1. There were no absolute or percentage tolerances pre-set for any question answers. In this case, the percentage tolerance you enter will be applied as-is to every question answer in the assignment.

Example: You set a +/- 50% tolerance. Therefore, a question with a correct answer of 100 would accept values from 50 to 150 as correct.

2. There was a percentage tolerance value pre-set for some, or all, question answers. For these answers, any tolerance you enter will override the pre-set percentage tolerance.

Example: You set a percentage tolerance of +/- 35% for the assignment, but there is already a pre-set percentage tolerance of +/- 25% for a question with a correct answer of 100. Only your tolerance of +/-35% will apply to that question. So, answers ranging from 65 to 135 are correct.

3. There was an absolute tolerance value pre-set for some, or all, question answers. For these answers, any percentage tolerance you enter will be added as a percentage OF the pre-set absolute tolerance TO that pre-set absolute tolerance value.

Example: Let’s say a question has a correct answer of 100, but there is a pre-set absolute tolerance of +/- 6. Then you apply a +/- 50% tolerance on top of that pre-set absolute tolerance. The correct answer values for this question will range from 91 to 109.

This is because 50% of 6 (the pre-set absolute tolerance) is 3. This value (3), when added to the pre-set absolute tolerance (6) becomes 9. And 100 +/- 9 is 91 to 109.

Here’s the formula with our values plugged in:
(100 +/- (6 + (50% * 6)))= 91 to 109

• Your instructor should give you a student registration form that will have your unique course section web address.

• Go to that web address to access your course section. You’ll see the course name, instructor name and the section you’re in. If that information isn’t correct, contact your instructor for the correct web address. Otherwise, click register now to get started.

• Enter your email address and click submit. We’ll check to see if you already have a Connect account or if you need to create one.

• Click Start Free Trial. If you don’t see this option, it’s because your course doesn’t offer a free trial.

• Check how long your free trial will last (it varies depending on the textbook), and click Submit.

• If you don’t have an account yet, fill out the registration form and click Complete My Registration to activate your account and begin the free trial. If you already have an account, your free trial has begun!

• Purchase full access to your course before your free trial ends, so that you eliminate any unnecessary interruptions in Connect.
• When you purchase full access, use the same email that you used to sign up for the free trial.

• Click add assignment (A) on your section home page, and select blog assignment (B) from the list.

• Enter a name for your blog assignment (A), and the blog topic (B), and then move on to basic settings. Decide how much the assignment is worth (C), and whether you want to make it available to your students now or later (D). (Now means once you’re finished creating the assignment.) If you choose later, enter the date and time you want it to become available.
  Next, set the assignment due date and time (E), and then click next: review & assign (F).

• To share this assignment with a colleague, click add colleague (A) and find the colleague you want to share with. Once you find and add your colleague, choose what assignment policies your colleague will be able to change. You can attach files for your students to reference before starting their assignments. Click choose file… (B) and select the file you want to attach. There is no limit to the number of files you can attach.
  Lastly, review the assignment policies you’ve set. If you want to make any changes, click previous: set up assignment (C). Click assign (D) when you’re finished reviewing.

• Blog assignments are automatically submitted on the due date you set when creating the assignment. You’ll see a flagged message on your section homepage that indicates you have submissions to grade. Click that message to get started (A).

• From your grading to-do list, find the blog assignment you want to grade, and click on a student’s name to begin (A).

• Go to the blue scoring area at the bottom of the student’s blog. Enter the student’s score in the text box next to “score this assignment,” (A) and any comments regarding the score in the text box labeled “comments” (B). Click submit score and comments (C) and then click next student (D) to continue grading.

• To begin, your students will select the blog assignment from their assignment list for your course (A).

• Your instructions will appear along with their individual blog workspaces. To add a blog post, students will first click + add a new post (A).

• Next, your students will enter the post’s title (A) and message (B). They will click post (C) to publish to their blogs.

• Your students can switch between their classmates’ blogs by clicking a name in the “your classmates” column, on the right-hand side (A). They can comment on blog posts by clicking the add a comment button (B) at the bottom of the post they want to respond to, entering the comment into the text box, and clicking post (C) to publish to the blog.
  Blog assignments are automatically submitted on the date you chose when setting up the assignment. It’s up to your students to post to their blogs and reply to their classmates before the due date.

• From the add assignment tab, you can add the "assign to Connect" bookmarklet to the links area of your browser.
  
  PC users
  Right-click the "Assign to Connect" button (A) and select "Add to Favorites". Then, click "yes" to add this bookmarklet."
  
  MAC users
  Click and hold or control-click the "Assign to Connect" button (A) to add it to your Bookmarks.
  MAC users using the Safari browser can add the “Assign to Connect” bookmarklet (A) by dragging the button to the links area.

• You can also add the "Assign to Connect" bookmarklet on the web assignment page.

• Now, when you come across a website you would like your students to visit. Click the “Assign to Connect” bookmarklet (A) to assign the website for student review.

• When you use the “Assign to Connect” bookmarklet, a new browser window will open, prompting you to sign in.

• After you have signed in, you’ll see the web address for the site you wish to assign is automatically captured.
  
