In this lesson, you will learn how to:
• Create a homework assignment from scratch Create a homework assignment from scratch
The Homework/Test Manager is where you create and manage your homework assignments, quizzes, and tests in MyMathLab. Student results from these assignments appear in your Gradebook. In this lesson you will quickly create a homework assignment from scratch.
1. Open the Homework/Test Manager.
Click Course Tools in the course menu, and then click Assignment Manager. Your assignment list will be empty since you are in a new course.
Note: You can also access the Homework/Test Manager from the student Homework page by clicking modify in the top right of the page and selecting Manage.
2. Create a new homework assignment.
Click Create Assignment and select Create Homework from the dropdown list. The New Homework wizard has three steps to help you create your homework assignment.
3. Step 1: Start.
In Step 1, enter "My First Homework Assignment" in the Homework Name box. Click Next to go to Step 2.
Compared to students of the traditional calculus format, those students who completed required homework using MyMathLab for Calculus had greater student gains, including KEY improved
grades, increased pass rates, and increased retention.
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You have the option to create a personalized homework assignment based on student test or quiz results. You will learn how to do this in Lesson 7.
4. Step 2: Select Media and Questions.
In Step 2, you select and add the questions you want to include in your homework assignment. These questions can be chosen from multiple chapters or sections of your textbook. Click the Chapter dropdown list and select Chapter 1. Then click the Section dropdown list and select Section 1.2. The list of Available Questions is filtered to show questions from Section 1.2.
Note: The total number of available questions is given at the top of the Available Questions box. In the screenshot above, there are 48 questions in Section 1.2 for this textbook. Questions are identified by chapter, section, and number. For example, Question ID 1.2.11 refers to question 11 in section 1.2 of the textbook. The online question is modeled after the corresponding textbook question, and contains algorithms that allow the question to be dynamically generated for each student.
Move your mouse over a question ID for a thumbnail view of the question. Check the boxes to the left of the first three questions in the Available Questions list. Click Add to include these questions in your homework assignment. Click the question ID for the fourth
question in the Available Questions list to preview the question. In the preview window, all parts of the question are displayed along with the correct answers. If you want to work the problem as a student, select Work problem as student option at the bottom left of the window. You can also regenerate question values by clicking Reload at the bottom left of the window.
Note: Refer to MyMathLab/MyStatLab – Intermediate for advanced options for your customizing your questions.
Click Add to include this question in your assignment, then click Close to return to the wizard. Click Next to go to Step 3.
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When students do assignments online, Pearson collects anonymous statistics that rate each question according to the difficulty and the time required to answer. When a sufficient number of students have worked the question, this data is aggregated to provide statistics for the question.
If question metrics are available for your course, you see these statistics for each question when you view the questions for an assignment, as shown below. Move your mouse over the bar graph icon to see a tooltip which states the difficulty level, median time spent by students on the question, and the percentage of students who answered correctly on the first try.
When you add questions to your assignment, the median time for each question is totaled to show you the estimated time a student would need to complete your assignment (see the red box above).
Some questions are also identified with the screen reader icon indicating that the question text can be read by screen reader software such as JAWS.
5. Step 3: Choose Settings.
On the Choose Settings page, leave the Available date at today's date. Click the calendar icon to the right of the Due box and select the date one week from today. Your homework assignment will be available to students between these dates and times.
Note: Time zone settings affect when students can access homework
assignments. For your convenience, the time zone is shown to the right of the Available date and time. Click Change if needed to set the correct time zone for your class.
6. Save and assign the homework assignment.
Click Save & Assign at the bottom right of the page to save your assignment and make it available for students to work on. Your homework assignment is now listed in the
Homework/Test Manager.
Note: Refer to MyMathLab/MyStatLab – Intermediate for advanced options for your assignment.
MyMathLab/MyStatLab – Beginning LESSON 5 – CREATE A MEDIA ASSIGNMENT
In this lesson, you will learn how to:
• Create a media assignment from scratch
• Add your own media to the media assignment
• Add questions to the media assignment Create a media assignment from scratch
Media assignments allow you to assign media files such as videos, PowerPoint lectures, and animations for your students to work on. In this lesson, you will create a media assignment from scratch.
Tip: Use media assignments to require students to work on the learning resources before they begin their homework assignments. For example, you could assign an animation and a video for students to review before a test. Or you could assign a video and make viewing the video a
prerequisite to a homework assignment.
1. Open the Homework/Test Manager.
Click Course Tools in the course menu, and then click Assignment Manager.
2. Create a new media assignment.
Click Create Assignment and select Create Homework from the dropdown list. The New Homework Assignment wizard has three steps to help you create your media assignment.
3. Step 1: Start.
In Step 1, enter "My First Media Assignment" in the Assignment Name box. Click Next to go to Step 2.
