Provide students with a framework into which they can log their field experience hours and view their progress toward key requirements.

 

This article describes the process of creating a track assignment in a class template. Click here to learn more about class templates. 

Creating a Track Assignment 

1. Go to the Assignments tab in your class template
2. Click (+) to create a new assignment
3. The assignment builder will populate

Required Settings

• Name:Enter the name of the assignment.
  • EXAMPLE: Track hours for Field Experience, or Track hours for your Practicum.
• Assignment Type: Select Track as the type of the assignment. Select this option if the course requires that the student track their practicum or intern hours against a specific Track that has been entered into Experiential Learning Cloud. 
• The track to be used is: Click the link and select the specific track that students must complete for the given program or class. NOTE: If you do not see the Track you need, reach out to your administrator. It is possible that the track hasn't been activated yet for your program.

Optional Additions 

• Instructions: Click the ellipses to add any additional instructions that students may need to complete the assignment.
• Prerequisites: If this assignment has prerequisites (assignments that must be completed prior to the student beginning this assessment), select them here.
  • NOTE: The prerequisite assignment must be entered in the assignment builder first before it will appear in this list.
• Start Date: This field will default to the Start Date of the class. If the student cannot start the assignment until a specific date, enter that date here. 
• Due Date: This field will default to the End Date for the class or program. If the due date is different from the end date, enter the due date here.
• Assigned to: This field determines which students will see the assignment in their assignments workspace. Assignments can be assigned to ...
  • All class or program members.
  • No class or program members. 
  • Specific class or program members -- If there is a unique assignment that is assigned to only one or some of the students in the class, select this option.                         
• Required or Optional: Assignments can be ...
  • Required for all members of the class or program (this is the default setting).
  • Optional for all members of the class or program.
  • Required for specific members of the class or program.

Once all assignments have been added to your class template, you can copy them to a class.