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Why won't the grade for a quiz show in the Enter Grades page? Students can't see their grade either.
If you are seeing the quiz submission icon (question mark in a rectangle) on the Enter Grades page, but no score, then there are two quiz settings you will need to check for grades to publish to the Gradebook. Under Course Admin > Quizzes Click on ...
How do I enter attendance (H's and G's) in EagleNet?
At the beginning of class, students must show proof that they are attending a class. In a face-to-face class, this means that students need to show up in person to class. In an online class, this means that students have to do something substantive ...
How can I print a quiz from Talon?
To create a printed version of a quiz in Talon as an instructor, click on Course Admin > Quizzes. Then access the action menu (down arrow) icon after the quiz title and choose "Print." On the Print Page, configure the options you would like for the ...
How can I reveal content based on completion of other content?
Release Conditions can be used within the Course Content tool to selectively release content based on performance and other criteria available in Talon. The most common use-case is to hide future content until some level of completeness or competency ...
How can I rearrange modules in Talon’s Course Content?
Drag and Drop You will notice a 8 dot icon next to each module and submodule in the Table of Contents. The same 8 dot icon appears next to each content item in the main section to the right. Click down on this icon to grab hold of the item and keep ...
How can I rename a module or submodule in Talon?
When you need to edit an existing module or submodule title in Talon: Click on the title in the Table of Contents menu at the left. This will open the module or submodule in the main section to the right. Click on the title that now appears at the ...
Can I submit a quiz attempt for a student?
Yes, instructors can submit a quiz attempt that is currently in-progress. This is sometimes necessary when the quiz isn't set to auto-submit when time expires and the student does not finish (i.e. submit) the quiz before exiting Talon. How to submit ...
What is a Course Design Template and How Can I Use It?
If you are starting a new course design, consider copying content from one of our available Course Design Template courses to get started. Every instructor at Kirkwood should automatically have access to copy from these templates. The templates ...
I accidentally deleted something. Is there an undo button in Talon?
You can restore deleted activities like Quizzes, Assignments and Discussions. You can also easily restore deleted grade items: How can I recover deleted grades? Path to Restore Deleted Quizzes/Assignments/Discussions Quizzes: Course Admin > Quizzes > ...
How can I recover deleted grades?
Go to the Grades section in Talon Click on Manage Grades in the Grades section In the top menu, select the More Actions button From the dropdown menu, choose View Event Log In the View Event Log, you will see a list of recently deleted items. The ...
How can make an activity or grade item not count for a student?
You can leave a grade item blank for a student and it will not count in the overall score. However, if Talon inserts a zero automatically for a non-submission, or if you want to enable "Treat ungraded items as zero" at the end of the term, leaving it ...
My students can't see their overall grade in Talon. How can I change that?
There are two overall grade options in Talon: the Calculated Grade and the Adjusted Grade. The default settings for a new course automatically release The Calculated Grade. However, if you've copied content from another course, that course might have ...
How can I delete old calendar items in Talon?
There are a few ways to identify and delete unwanted calendar items from the Calendar tool. Remove dates from the Date Manager tool With the course open, click on Course Admin > Manage Dates Here you will see a list of ALL the dates currently set in ...
How can I customize the Welcome Window Widget?
The Welcome Window Widget causes popup content to be delivered when students first access the course homepage. The Welcome Window Widget's default settings require the module containing this content to have the word "welcome" in the module title. You ...
How can I remove a widget from my homepage?
In order to remove widgets, you must first be set up and using a custom homepage. If you are not sure if you have a custom homepage, see How do I edit my homepage? Removing a widget from a custom homepage Click on Course Admin > Homepages Click on ...
How can I use document templates when creating Talon pages (aka Files)?
The document template feature adds ready-made content to a file (aka page) in Talon's Course Content tool. This can be a useful starting template (e.g. Course Schedule) or one of our tool specific info pages (e.g. Respondus Lockdown Browser). ...
How can I see what my students see in Talon?
There are generally two approaches to viewing as a student: 1. Student View with Role Switch 2. Impersonate your Instructor Test Student. The Student View with Role Switch option will allow you to see most of what the student sees, but won't let you ...
How do I set up weighted grades in Talon?
Weighted grades let you assign specific percentages to grade categories or individual items (e.g., 60% exams, 40% homework) in Talon. Unlike using points, this method allows you to give more importance to certain categories when evaluating learners ...
How can I give a student more time on quizzes?
You can use the Classlist tool under Course Admin to edit a student's accommodation setting. Here you will find a time multiplier to give more time on all quizzes in the course. Read more about the accommodation setting in our Faculty Talon Training ...
How do I create a recurring event on the Talon course calendar?
If you need steps for creating a calendar event, see How do I create events in Talon's course calendar? When editing/creating an event on the Calendar, click the "Add Recurrence" button to set up a recurring event for the entire semester. Next, enter ...