4. Step 2: Select Media and Questions.
In Step 2, you select and add the media you want to include in your assignment. Click Media above the Available Questions box. Media can be chosen from multiple chapters or sections of your textbook. Click the Chapter dropdown list and select Chapter 1. Then click the Section dropdown list and select Section 1.2. The list of Available Media is filtered to show media from Section 1.2. Media types are identified by icon, as shown on the right.
Note: Available media types vary depending on the textbook you are using.
Check the boxes to the left of the first two media titles, and click Add to include these media titles in your assignment. Click Next to go to Step 3.
5. Step 3: Choose Settings.
On the Choose Settings page, leave the Available date at today's date. Click the calendar icon to the right of the Due box and select the date one week from today. Your media assignment will be available to students between these dates and times.
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You can specify the late submission policy and access controls for your media assignment, as explained in MyMathLab/MyStatLab – Intermediate.
6. Save and assign the media assignment.
Click Save & Assign at the bottom right of the page to save your assignment and make it available for students to work on. Your media assignment is now listed in the
Homework/Test Manager.
Add your own media to the media assignment
You can link to your own media titles to your media assignment. For example, you could link to a YouTube video to add it to your media assignment. In this lesson, you will add a link to the MyMathLab website to your assignment.
1. Edit the media assignment.
In the Homework/Test Manager, click the Actions dropdown list for the media assignment you created, and select Edit. Click Go to open up the assignment editor. In Step 1 of the editor, click Next to go to the Select Media and Questions step.
2. Add your media title to the assignment.
Click Media above the Available Questions box, and then click Add my own media above the My Selections list. On the Add External Media Link window, enter "MyMathLab website" in the Media Title box, and enter "http://www.mymathlab.com" in the URL box. Select Website from the Type dropdown list. If desired, associate the media file with a chapter, section, or objective in the textbook. Click Save to add your media file to the assignment.
Note: Your media file is not uploaded to the MyMathLab server. Instead, the file must be uploaded to an external server and students link out to the file from the media assignment.
3. Save your changes.
Click Save & Assign to save your changes and return to the Homework/Test Manager.
Add questions to the media assignment
In addition to media files, you can include questions in your media assignment, and you can require students to access the media files before answering the associated questions. In this lesson, you will add questions to your media assignment and group questions and media files together.
1. Edit the media assignment.
In the Homework/Test Manager, click the Actions dropdown list for the media assignment you created, and select Edit. Click Go to open up the assignment editor. In Step 1 of the editor, click Next to go to the Select Media and Questions step.
2. Add questions to the assignment.
Filter the list to show only questions from Section 1.2. Check the boxes to the left of the first two questions in the Available Questions list. Click Add to include these questions in your media assignment.
3. Add additional media titles and questions to the assignment.
Click Media above the Available Questions list to display the media titles. Check the box for the last media title and click Add. Click Question and add a new question. In the same way, add another media title and question to the assignment.
Media and questions are placed in groups which are differentiated by a change of color in the grouping. Adding a media file after a question creates a new group.
Tip: Group media files and questions to give students practice after viewing the media resources.
4. Customize the access controls.
Click Next to go to the Choose Settings step. There are more options available on this page since you now have questions added to your assignment.
In the Access Controls section, check the Media Access box. This will require students to open up the media files before they can access the associated questions in that group.
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You can specify the other access controls (prerequisites, attempts per question), presentation options for your media assignment, as explained in MyMathLab/MyStatLab - Intermediate.
5. Save your changes.
Click Save & Assign to save your changes and return to the Homework/Test Manager.
MyMathLab/MyStatLab – Beginning LESSON 6 – CREATE A QUIZ
In this lesson, you will learn how to:
• Create a quiz from scratch Create a quiz from scratch
The Homework/Test Manager lets you create and manage your homework assignments, quizzes, and tests in MyMathLab. Student results from these assignments appear in your Gradebook. In this lesson, you will quickly create a quiz from scratch.
1. Open the Homework/Test Manager.
Click Course Tools in the course menu, and then click Assignment Manager. If you completed Lessons 4 and 5, there should be at least two assignments in your list, including the ones shown below.
2. Create a new quiz.
Click Create Assignment and select Create Quiz from the dropdown list. The New Quiz wizard has three steps to help you create your quiz.
3. Step 1: Start.
In Step 1, enter "My First Quiz" in the Quiz Name box. Click Next to go to Step 2.
MyStatLab’s easy-to-use interface meant FRCC students were willing to complete more and more difficult assignments and enabled the addition of quizzes to the curriculum. Even with the
increased workload and rigor, students outperformed those without the product.
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Note: Quizzes and tests are created the same way in the Homework/Test Manager. The only difference between quizzes and tests is how they are categorized in the Gradebook.
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You can also create a quiz or test by uploading a test file created in the TestGen program. For more details, visit the Instructor Help page.
4. Step 2: Add/Remove Content.
In Step 2, you select and add the questions you want to include in your quiz. Questions can be chosen from multiple chapters or sections of your textbook. Click the Chapter
dropdown list and select Chapter 1. Then click the Section dropdown list and select Section 1.2. The list of Available Questions is filtered to show questions from Section 1.2.
