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==Adding an Assignment activity==
==Adding an assignment==
*Go to the course where you want the assignment; turn on the editing, and in the section you want the assignment, click 'Add an activity or resource'.
*Go to the course where you want the assignment; turn on the editing, and in the section you want the assignment, click 'Add an activity or resource'.
*From the Activity chooser, click the Assignment button and click 'Add'.  
*From the Activity chooser, click the Assignment button and click 'Add'.  
*''Note'':if you want to edit an existing assignment, click the Edit link to its right and choose the action you wish to take (eg 'Edit settings'.)
*(If you want to edit an existing assignment, click the Edit link to its right and choose the action you wish to take, eg 'Edit settings'.)


==Assignment settings==
==Assignment settings==
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:Submissions are still allowed after this date but will be marked as late. Disable it by unticking the checkbox. Assignments without a due date will appear on the dashboard with 'No Due Date' displayed.
:Submissions are still allowed after this date but will be marked as late. Disable it by unticking the checkbox. Assignments without a due date will appear on the dashboard with 'No Due Date' displayed.
;Cut-off date
;Cut-off date
:After this date, students will not be able to submit and the submit button will disappear. If you want to grant an extension, go to the assignment grading screen, click 'Edit' and choose 'Grant extension' for the relevant student. (See screencast [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UaL0LzZwyYI&feature=share&list=UUCRg_EbhU9tdpLdiGGN1Mgg Assignment Extensions]
:After this date, students will not be able to submit and the submit button will disappear. If you want to grant an extension, go to the assignment grading screen by clicking 'view submissions', click 'Edit' alongside the relevant student and choose 'Grant extension'. To grant an extension to multiple students, select the checkbox alongside their names and use the With selected... menu at the bottom of the page to Grant extension. (See screencast [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UaL0LzZwyYI&feature=share&list=UUCRg_EbhU9tdpLdiGGN1Mgg Assignment Extensions]


===Submission types===
===Submission types===
Here you can decide how you wish students to submit their work to you.  
Here you can decide how you wish students to submit their work to you.  


{{Note| If Submission comments are enabled in ''Administration>Plugins>Activity modules>Assignment>Submission plugins'', students will be able to add a note to their teacher on submitting work. If Blind marking is enabled, student comments display in the gradebook as from "Participant 01 etc" to avoid revealing identities.}}
{{Note| If Submission comments are enabled in ''Administration>Plugins>Activity modules>Assignment>Submission plugins'', students will be able to add a note to their teacher on submitting work. If Anonymous (blind) marking is enabled, student comments display in the gradebook as from "Participant 01 etc" to avoid revealing identities.}}


;Online text  
;Online text  
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;File submissions
;File submissions
:Students can upload and edit one or more files of any type the teacher can  open. If the student uploads a pdf file, the teacher can annotate it within the browser, and on saving, the annotated file is made available to the student. See section 5.4.1 Annotating pdfs in [[Using Assignment]]. (Check with your admin that [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghostscript Ghostscript] is enabled, if you can't annotate pdf files.)
:Students can upload one or more files of any type the teacher can  open. {{New features}}The teacher can annotate uploaded PDFs, docx and odt files within the browser, and on saving, the annotated file is made available to the student. (Check with your admin that [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghostscript Ghostscript] and [https://github.com/dagwieers/unoconv unoconv ] are enabled, if you can't annotate uploaded files.) In the screenshot below, a docx file has been uploaded and converted so that the teacher may use the annotation tools to comment directly on the student's assignment:
 
[[File:assignmentgrading3.png|thumb|500px|center|Annotating uploaded files]]


;Maximum submission size
;Maximum submission size
:The maximum upload size refers to each file a student uploads. It cannot be larger than the limit in the Course settings.
:The maximum upload size refers to each file a student uploads. It cannot be larger than the limit in the Course settings.
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|[[File:submission comments.jpg|thumb|Submission comments]]
|[[File:onlinetextwordlimit.png|thumb|Word limit warning]]
|[[File:maximum file size.jpg|thumb|Maximum file size]]
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===Feedback types===
===Feedback types===
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See also [http://www.somerandomthoughts.com/blog/2012/11/19/offline-grading-worksheet-in-moodle-2-4-assignment/ Offline grading worksheet] blog post by Gavin Henrick.
See also [http://www.somerandomthoughts.com/blog/2012/11/19/offline-grading-worksheet-in-moodle-2-4-assignment/ Offline grading worksheet] blog post by Gavin Henrick.


