How Do I Create a Question & Answer Assignment in Bongo?
In a Question & Answer assignment, the student is presented with questions and given a set amount of time to respond via video recording. The student only has one opportunity to answer each question.
Create the Bongo Assignment in Canvas
- Enter a Title for the Assignment. NOTE: the title of the assignment must be unique to all your other assignment titles in the course and cannot be changed once the assignment has been saved.
- Add a Point Value for the assignment
Set the Submission Type for the assignment
- Select External Tool for Submission Type.
- Click Find and select Bongo Learn from the external tool list.
- 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
- Select Limited or Unlimited from the "Allowed Attempts" menu. Although Canvas lets you set the number of allowed attempts, you will also need to set this in Bongo.
- Enter Due, Available from, and Until dates. You will also need to set the identical due date in Bongo.
- Click Save. Remember to click Save & Publish once you have set up the assignment in Bongo.
NOTE: To avoid confusion, you can opt to only set the assignment dates within Canvas (and enter no dates in Bongo).
Load the Bongo Assignment in a New Tab
Click the "Load..." button to load the assignment in a new tab in the browser.
Once in the Bongo site, set up the Q&A assignment as follows —
If accessing Bongo for the first time in this course, choose "Create a Blank Course"
NOTE: If this is the first time you are creating a Bongo assignment in this particular course you will be prompted with the "CREATE A BLANK COURSE" option.
If you have already created a Bongo assignment in this course you will not see this option.
In the "Add Course Content" window choose "Assignment"
In the "Add an Assignment" window choose "Question & Answer"
Complete the assignment settings and instructions
Click "General" in the left-hand panel
Add assignment instructions and details
- The assignment name will be carried over from Canvas. Do not change this setting.
- Due date and time is is set independently from the Canvas due date. (And students can submit even after the Bongo due date.) To avoid confusion use only the Canvas due date and leave the Bongo due date blank.
- Enter text instructions for the assignment (required).
- In the Instructions section, click on the camera icon to add a video prompt (optional, but recommended).
Choose "Evaluation" from the left-hand panel
Choose how your students will be evaluated
NOTE: The evaluation types with a 3-diamonds logo use a form of AI grading and evaluation. Tufts does not recommend the use of these tools at this time.
We recommend matching your evaluation type and total points to those you indicated when creating the Canvas Assignment.
NOTE: If you select Peer Review as the evaluation type you (the instructor) will not have the ability to grade the assignment at all.
If instead you want to both grade the students assignment yourself and have them do peer review, turn on "Peer Review" from the left-hand panel as shown below:
Evaluation Type: Rubric
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 do peer-review with a rubric, the evaluation type selected must also be set to "Rubric". The same rubric will be used for both the instructor's evaluation and the peer review.
Select Questions in the left-hand panel
Add your questions
To confirm the creation of a question ensure it is listed below with a corresponding number. Questions left in the "Add your question here...." after saving WILL NOT be saved.
Click on the question to open up question settings
Adjust settings for the individual question
You can add a video either by upload or recording for specific questions. This will play the entire video while showing the question before the count down clock to automatic recording begins.
If you have a large batch of questions but for a specific assignment would rather turn a question off rather than delete it, you can toggle off the Visible settings.
Lastly the videos submitted by students will be transcribed. You can add question specific key terms and phrases and get information on how many times those things were mentions.
If you select an AI grading option, you will have extra settings that are mandatory to fill out on each question.
Use the arrows next to the question number to toggle through the question settings
Select Answers in left-hand panel to adjust settings
Determine how you want learners to respond
Choose what you want to require for a student response. A blue check mark indicates that a student will need to have those aspects functional before being allowed to begin the session.
Select More Options to see all settings
Select your Settings
NOTE: Once a learner starts a question, the recording begins at a time determined by the professor. The student can begin recording before the allowed time is up, if desired. You can choose between immediate start up to 3 minutes recording delay.
Select "AI Feedback" in the left-hand panel and turn it off
NOTE: The AI Feedback tool is is enabled by default for each Bongo assignment. This feature may not work well for students speaking in accented English or who are neurodiverse.
For these reasons ETS strongly recommends that you turn AI Feedback off.
See: Bongo Auto Analysis
Select "Peer Review" from the left-hand panel
If using Peer Review, turn it on
For more information on the Peer Review settings see: How Do I Customize Peer Review in Bongo?
Click "Save" in the top-right corner to save all the assignment settings
Look for a confirmation that the assignment was created
A green check mark will appear in the top right of Bongo to confirm that the assignment was successfully created.