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This page contains information and suggestions for making the  most of Moodle assignments.


==Different Assignment types==
==Different Submission options==
The new assignment module in Moodle 2.3 combines the previous assignment types into a single assignment with editable settings. This means an assignment combining editable text and file submission can be created. So rather than ask “What type of assignment do I want?” you can now add an assignment and select which options you need.


The standard assignment submission options available are:
The standard assignment submission options available are:
* File submissions (Students submit a file for assessment)
* File submissions (students submit a file for assessment)
* Online text (students can type their responses directly in Moodle)
* Online text (students can type their responses directly in Moodle)
* Submission comments
* Submission comments


*It is also still possible to create an 'offline' assignment.
''Note: It is also possible to use the assignment module for grading an "offline assignment", ie, one where work is done outside of Moodle. This is done by simply unchecking the above three options.''


===File submissions===
A file submission assignment allows students to submit/upload file(s) to be assessed, for example, a word document for an essay assignment. In Moodle 2.1 and earlier versions, this was known as ‘Upload a single file’ and/or ‘Advanced uploading of files’. 


The advantage of file submissions is students’ work is collated into one space, and it is easy to find.  The assignments can be opened from within Moodle, or can be downloaded in bulk for marking.
==Which submission type suits you best?==
 
'''Creating a single/multiple file submission assignment'''
* Scroll down to ‘Submission Settings’
*Ensure that ‘File Submissions’ is set to ‘Yes’.
*Please note, you can '''also''' allow a ‘online text’ to be entered a file submission assignment. If you would like this as part of your assignment, please click ‘yes’ in the online text field.
*In the ‘Maximum number of uploaded files’ field, click the dropdown menu to select the relevant number for your assignment. This will enable multiple file submissions.
*The ‘Maximum submission size’ field provides a maximum limit for the size of student submission. Using the dropdown menu, select the appropriate submission size relevant to the assignment.
 
INSERT SCREENSHOT HERE OF SUBMISSION SETTINGS.
 
===Online text===
The online text submission setting allows students to create and edit their assignments in Moodle using the HTML editor. They can use all the features of the editor. They can add text, format text, add images, tables, videos and links to web pages and files.
 
The advantage of online text is...
 
'''Creating an online text assignment'''
*Scroll down to ‘Submission settings’
*For Online text assignments, set ‘Online text’ to ‘Yes.’
*Change the ‘File submissions’ setting to ‘No’, to prevent students from uploading files. Note, students can still add files using the ‘insert/edit link’ button. However if you want students to '''also''' upload files, then set this option to ‘Yes’.
 
INSERT SCREENSHOT HERE OF SUBMISSION SETTINGS.
 
===Submission comments===
Submission comments in the assignment module replace the 'Notes' functionality in previous versions. The ‘Submission comments’ allows students to comment on their submission and teachers to reply to the comments. Comments by teachers are different to the Feedback supplied by teachers when marking.
 
INSERT SCREENSHOT HERE OF SUBMISSION COMMENTS IN PRACTICE
 
===Offline assignment===
In previous versions of Moodle there was a separate assignment type called Offline Assignment. This type of assignment suited activities completed offline, whilst allowing teachers to mark the assignments through Moodle and provide students will grades and feedback. In addition, as with all assignment types, the due date for the assignment automatically appears in the Calendar. 
 
This assignment type can be replicated in Moodle 2.3 using the following settings.
 
'''Creating an offline assignment'''
*Scroll down to ‘Submission settings’
*Ensure the ‘Online text’ setting is ‘No’ to prevent student from entering text.
*Change the ‘File submissions’ setting to ‘No’, to prevent students from uploading files.
*Whether or not you enable Submission comments is your choice and will depend on the type of offline activity you are assessing.
 
INSERT SCREENSHOT HERE OF SUBMISSION SETTINGS.
 
==Which assignment suits you best?==


===You want students to type shorter or longer responses directly online===
===You want students to type shorter or longer responses directly online===


*Use the ''online text assignment'' It works well for younger children who will only manage a sentence or two and works just as well for higher ed students who write long essays.  
*Set ''Online text'' to Yes. This works well for younger children who will only manage a sentence or two and works just as well for higher education students who write more.  
**Advantage - quick for the student to get started; no need to use a word-processing program and upload the file.
**Advantage - quick for the student to get started; no need to use a word-processing program and upload the file.
**Disadvantage - potential worries that if the internet goes down, the work students have typed in and not yet saved might be lost.
**Disadvantage - potential worries that if the internet goes down, the work students have typed in and not yet saved might be lost. If the word count is expected to be large, setting ''Online text'' to No and ''File submission'' to Yes might be a better option.


===You want students to submit work you can download in a specified program===
===You want students to submit work you can download in a specified program===


*Use the "upload a single file" assignment
*Set ''File submission'' to Yes, set the number of files you will allow using the ''Maximum number of uploaded files'' setting and the file sizes by using the '' Maximum submission size'' setting.
**Advantage - better than students emailing work as the whole class's work is collated in one space on your course.
**Advantage - better than students emailing work as the whole class's work is collated in one space on your course. Markers can provide comments directly on the student work.
**Advantage - with "Attempts reopened" enabled, teachers can see the progression through various drafts of a student's work.
**Disadvantage - assignments must downloaded to be viewed (but they can be [[Assignment_FAQ| downloaded in bulk]]) and the teacher needs the appropriate program to open them.
**Disadvantage - assignments must downloaded to be viewed (but they can be [[Assignment_FAQ| downloaded in bulk]]) and the teacher needs the appropriate program to open them.


