How Do I Create a Question & Answer Assignment in Bongo?

In a Question and 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.

Bongo can be accessed by students through Canvas via the Assignments link or within a Module.

Create the Bongo Assignment in Canvas

  1. Enter a title for the Assignment.  It must be unique to all your other course assignment titles and cannot be changed once the assignment has been saved.
  2. Add Points

Although you can set the number of attempts allowed in Canvas, you will also need to set this in Bongo.

  1. Select External Tool
  2. Click Find
  1. Choose  Bongo Learn
  2. Click Select
  1. Check Load This Tool in a New Tab
  2. Select Limited or Unlimited from the Allowed Attempts dropdown menu. Although this page lets you set the number of attempts allowed, you will also need to set this in Bongo.
  3. Enter Due, Available from, and Until dates.
  4. Click Save. Remember to click Save & Publish once you have completed creating the Bongo assignment.

To avoid confusion, only set the assignment dates within Canvas.

Click Load Question & Answer Assignment in a new window.

Activate the Assignment on the Bongo Site

Notice you are now on the Bongo site.  If this is the first time you are creating a Bongo assignment in a particular course, you will be prompted with the following Class Creation options; otherwise, you will not see these options:

Click Create a new course

Click  ASSIGNMENT

Choose Question & Answer

Complete the Question & Answer Settings

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  1. The assignment will pull the name from Canvas. Do not change the name after creating the Bongo Assignment or this will break the assignment connection.
  2. ETS recommends that you use the Due Date, and Availability Dates in Canvas to control access and leave the Bongo due date blank.  If desired, set a Due Date/Time in Canvas that will serve as a guideline for the students, but will not prevent students from submitting once the date has passed. If you have set a 'available until' date in Canvas,  students will not be able to access the assignment passed that date.
  3. Enter text instructions for the assignment.  While not required, it is recommended to include video instructions as well. If you would like to create video instructions or share an example of the assignment, click on the webcam icon and add your video. Instructions and any videos you add are visible during the entire duration of the Q&A session for the student.

Select Evaluation

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Choose how your students will be evaluated

ETS recommends matching the evaluation to your canvas selection.

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 the peer review settings on 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 add 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 Questions in the left-hand panel

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Add your questions

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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

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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

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Select Answers in left-hand panel to adjust settings

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Determine how you want learners to respond

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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

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Select your Settings

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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

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Toggle AI Feedback off

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At this time, ETS recommends that you toggle AI Feedback off.

Select Peer Review in the Left-Hand Panel

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Toggle on Peer review if Desired

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If the slider is blue it indicates that the peer review setting is on.

Select Peer Review Settings

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Determine how many peers you want each learner to assess and whether you manually assign the learners to each other or if they are automatically assigned.

Peer Review Settings Continued

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Determine How Peers will Evaluate Each Other

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Students can either rate their peers assignments out of 5 stars or with a rubric.

NOTE: You can ONLY select Assignment Rubric if you selected Rubric under the Evaluation tab.

If you assign a peer review due date, Canvas will not remind students to come back to the assignment. You must inform students to re-enter the assignment to complete their peer review by your selected due date.

Click Save in the Top-Right Corner

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Check for Confirmation of Assignment Creation

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A green check mark will appear in the top right of Bongo to confirm that the assignment was successfully created.

Review Student Submissions

Edit Bongo Assignment

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

  1. Click the down triangle next to Overview in the breadcrumb trail.
  2. Click Configure

Edit Canvas Assignment

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

  1. Click the browser tab containing the Canvas assignment.
  2. Once on the Canvas page, click Edit Assignment Settings on the top right of the screen.

NOTE: Do NOT change the assignment name in either canvas or bongo. This will break the connection to the assignment.