===Feedback files===
;Feedback files
This allows  markers 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. It enables the Feedback Files column in the grading table. (To access the  grading table click on the assignment activity and then ''View/Grade all Submissions'')To upload feedback files, click on the green tick in the grade column on the grading table and then upload either with drag and drop or using the [[File picker]].
:This allows  markers 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. It enables the Feedback Files column in the assignment grading screen (accessed from 'View/Grade all submissions'.) To upload feedback files, click on the green tick in the grade column on the grading table and then upload either with drag and drop or using the [[File picker]].
 
Feedback is displayed to students on the assignment submission page.  


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|[[File:feedback view for students.jpg|thumb|Student view with comments and file feedback both enabled]]
|[[File:feedback view for students.jpg|thumb|Student view with comments and file feedback both enabled]]
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====Uploading multiple feedback files====
'''Uploading multiple feedback files''' is also possible:
 
It is also possible to upload multiple feedback files as a zip, from the dropdown above the grading list:
 
#Download the students' assignments using the "Download all submissions" link from the same dropdown menu;
#Download the students' assignments using the "Download all submissions" link from the same dropdown menu;
#Extract the folder offline and add your comments to the student's submissions.Keep the names the same.
#Extract the folder offline and add your comments to the student's submissions.Keep the names the same.
#Select the students' submissions and zip them into a new folder. Important: Don't just edit them inside their original folder and re-zip this; it will not work. The folder name does not matter as long as the feedback files have the same names as before.
#Select the students' submissions and zip them into a new folder. Important: Don't just edit them inside their original folder and re-zip this; it will not work. The folder name does not matter as long as the feedback files have the same names as before.
#Upload this newly zipped folder.
#Upload this newly zipped folder.
#You will be presented with a confirmation screen displaying your feedback files.
#You will be presented with a confirmation screen displaying your feedback files. (If you zip files from a Mac,make sure to  remove the folder _MACOSX)


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''Note:''If you zip files on a Mac, you may get a folder included in the zip called _MACOSX_ which needs to be removed otherwise moodle will not recognise the changes in the files.
;Comment inline
 
:This usefully allows you to comment directly on an 'online text' type submission.
===Comment inline===
 
If set to Yes, a teacher can comment directly on the text which a student has submitted as an online text type assignment.


==Submission settings==
===Submission settings===
(This setting is collapsed by default)
;Require students click submit button
 
:If this is set to 'No' students can make changes to their submission at any time. (If you want to stop them changing work once you are ready to grade, click 'View/Grade all submissions'; locate the student and From the Edit column, click the action icon and select 'Prevent submission changes.'
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:If set to 'Yes', students can upload draft versions of the assignment until such time as they are ready to submit. Clicking the submit button tells the teacher they have finished drafting and want the work to be graded. They can no longer edit it and must ask the teacher to revert to draft status if they need to change it again.To do that, click 'View/Grade all submissions; locate the student and from the Edit column, click the action icon and select 'Revert the submission to draft'.
|[[File:submissionsettings.png|Submission settings]]
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===Require students click submit button===
Students can upload draft versions of the assignment until such time as they are ready to submit.Once they click the submit button they indicate to the teacher that they have finished working on the assignment. In earlier versions of Moodle this was called ''"Send for marking"''.)
 
They can then longer edit their submission. If they need to change it, they must ask the teacher who can revert the assignment to draft status.
 
To revert to the draft stage, click on the assignment activity and then View/Grade all Submissions. Locate the student and click the action icon in the Edit column. Select Revert the submission to draft.
 
If this setting is No, then students do not have to to click a submit button and are able to make changes to uploaded files at any time.
 
If this setting is No but the teacher wishes to grade students work, then you can stop students from making further changes by using Prevent submission changes. Prevent submission changes can also be used in cases where students have neglected to click the Submit button and grading has commenced.
To prevent submission changes, click on the assignment activity, then click on the View/Grade all submissions button. On the grading table, locate the student and click the action icon in the Edit column. Select Prevent submission changes.
 
To do either of these with a number of students, use the ''With selected'' menu at the bottom of the grading table.