===You want students to submit files at different times for a project===
===You want students to submit files at different times for a project===


*Use the ''Advanced uploading of files''type and in the settings, set the maximum number of separate files they can upload.
*Set ''File submission'' to Yes, and use ''Maximum number of uploaded files'' to set the maximum number of separate files they can upload
**Advantage - all project files are in one assignment area for grading so they get a single grade.
**Advantage - all project files are in one assignment area for grading so they get a single grade.
**Disadvantage - all project files are in one assignment area for grading -so they can only have  a single grade!
**Disadvantage - all project files are in one assignment area for grading - so they can only have  a single grade!


===You want students to write a response to a video/sound file/image===
===You want students to write a response to a video/sound file/image===


*Use the ''online text'' assignment type and use the Moodle media icon to add your video/sound/image file.  
*Set up an assignment allowing ''online text'' submission and get students to use the Moodle media icon to add video/sound/image files.  


===You want students to answer a series of questions on a video/sound file/image===
===You want students to answer a series of questions on a video/sound file/image===
*Investigate the [[Quiz]] module. Assignments are really just for a single question.
*Investigate the [[Quiz]] module. Assignments are really just for a single question.
===You want to grade work students have done offline===
*Uncheck the submission types when setting up the assignment. Students won't be required to do anything but you can use the assignment to grade them for work done outside of Moodle.


===You want to view, comment on and send back students' assignments===
===You want to view, comment on and send back students' assignments===


*Use the ''Advanced Uploading of files'' type which allows you to download the assignment, add your comments and then re-upload back to the student.
*Set up an assignment allowing ''file submissions''.
**Advantage: useful for teachers who like using the "tracking changes" options in word-processing programs for example
**Advantage: useful for teachers who like using the "comment" options in word-processing programs for example. If you have Ghostscript enabled on your server and the students upload PDF files, you can annotate them inline. See the section [[Using Assignment#Annotating PDF files| Annotating PDF files]] below.
**Disadvantage: the files have to be downloaded, saved and re-uploaded. They can't be edited online.
**Disadvantage: if students upload other file types, you have to download them, comment and then re-upload them.


===You want students to send you a note along with their uploaded work===
===You want students to send you a comment or note along with their uploaded work===


*Use the ''Advanced Uploading of files'' type and in the settings, check "Allow notes"
*In the settings, set ''Submission comments'' to Yes.


===You want to allow students to redraft and decide when to submit the work===
===You want to allow students to redraft and decide when to submit the work===


*Use the ''Advanced Uploading of files'' type and in the settings check  "Allow send for marking". Students can then control when their draft work is submitted to the teacher.
*In the settings set ''Require students click submit button'' to Yes. Students can then control when their draft work is submitted to the teacher.  


===You want students to keep an ongoing journal or do an iterative assignment===
===You want students to keep an ongoing journal or do an iterative assignment===


*Use the ''online text'' assignment or ''Upload a single file'' and in the settings check "Allow resubmitting".[[Image:flowForAssignment.png|thumb|left|140x107px|Iterative assignments]]
*In the settings set ''Require students click submit button'' to No. Students can continue to make changes to their assignment and at no point do they 'submit'. If the work will be graded at some point it is recommended that either ''Prevent late submissions'' is set to Yes to ensure that no changes can be made after the due date, or [[Using_Assignment#Submission_status| all submissions are locked]] when grading commences to ensure that the work is not altered during grading.
*Advantage: the work remains in one place and is constantly improved, graded (if needed) and improved again.
**Advantage: the work remains in one place and is constantly improved, graded (if needed) and improved again.  
**Disadvantage: unless the student copies and pastes their original text in the online text assignment every time, there is no record/history of previous attempts (such as with the [[Wiki]]) The online text assignment does not replicate the display of a journal or blog where each new entry is additional to the previous ones.
**Disadvantage: there is no record/history of previous attempts (such as with the [[Wiki]]). The online text assignment does not replicate the display of a journal or blog where each new entry is additional to the previous ones.
 
===You want students to submit work in groups===
 
*In the settings, set "Students submit in groups" to Yes. If you just do this, then once one student has submitted, the assignment will be flagged as submitted even if the others haven't contributed. If you want to ensure everyone has an input, set "Require students click submit button" to Yes and then change "Require all group members to submit" to Yes. The assignment will only be classed as submitted when each member has contributed, and once one student has submitted, the remaining members's names will be displayed for the group to see who still needs to add their input.


===You want to grade students' work anonymously===
*In the settings, choose "Blind marking". When students submit assignments, their names will be replaced by radomly generated participant numbers so you will not know who is who. Note that this is not ''totally'' blind marking because you can reveal their identities in the assignment settings and you can work out identities from the logs - so this might  not be suitable if your establishment has very precise privacy requirements.
===You want to read and grade student assignments offline===
*In the settings, choose "Offline grading worksheet". When students have submitted, click "View/grade all submissions" and you can download their assignments from the link "Download all submission" and download the grading sheet from the link "Download grading worksheet". You can then edit grades and re-upload the grading worksheet. You can also upload multiple feedback files in a zip from this drop down menu. See [[Assignment settings]] for an explanation of how to use the "upload multiple feedback files as zip" feature.
===You want to hide students' grades until a time of your choosing.===
Use 'marking workflow' as explained in [[Assignment settings]]
===You want to moderate other colleagues' marking or allocate certain teachers to certain students===
Use 'marking allocation' as explained in [[Assignment settings]]
==How do students submit their assignments?==
==How do students submit their assignments?==
The first page students will see when they click on the assignment activity link from the course page is the assignment name, description and the submission status.
The first page students will see when they click on the assignment activity link from the course page will display the assignment name, description and the submission status. The first time a student views the assignment it will look like this:
{|
|[[Image:statuses.jpg|thumb|Student view of assignment]]
|}
The submission status section includes:
*'''Submission status'''
*'''Grading status'''
*Due date
*Time remaining
*Last modified
*Submission details


