Overview
Harmonize Individual Assignments allow you to submit work privately to your instructor.
Although the interface may look similar to a Harmonize Discussion, other students cannot see your Individual Assignment posts. Your work is visible only to you and your instructor.
Submitting your assignment usually means creating and publishing a post in Harmonize. Depending on how your instructor has set up the assignment, you may need to create one post, multiple posts, or comments on your own work.
Check Your Assignment Requirements
Before posting your assignment, review the Milestones at the top of the activity.
Milestones show what you need to complete and may include:
- One or more required posts
- Comments on your own work
- Due dates
- Your completion progress
If the assignment includes multiple Milestones, each Milestone may have its own due date and requirements.
Your Milestone progress will update as you complete the required work.
Minimum Word Counts
If your instructor has set a minimum word count, you will see that requirement when you begin creating your post.
Only text entered directly into the Harmonize text box counts toward the minimum word count. Text contained in an uploaded document does not count toward this requirement.
Post Your Assignment
To begin:
- Open the Individual Assignment.
- Click Create new post.
You will be taken to a space to draft your post.
- 1 Give your assignment post a Subject line.
- 2 Add text if desired or required.
- 3 Upload Media and Files if desired or required.
- 4 Use additional content creation tools if desired or required.
- 5 Click Publish.
You can type directly into the text box or add files and media using the options below the editor.
Note: Remember that your post is private. Other students in the course cannot see your work.
Add Text, Files, or Media
Harmonize supports a wide variety of submission types. You will see a text box and upload button by default, but you can always add additional rows of content using the content creation controls at the bottom.
Depending on the assignment, you may be asked to:
- Add Text
- Add Non-Executing Code
- Upload Media or Files
- Add a Link
- Record Video
- Record Audio
- Record Screen
- Add Poll
- Annote Media and Files as you Upload
You can include more than one type of content in the same post. For example, you might type a short introduction and attach a document or video.
Publish Your Assignment
When your post is ready, click Publish.
Publishing makes your post visible to your instructor.
After publishing:
- Your post should appear in the Individual Assignment.
- Your Milestone progress should update.
- Completed requirements will appear in green.
Check your Milestone progress after publishing to make sure you have completed all required work.
Your classmates cannot see your published post.
Complete Additional Posts or Comments, If Required
Some Individual Assignments include more than one requirement.
Create Additional Posts
Your instructor may require:
- Multiple posts for the same Milestone, or
- Additional posts for later Milestones.
If another post is required, create and publish it the same way you submitted your first post.
Be sure to check the Milestone requirements and due dates so you know when each post is due.
Reply to Your Own Work, If Required
Your instructor may also require you to comment on your own work.
For example, you might be asked to add a reflection after receiving feedback.
To add a comment:
- Locate your published post.
- Click Reply, or click in the comment box below your post.
- Alternatively, click on your documents or videos to make line comments or timestamped feedback.
- Add your response.
- Click Publish.
Comments you add to your Individual Assignment are also private and are not visible to other students.
After You Submit
Your instructor can review and respond directly to your Individual Assignment.
Feedback may include:
- Written comments
- Video or audio responses
- Screen-recorded feedback
- Comments on specific text in a document
- Drawings or pins on an image
- Timestamped comments on a video
Your instructor's feedback remains part of your private Individual Assignment. Other students cannot see your submission or your instructor's responses.
Learn how to View Instructor Feedback in Harmonize.
Frequently Asked Questions
Q. Can other students see my Individual Assignment?
- No. Individual Assignment posts and comments are private between you and your instructor.
Q. How do I know whether my assignment was submitted?
- After you click Publish, your post should appear in the activity.
- Your Milestone progress should also update, and completed requirements will appear in green.
- Check the Milestones to make sure you have completed all required work.
Q. What does Publish do?
- Clicking Publish makes your post or comment visible to your instructor.
Q. Why isn't my Milestone complete after I published a post?
- Your instructor may require more than one post, a comment, or additional work for that Milestone.
- Check the Milestone requirements to see what is still needed.
Q. Does text in an uploaded document count toward a minimum word count?
- No. Only text entered directly into the Harmonize text box counts toward a minimum word count.
Q. Can I submit a video, audio recording, or file instead of typing my assignment?
- Yes, if the assignment instructions allow it. Harmonize supports video, audio, screen recordings, documents, images, and other files and media.
- Be sure to check whether your instructor has also set a minimum word count, since uploaded content does not count toward that requirement.
Q. Why do I need to create more than one post?
- Some Individual Assignments include multiple posts or Milestones. Review the Milestone requirements and due dates to see everything your instructor expects you to complete.