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|[[File:revert to draft.jpg|thumb|Reverting to draft]]
|[[File:revert to draft.jpg|thumb|Reverting to draft]]
|[[File:prevent submission changes.jpg|thumb|Prevent submission changes]]
|[[File:prevent submission changes.jpg|thumb|Prevent submission changes]]
|[[File:with selected.jpg|thumb|"With selected"..]]
|[[File:with selected.jpg|thumb|"With selected" to choose several students..]]
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To do either of these with a number of students, use the ''With selected'' menu at the bottom of the grading table.
;Require that students accept the Submission statement
 
:An administrator can define a "Submission statement", ie, a statement where students promise the work is their own and which they must agree to before submitting their work. This may be done via ''Site administration>Plugins>Activity modules>Assignment.'' (A default statement is also available.)  If the administrator has given teachers the option of using a submission statement or not, then it will be available in the assignment settings screen. If the administrator has forced the statement throughout the site, a teacher will not have this option in the settings but a student will see the statement when accessing their assignment.
===Require that students accept the Submission statement===
 
An administrator can define a "Submission statement", ie, a statement where students promise the work is their own and which they must agree to before submitting their work. This may be done via ''Settings>Site administration>Plugins>Activity modules>Assignment.''
 
If preferred, the available default statement which may be used instead: ''This assignment is my own work, except where I have acknowledged the use of the works of other people''
 
If the administrator has given teachers the option of using a submission statement or not, then it will be available in the assignment settings screen. The section [[#Submission_Statement]] explains how an administrator can set this up.
 
When this setting is enabled, students will have to check a button before they can submit their assignment:
 
If the administrator has forced the statement throughout the site, a teacher will not have this option in the settings but a student will see the statement when accessing their assignment.


===Attempts reopened===
;Attempts reopened
: If 'require students to click submit' is enabled, then students may only submit once. You can change this here to 'Manually' and reopen it for students to resubmit, or you can change it to 'Automatically until pass', for the students to keep resubmitting until they get a pass grade.
;Maximum attempts
: Here you can decide how many attempts to allow  if students can resubmit. If a student has to keep trying until they get a pass grade, you might decide to limit the attempts even though they have not yet passed - or they might be trying for ever!


This setting allows the teacher to decide how submissions are reopened. The default is "Never", in that students may only submit once. However, a teacher can set this to "Manually" and reopen it themselves for the student to resubmit, or to "Automatically until pass". The student must then keep trying and resubmitting until they get a pass grade. [[Grade_items#Activity-based_grade_items|Passing grades]] are set in the Gradebook. ''(Note that for this you need to set the assignment so that students have to click 'submit for marking'. If not, then, unless you manually lock a student's assignment, then they can continue to edit it for as long as they like.)''
===Groups submission settings===
 
These settings allow students to collaborage on a single assignment, eg, working in the same online area or uploading , editing and reuploading an MS Powerpoint in the common assignment area.
===Maximum attempts===
 
If a student is allowed to resubmit, this setting will determine how many times they can resubmit before they are no longer allowed to do so. (For example, if a student has to keep trying until they get a pass grade, the teacher might decide that ten attempts is enough even though they have not yet passed!)
 
==Groups submission settings==
(This setting is collapsed by default)
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|[[File:requiregroupmembership.png|Group submission settings]]
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===Students submit in groups===
 
If this box is ticked, then students are able to collaborate on an assignment. This might involve for example, working in the same online text area, or one student uploading an MS Powerpoint which another student downloads, improves and re-uploads to the common assignment area.


When grading, the teacher may choose to give a common grade and feedback to all students in the group or to give individual grades and feedback to each member.
When grading, the teacher may choose to give a common grade and feedback to all students in the group or to give individual grades and feedback to each member.
===Require group to make submission===
By default, if a student is not in a group they can still submit an assignment. However, this setting may be  changed in ''Site administration > Plugins  > Assignment > Assignment settings'' so that if  student is not in any group, or no groups have been made, then Moodle will display a message ''You're not a member of any group; please contact your teacher'' , and the student will not be able to submit the assignment.
===Require all group members submit===
This setting will only appear if the teacher has ticked the "Require students click submit button" earlier. The assignment will not be classed as "submitted" until all members of the group have made a contribution. When one student has submitted, the other members of the group will be able to see who still has to submit.