The submission status section includes:
As they progress through the assignment the Submission status and Grading status will update and the Last modified date will appear.
- Submission status {{New features}}
{|
- Grading status {{New features}}
|[[Image:submission statuses graded.jpg|thumb|Example of submitted and graded assignment]]
- Due date
|}
- Time remaining
- Last modified
- File submissions


The first time a student views the assignment it will look like this:
If the student uploaded a pdf file which the teacher has annotated, this will be made available in the feedback section. The student can search through the document and filter specific comments.
[[Image:statuses.jpg|frame|center]]  
{|
|[[File:26pdfstudentgraded.png|thumb|Student view of graded pdf file]]
|[[File:26searchcomments.png|thumb|Searching and filtering comments in annotated pdf]]
|}
Submission statuses include:


As they progress through the assignment the Submission status and Grading status will update and the fields Last modified and File submissions will appear.
*Nothing submitted for this assignment
*Draft (not submitted)
*Submitted for grading


{{New features}} Submission statuses:
Grading statuses include:
- Nothing submitted for this assignment
- Draft (not submitted)
- Submitted for grading


{{New features}} Grading statuses:
*Not graded
- Not graded
*Graded
- Graded


===File submission===
===File submission===
To submit a file submission, students complete the following steps:
To submit a file submission, students complete the following steps:
Click the ‘Edit my submission’ button.
*Click the ‘Add submission’ button to bring up the file upload page.
INSERT SCREENSHOT OF FILE UPLOAD PAGE
 
*Upload the relevant file into the submission. They are able to ‘drag and drop’ the file into the submission box.
*Click ‘Save Changes’.
*There should now be a Last modified date and the file(s) uploaded will also be displayed.
 
*Depending on how the assignment is setup the status will either read ‘Submitted for grading’ - in which case no further action is need, or ‘Draft (not submitted)’.
*If changes are required, click on ‘Edit my submission’.
*Once ready to submit, click ‘Submit assignment’. Note that once the assignment is 'submitted’ no further changes are allowed.


Upload the relevant file into the submission. They are able to ‘drag and drop’ the file into the submission box.
{|
Click ‘Save Changes’.
|[[File:file upload.jpg|thumb|Student view when adding a submission]]
There should now be a Last modified date and the file(s) uploaded will also be displayed.  
|[[File:file uploaded.jpg|thumb|Student view once file is uploaded]]
Depending on how the assignment is setup the status will either read ‘Submitted for grading’ - in which case no further action is need, or ‘Draft (not submitted)’.
|[[File:submit button.jpg|thumb|Student view when submitting assignment]]
If they want to make changes to the assignment, they can click on ‘Edit my submission’.
|}
Once you are ready to submit click ‘Submit assignment’. Note that once you click ‘Submit assignment’ you will not be able to make any further changes.
Note: Depending on how the assignment is setup students may see '''both''' a file submission page and an online text editor.


===Online text===
===Online text===
To submit an online text submission, students complete the following steps:
To submit online text, students complete the following steps:
Click the ‘Edit my submission’ button.  
*Click the ‘Add submission’ button to bring up the online text editor page  
INSERT SCREENSHOT OF ONLINE TEXT PAGE
 
Type the relevant text into the HTML editor (link this), or paste from a previously written file.
*Type the relevant text into the [[Text_editor|text editor]], or paste from a previously written file.
Click ‘Save Changes’.
*Click ‘Save Changes’.
There should now be a Last modified date and the text entered will also be displayed.
*There should now be a Last modified date and the first 100 characters entered will also be displayed.  
Depending on how the assignment is setup the status will either read ‘Submitted for grading’ - in which case no further action is need, or ‘Draft (not submitted)’
If they want to make changes to the assignment, they can click on ‘Edit my submission’.
Once you are ready to submit click ‘Submit assignment’. Note that once you click ‘Submit assignment’ you will not be able to make any further changes.


Note: Depending on how the assignment is setup you may see '''both''' a file submission page and a HTML editor.
*Depending on how the assignment is setup the status will either read ‘Submitted for grading’ - in which case no further action is need, or ‘Draft (not submitted)’
*If changes are required, click on ‘Edit my submission’.
*Once ready to submit, click ‘Submit assignment’. Note that once the assignment is 'submitted’ no further changes are allowed.
 
{|
|[[File:online text entered.jpg|thumb|Online text entered]]
|[[File:submit button online text.jpg|thumb|Sumbitting assignment]]
|}


===Submission comments===
===Submission comments===
Depending on how the assignment has been setup, there may be a section where students can leave submission comments.
Depending on how the assignment has been setup, there may be a section where students can leave submission comments.
screen shot of submission comments from student perspective
{|
|[[Image:student comments.jpg|thumb|Student comments]]
|}
 
==Submission notifications==
Moodle allows the sending of a notification to the student when a student submits an assignment. This feature provides reassurance to the students that they have correctly submitted their assignments, especially when using features like draft submissions and file uploads. Moodle also allows notifications to teachers either when students submit assignments, or when students submit assignments late, or both. This feature notifies markers of the presence of assignments, or provides a reminder to access assignments submitted after the due date.
 
'''Why is this useful?'''
*Provides a receipt for student that the assignment has been successfully submitted
*Provides notification to marker that assignment are submitted
*Notifies of any changes to submission - for student’s record and to notify marker
*Provides notification to student that assignment feedback is available
*'''Note''': When '''blind marking''' is used, students ''will'' receive a notification, but will ''not'' see feedback until all submissions are marked and '''reveal student identities''' is clicked. That releases rubric marks and inline comment feedback to all students.
 
'''When is it sent?'''
 
If ‘Require students to hit submit button’ is enabled within the assignment (formerly ‘enable send for marking button’ in 2.2), which requires students to click a final submit button and prevents further changes, only one notification will be sent upon hitting the submit button.
 
