This article refers to how students can submit their files for an assignment activity.
The first page students will see when they click on the assignment activity link from the course page will display the assignment name, description and the submission status. The first time a student views the assignment it will look like this:
The submission status section includes:
- Submission status New feature
in Moodle 2.3!
- Grading status
- Due date
- Time remaining
- Last modified
- Submission details
As they progress through the assignment the Submission status and Grading status will update and the Last modified date will appear.
New feature
in Moodle 2.3! Submission statuses include:
- Nothing submitted for this assignment
- Draft (not submitted)
- Submitted for grading
New feature
in Moodle 2.3! Grading statuses include:
- Not graded
- Graded
File submission
To submit a file submission, students complete the following steps:
- Click the ‘Add submission’ button to bring up the file upload page.
- Upload the relevant file into the submission. They are able to ‘drag and drop’ the file into the submission box.
- Click ‘Save Changes’.
- There should now be a Last modified date and the file(s) uploaded will also be displayed.
- Depending on how the assignment is setup the status will either read ‘Submitted for grading’ - in which case no further action is need, or ‘Draft (not submitted)’.
- If changes are required, click on ‘Edit my submission’.
- Once ready to submit, click ‘Submit assignment’. Note that once the assignment is 'submitted’ no further changes are allowed.
Note: Depending on how the assignment is setup students may see both a file submission page and an online text editor.
Online text
To submit an online text submission, students complete the following steps:
- Click the ‘Add submission’ button to bring up the online text editor page
- Type the relevant text into the HTML editor, or paste from a previously written file.
- Click ‘Save Changes’.
- There should now be a Last modified date and the first 100 characters entered will also be displayed.
- Depending on how the assignment is setup the status will either read ‘Submitted for grading’ - in which case no further action is need, or ‘Draft (not submitted)’
- If changes are required, click on ‘Edit my submission’.
- Once ready to submit, click ‘Submit assignment’. Note that once the assignment is 'submitted’ no further changes are allowed.
Note: Depending on how the assignment is setup students may see both a file submission page and an online text editor.
Submission comments
Depending on how the assignment has been setup, there may be a section where students can leave submission comments.
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