===Grouping for student groups===
;Require group to make submission
If a particular grouping is selected here, then the gradebook will display any other groups and non-grouped students in the "default group", while naming the group(s) that are in the chosen grouping. If "none" is selected, then the gradebook will display the names of all groups and put any non-grouped students in the "default group". See this [https://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=216399#p942913 forum post on grouping for student groups] for examples of how this might be used.
:Students  not in a group can still submit  assignments unless this is forced in ''Site administration > Plugins  > Assignment > Assignment settings'' .  Moodle will then display a message ''You're not a member of any group; please contact your teacher'' , and the student will not be able to submit the assignment.
;Require all group members submit
:This setting will only appear if the teacher has ticked the "Require students click submit button" earlier. The assignment will not be classed as "submitted" until all members of the group have made a contribution. When one student has submitted, the other members of the group will be able to see who still has to submit.
;Grouping for student groups
:If a particular grouping is selected here, then the gradebook will display any other groups and non-grouped students in the "default group", while naming the group(s) that are in the chosen grouping. If "none" is selected, then the gradebook will display the names of all groups and put any non-grouped students in the "default group". See this [https://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=216399#p942913 forum post on grouping for student groups] for examples of how this might be used.


==Notifications==
==Notifications==
(This setting is collapsed by default)
Please note that if you are using group mode then course teachers need to be members of the group in order to receive submission and late submission notifications.
 
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|[[File:notifications25.png|Notifications]]
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===Notify graders about submissions===
Teachers will receive a message (of a type they choose) whenever a student submits an assignment.  Please note if you are using the assignment in Groups Mode (eg Separate or Visible Groups), the teacher will need to be a member of the group in order to receive the submission notification.
===Notify graders about late submission===
Teachers will receive a message (of a type they choose)whenever a student submits a late assignment.  Please note if you are using the assignment in Groups Mode (eg Separate or Visible Groups), the teacher will need to be a member of the group in order to receive the submission notification.


==Grade==
==Grade==
(This setting is collapsed by default)
*See [[Grade points]] and [[Advanced grading methods]] for more information on the settings here.
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*Setting a passing grade  may be connected with [[Activity completion]] and [[Restrict access]] such that a student will not be able to access a follow up activity until they have passed this assignment.
|[[File:point1.png|Grade]]
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===Grade===
*Select [[Grade points|Points]] or [[Scales|Scale]] from the dropdown. If you will not be giving a grade for the assignment, choose No Grade.
*Then select your points or chosen scale.
 
===Grading method===
 
There are 3 options:
* Simple direct grading (entering a grade or scale item)
* [[Marking guide]]
* [[Rubric]]
 
===Grade Category===
Any custom [[Grade_categories|Grade Categories]] that have been created within your site or course will be listed here and will be available for selection. Select the required Grade Category to add this assignment as a [[Grade_items|Grade item]] within this Category.
===Grade to pass===
Here you can set a passing grade for the assignment. This may be connected with [[Activity completion]] and [[Conditional activities]] such that a student will not be able to access a follow up activity until they have passed this assignment.
 
===Blind marking===
''Note that in the US, this is known as 'blind grading'.''


If this setting is enabled, then a teacher will not see the names of students who have submitted their assignments. Instead, they will see randomly generated Participant numbers. (The student view of the assignment does not change.) This is also the case if student comments have been enabled. Once they have graded the assignment, it is however possible for teachers to see who submitted what by clicking on "Reveal student identities" in the Assignment settings.
===Anonymous marking===


====Returning Marks to Students ====
Sometimes known as 'blind marking', anonymous marking prevents assessors from seeing students' names on submissions. Instead, they will see randomly generated Participant numbers. (The student view of the assignment does not change.) This is also the case if student comments have been enabled.  
Because of the nature of blind marking, the students cannot see the final grade until all of the students' names have been revealed. If you are grading an assignment using an advanced grading method such as a rubric, the rubric will also be hidden from students' view until the names are revealed. To reveal student names after you are finished grading, look under Assignment Settings > Reveal Student Names. Feedback comments will appear whether or not student names are hidden or revealed.


''Note:'' Because of this, the level of anonymity might not suit the privacy requirements of your establishment. See this tracker entry MDL-35390 - "Blind Marking is not so blind"
Because of the nature of anonymous marking, the students cannot see the final grade until all of the students' names have been revealed. If you are grading an assignment using an advanced grading method such as a rubric, the rubric will also be hidden from students' view until the names are revealed. To reveal student names after you are finished grading, look under ''Assignment settings > Reveal student identities''. Feedback comments will appear whether or not student names are hidden or revealed. Note that this level of anonymity might not suit the privacy requirements of your organisation. See MDL-35390 for more details.


For more details on this feature, see this Youtube video [http://youtu.be/Biiw3E13mgM Blind marking in 2.4].
Users with the capability [[Capabilities/mod/assign:viewblinddetails|mod/assign:viewblinddetails]] can view student identities and participant numbers (in Moodle 3.0.3 onwards).