If ‘Require students to hit submit button’ is not enabled, and students are allowed to make alterations or add/remove files from their submission, this receipt will be sent every time the file is altered - ie once on adding the file, once on adding a second file, once on removal of file, once on uploading a new file.
 
 
'''Where are these settings?'''
 
Submission Notification for Grader - ''Assignment > Edit Settings''
The grader is given two options:
*Notify Graders about Submissions - YES/NO
*Notify Graders about Late Submissions - YES/NO
 
The first option will notify the grader on any/all submissions made. The second will only send a notification for assignments submitted after the ‘Due Date’.
 
The Late Submissions option will be greyed out unless ‘Notify Graders about Submissions’ is selected as NO because ‘Notify Graders about Submissions’ will also send receipts for assignments submitted after the due date. To fully disable the grader receiving notifications, change both options to NO.
 
Submission Notification for Students - ''My Profile Settings > Messaging''
Tickboxes on the messaging page can be set by the student depending on their preference. A student can opt to receive notification via email, popup message, jabber or -if enabled by admin -mobile phone.
 
{|
|[[File:grader notifications.jpg|thumb|Grader notifications]]
|[[File:assnotif27.png|thumb|450px|Student notifications]]
|}
 
Assignment notification - On submission of an assignment, the student will receive a notification that their assignment has been successfully received.


==Viewing and grading submitted assignments==
==Viewing and grading submitted assignments==
When students have submitted their assignments, they can be accessed by clicking on the assignment activity. This will bring up the Grading Summary page.
When students have submitted their assignments, they can be accessed by clicking on the assignment activity. This will bring up the Grading Summary page.
[[Image:grading summary page.jpg|frame|center]]


{{New features}}The Grading Summary page displays a summary of the assignment, including; number of participants, number of drafts, number of submitted assignments, due date and time remaining.
The Grading Summary page displays a summary of the assignment, including; number of participants, number of drafts, number of submitted assignments, due date and time remaining.


Clicking on the the ‘View/grade all submissions’ link will bring up the Grading Table.
Clicking on the the ‘View/grade all submissions’ link will bring up the Grading Table.
[[Image:grading table.jpg|frame|center]]


The Grading Table contains columns of information about the student, the status of their submission, a link to grade their submission, a link to each submission and feedback comments and files (if enabled).  
The Grading Table contains columns of information about the student, the status of their submission, a link to grade their submission, a link to each submission and feedback comments and files (if enabled).  
===Filtering submissions===
{{New features}}
A dropdown menu accessed from the 'Options' section allows you to filter submissions so you can for example quickly see which students have not submitted yet.
[[File:assignmentfilter.png]]


===Submission status===
===Submission status===
If you will be assigning grades to student work, you may want to take note of the submission status before you begin the marking process. If you have required students click the Submit button, you may find that some submissions are still marked as Draft (not submitted), meaning the student has either uploaded a file(s) or entered some text, but has not clicked ‘Submit assignment’.  
If you will be assigning grades to student work, you may want to take note of the submission status before you begin the marking process. If you have required students click the Submit button, you may find that some submissions are still marked as Draft (not submitted), meaning the student has either uploaded a file(s) or entered some text, but has not clicked ‘Submit assignment’.  
[[Image:submission statuses.jpg|frame|center]]


It is suggested that if it's after the due date and you are about to commencing marking that you use ‘Prevent submission changes’ to stop students from making changes to their assignment. You can do this one by one by using the icon in the Edit column.
 
[[Image:prevent submission changes dropdown.jpg|frame|center]]
If it's after the due date and you are about to commencing marking that you use ‘Prevent submission changes’ to stop students from making changes to their assignment. You can do this one by one by using the icon in the Edit column.


Or you can select two or more students by putting a tick in the select column and going to 'Lock submissions’ from the ''With selected'' menu under the grading table.
Or you can select two or more students by putting a tick in the select column and going to 'Lock submissions’ from the ''With selected'' menu under the grading table.
[[Image:lock submissions.jpg|frame|center]]


Likewise you can also revert a student's submission to draft if they have uploaded the incorrect file. Instead of selecting ‘Prevent submission changes’ select ‘Revert the submission to draft’, or place ticks against selected students and choose 'Revert the submission to draft status' from the ''With selected'' menu under the grading table.
Likewise you can also revert a student's submission to draft if they have uploaded the incorrect file. Instead of selecting ‘Prevent submission changes’ select ‘Revert the submission to draft’, or place ticks against selected students and choose 'Revert the submission to draft status' from the ''With selected'' menu under the grading table.
[[Image:revert to draft.jpg|frame|center]]
 
[[Image:revert submission to draft status.jpg|frame|center]]
{|
|[[File:submission statuses.jpg|thumb|Submission statuses]]
|[[File:prevent submission changes dropdown.jpg|thumb|Prevent submission changes dropdown]]
|[[File:lock submissions.jpg|thumb|Lock submissions]]
|[[File:revert to draft.jpg|thumb|Revert to draft]]
|[[File:revert submission to draft status.jpg|thumb|Revert to draft status]]
|}


===Quick grading===
===Quick grading===
Under Options (scroll to bottom of the page) you can determine your preferences for the number of assignments you wish to display per page. You can also filter assignments either to show all (no filter), submitted, or requires grading. This is also where you can turn on '''quick grading'''.
Under Options (scroll to bottom of the page) you can determine your preferences for the number of assignments you wish to display per page. You can also filter assignments either to show all (no filter), submitted, or requires grading. This is also where you can turn on '''quick grading'''.
[[Image:options.jpg|frame|center]]
 


