Expand the "Coursework" folder if needed
  2. Create an assignment or select an existing assignment that you wish to allow resubmission
  3. If you wish to edit an existing one, click "Edit" in the upper right corner
  4. Go to the "Description & Purpose" tab
  5. Scroll down and fill in the text box under "Assignment Purpose"

 

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