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<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>


[[Image:Assignment_Icon.gif]] The assignment module gives you, as the teacher, an easy way to allow students to upload any digital content for grading. You can ask them to submit essays, spreadsheets, presentations, photographs, or small audio or video clips. Anything they can store on their hard drives can be submitted in response to an assignment.


Assignments don't necessarily have to consist of file uploads. You can create [[Offline activity assignment|offline assignments]] to remind students of real-world assignments they need to complete. Currently, these "offline" assignments are used to record grades online for activities that don't have an online component. Alternatively, you can ask students to add/edit [[Online text assignment|a text online]].
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.
 
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* [[Assignment settings]]
* [[Using Assignment]]
* [[Assignment FAQ]]
* [[Upgrade tool]]
 
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 ==
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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.


== See also ==
== See also ==
*[[Non-standard assignment types]]
 
*[http://download.moodle.org/docs/using_moodle/ch7_assignments.pdf Using Moodle Chapter 7: Assignments and Exercises]
*[[Exercise module]] an assignment type that allows more interaction between teacher and student
*[[Workshop module]] allows peer to peer evaluations
*[[Workshop module]] allows peer to peer evaluations


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Latest revision as of 18:08, 22 May 2013

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.

Assignment example.jpg

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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