Assignment module: Difference between revisions

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Note: This page is about the new Assignment module in Moodle 2.3 onwards. For documentation about Assignments (2.2), see Assignment module in the 2.2 docs.

The assignment module allows teachers to collect work from students, review it and provide feedback including grades. The work a student submits is visible only to the teacher and not to other students.

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 a text field in Moodle. Or they can ask student to do both, upload a file or files and type text directly into Moodle. An assignment activity can also be set up to not accept any student submissions and serve as a reminder to students of a 'real-world' assignment they need to complete and to record grades in Moodle for activities that don't have an online component.

An assignment has an 'available from' date before which no students can submit anything, and a due date, after which teachers can choose not to accept submissions any more.

Markers can choose to be notified every time a student submits an assignment, or only for late submissions. Markers can choose to give students feedback in the form of text or uploaded files.

Two assignment modules

New feature
in Moodle 2.3!

Moodle 2.3 includes two assignment modules - the new assignment module (a rewrite of the old assignment module) under /mod/assign/ and the old assignment module under /mod/assignment/ with four subtypes, renamed 'Assignments (2.2)'.

For new Moodle 2.3 installs, Assignments (2.2) is disabled/hidden. For sites which have upgraded from Moodle 2.2, both assignment modules are available. It is recommended that admins upgrade all existing assignments to use the new assignment module as soon as possible, as described in Assignment upgrade tool, then disable Assignments (2.2), to avoid the confusion of having two assignment modules.

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- '''Note for Contributors'''[[
+{{Activities}}
- This page should explain what can be seen on the <u>moodlesite.com/mod/assignment/index.php</u> page
+<p class="note">'''Note''': This page is about the new Assignment module in Moodle 2.3 onwards. For documentation about Assignments (2.2), see [https://docs.moodle.org/22/en/Assignment_module Assignment module] in the 2.2 docs.</p>
- (the page which aggregates all assignments in a course)
-This is the page where you can see all the assignment activities in the course, listed under six headings:
+The assignment module allows teachers to collect work from students, review it and provide feedback including grades. The work a student submits is visible only to the teacher and not to other students.
-:'''Topic''' (the number of the block you can find a given assignment under),
+[[Image:Assignment example.jpg|frame|center]]
-:'''Name''' (the name of the assignment activity),
+* [[Assignment settings]]
+* [[Using Assignment]]
+* [[Assignment FAQ]]
+* [[Upgrade tool]]
-:'''Assignment type''' (a short description of the resource written in the Summary field while creating a resource activity),
+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 a text field in Moodle. Or they can ask student to do both, upload a file or files and type text directly into Moodle. An assignment activity can also be set up to not accept any student submissions and serve as a reminder to students of a 'real-world' assignment they need to complete and to record grades in Moodle for activities that don't have an online component.
-:'''Due date''' (the date after which the submission of assignments is not accepted),
+An assignment has an 'available from' date before which no students can submit anything, and a due date, after which teachers can choose not to accept submissions any more.
-:'''Submitted''' (under which you will see a line: 'View x submitted assignments' where 'x' is the number of the assignments submitted),
+Markers can choose to be notified every time a student submits an assignment, or only for late submissions. Markers can choose to give students feedback in the form of text or uploaded files.
-:'''Grade'''.
+== Two assignment modules ==
+{{New features}}
+Moodle 2.3 includes two assignment modules - the new assignment module (a rewrite of the old assignment module) under ''/mod/assign/'' and the old assignment module under ''/mod/assignment/'' with four subtypes, renamed 'Assignments (2.2)'.
+For new Moodle 2.3 installs, Assignments (2.2) is disabled/hidden. For sites which have upgraded from Moodle 2.2, both assignment modules are available. It is recommended that admins upgrade all existing assignments to use the new assignment module as soon as possible, as described in [[Upgrade tool|Assignment upgrade tool]], then disable Assignments (2.2), to avoid the confusion of having two assignment modules.
-The page can be accessed by following the assignment link in the course activities block or following the assignment link in the navigation trail (visable when viewing an assignment)
+== See also ==
-=== Example of the assignment page in the Moodle Features Demo course ===
+*[[Workshop module]] allows peer to peer evaluations
+[[Category:Assignment]]
-[[Image:Assignment nav trail.jpg]]
+[[de:Aufgabe]]
+[[eu:Zereginak]]
+[[fr:Devoir]]
-[[Image:Assignment page view.jpg]]

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Assignment module: Difference between revisions

Latest revision as of 18:08, 22 May 2013

Two assignment modules

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