===Use marking workflow===
===Use marking (grading) workflow===
When set to Yes, teachers will be able to specify the stage they are at in their grading of individual assignments (as in the screenshot below)


''Note that in the US this is known as 'grading workflow'.''
Enable Marking Workflow if you need to:
*keep grades and feedback hidden until you are ready to release them (otherwise by default they display to each student as you save them).
*state where you are up to in your grading.
*coordinate multiple markers.


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===Use marking allocation===
===Use marking allocation===
''Note that in the US, this is known as 'grading allocation'.''


If marking workflow (see above) is set to Yes, it is possible to enable marking allocation. This means that teachers can be selected to grade or review the submitted work of specific students. Colleagues can monitor progress through the displayed marking workflow states:
If marking workflow (see above) is set to Yes, it is possible to enable marking allocation. This means that teachers can be selected to grade or review the submitted work of specific students. Colleagues can monitor progress through the displayed marking workflow states:
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|[[File:26markingworkflowallocatedmarkers.png|thumb|Allocated markers on the grading screen]]
|[[File:26markingworkflowallocatedmarkers.png|thumb|Allocated markers on the grading screen]]
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==Common module settings==
See [[Common module settings]]
==Restrict access settings==
The restrict access area becomes visible in Moodle activities and resource settings if [[Conditional_activities|Conditional Activities]] have been enabled.


==Locally assigned roles==
==Locally assigned roles==
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* [[Capabilities/mod/assign:view|View assignment]]
* [[Capabilities/mod/assign:view|View assignment]]


Role permissions for the activity can be changed in ''Settings > Assignment administration > Permissions''.
Role permissions for the activity can be changed in ''Course administration > Assignment administration > Permissions''.


==Site administration settings==
==Site administration settings==
 
Administrators can access assignment configuration options by expanding ''Administration > Site administration > Plugins > Activity modules > Assignment''.
The following configuration options are available for an administrator under ''Administration > Site administration > Plugins > Activity modules > Assignment''.
 


===Assignment settings===
===Assignment settings===
====Feedback plugin====
Here, the administrator can set defaults for certain settings. They may also make certain settings 'Advanced' which means a course teacher has to click the 'Show more' link to see them, or they may 'lock' settings which means a course teacher cannot alter that setting.
The comments that are pushed to the gradebook from the assignment are limited to a single text only comment. An Administrator can specify which of the feedback plugins will be push comments to the gradebook. On a standard Moodle install the choices are "Feedback comments" (default) or "Feedback file" but there may be additional options if your Moodle install contains additional feedback plugins.


====Show recent submissions====
{{New features}}In Moodle 3.1 onwards, if the site contains courses with over 100 participants, the number of assignments listed on the assignment grading page may be limited using the Maximum assignments per page (assign | maxperpage) setting. This removes 'All' from the 'Assignments per page' setting.
This option allows everyone to see notifications of submissions in [[Recent activity]] reports and the Recent Activity Block, within a course context. Note that the default for this option is No which means students will not be able to see when classmates have submitted or updated any Assignments.


====Send submission receipt to students====
;Submission statement
This switch will enable submission receipts for students. Students will receive a notification every time they successfully submit an assignment.
:Here is where the administrator can enter text into a box which will appear when students are about to submit an assignment:
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|[[File:ass_settings.jpg|thumb|350px|Submission receipts settings]]
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====Submission Statement====
 
An administrator can enter text in the box here which will appear when students are about to submit their assignment.


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|[[File:newsubmissionstatement.png|thumb|Admin view of Submission statement set up screen - click to enlarge]]
|[[File:newsubmissionstatement.png|thumb|Admin view of Submission statement set up screen - click to enlarge]]
|[[File:submissionstatement.png|thumb|Student view when about to submit - click to enlarge]]
|[[File:submissionstatement1.png|thumb|Student view when about to submit - click to enlarge]]
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If it is left as the default "No", then teachers will have the choice within their own assignments to force this or not.
If it is left as the default "No", then teachers will have the choice within their own assignments to force this or not.


The submission statement may be shown in different languages. See [[Multi-language content filter]] for how to do this.
The submission statement may be shown in different languages. See [[Multi-language content filter]] for how to do this.
====Default assignment settings====
The administrator can specify here the default assignment settings which may be set as 'Advanced' (i.e. they will appear when clicking 'Show more') or 'Locked' (ie the teacher cannot change them.)
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|[[File:26assignmentdefaults.png|thumb|Default, Advanced and Locked checkboxes]]
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The following configuration options are available for an administrator under ''Administration > Site administration > Plugins > Assignment''.


