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The assignment activity module allows teachers to collect work from students, review it and provide feedback including grades.

Students can submit any digital content (files), including, for example, word-processed documents, spreadsheets, images, audio and video clips. Assignments don't necessarily have to consist of file uploads. Alternatively, teachers can ask students to type directly into Moodle using an online text assignment. There is also an offline activity assignment which can be used to remind students of 'real-world' assignments they need to complete and to record grades in Moodle for activities that don't have an online component.

Assignment Types

There are 4 types of assignments:

Upload a single file
Advanced uploading of files (1.7 onwards) - options include: multiple file submission, allowing students to type a message alongside their submission & returning a file as feedback.
Online text - students type directly into Moodle, teachers can provide inline feedback.
Offline Activity - teachers provide a description and due date for an assignment outside of Moodle. A grade & feedback can be recorded in Moodle.

Iterative Assignments

It is possible to create iterative assignments - where the piece of work is graded by the teacher, re-edited by the student, re-graded and so on using either the single file or the online text and setting 'Allow resubmitting' to 'Yes' in the assignment settings.

Using Assignments for Group Work

There is no support in Moodle for allowing a group to submit their work and have that submission be attributed to each member of the group. A 'manual' version of this concept can be achieved as follows - note that it is necessary to have students assigned to groups for this to work.

Create an assignment - in this case I will assume a "Single Upload" type assignment.
Set the Group Mode to "Separate groups". If you chose "Visible groups" the students would be able to chose to which group they want their submission to be attributed.
Instruct the groups to choose one member to do the upload.
When going in to grade the submissions, click on the assignment link and then select each group separately from the "Separate Groups" pull-down. This will only show the members of that group in the grade book, thereby simplifying the task of identifying members of the group and assigning them a grade.

Assignment Flow Chart

Assignment Flow Chart.

A graphic representation of how the Assignment Module can be used.

The assignment module allows for detailed feedback from Teachers to Students.

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-'''Assignments''' allow the teacher to grade various types of student submissions.
+[[Image:Assignment_Icon.gif]] The assignment [[Teacher_documentation#Activity_modules|activity]]  module allows teachers to collect work from students, review it and provide feedback including grades.
-==Types==
+Students can submit any digital content (files), including, for example, word-processed documents, spreadsheets, images, audio and video clips.  Assignments don't necessarily have to consist of file uploads.  Alternatively, teachers can ask students to type directly into Moodle using an [[Online text assignment|online text]] assignment.  There is also an [[Offline activity assignment|offline activity ]] assignment which can be used to remind students of 'real-world' assignments they need to complete and to record grades in Moodle for activities that don't have an online component.
-Moodle supports plug-in assignment types.
-===Official types===
+== Assignment Types ==
-There are three official types:
+There are 4 types of assignments:
+#[[Upload a single file assignment|Upload a single file]]
+#[[Advanced uploading of files assignment|Advanced uploading of files]] (1.7 onwards) - options include: multiple file submission, allowing students to type a message alongside their submission & returning a file as feedback.
+#[[Online text assignment|Online text]] - students type directly into Moodle, teachers can provide inline feedback.
+#[[Offline activity assignment|Offline Activity]] - teachers provide a description and due date for an assignment outside of Moodle. A grade & feedback can be recorded in Moodle.
-;Upload
+=== Iterative Assignments ===
-:A student can upload a single file. This could be a Word document, spreadsheet or anything digital. Multiple files could be zipped and then submitted.
+It is possible to create iterative assignments - where the piece of work is graded by the teacher, re-edited by the student, re-graded and so on using either the [[Upload a single file assignment|single file]] or the [[Online text assignment|online text]] and setting 'Allow resubmitting' to 'Yes' in the assignment settings.
-;Online Text
-:This assignment type asks users to edit a text, using the normal editing tools. Teachers can grade them online, and even add inline comments or changes.
-;Offline assignment
-:This is useful when the assignment is performed outside of Moodle. It could be something elsewhere on the web or face-to-face. Students can see a description of the assignment, but can't upload files or anything. Grading works normally, and students will get notifications of their grades.
-===Contrib modules===
+=== Using Assignments for Group Work ===
-These assignment types have been contributed by users:
+There is no support in Moodle for allowing a group to submit their work and have that submission be attributed to each member of the group.  A 'manual' version of this concept can be achieved as follows - note that it is necessary to have students assigned to groups for this to work.
-;[http://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=30613 Group Assignment] (by Patrick Jermann)
+# Create an assignment - in this case I will assume a "Single Upload" type assignment.
-:One user uploads the file but all the members of his or her group "benefit" from the submission.
+# Set the Group Mode to "Separate groups".  If you chose "Visible groups" the students would be able to chose to which group they want their submission to be attributed.
+# Instruct the groups to choose one member to do the upload.
+# When going in to grade the submissions, click on the assignment link and then select each group separately from the "Separate Groups" pull-down.  This will only show the members of that group in the grade book, thereby simplifying the task of identifying members of the group and assigning them a grade.
-;[http://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=33940 uploadmulti] (by Brian Jones)
-:Allows uploading multiple files.
-;[http://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=39979 Multiple Files Upload] (by Gustav W Delius)
+==Assignment Flow Chart==
-:Allows uploading multiple files.
+[[Image:flowForAssignment.png|thumb|left|140x107px|Assignment Flow Chart.]]
-;[http://cdc.humboldt.edu/moodle/mod/resource/view.php?id=21 Review assignment] (by Humboldt University)
+A graphic representation of how the Assignment Module can be used.
-:A new assignment type that adds the ability to send back to the student a graded copy of their file. For Moodle 1.5.
-;[http://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=34887 Form] (by Michael Robellard)
+The assignment module allows for detailed feedback from Teachers to Students.
-:allows students to enter information in a form (multiple textarea boxes) and then the teacher can grade each textarea with a number of points (or other grading scale) and give a comment for each form field
 == See also ==
-*[http://download.moodle.org/docs/using_moodle/ch7_assignments.pdf Using Moodle Chapter 7: Assignments and Exercises]
+*[[Non-standard assignment types]]
+*[[Using Moodle book]] Chapter 7: Assignments
+*[[Workshop module]] allows peer to peer evaluations, is contributed code in 1.9 onward
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