Home » Teach Online » Teaching Online Resources » UCF Financial Aid Requirement » Approved Assignments for Academic Engagement Approved Assignments for Academic Engagement Which Assignments Can I Use to Satisfy the Academic Engagement Requirement? You can use any one of the assignments listed on this page to satisfy UCF’s Financial Aid Requirement. If you need assistance setting up the assignment or wish to learn more, please contact Webcourses@UCF Support. Auto-graded Webcourses@UCF quiz (e.g., course pretest, syllabus quiz) Course Assignment Graded Discussion Post Scores imported from a third-party system (e.g., i>clicker or audience response system, Materia, Obojobo, Cengage, McGraw Hill, or other publisher systems) Information Literacy Module Experiential Learning Module Scores on any Assignment Uploaded or Entered Manually to the Webcourses@UCF Gradebook Scantron assessment graded by the CS&T Test Scoring service Attendance Taken with the Attendance/Roll Call Tool Auto-graded Webcourses@UCF (Canvas) quiz (e.g., course pretest, syllabus quiz) Important Practice quizzes or ungraded surveys will not satisfy a student’s financial aid requirement. Quizzes must appear in the gradebook in order for financial aid to be disbursed. If a student does not take the quiz, a manually entered grade of zero will not satisfy the financial aid requirement. An instructor can choose to re-open a closed quiz for a student using the Moderate this Quiz function. How-to Resources Canvas Guides – Creating a Quiz Canvas Guides – Configuring Quiz Options Canvas Guides – Publish a Quiz Canvas Guides – Importing a Question Bank Canvas Guides – Additional Quiz Guide Course Assignment Important An assignment that requires an electronic submission does not have to be graded in the first week of the semester as long as students submit it by the due date listed (e.g., a short essay, an introductory memo, a paper). An assignment that requires no electronic online submission and requires the instructor to manually enter grades must have one or more points assigned to it within Webcourses@UCF. The assignment must be graded by the due date listed. A manually entered grade of zero will not satisfy a student’s financial aid requirement. If an instructor has a special circumstance and must require a non-graded assignment, he/she should contact either the Center for Distributed Learning or the Faculty Center for Teaching and Learning to discuss the most appropriate strategy to use. How-to Resources Canvas Guides – Create an Assignment Shell Canvas Guides – Edit Assignment Details Canvas Guides – Additional Assignment Guides Graded Discussion Post Important Ungraded discussions will not satisfy a student’s financial aid requirement. If a student does not post a reply to the graded discussion, a manually entered grade of zero will not satisfy the financial aid requirement. The student must either post to the discussion or the instructor must give the student a grade of one point or higher. How-to Resources Canvas Guides – Setting up a Graded Discussion Canvas Guides – Additional Discussion Guides Scores imported from a third-party system (e.g., i>clicker or audience response system, Materia, Obojobo, Cengage, McGraw Hill, or other publisher systems) Assignment Weight Note: Assignments must be worth one or more points and can not be placed in an assignment group weighted at zero percent. How-to Resources About Classroom Response Systems Creating a Materia Assignment Creating an Obojobo Assignment in Webcourses@UCF About Obojobo About Materia Information Literacy Module Important The University of Central Florida Information Literacy Modules are funded by the Information Fluency (IF) Initiative and developed by the UCF Libraries and the Center for Distributed Learning (CDL). The modules are instructional resources that faculty can integrate into their courses to help students learn information literacy skills. Assignment Weight Note: Assignments must be worth one or more points and can not be placed in an assignment group weighted at zero percent. How-to Resources Creating an Obojobo Assignment in Webcourses@UCF About Information Literacy Modules at UCF Experiential Learning Module Important These modules are supplemental resources developed by the Office of Experiential Learning for use by faculty to help students learn the theory and practice behind certain professional skills necessary for success in class and in the workforce. Note: Assignments must be worth one or more points and cannot be placed in an assignment group weighted at zero percent. How-to Resources How to assign and use the Experiential Learning module Creating an Obojobo Assignment in Webcourses@UCF Scores on any Assignment Uploaded or Entered Manually to the Webcourses@UCF Gradebook Assigning a Grade of Zero Note: Manually entered scores of zero will not satisfy a student’s academic engagement requirement. How-to Resources Canvas Guides – Entering Scores into the Gradebook Canvas Guides – How to use the Gradebook Canvas Guides – How to Upload Grades (CSV File) Canvas Guides – Additional Gradebook Guides Scantron assessment graded by the CS&T Test Scoring service Assignment Weight Note: Assignments must be worth one or more points and can not be placed in an assignment group weighted at zero percent. How-to Resources CS&T Test Scoring web page Attendance Taken with the Attendance/Roll Call Tool Important A Webcourses@UCF assignment is automatically created the first time an instructor uses the Attendance/Roll Call tool. This assignment must have a point value of one or more and cannot be placed in an assignment group weighted at zero percent. By default, the assignment is worth one hundred points. Capturing All Students’ Attendance Note: Attendance will need to be taken every class session, until each student has been present for at least one class session. After which, future attendance is optional for satisfying the Financial Aid Requirement. You will also need to take attendance after the Add/Drop deadline, as it may be possible new students have enrolled into your class. Appropriate Course Modalities The Attendance tool cannot be used for verification of academic engagement in fully online, “W” classes. How-to Resources Using the Attendance/Roll Call tool Canvas Guides – Attendance/Roll Call tool
