I figured it out! I was relying on what I see in a course I just took and comparing that to what I was seeing on my site. Your screenshot clarified what was happening.
This is what I see and I now know is exactly what I should be seeing.
In the course I just completed, when I selected the assignment, I did not see this screen; I was taken, instead, to this screen.
The course I'm building is a pass/fail course and the short reflections are essentially participation grades. They won't be graded.
Parents at our school are required to complete X number of hours of activities in support of the school and church. We're adding simple courses to the list of options they can choose from. The reflections ensure that they are making an effort. I have the course set so that they can't complete the course without completing each activity.
I have no idea how the course developers of the class I took set things up,
Is there a way, though, that I can "skip" the submission information and take students directly to the text entry box? I've not found anything in the docs that seems to apply. I found a couple of references in a google search that addressed changing the css code -- that's way beyond my ability level.