===Submission plugins===
===Submission plugins===
====Manage assignment submission plugins====
Here the administrator can enable, disable or change the order and default settings for any submission plugins.
Here you can change the order, check the settings or uninstall a particular submission plugin.
;Submission comments
====File submissions====
:Note that if submission comments are enabled here AND AND comments enabled globally in ''Site Administration > Advanced features'') then students will be able to send a message to their teacher when submitting their assignment. If either of those settings is disabled, then the submission comments link will not appear.
'''Enabled by default''' If set, this submission method will be enabled by default for all new assignments.
 
'''Maximum submission size''' An Administrator can specify the maximum size of any individual file uploaded within the assignment module across all courses on the site. This limit may be equal to or less than course file upload limit.
 
====Online text submissions====
'''Enabled by default''' If set, this submission method will be enabled by default for all new assignments.
 
====Submission comments====
 
If Submission comments are enabled in ''Site administration>Plugins>Activity modules>Assignment>Submission plugins'' AND comments enabled globally in ''Site Administration > Advanced features'') then students will be able to send a message to their teacher when submitting their assignment. If either of those settings is disabled, then the submission comments link will not appear.


===Feedback plugins===
===Feedback plugins===
====Manage assignment feedback plugins====
====Manage assignment feedback plugins====
Here you can change the order, check the settings or uninstall a particular feedback plugin.
Here the administrator can enable, disable or change the order and default settings for any feedback plugins.
====Feedback comments====
;Annotate PDF
'''Enabled by default''' If set, this submission method will be enabled by default for all new assignments.
:This is the place to upload stamps for teachers to use when annotating student PDFs.  
====Annotate pdf====


Here you can upload stamps for teachers to use when annotating student pdfs.  You can also check the ghostscript path:
=====Check Ghostscript=====
You can also check the ghostscript path from here:
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If the default stamps are deleted by accident, they can be found in mod/assign/feedback/editpdf/pix and re-uploaded.
If the default stamps are deleted by accident, they can be found in mod/assign/feedback/editpdf/pix and re-uploaded.


====File feedback====
=====Check Unoconv=====
'''Enabled by default''' If set, this submission method will be enabled by default for all new assignments.
 
===Offline grading worksheet===


'''Enabled by default''' If set, this will be enabled by default for all new assignments
''(New in 3.1:)'' Unoconv v07 is required for converting files to PDF. You can test the correct path to unoconv here, and download a test  converted PDF.


==See also==
==See also==

Latest revision as of 17:24, 24 March 2017


Adding an assignment

  • Go to the course where you want the assignment; turn on the editing, and in the section you want the assignment, click 'Add an activity or resource'.
  • From the Activity chooser, click the Assignment button and click 'Add'.
  • (If you want to edit an existing assignment, click the Edit link to its right and choose the action you wish to take, eg 'Edit settings'.)

Assignment settings

General

Give your assignment a name (which students will see to click on) and, if required, a description. If you want the description to display on the course page, check the box.

Additional files
Here you can add files which may be of help to the students as they do their assignment, such as example submissions or answer templates.

Availability

Allow submissions from
This stops students from submitting before the shown date but it doesn't hide the assignment and any included instructions or materials.
Due date
Submissions are still allowed after this date but will be marked as late. Disable it by unticking the checkbox. Assignments without a due date will appear on the dashboard with 'No Due Date' displayed.
Cut-off date
After this date, students will not be able to submit and the submit button will disappear. If you want to grant an extension, go to the assignment grading screen by clicking 'view submissions', click 'Edit' alongside the relevant student and choose 'Grant extension'. To grant an extension to multiple students, select the checkbox alongside their names and use the With selected... menu at the bottom of the page to Grant extension. (See screencast Assignment Extensions

Submission types

Here you can decide how you wish students to submit their work to you.

Note: If Submission comments are enabled in Administration>Plugins>Activity modules>Assignment>Submission plugins, students will be able to add a note to their teacher on submitting work. If Anonymous (blind) marking is enabled, student comments display in the gradebook as from "Participant 01 etc" to avoid revealing identities.


Online text
Students type their responses directly in Moodle using a text editor (such as the Atto editor which automatically saves text at regular intervals.)

It's possible to set a word limit on an online text assignment. Students get a warning if they try to exceed the word limit. Numbers are counted as words and abbreviations such as I'm or they're are counted as single words.

