Courseware Assignment
Courseware is a term used by NexPort to refer to Sharable Content Object Reference Model (SCORM) packaged lessons that can be assigned as part of a section.
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Courseware is a term used by NexPort to refer to Sharable Content Object Reference Model (SCORM) packaged lessons that can be assigned as part of a section.
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When a SCORM courseware is uploaded to your organization you can make it available to students within a section using the Courseware Assignment.
The following table provides explanation for the user inputs that are required for the various sections and fields to manage courseware assignment.
Courseware
Search for Courseware
Type the first few characters of the courseware that you need to search. The NexPort Campus start searching and populating the matching results.
Title
Type a title for the courseware assignment. You can apply italic and bold styles to assignment title.
Note:
This is a mandatory field.
Description
In the Rich Text Editor area, type description related to the courseware assignment.
Note:
Allow Fail
Select the Allow Fail check box. This enables the course to be marked as failed, if a student does not achieve a passing grade.
Date Available
In the Date Available box, enter the available assignment date and time in MM/DD/YYYY, HH:MM format with time zone. By default, the current date appears as the available assignment date. You can select the current date or any future date as an available assignment date.
Lock Out Hours
In the Lock Out Hours box, enter a specific number (in hours) to lock out the period an assignment for the student.
Display Embedded
If Display Embedded is enabled, the courseware will be displayed within the section of the classroom the student launches it from. Default behavior is to display it on its own page, outside of the classroom context.
When enabled, you also get the option of Launch Automatically. If this is enabled, upon clicking on the assignment in the classroom, the courseware will launch. Otherwise, the student will need to click "Launch Lesson" to display the courseware.
Grading
Mastery Score
Type a numerical value to set the mastery score. The mastery score indicates the minimum score to pass the Courseware assignment. For example, type a mastery score of 70 to indicate a 70 per cent is the passing mark for the Courseware assignment.
If you do not define a mastery score, NexPort Campus automatically calculates the points scored, but marks the student's Test assignment attempt as completed.
Note:
This is a mandatory field.
Max Score
The maximum score that the courseware returns. The max score value is used to calculate a normalized score for the assignment.
Note:
This is a mandatory field.
Grading Strategy
Determines whether a grade must be given by the Instructor, NexPort automatically assign a grade or no grade is recorded.
Note:
If ‘No Grade’ is selected for an assignment then the score is displayed as -/- in the Gradebook view for those assignments.
Weight
Used to calculate the final section score, this is the relative weight to give this assignment in relation to the other assignment weights within the section.
Note:
This is a mandatory field.
Pacing Duration (Hours)
Virtual hours that can be used to control the percentage complete that is calculated in NexPort. If all assignments are set to 1 then the pacing is set across the assignments.
Note:
This is a mandatory field.
Late Assignment
Late Assignment Strategy
In the Late Assignment Strategy list, enter one of the following:
FailAfterDueDate: If selected then the assignment is marked as failed as soon as the assignment due date is passed.
or
ApplyPenalty: If selected, NexPort subtracts the number of points from a late assignment.
or
TakeNoAction (default): If selected, the student is not penalized for passing the assignment due date.
Late Assignment Penalty
In the Last Assignment Penalty box, type the points to subtract if the assignment is not complete by the due date. This only applies if the Apply Penalty option is selected.
Note:
This is a mandatory field.
Due Date
In the Due Date box, enter due date and time of the assignment in MM/DD/YYYY, HH:MM format with time zone. By default, the current date appears as the due date. You can select the current date or any future date as a due date.
In Gradebook, the student’s assignment is marked as late, if the student completes the assignment after the due date.
Note:
The Due Date box is enabled, when you enter FailAfterDueDate in the Late Assignment Strategy list.
Supplemental Assignment
When an assignment is marked as supplemental, it will be hidden to students unless you assign it to them. This can be useful when an assignment should only be assigned as needed.
Note: Marking an assignment as supplemental is a permanent change.
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In the Courseware section, click the icon. The Assignment Template Reference page is displayed. Select the required property and copy-paste it in the Rich Text Editor area. If you place the name of a field after a $, it is replaced with the information that field represents. For example, ‘Welcome to $OrganizationName’ changes to ‘Welcome to NexPort’, if the organization name is 'NexPort'.
For more information about adding content and applying formatting to the content in the Rich Text Editor area, see .