'''Quick grading''' allows you to enter grades and a feedback comment (if enabled in [[Assignment settings]]) directly into the grading table. '''Quick grading''' is not compatible with advanced grading and is not recommended when there are multiple markers.  
'''Quick grading''' allows you to enter grades and a feedback comment (if enabled in [[Assignment settings]]) directly into the grading table. '''Quick grading''' is not compatible with advanced grading and is not recommended when there are multiple markers.  
[[Image:quick grading.jpg|frame|center]]
You can enter grades and feedback comments using quick grading. {{New features}}'''It is now possible to enter grades in decimal format.''' You will not be able to return a feedback file to your students (if enabled in the [[Assignment settings]]).
Enter the grades
[[Image:quick grading2.jpg|frame|center]]


Scroll to the bottom of the grading table and click 'Save all quick grading changes'
[[Image:quick grading3.jpg|frame|center]]


A confirmation screen will appear.
#You can enter grades and feedback comments using quick grading. '''It is now possible to enter grades in decimal format.''' You will not be able to return a feedback file to your students (if enabled in the [[Assignment settings]]).
[[Image:quick grading4.jpg|frame|center]]
#Enter the grades
#Scroll to the bottom of the grading table and click 'Save all quick grading changes'
#A confirmation screen will appear.


===Student grading page===
===Student grading page===
If you have enabled File Feedback in the [[Assignment settings]] and wish to upload either the marked student assignment, a completed text based feedback document or audio feedback, click on the green tick in the Grade column (or use the icon in the Edit column and select Grade).
If you have enabled File Feedback in the [[Assignment settings]] and wish to upload either the marked student assignment, a completed text based feedback document or audio feedback, click on the green tick in the Grade column (or use the icon in the Edit column and select Grade).
[[Image:green tick.jpg|frame|center]]
[[Image:grade.jpg|frame|center]]


Here you can enter grades, feedback comments and feedback files (if enabled in the [[Assignment settings]]). You can use drag and drop to upload feedback files.
Here you can enter grades, feedback comments and feedback files (if enabled in the [[Assignment settings]]). You can use drag and drop to upload feedback files.
[[Image:student grading page.jpg|frame|center]]


===View gradebook===
{|
{{New features}}You can jump directly to the gradebook for this course by selecting the ‘View gradebook’ option under the ''Choose'' menu at the top of the grading table, or clicking on ‘View gradebook’ in the settings menu.
|[[File:green tick.jpg|thumb|Green tick]]
[[Image:view gradebook2.jpg|frame|center]]
|[[File:grade.jpg|thumb|Grading]]
[[Image:view gradebook.jpg|frame|center]]
|[[File:feedbackfiles.png|thumb|Feedback files]]
|}
 
====Annotating PDF files====
 
If the student has uploaded a PDF file you will see a link to Launch the PDF editor on the students' individual grading screen. This will display the PDF inline, allowing you to annotate it, using a variety of tools, stamps (if uploaded by the admin) and comments which may be saved to a comments bank. When the annotations are complete, clicking to save the changes will result in it being displayed to the student as part of their feedback. ''(Note that simply clicking on the file itself will not display it inline for annotating.)
''
{|
|[[File:26launchpdf.png|thumb|Teacher view when grading a pdf]]
|[[File:26annotatepdf.png|thumb|Annotating a pdf]]
|[[File:26pdfsavechanges.png|thumb|Make sure you save the changes]]
|}
Comments may be added and then saved in a quick list for future use. When adding a new comment, click the icon top right to access previously saved comments:
{|
|[[File:26commentquicklist.png|thumb|Saving and re-using comments]]
|}
 
Note: The annotate PDF feature requires Ghostscript to be installed on the server. This can be checked in ''Administration > Site administration > Plugins > Activity modules > Assignments > Feedback plugins > Annotate PDF''.
 
===Controlling when to notify students of graded work===
{{New features}}
====When grading individual submissions====
[[File:notifystudents.png|center|thumb|500px]]
 
A checkbox is available when grading individual students. Choose Yes to notify them immediately or No to grade without notifying the student.
====When bulk grading by uploading worksheet====
 
This checkbox is not currently available when using the grading worksheet. However, the sending of notifications is affected by the visibility of the assignment. If the assignment is hidden, or has access restricted (e.g. by date), then no notification will be sent on uploading the worksheet. It will only then be sent on making the assignment available to students, if less that 24 hours has elapsed since the upload.


===Downloading student submissions===
===Downloading student submissions===
You can download a zip file containing all of the assignment submissions by selecting the  ‘Download all submissions’ options from the ''Choose'' menu at the top of the grading table, or in the settings menu.
You can download a zip file containing all of the assignment submissions by selecting the  ‘Download all submissions’ options from the ''Choose'' menu at the top of the grading table, or in the settings menu.
[[Image:download all submissions2.jpg|frame|center]]
[[Image:download all submissions.jpg|frame|center]]


File submissions will be downloaded in the format uploaded by the student. Online text submissions will be downloaded as html files. {{New features}}'''Each file in the zip will include the student first and lastname at the beginning of the filename for identification purposes.'''
File submissions will be downloaded in the format uploaded by the student. Online text submissions will be downloaded as html files. '''Each file in the zip will include the student first and lastname at the beginning of the filename for identification purposes.'''
 
''Note - the files will have a Moodle unique identifier appended to the name, not your institutional student ID number.''