  Next, select the section (A), and whether to add the assignment to an existing group or a new group(B) and specify the group name (C).
  
  Next, you can add the availability and due dates for this assignment.
  
  When you're finished, click assign (D).

• When a student submits a question bank assignment, you’ll be notified in the assignments to grade area of your section home. Click the assignment that you want to grade (A).

• In the student activity tab for that assignment, you’ll see the number of students who are ready to be graded (A). Click show the grading queue (B) to see these students’ names and begin grading.

• The grading queue (A) lists the students who have submitted their assignments but whose submissions haven’t been graded. If you assigned any file attachment questions, click download your students’ responses to these questions (B). Then click a student’s name in the grading queue (C).

• First, let’s go over what happens when you select a student from the grading queue. You will go to that student’s latest (most recent) assignment attempt, where you’ll see the student’s name and section, due date, submission date, and which attempt you’re viewing (A). If any questions in the assignment were autograded by Connect, click view autograded portion (B) to view the student’s scores. The other students in the grading queue will appear in a row above the assignment, so you can easily get to a different student’s assignment when you’re done grading this student (C). Now let’s get to grading!

• Each question has its own score and comments area (A). To grade a question, simply enter the student’s score and any optional comments, and then click apply (B) to save the score and comments. Before your score is saved, you’ll see score unsaved! (C). After a successful save, that message will change to score saved! If you assigned any file attachment questions, review the responses that you previously downloaded, and then provide scores and comments in Connect this same way. If you want to award full credit for a question, or withdraw a question from the assignment, for all your students, click adjust credit for all students (D).

• Select award full credit or withdraw this question, and then click adjust (A). Credit adjustment will apply to all students who take (or have already taken) this assignment, across all sections and attempts. It will also override any scores you already gave for this question on other student’s assignments. The questions that you award full credit will move to the autograded portion of the assignment.

• Five questions will appear on a single page. If your assignment has more than five questions for you to grade, use the next and previous buttons, at the bottom of the assignment, to navigate through pages of questions. Continue scoring questions until the entire assignment has been graded. When you’re finished grading, select another student to grade (A) or click student activity (B) to go back to the student activity tab. The student(s) you graded will disappear from the grading queue as long as you scored every question in the assignment, and you graded the most recent attempt. If a student who you’ve already graded submits another assignment attempt, the student will reappear in the grading queue.

• Enter or edit the question text in the first text box under the question type heading.
  
  Enter the answers. Type the correct Choice and Match in each box. You may also enter distracters (choices with no correct match). Connect automatically scrambles the choices and distracters when the test is generated.
  
  To edit a choice, enter the changes in the choice box. To add another choice, click the Add Pair icon and enter answers. To delete a choice, click the Delete item icon next to the choice.
  
  When you are finished, save your question and return to your list of questions by clicking the Save & Exit button. If you want to continue authoring questions, select a question type from the New dropdown menu and click the New button. Clicking any of the active navigation buttons at the top of the page also saves your question.

• These next steps are optional:

• Enter the text for the explanation in the Explanation box.

• Add optional hints for the students to view during the online exam. Enter the hint in the numbered text box and click Add hint to add additional hints.

• If this question belongs under a section break heading containing instructions, enter the name of the section break reference in the Tie to Reference box.

• If the answer is referenced within a textbook, enter the textbook page number(s) on which the question is referenced in the Textbook Page(s) box.

• If you are using random variables, enter the variable information by scrolling down and clicking New Variable.

• If you want to add this question to a category, click Categorize and select the category you want to add the question to, or create a new category.

• Enter or edit the question text in the first text box under the question type heading, and then enter the number of lines for the students’ responses in the lines box.
  
  When you’re finished, save your question and return to your list of questions by clicking the Save & Exit button. Clicking any of the active navigation buttons at the top of the page will also save your question.
  
  If you want to continue authoring questions, select a question type from the New dropdown menu and click the New button.

• These next steps are optional:

• Enter the text for the answer in the Answer box.

• Add hints for the students to view during the online exam by entering the hint in the numbered text box. Click Add hint to add additional hints.

• Enter a selection title to allow the question to be listed by this title when viewing the question from the Select Questions from Banks page, and the list by title option is checked in the Source Frame.

• If this question belongs under a Section Break heading containing instructions, enter the name of the Section Break reference in the Tie to Reference box.

• If the answer is referenced within a textbook, enter the textbook page number(s) on which the question is referenced in the Textbook Page(s) box.

• If you are using Random Variables, enter the variable information by scrolling down and clicking the New Variable button.

• If you want to add this question to a category, click the Categorize button and select the category you want to add the question to, or create a new category.

• In your section homepage, click on the assignment. In the student activity page, click the assignment options tab (A) and select manage extensions from the dropdown menu (B).

• Select one or more students from the list (A), click edit (B) next to each category and enter the new information (C). Click save before exiting (D).
  
  Note: If you set the student extension due date beyond a previously set date of delayed feedback for the assignment, you will prompted to confirm or change that feedback date in order to prevent the student with the extension from receiving answers from other students to whom feedback has already been revealed.