Check the boxes to the left of the first three questions in the Available Questions list. Click Add to include these questions in your quiz. Click Next to go to Step 3.
5. Step 3: Choose Settings.
On the Choose Settings page, leave the Available date at today's date. Click the calendar icon to the right of the Due box and select the date one week from today. Your quiz will be available to students between these dates and times.
6. Save and assign the quiz.
Click Save & Assign at the bottom right of the page to save your quiz and make it available for students to work on. Your quiz is now listed in the Homework/Test Manager.
Note: Refer to MyMathLab/MyStatLab – Intermediate for advanced options for your quizzes and tests.
MyMathLab/MyStatLab – Beginning LESSON 7 – COPY ASSIGNMENTS
In this lesson, you will learn how to:
• Copy a sample assignment
• Copy multiple sample assignments at one time Copy a sample assignment
Every MyMathLab course contains a set of sample homework assignments for each section of the textbook, as well as sample quizzes and tests for each chapter. Each sample assignment includes questions available for that section or chapter. In this lesson, you will copy a sample assignment to your assignment list.
1. Open the Homework/Test Manager.
Click Course Tools in the course menu, and then click Assignment Manager.
2. Preview a sample homework assignment.
Click Homework at the top left of the Homework/Test Manager. The list of Sample
Homework assignments is displayed at the bottom of the page. Select Chapter 1 from the Sample Homework dropdown list to see the list of sample homework assignment for this chapter.
Select Preview from the Actions dropdown list to the right of the Section 1.1 Homework.
Click Go to preview the assignment from a student viewpoint. Close the Preview window when done, and click OK in the popup warning box.
To view a list of questions in the assignment, select List Questions in the Actions
dropdown list and click Go. When you are finished, close the View Question Details window.
3. Copy a sample homework assignment.
Select Copy from the Actions dropdown list to the right of the Section 1.1 Homework assignment and click Go. The Copy Homework wizard has three steps to copy your homework assignment.
4. Step 1: Start.
In Step 1, accept the default name for the assignment. Click Next to go to Step 2.
5. Step 2: Select Media and Questions.
In Step 2, the My Selections list shows the pre-selected questions for this sample
homework assignment. You can amend this list by adding or removing questions, as well as customizing the question options, as explained in MyMathLab/MyStatLab – Intermediate.
For this lesson, accept the list of pre-selected questions, and click Next to go to Step 3.
6. Step 3: Choose Settings.
On the Choose Settings page, you can set the Availability Options, Scoring Options, Access Controls, and Presentation Options as explained in MyMathLab/MyStatLab – Intermediate.
Click Save & Assign to save your homework assignment and make it available for students to work on.
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You can copy assignments from one of your other courses or from another instructor's course by importing the assignment. You can import assignments from the same textbook or from similar textbooks that have been mapped to your current textbook. If you are importing assignments from another
instructor, the instructor must first make the assignments available for others to import.
Copy multiple sample assignments at one time
You can copy multiple sample assignments at one time instead of individually. This allows you to set up your homework assignments and tests with minimal preparation time. In this lesson, you will copy all of the sample homework, quizzes, and tests for a chapter.
1. Open the Homework/Test Manager.
Click Course Tools in the course menu, and then click Assignment Manager.
2. Copy and assign sample assignments.
Click Create Assignment and select Copy and Assign Sample Assignments from the dropdown list. The Copy and Assign Sample Assignments wizard has four steps to copy the assignments.
3. Step 1: Start.
In Step 1, select Yes to auto-assign due dates to your copied assignments. You will specify the date range and frequency in a later step. Click Next to go to Step 2.
4. Step 2: Select Assignments.
In Step 2, select Chapter 2 from the Chapter dropdown list and click Go. Check the box at the top of the Copy column to select all assignments in Chapter 2. Click Next to go to Step 3.
5. Step 3: Assign Due Dates.
In Step 3, click the calendar icon for the First Assignment Due Date and enter the date two weeks from today. Click the calendar icon for the Last Assignment Due Date and enter the date four weeks from today. In the Days Allowed section, uncheck the boxes for Sunday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday.
Your assignment due dates will be distributed across the date range and days you specified. Click Next to confirm your choices.
6. Step 4: Confirmation.
On the Confirmation page, check the box at the top of the Assign column to assign all of the assignments to your students. Each assignment is given the default sample assignment name, and you can change these names as needed.
In the Start column, notice that the program automatically sets the start date for all assignments as today’s date. The due dates are evenly distributed per your specifications in Step 3. Click Copy to copy your assignments.
Note: There may be more than one assignment due on a particular date, due to the algorithm used to calculate the due dates. You can change the start
Note: There may be more than one assignment due on a particular date, due to the algorithm used to calculate the due dates. You can change the start