==Keeping records (archiving, exporting, backing up)==
==Keeping records (archiving, exporting, backing up)==
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==See also==
==See also==


===Screencasts===
*[http://youtu.be/9sAZaFVCL9c Assignment improvements in 2.7]
*[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2dcnTTp_W7c&feature=share&list=SPxcO_MFWQBDe8RRnGjoUDqbcm9PSlIoWn&index=3 Marking workflow and allocated markers.]
*[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MgsA-9qMBdY&feature=share&list=SPxcO_MFWQBDe8RRnGjoUDqbcm9PSlIoWn&index=1 Annotate PDFs]
===Examples from [http://school.demo.net School demo site]===
* [http://school.demo.moodle.net/mod/assign/view.php?id=573&rownum=3&action=grade Teacher view of a PDF assignment which can  be annotated inline.]Log in with username 'teacher' and password 'moodle'
* [http://school.demo.moodle.net/mod/assign/view.php?id=573&action=grading Teacher view of allocated markers and marking workflow status.] Log in with username 'teacher' and password 'moodle'
* [http://school.demo.moodle.net/mod/assign/view.php?id=190 Student view of an assignment.] Log in with username 'student' and password 'moodle'. Scroll down to see the rubric and feedback.
* [http://school.demo.moodle.net/mod/assign/view.php?id=46&action=editsubmission Student view of a student submission statement] Log in with username 'student' and password 'moodle'
* [http://school.demo.moodle.net/mod/assign/view.php?id=715 Student view of group assignment grading screen] Log in with username 'student' and password 'moodle'
* [http://school.demo.moodle.net/mod/assign/view.php?id=715&action=grading Teacher view of a group assignment grading screen] Log in with username 'teacher' and password 'moodle'.
* [http://school.demo.moodle.net/mod/assign/view.php?id=191&action=grading Teacher view of blind marking grading screen] Log in with username 'teacher' and password 'moodle'
===Other===
* [http://www.somerandomthoughts.com/blog/2013/07/07/one-approach-for-group-project-grading/ One approach to group project grading] Blog post by Gavin Henrick.
*Using Moodle [http://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=201307Advantages of using Assignment upload over emailing a document] forum discussion
*Using Moodle [http://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=201307Advantages of using Assignment upload over emailing a document] forum discussion
*[http://www.somerandomthoughts.com/blog/2012/05/04/two-short-videos-on-the-new-moodle-assignment-activity-for-moodle-2-3/ Two short videos on the new Moodle Assignment Activity for Moodle 2.3] by Gavin Henrick
 


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Latest revision as of 18:05, 12 January 2015


Different Submission options

The standard assignment submission options available are:

  • File submissions (students submit a file for assessment)
  • Online text (students can type their responses directly in Moodle)
  • Submission comments

Note: It is also possible to use the assignment module for grading an "offline assignment", ie, one where work is done outside of Moodle. This is done by simply unchecking the above three options.


Which submission type suits you best?

You want students to type shorter or longer responses directly online

  • Set Online text to Yes. This works well for younger children who will only manage a sentence or two and works just as well for higher education students who write more.
    • Advantage - quick for the student to get started; no need to use a word-processing program and upload the file.
    • Disadvantage - potential worries that if the internet goes down, the work students have typed in and not yet saved might be lost. If the word count is expected to be large, setting Online text to No and File submission to Yes might be a better option.

You want students to submit work you can download in a specified program

  • Set File submission to Yes, set the number of files you will allow using the Maximum number of uploaded files setting and the file sizes by using the Maximum submission size setting.
    • Advantage - better than students emailing work as the whole class's work is collated in one space on your course. Markers can provide comments directly on the student work.
    • Advantage - with "Attempts reopened" enabled, teachers can see the progression through various drafts of a student's work.
    • Disadvantage - assignments must downloaded to be viewed (but they can be downloaded in bulk) and the teacher needs the appropriate program to open them.

You want students to submit files at different times for a project

  • Set File submission to Yes, and use Maximum number of uploaded files to set the maximum number of separate files they can upload
    • Advantage - all project files are in one assignment area for grading so they get a single grade.
    • Disadvantage - all project files are in one assignment area for grading - so they can only have a single grade!

You want students to write a response to a video/sound file/image

  • Set up an assignment allowing online text submission and get students to use the Moodle media icon to add video/sound/image files.

You want students to answer a series of questions on a video/sound file/image

  • Investigate the Quiz module. Assignments are really just for a single question.

You want to grade work students have done offline

  • Uncheck the submission types when setting up the assignment. Students won't be required to do anything but you can use the assignment to grade them for work done outside of Moodle.

You want to view, comment on and send back students' assignments

  • Set up an assignment allowing file submissions.
    • Advantage: useful for teachers who like using the "comment" options in word-processing programs for example. If you have Ghostscript enabled on your server and the students upload PDF files, you can annotate them inline. See the section Annotating PDF files below.
    • Disadvantage: if students upload other file types, you have to download them, comment and then re-upload them.

You want students to send you a comment or note along with their uploaded work

  • In the settings, set Submission comments to Yes.

You want to allow students to redraft and decide when to submit the work

  • In the settings set Require students click submit button to Yes. Students can then control when their draft work is submitted to the teacher.

You want students to keep an ongoing journal or do an iterative assignment

  • In the settings set Require students click submit button to No. Students can continue to make changes to their assignment and at no point do they 'submit'. If the work will be graded at some point it is recommended that either Prevent late submissions is set to Yes to ensure that no changes can be made after the due date, or all submissions are locked when grading commences to ensure that the work is not altered during grading.
    • Advantage: the work remains in one place and is constantly improved, graded (if needed) and improved again.
    • Disadvantage: there is no record/history of previous attempts (such as with the Wiki). The online text assignment does not replicate the display of a journal or blog where each new entry is additional to the previous ones.

You want students to submit work in groups

  • In the settings, set "Students submit in groups" to Yes. If you just do this, then once one student has submitted, the assignment will be flagged as submitted even if the others haven't contributed. If you want to ensure everyone has an input, set "Require students click submit button" to Yes and then change "Require all group members to submit" to Yes. The assignment will only be classed as submitted when each member has contributed, and once one student has submitted, the remaining members's names will be displayed for the group to see who still needs to add their input.