• You can edit or remove student extensions from two locations: Assignments and Roster
  
  Assignments:
  On the extensions page (accessed by clicking on the assignment and selecting manage extensions from the dropdown menu) enter the new information (A), click add more extensions (B) or click remove extension (C). Click save before exiting (D).

• To edit or remove student extensions from the roster, access the roster for the section that contains your assignment. Next to the appropriate student’s name, click manage (A). You’ll have the option to edit the extension, or remove it by clicking remove extension.

• As your students submit their speech assignments, you’ll see a flagged message on your section homepage that says how many responses you have to grade. Click that message.

• The students who’ve submitted their speech assignments will have ready to grade as their status. Click on any one of those students.

• This is the student’s assignment page. Click play to watch the student’s speech/video. You can leave time-stamped comments throughout the speech by pausing the video and clicking the green plus (+) button in the video bar. White circles within the video bar indicate where you’ve left comments. Roll over these circles to see the comments you left. Next, answer the questions in the rubric you provided, below the student’s video. Click see all questions to expand the rubric, or click the down arrow to go question by question. You can add general comments in the text box below the rubric. * Make sure to click post.

• When you’re finished filling out the rubric and adding comments, click next: score this student to provide a score for this assignment.

• Here you’ll see a summary of this student’s self review rubric score (if assigned), peer review rubric scores (if assigned), and the rubric score you gave. Click any student’s name to look at the rubric they completed about this speech (A). If you want to watch the video again before providing a final score, click play (B). Roll over the time-stamped comments you left, and add more if you like. Provide a final score in the text box next to score (C), and include any additional comments in the comments box provided. When you’re finished scoring, click submit (D).

• The bookmark widget provides a method of adding related web site links to your section home page for students to reference. Each link you add opens a new browser window.

• To add a bookmark:

  1. Click the options icon in the top right corner of the bookmarks widget. The bookmarks window appears.
  2. Enter the name of the bookmark as you want it to appear in the bookmarks widget list of links.
  3. Enter the web address of the link.
  4. Select apply to all sections in this course if you want this bookmark to appear in all sections in this course.
  5. Click save. You are presented with a confirmation message that the bookmark was added. If you receive an error, the web address may be incorrect. Also, be sure you have the http:// prefix in the web address you are adding.
  6. Click close. Your bookmark now appears in the bookmark widget.

• How do I edit or delete a Bookmark?

  1. Click the options icon in the top right corner of the bookmarks widget. The bookmarks window appears.
  2. Click edit bookmarks to view the current bookmark list.
  3. From the edit bookmarks tab, you can: a) Click the bookmark name to view it in a new browser window. b) Click the edit icon to update the bookmark name or web address. Click save to save your changes. c) Click the trash can icon to remove the bookmark. d) Click the visible icon to hide the bookmark widget from students in this section. Click the invisible icon to make it visible again.
  4. When you are finished click close window to return to the section home page.

• Click the options icon in the top right corner of the feeds widget. When the feeds window appears, click edit feeds to view the current feeds list.

• From the edit feeds tab, you can: Click the feed name to view it in a new browser window. Click the edit icon to update the feed name or web address. Click save to save your changes. Click the trash can icon to remove the feed.

• When you are finished click close window to return to the section home page.

• Go to your section home page and click the gear icon in your message area then select "post new message".

• - Type your new message in the message field (A).
  - If you have more than one section you can click the checkbox next to other sections you want the message to appear in.
  - Click save.

• - A confirmation message will appear briefly
  - The message window now displays a "manage messages" tab, for you to view and manage all the messages you have sent to your students.

• When you have used a chat activity within an assignment, the assignment will have the chat activity icon next to it (A).

• The assignment instructions will appear and inform your students that they’ll need a microphone and/or a webcam to submit an audio or video recording. Additional browser compatibility information is also included.

• When they reach the question with the chat activity, instructions will be provided along with the dialogue for the conversation they will record. They’ll locate a chat partner by clicking the find a partner (A) link.

• Connect will display a list of students in your class. The colored icons next to the student names indicate their online chat status. Green indicates the student is online and logged into Connect. Yellow indicates the student is logged into Connect but not available. Red indicates the student is offline. For those students online, they’ll click the invite to chat (A).

• The student being invited will receive an invitation to chat. They will then need to accept the invitation to begin the online chat.

• When the invitation is accepted, the synchronous chat interface will appear asking the student to select the web cam or microphone they want to use to record the chat activity. Once selected, they will be able to see and hear each other. They’ll click start recording (A) to begin recording their conversation following the prompts in the dark gray instructional area (B).

• When they are finished with the conversation, they’ll click stop recording. Connect displays a link to the recording below the video area. They can record the conversation again and then pick the best version to upload for you to review later if needed.

• If there are multiple recordings, each student can select the recording they feel is their best (A) and click submit recording (B) for the current question. They can also use the text chat area (C) to send text messages back and forth to each other in real time. Each student would then continue to the next question (D) in the assignment.

• Alternatively, a student may not have had someone to chat with and can leave an asynchronous message recorded earlier for someone to respond to. The asynchronous messages have a video icon next to them. Clicking the video icon (A) opens the asynchronous chat interface.

