Set work that has to be done, not just answered
A brief written once, text or file submissions, and marks against a rubric.
An exam shows that somebody knows the rule. An assignment shows they can do the thing: write the incident report, photograph the machine guarded correctly, hand in the call plan before the meeting. The brief lives in a template bank and each placement carries its own deadline and marks, so the same brief runs for the next intake without being rewritten.
What you get
- Write the brief, the instructions and the rubric once as a template, then place it wherever it is due
- Each placement gets its own title, deadline, maximum score and pass mark, and can override the instructions and the rubric
- Submissions as typed text, an uploaded file, or both, with the file types you accept and a size limit
- A hard deadline refuses a late hand-in, a soft one accepts it and flags it late, or run it with no deadline at all
- Deadlines run to the end of the learner's own day in their own timezone, not the server's
- Rubric grading: score each criterion on its own, and the total, the percentage and the pass or fail follow
- Overall written feedback, and a return that hands the work back for another attempt instead of just failing it
- Draft, submitted, graded and returned are separate states, so everyone knows whose turn it is
- Templates stay private, go to one department, or open to the whole workspace
- Place them in a course section, or on a class session where they feed the class gradebook
How it works
- 1
Write the brief once as a template: the instructions, what may be handed in, and the rubric criteria with their maximum scores
- 2
Place it in a course section or on a class session, then set the deadline, the marks, and how strictly the deadline holds
- 3
Learners write or upload, keep a draft, and submit; a late hand-in is flagged rather than lost when the deadline is soft
- 4
Score each rubric criterion, write the feedback, and either grade it or hand it back for another attempt
Common use cases
Practical safety proof: a photo of the setup or a signed checklist, marked against the criteria that matter
Sales role play: the call plan or the discovery notes handed in before the coaching session
Onboarding tasks where the point is that the new joiner has actually done it, not read about it
Written work an exam cannot capture: an incident report, a case study, a proposal
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