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The assignment activity provides a space into which students can submit work for teachers to grade and give feedback on. This saves on paper and is more efficient than email. It can also be used to remind students of 'real-world' assignments they need to complete offline, such as art work, and thus not require any digital content.


'''Assignments''' allow the teacher to grade various types of student submissions.
Student submissions are together on one screen of your course. You can require them to submit one or several files and/or to type text essays. It is possible to have them submit work as a group and you can also choose as a teacher to grade their work 'blind' in other words not to see the identities of those who have submitted assignments. Assignments can have deadlines and cut off dates - which you can also extend if necessary.


==Types==
==Assignment (Submission) types==
Moodle supports plug-in assignment types.
Students can type directly into Moodle, upload files or add media. The options are in the Submission types section and if you don't see a particular option, get the admin to check the Site administration settings in [[Assignment settings]] documentation.


===Official types===
'''Online text:'''  Text typed into the [[Atto editor]] is automatically saved and the teacher can set a Word limit which will display a warning if students exceed it.
There are three official types:


;Upload
'''File submissions:''' Students can upload files of any type the teacher specifies. The teacher can specify the maximum number of files which may be uploaded and a maximum size for each file.  
: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.
;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===
Students may be able to add a note (comment) to their teacher when the submit their work.
These assignment types have been contributed by users:


;[http://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=30613 Group Assignment] (by Patrick Jermann)
==Feedback types==
:One user uploads the file but all the members of his or her group "benefit" from the submission.


;[http://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=33940 uploadmulti] (by Brian Jones)
Teachers may give feedback in various ways.
:Allows uploading multiple files.


;[http://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=39979 Multiple Files Upload] (by Gustav W Delius)
Students may upload documents such as .docx, odt and PDF and the teacher can annotate directly on the student’s submission (requires [http://www.ghostscript.com/ Ghostscript] and [[Universal Office Converter (unoconv)|unoconv]] to be installed by an admin).
:Allows uploading multiple files.


;[http://cdc.humboldt.edu/moodle/mod/resource/view.php?id=21 Review assignment] (by Humboldt University)
With online text submissions, if the teacher sets “'''Comment inline'''” to ‘yes’ they will be able to give feedback on the student’s submission directly in one of two ways:
: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 student’s submission will appear in the feedback comments box (if enabled) so teachers can annotate on it and add their feedback comments in the same area.
: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
# If the admin settings allow it, the student’s submission will appear in a large box to the left, allowing the teacher to annotate using comments, highlighting, stamps and other features.


== See also ==
'''Feedback comments:''' allows graders to leave comments about the students' submissions as well as grades.
*[http://download.moodle.org/docs/using_moodle/ch7_assignments.pdf Using Moodle Chapter 7: Assignments and Exercises]


== Assignment - Read Only Personal Report Access for Students ==
'''Offline grading worksheet''' gives the teacher a link to download the grading list as a spreadsheet. They will then be able to enter grades and feedback comments offline and then re-upload the sheet. See [[Using Assignment]] for more information.
* Use to provide access to secure personalised student information such as reports. (Needs to be moved to a seperate page - How ??)
* Using "Upload a single file" Assignment to provide individual report access for students:
* Create report files commencing with the moodle user code (easier to create correct "batch" command file with code at start of filename)
* Create pdf files from all reports (pdf's with the right security settings reduce the likelihood of tampering with final reports cf. other editable files)
* Open moodle database table mdl_user and copy the fields id and username to a spreadsheet file for manipulation e.g.
** 2 admin
** 3 tsp80902
** 4 che
* Use a spreadsheet formula to construct the correct command lines to create a folder with the moodle id and move the file starting with the matching username into the new folder:
** e.g. for Excel in a Windows environment use :  ="mkdir"&A2&"CarraigeReturn"&"move "&B2&"_2006_MidSem2.pdf "&A2
** mkdir2CarraigeReturnmove admin_2006_MidSem2.pdf 2
** mkdir3CarraigeReturnmove tsp80902_2006_MidSem2.pdf 3
** mkdir4CarraigeReturnmove che_2006_MidSem2.pdf 4
* Use an editor to replace the "CarraigeReturn" marker with a real carraige return, and insert a space after the "mkdir" command:
** mkdir 2
** move admin_2006_MidSem2.pdf 2
** mkdir 3
** move tsp80902_2006_MidSem2.pdf 3
** mkdir 4
** move che_2006_MidSem2.pdf 4
* Go to the course where you want to add the documents and note the course id from the URL displayed in the browser:
** e.g. http://infonet.cheltsec.vic.edu.au/course/view.php?id=5
* Create an "Upload a single file" Assignment in moodle
* Upload an marker file for yourself as a test.
* Update the assignment witht the "available" and "due" dates in the past (so students cannot upload their own amended report !) and check the "Prevent Late Submissions" box.
* Use a file explorer to go to the moodledata folder and look for this course, then open moddate (module data) and open the last assignment.  You should see a folder created with your id that should contain the marker file that you uploaded.
* Paste all the files that you want to allow studenst to access in the assignment folder:
** e.g. \\infonet\c$\Webstore\moodledata\5\moddata\assignment\112
* Paste the batch file in the dame folder
* Add a line at the start of the batch file to make it start in the correct physical network folder when it starts making new folders: e.g.
** net use /d R:
** net use R: \\infonet\c$\Webstore\moodledata\5\moddata\assignment\125
** cd /d R:\
* the final batch command file should look like:
** net use /d R:
** net use R: \\infonet\c$\Webstore\moodledata\5\moddata\assignment\125
** cd /d R:\
** mkdir 9
** move bou0010_2006_MidSem2.pdf 9
** mkdir 10
** move wol0002_2006_MidSem2.pdf 10
** mkdir 11
** etc.....
* Run the batch file, and the folders will be created as if the students had uploaded their own reports themselves. 