• They’ll click play message (A) plays the pre-recorded message from their classmate. After the message has finished playing, the student can record a response message. (B)

• As with synchronous chat, they can record multiple versions of their response message following the prompts in the instruction area. If a student only has a microphone, an avatar will appear in place of the video (B). They can then select the chat activity recording they want to submit for the assignment question (D) and continue on to the next question in the assignment.

• From the reports tab (A), click on “assignment results” (B) to open the report options menu.

• Select Section(s) – Select which sections of your course will be on the report. Choose from the current section, sections within the same course, and secondary instructor’s shared sections (if applicable).

• Select Assignment(s) – Select which assignments will be on the report (A). You can filter assignments by type using the checkboxes (B) next to each type of assignment you want to appear in the Select Assignment(s) list box. Select and deselect assignments by using the CTRL key while clicking assignment names in the list box. Use Select All and Clear All links (C) available at the bottom of the list box.

• Specify Report Date Range – Specify an optional date range for the report. Select a From date and To date using the calendar icon. Note: if you don’t see any scores when you click “view report” ensure the date range is wide enough to encompass the assignments you wish to view or the entire term.

• Select Attempt – Specify how the student assignment score is calculated and displayed when your students are allowed multiple attempts for an assignment. Best – Displays the best score of all submitted attempts. Last – Displays the score of the most recently submitted attempt. All – Display scores from all submitted assignment attempts. Note: Blackboard and WebCT imports only accept reports that contain single attempt scores, such as “Best.” Average – Displays the average score of all submitted assignment attempts. Note: Average option is not available when more than one section is selected.

• Exclude attempts submitted after due date – Checking this option removes any scores from assignments that were submitted after a set due date.

• Drop assignments with the lowest scores – Checking this option allows you to remove assignments with the lowest scores from the report. This option is not available if you selected “Best” attempt.

• More Options – enables you to further customize the report, such as points vs. percentage score display. Additional detail can be found by clicking the help link atop the screen.

• Click View Report

• The assignment results report will display with a list of your students in the first column and a subsequent column for each assignment with corresponding student scores. Optional grade range highlights can be customized or turned off via the highlight ranges menu bar(A). Options to export to excel or print the report can be found in the menu bar above the report(B). A “total score” will calculate in the last column in the report (you may need to scroll to the right (C) to view this column).

• You can drill-down into a student’s assignment by clicking on an individual’s score. This allows you to view the questions received, the student’s responses, and the correct answers.

• A student performance report is opened, enabling you to navigate through an individual student’s assignment(A), adjust the points received for a question(B), and/or leave comments for the student(C). Note: The ability to “adjust credit” (D) is also available to disqualify a question from an assignment and automatically adjust assignment scores for all students. Please see the QuickGuide titled “Adjust Credit for a Question in an Active Assignment” for more information. Tip: You can also drill-down to an individual student’s assignment directly via the student performance report option under the reports tab.

• The gradebook sync list shows all the assignments with scored submissions. To sync these scores, simply select the assignments you want to sync and choose which attempt scores to sync from the dropdown menu. You can sync the best, last, or average attempt scores.

• After selecting which attempt score to sync, you’ll see the “sync in progress” confirmation.

• For each assignment in the gradebook sync list, you’ll see its name, type, sync status, due date, and the attempt score you last synced. The assignments are default sorted by sync status.
  
  There are four possible sync statuses:
  - Never synced: You have never synced the assignment to your school gradebook.
  - Last synced: You last synced the assignment on the date listed. If you see a green arrow, your gradebook is up to date. If you see a yellow triangle, there is at least one new submission, and you may want to sync again. Click the link to see exactly how many scored submissions there are to sync. - In progress: You’re currently syncing the assignment.
  - Last sync failed—try again: At least one score didn’t sync, so you need to re-sync the assignment scores.
  

• Keep in mind that in order for a student’s score to sync, that student must be paired with McGraw-Hill Campus. If you’re not sure which students are ready to sync, click check your roster to find out.

• Connect provides the ability to export your assignment grade reports to other course management software. Microsoft Excel is the universal format for exporting your reports. Other common course management formats supported by Connect are Blackboard and Blackboard Vista.
  
  NOTE: These two course management formats are only available from the Assignment Results report, and only if your roster contains Blackboard or Blackboard Vista custom columns.
  

• Blackboard 8:
  Due to formatting changes in Blackboard 8, you must add the Blackboard Vista ID column to your Connect Roster. The added Blackboard Vista ID column will be used to import your students' BlackBoard Usernames into. Below are the steps to set this column up and import Blackboard data.
  
  Skip ahead to Exporting Your Report if you already have already added the Blackboard Vista ID column and imported your students' BlackBoard usernames.
  
  - In Blackboard's Grade Center, select Download Grades.
  - Choose the Tab Delimited option and save file to your desktop.
  - Within Connect, go the section's Roster from my courses.
  - Click on customize columns.
  - Click the add column button and choose Blackboard Vista ID.
  - Click Apply and then Save.
  - Click on import student information.
  - Click on Export your current roster as a *csv template and save file to your desktop.
  - Open both the Blackboard Gradebook downloaded previously and the Connect Roster in Microsoft Excel.
  - Copy the Username from the Blackboard file into the User ID column in the Connect Roster file and save your Excel file.
  - When complete, in Connect select the roster file and click Upload.
  

