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Course Management streamlines course administration, simplifying class management for educators and administrators. This update enhances how professors integrate Poll Everywhere with their LMS.
Assignments can be scored based on correctness, participation, and attendance. These scores sync with your LMS using points-based and percentage-based models.
Note: This feature will be available by Fall 2024. For more details or to schedule a demo, contact your Customer Success Manager or our Sales team here.
Accessing Courses
Helpful tip: Ensure your LMS is set up and integrated with Poll Everywhere to see the Course Management icon. A new navigation icon will appear on the left for users with LTI courses integrated. If a course isn't connected, the icon will appear once the integration is complete.
Step 1: Log into your account at www.polleverywhere.com and click the Profile icon at the bottom left of the page.
Step 2: Click on the Features tab, locate "Try Course Management" and enable this option.
Step 3: Click on the Course Management icon. You can find two ways to access Course Management below:
a) Click on the course icon on the navigation bar shown on the left.
b) Click on the Participants icon on the navigation bar shown on the left, then select Courses.
Creating Assignments
Step 1: Empty State Screen: Select a course, an empty state screen appears if no assignments have been created, and an arrow will prompt you to click the Add New Assignment card.
Step 2: Add New Assignment: Clicking the icon opens a flyout window called an "Action Sheet" for activating participation and correctness. Enter the assignment name and configure the participation and/or the correctness requirements.
Note: You can't save until you enter the "Assignment Name." However, you can save the assignment name without activating participation or correctness. Both participation and correctness options can be activated.
Step 3: Save Assignment: After selecting settings, click Save to add the new assignment. The new assignment will appear within a new column. Initially, "sync grades" is inactive until activities are added.
Step 4: Adding Activities
a) If activities have been created, click Add Activity to open the updated flyout, and all activities will now be displayed in a single window.
- You can select all activities in the visible list by toggling on the activity flyout window box and selecting all. This will only apply to the activities shown on the screen, not the entire folders.
b) If no activities are created or you need to " Create a New Activities" the new activity button is more visible with a plus icon, making it easier to locate for creating new activities.
- You can also Click the + (plus icon) at the bottom of the assignment fly-out to create a new activity.
- Follow the activity creation flow
c) Refresh Activity List: If you create new activities, "hit the refresh button". to update the activity list instantly. Newly added activities will appear after refreshing.
d) Return to the courses tab.
- The activities are displayed in the assignment. Click on an activity to view its summary. You can add or remove activities and update changes to the assignment.
Managing Multiple Assignments and Activities
a) Manage multiple assignments and activities in a populated state.
Helpful tip: When navigating through nested folders, breadcrumbs will appear at the top of the screen, allowing you to easily backtrack to previous folder levels. If there are multiple subfolders, the breadcrumbs will display them for quick navigation. If subfolders exist, a drop-down appears to help navigate through multiple layers of activities.
Example: You create subfolders (e.g., Course PM 2, within Course PM 3), and as you navigate through them, breadcrumbs will change to reflect your current position. The master Activities folder will always be visible for easy navigation.
- Edit an activity by following the same process flow used during the activity creation.
- The interface includes a folder breakdown showing all activities and assignments.
Grade Synchronization
a) Grade sync activates once activities are added to an assignment. Click Sync Grades to start the synchronization process, similar to roster sync.
b) The system will sync grades and display a success message once completed, recording the sync date and time.
Helpful tip: "Sync Grades" becomes active when activities are in the assignment. Visit the LMS integration section to learn more about Sync Grade.
Viewing Grades
a) Click on "View Grades" for a specific group (e.g., Product and Design 101).
b) The new page displays participation and/or correctness settings configured earlier. Both tabs show the respective settings. A side tab, similar to a config panel, allows users to update settings.
- View grades for participation and configure Settings:
- View grades for correctness and configure Settings:
- If participation or Correctness is turned off, a notification with an image and text will inform the user that they need to activate participation and or correctness for the assignment.
If you have any questions or run into issues, please contact the Technical Support team.