You want to grade students' work anonymously

  • In the settings, choose "Blind marking". When students submit assignments, their names will be replaced by radomly generated participant numbers so you will not know who is who. Note that this is not totally blind marking because you can reveal their identities in the assignment settings and you can work out identities from the logs - so this might not be suitable if your establishment has very precise privacy requirements.

You want to read and grade student assignments offline

  • In the settings, choose "Offline grading worksheet". When students have submitted, click "View/grade all submissions" and you can download their assignments from the link "Download all submission" and download the grading sheet from the link "Download grading worksheet". You can then edit grades and re-upload the grading worksheet. You can also upload multiple feedback files in a zip from this drop down menu. See Assignment settings for an explanation of how to use the "upload multiple feedback files as zip" feature.

You want to hide students' grades until a time of your choosing.

Use 'marking workflow' as explained in Assignment settings

You want to moderate other colleagues' marking or allocate certain teachers to certain students

Use 'marking allocation' as explained in Assignment settings

How do students submit their assignments?

The first page students will see when they click on the assignment activity link from the course page will display the assignment name, description and the submission status. The first time a student views the assignment it will look like this:

Student view of assignment

The submission status section includes:

  • Submission status
  • Grading status
  • Due date
  • Time remaining
  • Last modified
  • Submission details

As they progress through the assignment the Submission status and Grading status will update and the Last modified date will appear.

Example of submitted and graded assignment

If the student uploaded a pdf file which the teacher has annotated, this will be made available in the feedback section. The student can search through the document and filter specific comments.

Student view of graded pdf file
Searching and filtering comments in annotated pdf

Submission statuses include:

  • Nothing submitted for this assignment
  • Draft (not submitted)
  • Submitted for grading

Grading statuses include:

  • Not graded
  • Graded

File submission

To submit a file submission, students complete the following steps:

  • Click the ‘Add submission’ button to bring up the file upload page.
  • Upload the relevant file into the submission. They are able to ‘drag and drop’ the file into the submission box.
  • Click ‘Save Changes’.
  • There should now be a Last modified date and the file(s) uploaded will also be displayed.
  • Depending on how the assignment is setup the status will either read ‘Submitted for grading’ - in which case no further action is need, or ‘Draft (not submitted)’.
  • If changes are required, click on ‘Edit my submission’.
  • Once ready to submit, click ‘Submit assignment’. Note that once the assignment is 'submitted’ no further changes are allowed.
Student view when adding a submission
Student view once file is uploaded
Student view when submitting assignment

Note: Depending on how the assignment is setup students may see both a file submission page and an online text editor.

Online text

To submit online text, students complete the following steps:

  • Click the ‘Add submission’ button to bring up the online text editor page
  • Type the relevant text into the text editor, or paste from a previously written file.
  • Click ‘Save Changes’.
  • There should now be a Last modified date and the first 100 characters entered will also be displayed.
  • Depending on how the assignment is setup the status will either read ‘Submitted for grading’ - in which case no further action is need, or ‘Draft (not submitted)’
  • If changes are required, click on ‘Edit my submission’.
  • Once ready to submit, click ‘Submit assignment’. Note that once the assignment is 'submitted’ no further changes are allowed.
Online text entered
Sumbitting assignment

Submission comments

Depending on how the assignment has been setup, there may be a section where students can leave submission comments.

Student comments

Submission notifications

Moodle allows the sending of a notification to the student when a student submits an assignment. This feature provides reassurance to the students that they have correctly submitted their assignments, especially when using features like draft submissions and file uploads. Moodle also allows notifications to teachers either when students submit assignments, or when students submit assignments late, or both. This feature notifies markers of the presence of assignments, or provides a reminder to access assignments submitted after the due date.

Why is this useful?

  • Provides a receipt for student that the assignment has been successfully submitted
  • Provides notification to marker that assignment are submitted
  • Notifies of any changes to submission - for student’s record and to notify marker
  • Provides notification to student that assignment feedback is available
  • Note: When blind marking is used, students will receive a notification, but will not see feedback until all submissions are marked and reveal student identities is clicked. That releases rubric marks and inline comment feedback to all students.

When is it sent?

If ‘Require students to hit submit button’ is enabled within the assignment (formerly ‘enable send for marking button’ in 2.2), which requires students to click a final submit button and prevents further changes, only one notification will be sent upon hitting the submit button.

If ‘Require students to hit submit button’ is not enabled, and students are allowed to make alterations or add/remove files from their submission, this receipt will be sent every time the file is altered - ie once on adding the file, once on adding a second file, once on removal of file, once on uploading a new file.


Where are these settings?

Submission Notification for Grader - Assignment > Edit Settings The grader is given two options:

  • Notify Graders about Submissions - YES/NO
  • Notify Graders about Late Submissions - YES/NO

The first option will notify the grader on any/all submissions made. The second will only send a notification for assignments submitted after the ‘Due Date’.

The Late Submissions option will be greyed out unless ‘Notify Graders about Submissions’ is selected as NO because ‘Notify Graders about Submissions’ will also send receipts for assignments submitted after the due date. To fully disable the grader receiving notifications, change both options to NO.

Submission Notification for Students - My Profile Settings > Messaging Tickboxes on the messaging page can be set by the student depending on their preference. A student can opt to receive notification via email, popup message, jabber or -if enabled by admin -mobile phone.

Grader notifications
Student notifications

Assignment notification - On submission of an assignment, the student will receive a notification that their assignment has been successfully received.

Viewing and grading submitted assignments

When students have submitted their assignments, they can be accessed by clicking on the assignment activity. This will bring up the Grading Summary page.

The Grading Summary page displays a summary of the assignment, including; number of participants, number of drafts, number of submitted assignments, due date and time remaining.

Clicking on the the ‘View/grade all submissions’ link will bring up the Grading Table.

The Grading Table contains columns of information about the student, the status of their submission, a link to grade their submission, a link to each submission and feedback comments and files (if enabled).