• Exporting Your Report
  
  

  - Select a section from my courses.
  - Click the Reports tab at the top right of the page.
  - Select a report, changing any options if needed.
  - Click View Report to generate the report.
  - Some reports, like the Assignment Results report, allow you to uncheck columns to exclude them from your report. Uncheck any columns you do not want exported.
  - Select the Blackboard Vista format option from the drop-down.
  - Click Export and save the file to your Desktop.
  - In the file that was just downloaded, open it in Microsoft Excel and change the first column's name from User ID to Username and save it.
  - Within Blackboard's Grade Center, choose Upload.
  - Click Browse and navigate to the saved file on your Desktop, keep Delimiter Type as Auto.
  - Follow any remaining prompts within Blackboard and click Submit.
  

• When you have an in-assignment question from a student, you’ll see "You have a new student question" in your message center on your section home. Click that link to go to the student questions thread, where all new questions are highlighted and bolded.

• Click the blue arrow to expand the question list, and click reply to answer a question. Enter your response in the modal that appears, and then click send. You can respond to only the student who asked the question, or to the entire section.

  Your messages are saved here so you can reference them at any time and have a record of the questions and responses.

• To get started, your Students will first select the library tab then select outline tool in the “Speech preparation tools” area. Note: The title of the tool may vary depending on your course.

• Your Students can click create new outline, or select from the list of saved outlines if available.

• Your students will enter their speech title, with the option to rename at any time. Note: For select titles, students will have the option to enter their Speech Objectives.

• The Speech Outline tool includes three main areas of focus: the Introduction, Body, and Conclusion. Students can enter their copy into the fields provided and use the tools in the toolbar to easily format and organize their speech.

• Included in the toolbar controls are the following options:

  • indent single line
  • outdent single line
  • move single line up
  • move single line down
  • add/create new line
  • add Connective

• Students can use the Connective tool to help identify a transition statement between major talking points within the Outline.

  • “Below this point” adds a new connective to the next point of the outline body, below the current cursor location or highlighted text.
  • “Below this section” adds a new connective between the current section (where your cursor is located or text is highlighted) and the next section below.
  After adding a Connective, students will have the option to 'categorize' a new Connective by using the drop-down menu to select one of the following labels:
  • Transition
  • Internal Preview
  • Internal Summary
  • Signpost
  To provide a transition from 'Introduction' to 'Body and/or from 'Body' to 'Conclusion' students can also add a connective category in between these fields. Note: Connectives and Lines of text within the Introduction, Body or Conclusion text areas can be added, deleted or re-ordered using the toolbar, or via drag-n-drop methods.

• Students will be able to see a preview of their work, by selecting Print Preview. While creating their outline, students can click DONE to save all data currently in the Outline and to return to the Outline List, or simply click SAVE to save all data currently in the Outline. The system will also continue to auto-save. When finished, students can click Export to export their Outline as a Word (.doc). once they have reviewed the export confirmation screen, they can select continue to export to complete the file export. Note: Connect will export the outline maintaining the proper formatting, including your header & footer information. Students can now locate and open their outline on their computer’s hard drive to include the Works Cited/Bibliography, if applicable, and Save.

• Students can submit their outline by going to their assignment list on the home tab and selecting the appropriate assignment. Students can click browse, to locate the corresponding file and click submit assignment (B) to upload and submit their file. Note: The maximum file size for upload is 25MB. Click the info icon for information on accepted file types for uploading.

• On your section home page click the add Assignment tab to create an assignment.
  
  Select web activity.

• Enter a name for your activity (A)
  
  Then provide instructions for your students (B).
  
  If the activity involves visiting a website, include the name and web address of the site you'd like your students to visit (C).
  
  If you have additional web links, click + add another web link (D) to add more.
  
  Click next: assign (E) to continue.

• Select the availability and due dates for this web activity (A).
  
  This is optional
  
  Next, click assign(B).

• Web activities are a great way to create open-ended, real-world assignments or to enrich learning experiences by providing links to timely and relevant web resources!
• Use this feature to highlight relevant websites or other resources, such as material from the Library Tab Resources
• NOTE: The items you post in Web Activities are non-gradable and will not be visible in the Connect Reports area

• From your section homepage, click add assignment (A), and select create new from question bank (B).

• After naming your assignment and entering instructions, you will select a question source.

• Select questions to assign. Before you do, there are several things to know about this page:
  - To change the question source, click questions from… (A).
  - To create your own questions, click create your own question (B).
  - To narrow the question pool, use the filter and select a question type (C).
  - To have a question list generated for you, click add random selection (D).
  - You can change the assignment name at any time by clicking rename (E).

• To proceed, select the checkboxes next to the questions of your choice (A), click add checked questions and choose to add as individual questions or add to a pool (B). Click next: set policies (C).

• Set the assignment start and due dates (A). Select whether to make the assignment available now or later. Selecting now will allow students to see the assignment as soon as you’re finished creating and assigning it. Selecting later allows you to enter a start date. Select the assignment category (B). Use the settings menu (C) to move through the policy options. To proceed, click next: review & assign (D).