File submissions
Students can upload one or more files of any type the teacher can open. New feature
in Moodle 3.1!

The teacher can annotate uploaded PDFs, docx and odt files within the browser, and on saving, the annotated file is made available to the student. (Check with your admin that Ghostscript and unoconv are enabled, if you can't annotate uploaded files.) In the screenshot below, a docx file has been uploaded and converted so that the teacher may use the annotation tools to comment directly on the student's assignment:

Annotating uploaded files
Maximum submission size
The maximum upload size refers to each file a student uploads. It cannot be larger than the limit in the Course settings.

Feedback types

Feedback comments
With this enabled,markers can leave comments for each submission (which appear on the assignment grading screen.)
Offline grading worksheet
This is useful if you wish to download the grading list and edit it in a program such as MS Excel. (It does not yet work for non-English users - see MDL-40597.)
The empty gradebook on Moodle
The dropdown to download the list
Editing the grades offline

When the teacher has completed their grading offline, they can then upload the spreadsheet, confirm the changes and the grades and comments will be transferred over into Moodle's gradebook:

Uploading the grading worksheet
Confirming the changes
Grades and feedback transferred into Moodle

See also Offline grading worksheet blog post by Gavin Henrick.

Feedback files
This allows markers 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. It enables the Feedback Files column in the assignment grading screen (accessed from 'View/Grade all submissions'.) To upload feedback files, click on the green tick in the grade column on the grading table and then upload either with drag and drop or using the File picker.
The Feedback files column
Upload files here
Student view with comments and file feedback both enabled

Uploading multiple feedback files is also possible:

  1. Download the students' assignments using the "Download all submissions" link from the same dropdown menu;
  2. Extract the folder offline and add your comments to the student's submissions.Keep the names the same.
  3. Select the students' submissions and zip them into a new folder. Important: Don't just edit them inside their original folder and re-zip this; it will not work. The folder name does not matter as long as the feedback files have the same names as before.
  4. Upload this newly zipped folder.
  5. You will be presented with a confirmation screen displaying your feedback files. (If you zip files from a Mac,make sure to remove the folder _MACOSX)
Choose from the dropdown menu
Confirmation screen displaying the feedback files to be uploaded
Screen confirming uploaded feedback
Comment inline
This usefully allows you to comment directly on an 'online text' type submission.

Submission settings

Require students click submit button
If this is set to 'No' students can make changes to their submission at any time. (If you want to stop them changing work once you are ready to grade, click 'View/Grade all submissions'; locate the student and From the Edit column, click the action icon and select 'Prevent submission changes.'
If set to 'Yes', students can upload draft versions of the assignment until such time as they are ready to submit. Clicking the submit button tells the teacher they have finished drafting and want the work to be graded. They can no longer edit it and must ask the teacher to revert to draft status if they need to change it again.To do that, click 'View/Grade all submissions; locate the student and from the Edit column, click the action icon and select 'Revert the submission to draft'.
Reverting to draft
Prevent submission changes
"With selected" to choose several students..
Require that students accept the Submission statement
An administrator can define a "Submission statement", ie, a statement where students promise the work is their own and which they must agree to before submitting their work. This may be done via Site administration>Plugins>Activity modules>Assignment. (A default statement is also available.) If the administrator has given teachers the option of using a submission statement or not, then it will be available in the assignment settings screen. If the administrator has forced the statement throughout the site, a teacher will not have this option in the settings but a student will see the statement when accessing their assignment.
Attempts reopened
If 'require students to click submit' is enabled, then students may only submit once. You can change this here to 'Manually' and reopen it for students to resubmit, or you can change it to 'Automatically until pass', for the students to keep resubmitting until they get a pass grade.
Maximum attempts
Here you can decide how many attempts to allow if students can resubmit. If a student has to keep trying until they get a pass grade, you might decide to limit the attempts even though they have not yet passed - or they might be trying for ever!

Groups submission settings

These settings allow students to collaborage on a single assignment, eg, working in the same online area or uploading , editing and reuploading an MS Powerpoint in the common assignment area.

When grading, the teacher may choose to give a common grade and feedback to all students in the group or to give individual grades and feedback to each member.