'''Feedback files''' allows graders to upload files with feedback when marking. These files may be the marked up student assignments, documents with comments, a completed marking guide, or spoken audio feedback.


==Grading assignments==
Assignments may be graded with simple [[Grade points]] or customisable [[Scales]]. If you change the Grading method to Advanced grading, you can then use a [[Marking guide]] or [[Rubric]].


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Latest revision as of 08:28, 1 June 2017

Note: New to Assignment? Try our Assignment quick guide.


Student view of an assignment
Teacher view of an assignment

The assignment activity provides a space into which students can submit work for teachers to grade and give feedback on. This saves on paper and is more efficient than email. It can also be used to remind students of 'real-world' assignments they need to complete offline, such as art work, and thus not require any digital content.

Student submissions are together on one screen of your course. You can require them to submit one or several files and/or to type text essays. It is possible to have them submit work as a group and you can also choose as a teacher to grade their work 'blind' in other words not to see the identities of those who have submitted assignments. Assignments can have deadlines and cut off dates - which you can also extend if necessary.

Assignment (Submission) types

Students can type directly into Moodle, upload files or add media. The options are in the Submission types section and if you don't see a particular option, get the admin to check the Site administration settings in Assignment settings documentation.

Online text: Text typed into the Atto editor is automatically saved and the teacher can set a Word limit which will display a warning if students exceed it.

File submissions: Students can upload files of any type the teacher specifies. The teacher can specify the maximum number of files which may be uploaded and a maximum size for each file.

Students may be able to add a note (comment) to their teacher when the submit their work.

Feedback types

Teachers may give feedback in various ways.

Students may upload documents such as .docx, odt and PDF and the teacher can annotate directly on the student’s submission (requires Ghostscript and unoconv to be installed by an admin).

With online text submissions, if the teacher sets “Comment inline” to ‘yes’ they will be able to give feedback on the student’s submission directly in one of two ways:

  1. The student’s submission will appear in the feedback comments box (if enabled) so teachers can annotate on it and add their feedback comments in the same area.
  2. If the admin settings allow it, the student’s submission will appear in a large box to the left, allowing the teacher to annotate using comments, highlighting, stamps and other features.

Feedback comments: allows graders to leave comments about the students' submissions as well as grades.

Offline grading worksheet gives the teacher a link to download the grading list as a spreadsheet. They will then be able to enter grades and feedback comments offline and then re-upload the sheet. See Using Assignment for more information.

Feedback files allows graders to upload files with feedback when marking. These files may be the marked up student assignments, documents with comments, a completed marking guide, or spoken audio feedback.

Grading assignments

Assignments may be graded with simple Grade points or customisable Scales. If you change the Grading method to Advanced grading, you can then use a Marking guide or Rubric.

Need more information?