• To share the assignment with colleagues, click add colleagues (A). After adding colleagues, you can choose what policies your colleagues can control. To attach files, click choose a file (B) and select the file you want to attach. There is no limit on the number of files you can attach. Review the assignment policies (C) and questions (D), and click assign (E).

• To help build student familiarity and confidence with your course and with Connect, create a tutorial assignment at the start of the term using a sampling of questions
• At the start of the term, create shorter assignments
• Set assignment due dates that prevent last-minute work and unexpected issues (for example, avoid 11:59 p.m. on Sunday)
• Remember, if you want to save your work during the assignment creation process, but are not ready to make the assignment available to student, click Save & Exit. (The assignment will be highlighted in yellow in the Instructor View). Once you choose to make the assignment available, edit the assignment and click Assign

• To add a Speech Assignment: Click add assignment on your section home page. Then click speech from the list of assignments.

• This is the speech assignment setup page. First, enter a name for your assignment, then decide how much the assignment is worth, and whether you want to make it available to your students now or later (now means once you’re finished creating the assignment). Select how you want to assess your students’ speeches: in class (as each speech is delivered in the classroom) or online (you will watch video recordings of each speech). Next, set the date and time your students will need to have posted their speech videos.

• To turn on the student self review, click the on-off switch. Choose a rubric for your students from the drop-down menu. To edit a rubric, select it from the menu and click view/edit rubric. To turn on the student peer review, click the on-off switch. Enter the due date and time for the completed peer reviews, and select a rubric for your students. If you want to edit a rubric, click view/edit rubric. Select the number of students you want in each peer review group. Groups will be created for you, but if you want to rearrange the students in each group, click view/edit group. Next, select who will be allowed to view the peer review comments and rubrics.

• Select the rubric you want to use as you grade. To view or edit a rubric, click view/edit rubric. If you don’t want to review or grade this speech assignment, turn instructor review/grading off using the on-off switch. If you see a lock next to the instructor review/grading on-off switch, it’s because you decided to review the speeches in class, and therefore can’t turn this option off. Next, include a message for your students in the textbox, or attach a file (optional). Then click next: review & assign. TIP: If you turn self-review and peer review on and turn instructor review/grading off your students can use Connect to practice their speeches, view them, and get peer feedback as practice prior to delivering the speech in class. Any such “practice” speech will be scored automatically, resulting in full points for any student who submits a video and 0 points for students who do not submit videos.

• Here you’ll review the selections you made. If you want to make any changes, click set up your assignment (A) to go back to the previous page. When you’re finished reviewing, click assign. That’s it!

• Your students will see the assignment on their assignment list depending on the availability dates you have set, your students are able to view and begin the assignment. To learn more about how your students will submit speech/video assignments view the student help topic.

• Click view/edit rubric when you’re creating the assignment. For this demo, we’ll use the student self-review rubric.

• What can you change in this rubric? Just about everything! All the text you see can be edited or replaced. Click on the text you want to change anywhere within the rubric and it will become editable (the category names and specific criteria, the points columns, the descriptions—everything!). In addition to changing the text of categories and criteria, you can add more criteria under a category by clicking + add item.

• To add an entirely new category, click + add category. Fill in the grey box with the category name, and the white box with a descriptive item. To delete entire categories or criteria, click the trashcan icon next to what you wish to delete.

• The categories are automatically weighted equally, but if you want to change the weights, click weigh outcome categories. Enter the new weights in the modal that appears. The weights you enter can be as varied as you like, but need to total 100. Click save to apply your changes. You’ll see the adjusted weights next to each category.

• To add open-ended questions to the rubric, click + add item, under “open-ended questions.”

• If you ever want to revert back to the original rubric, just click reset rubric, at the top of the page.

• Click save when you’ve tailored the rubric exactly to your needs.

• Enter a new name for this customized rubric. You’ll be able to use this rubric again on other assignments, make more changes if you want, as well as have access to the original rubric. When you're finished, click save.

• From the section home page select the speech assignment (A) from your list of assignments.

• Review the instructions, then click close instructions window.

• When the video recorder loads, click Allow for Flash Player to access your camera and microphone.
  
  Next, select the quality of the video. The default for a typical broadband connection is medium, but if you have a slower connection you may need to select low.
  
  After you select the quality, click Okay.

• Now you’re ready to record!
  
  Click the red record button to begin recording your speech. The video recorder bar will display a timer in the left hand corner once you start recording.

• When you finish your speech, click the red record button again to stop recording.
  
  If your speech didn’t go as well as you’d like, click re-record this video. When you’re satisfied with your video, click save.
  
  Next, add the title of your speech and a description, and attach any other files your instructor may have requested (such as the outline, visual aids, or reference materials). When you’re all set, click step 2: self-review.

• Review the instructions for self review and click close instructions window.

• - Click play to watch your speech. You can leave time-stamped comments throughout the speech by pausing the video and clicking the green plus (+) button (A) in the video bar.
  - That’s the best way to address specific moments in your speech.
  - If your instructor included a self review rubric, complete the evaluation (B).
  - You can include general comments in the text box below the video. Make sure to click post (C).
  When you’re finished with your self review, click done! submit assignment. That’s it!

