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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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-{{Assignments}}
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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>
-'''Assignments''' allow the teacher to grade various types of student submissions. There are four standard assignment types.
-==Upload a single file==
+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.
-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==
+[[Image:Assignment example.jpg|frame|center]]
-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==
+* [[Assignment settings]]
-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.
+* [[Using Assignment]]
+* [[Assignment FAQ]]
+* [[Upgrade tool]]
-==Advanced uploading of files==
+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.
-{{Moodle 1.7}}
-This type of assignment allows each participant to upload one or more files in any format. These might be Word processed documents, images, a zipped web site, or anything you ask them to submit. This type also allows you to upload multiple response files. Response files can be also uploaded before submission which can be used to give each participant different file to work with. Participants may also enter notes describing the submitted files, progress status or any other text information. Submission of this type of assignment must be manually finalized by the participant. You can review the current status at any time, unfinished assignments are marked as Draft. You can revert any ungraded assignment back to draft status.
-==Non-standard assignment types==
+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.
-*[http://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=30613 Group Assignment] (by Patrick Jermann) - One user uploads the file but all the members of his or her group "benefit" from the submission
+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.
-*[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) - Allows uploading multiple files
+== Two assignment modules ==
-*[http://cdc.humboldt.edu/moodle/mod/resource/view.php?id=21 Review assignment] (by Humboldt State University) - A new assignment type that adds the ability to send back to the student a graded copy of their file (for Moodle 1.5)
+{{New features}}
-*[http://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=34887 Form] (by Michael Robellard) - 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
+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)'.
-*[http://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=52348 ULPGC Assignment] (by Enrique Castro) - Allows teacher to upload multiple files with the assignment, automatically grade the whole group and upload multiple review files after grading/commenting. Students can upload many files (up to the number set by the instructor).
+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 ==
-*[http://download.moodle.org/docs/using_moodle/ch7_assignments.pdf Using Moodle Chapter 7: Assignments and Exercises]
-[[Category:Teacher]]
+*[[Workshop module]] allows peer to peer evaluations
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Assignment module: Difference between revisions

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Two assignment modules

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