How do I create events in Talon's course calendar?
You can create calendar events by adding due dates to items in Course Content, or on the Calendar Tool page accessed from the course Navigation bar Adding Due Dates to Course Content Items When creating or editing a module or items within a module, ...
How can I start over with a new empty Talon course shell?
There are several reasons you might need to wipe all contents from a Talon course: You inherited a shell with content already loaded from another instructor You accidentally copied the wrong content into your course shell There are multiple copies of ...
Why can I only see 10 or 20 students at a time under Grades > Enter Grades?
In order to run more smoothly, Talon is imposing a limit of how many cells are loading onto the page at one time. If you have lots of columns (grade items), then Talon reduces the number of rows (students) displayed. There are a few work arounds if ...
How can I automate messages to students from Talon?
Intelligent Agents can be used to automatically send messages to students. These messages can be sent on a schedule, or sent based on a trigger (condition) you define. For example, you could send a message to students who have not logged into your ...
Why can't students see my quiz (aka Final, Test, Exam)?
There are a few settings to check when students tell you they cannot see a quiz item in Talon: visibility settings, availability date settings, release conditions, and special access settings. Visibility Settings Look for an open eye icon next to the ...
Can I include articles from library databases in my Talon shell?
Library databases have articles from newspapers, magazines, trade journals, and scholarly journals, and eBooks and streaming video as well. All of these have special URLs that can be used to link students directly to the article, book chapter, or ...
How can I delete a module or submodule from Course Content?
To delete a module or submodule from Course Content, first click on the title in the Table of Contents menu at the left. This will open the module or submodule in the section to the right. At the top of this page, click on the dropdown menu next to ...
What is a MASTER course in Talon and why would I use it?
A MASTER shell is a special kind of DEV course that can be published to everyone teaching a section of the course. Once published, every instructor assigned to teach a section of the course is automatically added to the MASTER with a view and copy ...
How can I stop students from submitting .pages files and other file types I can't open?
The Assignment tool has a file type restriction setting you can use. You can find this setting when creating a new Assignment or when editing the settings of an existing assignment. You can update this setting at any time. When editing or creating an ...
How can I show my student that they have not successfully submitted an assignment in Talon?
The progress tool is likely the best resource for you and students to verify submissions. The progress tool organizes submissions by tool type (i.e. Assignments, Quizzes, Discussions, etc). Students can be instructed to verify their own submissions ...
How do you publish grades from Talon?
First you will need to make sure your Final Calculated or Final Adjusted grade are set to display letter grades A-F to students. If needed, see Why am I receiving an error message (e.g. Invalid Grade Format) when exporting grades to Colleague? Go to ...
Can I see grades I had recorded in Talon for a student who dropped my class?
Yes, as an instructor in the course, you can access the view grades page for unenrolled students. You will do this using the Classlist tool. Click on Course Admin > Classlist Click on Enrollment Statistics button near the top of the page Scroll down ...
How can allow a student to take another quiz attempt or retake a quiz?
The quiz Special Access settings can be used to permit additional attempts as well as unique due dates and availability dates for the students selected. Setting up Special Access Click on Course Admin > Quizzes > edit the quiz settings Toggle open ...
Why am I receiving an error message (e.g. Invalid Grade Format) when exporting grades to Colleague?
When exporting Midterm and Final grades from Talon to Colleague, they need to be in a letter grade format (A-F). If the system is sending % scores, an Invalid Grade Format error will result. Also, if there is no score, this will also result in an ...
How can I delete grade items in the gradebook?
The delete page can be found under Grades > Manage Grades, click the More Actions button near the top of the page and choose Delete. Then you can select the grade items or grade categories you wish to remove. Finally, click the Delete button near the ...
How can I create a custom widget to put on my course homepage?
You can create custom widgets for the course homepage under Course Admin > Widgets. Click the blue Create Widget button at the top of the Widgets page Give the widget a name. The name will appear to students by default. The description is optional. ...
How do I edit my homepage?
You can only edit custom homepages. So step 1 is to create a custom homepage, or at least figure out if you have a custom homepage already. Talon courses are initially created with a system shared homepage layouts that you cannot change directly. Do ...
How do I add a widget to my homepage?
You will need to edit your custom homepage in order to add/remove/relocate widgets. How do I edit my homepage? If you want to add a custom widget with content of your own, see How can I create a custom widget to put on my course homepage? How to Add ...
How do I change the open or close dates of my Talon course?
When courses are created in Talon, they are typically set to open for student on the morning (12AM) of the first official day of the section as it appears in Colleague. You can change this on the Talon Course Management page (a separate website ...
Why can't my students see my discussion topic?
When creating a discussion topic, an organizing folder (called a Forum) gets automatically created. If you save the new topic in a hidden state, the folder will also be hidden. Later, if you change the topic to visible, the folder is still hidden -- ...
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