• You can change the registration dates for one or more sections so that students can only register between the specified start and end date. This feature helps you control the roster and prevent unwanted registration.
  You can set registration dates during course creation or from the my courses page.
  
  To change registration dates:
  - Click set registration dates located the my courses page (A).

• On the Set Registration Dates page, you have two options:
  
  - You can change registration dates for all sections. This option allows you to set the same registration dates for all sections within the same course.
  - You can change registration dates for specific sections. This option allows you to specify different registration dates for different sections within the same course. Click specific sections to view start and end dates for each section in your course.
  
  
  - Enter the start and end dates (B).
  - Click apply to save the changes (C).
  
  
  Your registration dates will appear in the registration info column on your my courses page.

• Click a student's name in the roster.

• The information for the selected student is displayed.
  To change a student's status:
  - You cannot change their username/email address (only your student can change their e-mail address).
  - You can change the status of the student.
  - Active is the default status, meaning there are no restrictions.
  - Inactive students cannot take assignments and can only view their grade reports.
  
  Select the status for the student and click save.
  
  To remove a student from your class:
  - Click the delete this student button to the right.
  - Note: Once this is done, you will no longer be able to access their grade information in your Connect reports.
  

• To delete multiple students at one time:
  - Click the delete students link above the roster table.
  - A delete students roster table appears.
  - Select the students you want to delete by checking the box next to their name. To delete all students, click select all located just above the student column.
  - A note at the bottom reminds you that deleting students prevents them from accessing this section's assignments, reports and eBook (if applicable). Export any report information you want to save before deleting students. Caution: You cannot undo this!
  - If you are ready to delete students, click the delete button to continue.
  - You will see a confirmation page with the selected students displayed.
  - Click delete selected students to continue. Note: Deleted students and their grade data are not recoverable. After confirming that you want to delete the students, you are returned to the roster page with the deleted students removed from the roster list.
  
  

• Login to your Blackboard account and select the course you want to un-pair.

• Click “Tools” in the left navigation menu.

• Click “McGraw-Hill Higher Education” from the list of available tools.

• On the McGraw-Hill Higher Education page, scroll down to the bottom and click "Reset Pairing with Connect Section" located under the My Connect Section area.

• You’ll be asked to verify you want to un-pair your course. Click OK.

• A confirmation message will appear toward the top of the page confirming your course was un-paired successful. The next time you want to access your Connect section from Blackboard you will have to pair your Connect section again.

• Login to your Blackboard account and select the course you want to stop automatic sign in for.

• Click “Tools” in the left navigation menu.

• Click “McGraw-Hill Education” from the list of available tools.

• On the McGraw-Hill Education page, scroll down to the bottom and click “Reset Single Sign-On” located under the McGraw-Hill User Account area.

• You’ll be asked to verify you want to reset your registration information. Click OK.

• A confirmation message will appear toward the top of the page confirming your automatic sign in to connect was successful. The next time you want to access any Connect assignments through Blackboard you will be prompted to sign in to Connect to access your Connect section.

• Access and use Connect Image Bank Connect Image Bank is currently available for Art and Humanities titles. To see if Connect Image Bank is available for your textbook within Connect, follow the steps below:
  
  Within Connect, click the Library tab. If the Connect Image Bank is available for your textbook, then you'll see the images option in the Library. Click on images.

• You can browse and search by textbook, chapter, keyword, style, period, medium, and world culture.

• Click the Add button underneath each image that you would like to add to the download bin.
  
  Note: You may only download a total of 10MB at a time (this is approximately 4 pictures). Repeat this process to download more images.

• Once you have selected all of your pictures, click the blue download button on the top right.

• Select Optimized Images or High Resolution Images and choose a location to save the files to your computer.
  
  Once you have saved the files to your computer, you can open them on your computer and/or use them in a PowerPoint Presentation.

• Get Started
  Select the library tab then select customize (A) in the “Speech preparation tools” area. Note that the title of the tool may vary depending on your course.

• Outline Tool: basic settings
  Here you will find the basic settings for the outline tool. You have the ability to edit the fields that are seen by your students.

• Sample Outline
  By providing a Sample Outline (A), students will have the option to view an outline supplied by you, creating an example of an outline that meets your expectations. You have the option to view the sample outline (B), replace it (C), or delete it (D).

• Outline Objectives
  For select titles, you will have the option to enter your Speech Objectives. The Objectives help to keep the students focused while creating their outline. By default the objectives, are; “General Purpose”, “Specific Purpose”, and “Central Idea”, you can edit the objective fields (A), delete the objectives (B), or add new objectives (C).

• Outline Copy
  Select outline or paragraph format (A), by selecting the format type, your students will follow your formatting preferences when creating their outline After all customizations are complete, click save.

• View as a student
  By selecting view as a student you will be able to preview what your student’s will see while creating their outline (A). To go back, click customize (B). After all customizations are complete, click save.

• Access eBook resources and search your textbook
• Create an assignment from our question banks, including your own custom questions using the Assignment Builder.
• Record and view your lectures.
• View all the assignments you've created by clicking View my assignments at the bottom of this area.

• As your students submit their writing assignments, you’ll see a flagged message on your section homepage that indicates you have submissions to grade. Click that message to get started.

