HomeWork

The HomeWork section allows the user to set home tasks within the course, as well as to view the results of performing home tasks.

All set home tasks on the HomeWork page are presented as a list. Every task is described by a title, starting date, ending date and a detailed description. To provide better view representation, a user may use a filter in the Display# field to specify the number of entries to be presented in the list. 

To manage home tasks, use the following icons:

Icon	Name	Step
	New HomeWork	Click the New HomeWork icon to set a new home task.
	Delete HomeWork	Select a check box next to the homework to delete the task.
	Edit HomeWork	Select a check box next to the homework to edit the task.

To add a home task:

1. Click the HomeWork icon () in the main course menu.
2. Click the New HomeWork () icon in the bottom menu.

3. In the Enter name field enter a title for the home task.
4. In the Date field enter the date from which the home task should be valid; in the Ending date field enter the date till which the home task should be valid.
5. In the Published field Specify if you want to make this item available for Students:
   - Select Yes to publish the item;
   - Select No to unpublish the item.
6. In the Activity type field select the type of activity for this hometask. You can choose from three activity types: Offline activity, Write text and Upload a file.
7. In the Graded activity field select No if no grade will be given for this homework, otherwise select Yes. The scale for graded items is the same as defined in the Gradebook section.
8. In the Time released field you can determine if you wish this item to become published in a certain period after a student's enrollment and determine a period after which the item will be published. Check Yes if you wish to enable this feature, otherwise check No. Enter the necessary time period in days, hours and minutes.
9. In the Limit to specific groups of learners field check Yes if you wish this item to be available only to certain groups of users, otherwise check No.
10. In the UserGroups fields choose the groups of users for which this item will be available.
11. In the Short description and Description fields enter a concise and full description of the home task. Use the embedded Visual Editor to format the description.
12. When finished, click Save in the top right corner of the form to add a task; click Cancel to discard changes and close the form.

To edit an already existing task:

1. Click the HomeWork icon () in the main course menu.
2. Select a check box next to the home task that you want to modify and click the Edit icon () in the bottom menu.
3. Modify task properties as described in the Adding HomeWork section.
4. Save changes.

A home task is assigned to all Students who participate in the course if otherwise hasn't been stated in the UserGroup field when creating or editing a homework item. The HomeWork section gives the Teacher of the course a possibility to view the statistics of tasks performing. The Teacher can see whether tasks have been completed by Students or not, the date of their completion and the grade that Students were given for the task if the task is a graded one.

To view the homework statistics, click the title of the corresponding task in the HomeWork section. As a result, the information page for the task will be displayed:

The statistics for a task represents a list of Students taking part in the course. Next to every Student stands a group to which they belong, and the state of the task:

• As soon as a Student has confirmed that they have completed a task, the Awaiting teacher's review () icon is displayed next to their name.
• As soon as the Teacher grades/marks the task, it will be marked by the Complete () icon.

The Teacher of the course themselves can mark the task as completed/incomplete by clicking the icon next to the corresponding user.

The Teacher of the course can also send an e-mail to any Student by clicking its name on the HomeWork statistics page.

Graded homework items aren't shown in the Gradebook section. You can add them as custom Gradebook items and grade manually.