Filtering submissions

New feature
in Moodle 2.7!

A dropdown menu accessed from the 'Options' section allows you to filter submissions so you can for example quickly see which students have not submitted yet.

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Submission status

If you will be assigning grades to student work, you may want to take note of the submission status before you begin the marking process. If you have required students click the Submit button, you may find that some submissions are still marked as Draft (not submitted), meaning the student has either uploaded a file(s) or entered some text, but has not clicked ‘Submit assignment’.


If it's after the due date and you are about to commencing marking that you use ‘Prevent submission changes’ to stop students from making changes to their assignment. You can do this one by one by using the icon in the Edit column.

Or you can select two or more students by putting a tick in the select column and going to 'Lock submissions’ from the With selected menu under the grading table.

Likewise you can also revert a student's submission to draft if they have uploaded the incorrect file. Instead of selecting ‘Prevent submission changes’ select ‘Revert the submission to draft’, or place ticks against selected students and choose 'Revert the submission to draft status' from the With selected menu under the grading table.

Submission statuses
Prevent submission changes dropdown
Lock submissions
Revert to draft
Revert to draft status

Quick grading

Under Options (scroll to bottom of the page) you can determine your preferences for the number of assignments you wish to display per page. You can also filter assignments either to show all (no filter), submitted, or requires grading. This is also where you can turn on quick grading.


Quick grading allows you to enter grades and a feedback comment (if enabled in Assignment settings) directly into the grading table. Quick grading is not compatible with advanced grading and is not recommended when there are multiple markers.


  1. You can enter grades and feedback comments using quick grading. It is now possible to enter grades in decimal format. You will not be able to return a feedback file to your students (if enabled in the Assignment settings).
  2. Enter the grades
  3. Scroll to the bottom of the grading table and click 'Save all quick grading changes'
  4. A confirmation screen will appear.

Student grading page

If you have enabled File Feedback in the Assignment settings and wish to upload either the marked student assignment, a completed text based feedback document or audio feedback, click on the green tick in the Grade column (or use the icon in the Edit column and select Grade).

Here you can enter grades, feedback comments and feedback files (if enabled in the Assignment settings). You can use drag and drop to upload feedback files.

Green tick
Grading
Feedback files

Annotating PDF files

If the student has uploaded a PDF file you will see a link to Launch the PDF editor on the students' individual grading screen. This will display the PDF inline, allowing you to annotate it, using a variety of tools, stamps (if uploaded by the admin) and comments which may be saved to a comments bank. When the annotations are complete, clicking to save the changes will result in it being displayed to the student as part of their feedback. (Note that simply clicking on the file itself will not display it inline for annotating.)

Teacher view when grading a pdf
Annotating a pdf
Make sure you save the changes

Comments may be added and then saved in a quick list for future use. When adding a new comment, click the icon top right to access previously saved comments:

Saving and re-using comments

Note: The annotate PDF feature requires Ghostscript to be installed on the server. This can be checked in Administration > Site administration > Plugins > Activity modules > Assignments > Feedback plugins > Annotate PDF.

Controlling when to notify students of graded work

New feature
in Moodle 2.7!

When grading individual submissions

notifystudents.png

A checkbox is available when grading individual students. Choose Yes to notify them immediately or No to grade without notifying the student.

When bulk grading by uploading worksheet

This checkbox is not currently available when using the grading worksheet. However, the sending of notifications is affected by the visibility of the assignment. If the assignment is hidden, or has access restricted (e.g. by date), then no notification will be sent on uploading the worksheet. It will only then be sent on making the assignment available to students, if less that 24 hours has elapsed since the upload.

Downloading student submissions

You can download a zip file containing all of the assignment submissions by selecting the ‘Download all submissions’ options from the Choose menu at the top of the grading table, or in the settings menu.

File submissions will be downloaded in the format uploaded by the student. Online text submissions will be downloaded as html files. Each file in the zip will include the student first and lastname at the beginning of the filename for identification purposes.

Note - the files will have a Moodle unique identifier appended to the name, not your institutional student ID number.

Keeping records (archiving, exporting, backing up)

When students unenrol from a Moodle area, their records become invisible through the Gradebook interface. In order to have the information to hand, departments or course teaching teams may need systems in place to keep their own records for the data retention period required in their particular context. There are two separate procedures for exporting student submissions and marks.

To export marks (with or without feedback):

  1. Go to your course area
  2. From its front page Settings block, select Grades; the Grader Report loads.
  3. From the Grader Report Settings block, select Export; a menu displays.
  4. From the menu, if you need easy viewing and running calculations you probably want to select one of the spreadsheet formats; a page of export settings loads
  5. Use the Visible Groups pulldown menu to limit the export to specific groups, as required
  6. In Options, you indicate whether feedback comments are included
  7. In Grade Items To Be Included lists you can, if required, omit particular Activities from the report
  8. When you've finished with the settings, click on Submit; a preview of your export displays
  9. Click on Download to export to the format you chose, and save the file.

To download the original student submissions:

  1. In your course area, click the link to the Assignment whose submissions you want to download.
  2. Click on the link to View/Grade all submissions; the Grading Table will load.
  3. Click the link to 'Download all submissions' (either from the Choose menu or from the Settings block), and save the file.

Tips and Tricks

  • Want to use an Assignment activity again in another Moodle site? Use the backup and restore options.
  • Want to use an Assignment activity in another course you teach? Use the Import function in the course administration block.
  • Moodle will sometimes appear not to be uploading a resubmitted assignment - you seem to be downloading the original assignment. This is a cache issue, in short, go to "Tools > Clear Recent History" in Firefox or "Tools > Delete Browsing History > Delete Temporary Files" in Windows Explorer. The newer file will then appear.

See also

Screencasts

Examples from School demo site

Other