• You’ll be taken to your grading to-do list. Find the assignment you want to grade, and select the student whose submission you want to grade. (The students who’ve submitted their assignments will have a green flag and “ready to grade” as their statuses.)

• How you grade the student’s assignment depends on how it was submitted.
  
  If it was composed online, you can leave inline comments.
  - First, highlight the text you want to comment on.
  - Click the comment button that appears at the end of the selection (A) and enter your comment in the text box provided.
  - Then click add comment to post or cancel if you change your mind.
  

• If your student attached the assignment as a word document (A)
  - Download the file.
  - Add your comments within the document and save it to your computer.
  - Then, below “attach student’s doc with your comments,” click browse(B).
  - Select the student’s file with your comments.
  

• You can also add overall comments to the assignment (A). Enter your comment in the text box below “add a comment,” and then click post (B).
  
  After providing your comments, move on to the blue scoring area. To grade the student, enter the student’s score and any comments regarding the score. Click submit score & comments, and then click next student to continue grading.

• The student composed online.
• The student attached a document.

• Discussion board assignments are automatically submitted on the due date you set when creating the assignment. You’ll see a flagged message on your section homepage that indicates you have submissions to grade. Click that message to get started.

• From your grading to-do list, click on the discussion board assignment you want to grade.

• Select a student from the drop-down menu to see the posts and replies by that student outlined in orange. Click on that student’s name in the column on the right-hand side to expand the scoring menu, and then provide a score and comments.

• When you’re finished grading all your students, click submit scores and comments.

• Click add assignment on your section home page, and select discussion board assignment from the list.

• Enter a name for the discussion board (A), and the discussion topic (B), and then move on to basic settings.
  
  Decide how much the assignment is worth, and whether you want to make it available to your students now or later. (Now means once you’re finished creating the assignment.) If you choose later, enter the date and time you want it to become available.
  
  Next, set the discussion board due date and time, and then click next: review & assign.

• To share this assignment with a colleague, click add colleague and find the colleague you want to share with. Once you find and add your colleague, choose what assignment policies your colleague will be able to change.
  
  You can attach files for your students to reference before starting their assignments. Click choose file… and select the file you want to attach. There is no limit to the number of files you can attach.
  
  Lastly, review the assignment policies you’ve set. If you want to make any changes, click previous: set up assignment. Click assign when you’re finished reviewing.

• Click add assignment on your section home page, and select writing assignment from the list.

• Enter a name for your assignment (A), and the instructions for your students (B). Moving on to basic settings, enter the amount of points the assignment is worth (C), and choose whether to make it available to your students now or later (D). “Now” means once you’re finished creating the assignment. If you choose “later,” enter the date and time that you want the assignment to be available.

• Choose how your students will submit their assignments (A). If you want to assign drafts or peer reviews with this assignment, you need to choose “compose online.” Click the question mark icon to find out more about each submission format. After choosing “compose online,” select a text editor palette for your students (B).

• You can assign no drafts, one draft, or two drafts of the assignment in addition to the final submission. Select the number of drafts from the dropdown menu (A). If you selected any drafts, enter their due dates (B). Peer review is automatically included with each draft. If you don’t want to assign peer review, simply uncheck include peer review (C).

• If you’re including peer reviews, enter peer review due dates (A) and click view/edit questions (B) to select questions for your students to answer in their peer reviews. Then select the number of students you want in each group (C). Connect will place your students into groups automatically, but you can rearrange group members by clicking view/edit group (D). Next, select who can see peer review comments and whether student names should be hidden (E).

• Enter a due date and time for the final submission (A) and click next: review & assign (B).

• To share this assignment with colleagues, click add colleague (A) and search for the colleagues. After you find and add your colleagues, you need to choose which assignment policies your colleagues will be able to change.

• If you want to attach files for your students, such as instructions, examples, or supporting documents, click choose file… (A) and select the files you want to attach. Last, review the assignment policies you’ve set. If you want to make any changes, click previous: set up assignment or save & exit to finish creating this assignment later. Click assign (B) when you’re finished reviewing and ready to assign to your students.

• You can assign a first draft and second draft with peer reviews, or assign the drafts only. Select the number of drafts from the dropdown (A) and then enter the due dates for the drafts (B).
  
  Peer reviews are automatically included for each draft. Simply uncheck the boxes if you don’t want to include peer reviews (C). If you do include peer reviews, move on to the “student peer review” section and select the due date for each peer review (D).
  
  When you’ve set your due dates, click view/edit questions (E) to select peer review questions to assign.

• Expand the question categories to select individual questions (A). Click + add item to create your own question to assign (B). Questions you create and save will remain in the peer review question list for use in later assignments. Click add selections to assignment when you’re done (C).

• You’ll be taken back to the assignment set up. The next step is to select the number of students you want in each peer group (A). Connect puts your students into groups for you, but if you want to organize your students, click view/edit group (B).
  
  Next, adjust the privacy settings for peer review comments to allow all peer group members to see each others’ comments, or allow only the student writer to see the peer comments (B). If you want peer comments to remain anonymous to your students, select hide student names from peer group and student writer (C). You’ll still be able to see who wrote the comments.