How do I create an individual assignment in Bongo?

In an Individual Assignment in Bongo, students can record or upload a video of themselves presenting on topic or demonstrating a specific skill. They can upload other media as well. With the screenshare feature, students can also enhance their project with visual aids.

Create an Assignment in Canvas

  1. Enter a Title for the Assignment.  NOTE: the title of the assignment must be unique to all your other course assignment titles and cannot be changed once the assignment has been saved.
  2. Add a Point Value for the assignment

See: How do I create an Assignment in Canvas?

Set the Submission Type for the assignment

  1. Select External Tool for Submission Type.
  2. Click Find and select Bongo Learn from the external tool list.
  3. Check Load This Tool in a New Tab.

Be sure to check the "Load This Tool in a New Tab" checkbox so that the Bongo tool will load properly.

Complete and save the assignment information in Canvas

  1. Select Limited or Unlimited from the Allowed Attempts dropdown menu.  Although Canvas lets you set the number of allowed attempts, you will also need to set this in Bongo.
  2. Enter Due, Available from, and Until dates. You will also need to set the identical due date in Bongo.
  3. Click Save. Remember to click Save & Publish once you have set up the assignment in Bongo.

To finish setting up the assignment in Bongo click the grey "Load Bongo Assignment" button that is now visible on the Assignment page in Canvas

Once in the Bongo site, set up the assignment as follows —

NOTE: If this is the first time you are creating a Bongo assignment in a particular course, you will be prompted with the following New Course options; otherwise, you will skip this step.

If accessing Bongo for the first time in this course, choose "Create a Blank Course"

In the "Add Course Content" window choose "Assignment"

In the "Add and Assignment" window choose "Individual"

Click General in the left hand Panel to set up the assignment

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Write assignment instructions

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  1. Enter text instructions for the assignment (required). 
  2. In the Instructions section, click on the camera icon to add a video prompt (optional).
  1. The assignment name will be carried over from Canvas. Do not change this setting.
  2. Add a due date and time. This is independent from the Canvas due date. If you set a Canvas due date we suggest you ensure that this date is the same.  Students can submit after the Bongo due date.

Select Evaluation from the Left-Hand Panel

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Select Evaluation Type

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ETS recommends matching your evaluation type and total points to those you indicated when creating the Canvas Assignment.

NOTE: If you select Peer Review the professor will not have the ability to grade the assignment at all. If you want to give the students a grade and do peer review, turn on 'Peer Review' from the left-hand panel.

Evaluation items with the 3 stars use a form of AI grading and evaluation. Tufts does not recommend the use of these grading tools at this time.

Evaluation type: Rubric

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If you choose rubric as your evaluation type, you must either select a rubric you have already created in Bongo or create a new rubric.

NOTE: If you want students to peer review with a rubric, the evaluation type selected MUST be rubric too. The same rubric will be used for both the professor's evaluation as well as the peer review.

Select AI Feedback in the Left-Hand Panel

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Toggle AI Feedback off

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The AI Feedback tool is is enabled for each assignment by default.  At this time, ETS recommends that you toggle AI Feedback off.

NOTE: This feature may not work well for students speaking in accented English. 

See: Bongo Auto Analysis

Select Toolset in the Left-Hand Panel

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Decide if attachments and meetings will be allowed

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For individual assignments students will have the ability to create video or audio content, with or without screen sharing. They can also choose to upload a video rather than record within Bongo.

You can also require students upload relevant attachments, such as word docs, images or Powerpoint presentations.

Meetings are not necessary for individual assignments.

Select Peer Review from the Left-Hand Panel

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If using Peer Review, Toggle On

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For more information on the Peer Review settings see: How Do I Customize Peer Review in Bongo?

NOTE: If you use choose Evaluation Type: Rubric, you must have Rubric selected for the assignment evaluation. The same rubric will be used.

NOTE: You must select 2 or more peers for reviewing. Selecting only 1 will cause a student to not be evaluated.

When you're done setting up the assignment click "Save"

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Viewing student progress in the Bongo assignment

Once you've saved the Bongo assignment and students have begun interacting with it, you can view each student's progression through it from their first view through completion, evaluation, and published score.

Editing a saved Bongo assignment

After the Bongo assignment is saved, you may need to edit the settings.

  1. In the page breadcrumb trail click the down triangle next to Overview.
  2. Click Configure.

Editing the Canvas assignment

After the Bongo assignment is saved, you may need to edit the Canvas assignment that contains it.

  1. Go to the course in Canvas, and navigate to the assignment
  2. Once on the Assignment page, click Edit Assignment Settings on the top right of the screen.

Be sure to save your assignment settings once you've edited them.