Require group to make submission
Students not in a group can still submit assignments unless this is forced in Site administration > Plugins > Assignment > Assignment settings . Moodle will then display a message You're not a member of any group; please contact your teacher , and the student will not be able to submit the assignment.
Require all group members submit
This setting will only appear if the teacher has ticked the "Require students click submit button" earlier. The assignment will not be classed as "submitted" until all members of the group have made a contribution. When one student has submitted, the other members of the group will be able to see who still has to submit.
Grouping for student groups
If a particular grouping is selected here, then the gradebook will display any other groups and non-grouped students in the "default group", while naming the group(s) that are in the chosen grouping. If "none" is selected, then the gradebook will display the names of all groups and put any non-grouped students in the "default group". See this forum post on grouping for student groups for examples of how this might be used.

Notifications

Please note that if you are using group mode then course teachers need to be members of the group in order to receive submission and late submission notifications.

Grade

Anonymous marking

Sometimes known as 'blind marking', anonymous marking prevents assessors from seeing students' names on submissions. Instead, they will see randomly generated Participant numbers. (The student view of the assignment does not change.) This is also the case if student comments have been enabled.

Because of the nature of anonymous marking, the students cannot see the final grade until all of the students' names have been revealed. If you are grading an assignment using an advanced grading method such as a rubric, the rubric will also be hidden from students' view until the names are revealed. To reveal student names after you are finished grading, look under Assignment settings > Reveal student identities. Feedback comments will appear whether or not student names are hidden or revealed. Note that this level of anonymity might not suit the privacy requirements of your organisation. See MDL-35390 for more details.

Users with the capability mod/assign:viewblinddetails can view student identities and participant numbers (in Moodle 3.0.3 onwards).

Use marking (grading) workflow

Enable Marking Workflow if you need to:

  • keep grades and feedback hidden until you are ready to release them (otherwise by default they display to each student as you save them).
  • state where you are up to in your grading.
  • coordinate multiple markers.
Marking workflow state in the individual grading screen
Dropdown to select marking workflow state when quick grading

One advantage of using marking workflow is that the grades can be hidden from students until they are set to 'Released'. The actual list of steps are:

  • Not marked (the marker has not yet started)
  • In marking (the marker has started but not yet finished)
  • Marking completed (the marker has finished but might need to go back for checking/corrections)
  • In review (the marking is now with the teacher in charge for quality checking)
  • Ready for release (the teacher in charge is satisfied with the marking but wait before giving students access to the marking)
  • Released (the student can access the grades/feedback)

Example use cases

One marker, Marker, wants to release all grades at the same time

  • Marker enables "Use marking workflow"
  • Marker marks each submission and transitions the grading to "Marking completed" as each submission is graded.
  • Marker then uses the batch operations to transition all grades to "Released" at the same time.

Multiple markers,

  • Marker enables "Use marking workflow"
  • Marker marks each submission and transitions the grading to "Marking completed" as each submission is graded.
  • Marker then uses the batch operations to transition all grades to "Released" at the same time.

Use marking allocation

If marking workflow (see above) is set to Yes, it is possible to enable marking allocation. This means that teachers can be selected to grade or review the submitted work of specific students. Colleagues can monitor progress through the displayed marking workflow states:

Allocated markers on the grading screen

Locally assigned roles

In Administration > Assignment administration > Locally assigned roles selected users can be given additional roles in the activity. See the Using Moodle Custom role for 'Course Monitor' forum discussion for an example.

Assignment capabilities

Role permissions for the activity can be changed in Course administration > Assignment administration > Permissions.

Site administration settings

Administrators can access assignment configuration options by expanding Administration > Site administration > Plugins > Activity modules > Assignment.

Assignment settings

Here, the administrator can set defaults for certain settings. They may also make certain settings 'Advanced' which means a course teacher has to click the 'Show more' link to see them, or they may 'lock' settings which means a course teacher cannot alter that setting.

New feature
in Moodle 3.1! In Moodle 3.1 onwards, if the site contains courses with over 100 participants, the number of assignments listed on the assignment grading page may be limited using the Maximum assignments per page (assign | maxperpage) setting. This removes 'All' from the 'Assignments per page' setting.

Submission statement
Here is where the administrator can enter text into a box which will appear when students are about to submit an assignment:
Admin view of Submission statement set up screen - click to enlarge
Student view when about to submit - click to enlarge

If it is left as the default "No", then teachers will have the choice within their own assignments to force this or not.

The submission statement may be shown in different languages. See Multi-language content filter for how to do this.

Submission plugins

Here the administrator can enable, disable or change the order and default settings for any submission plugins.

Submission comments
Note that if submission comments are enabled here AND AND comments enabled globally in Site Administration > Advanced features) then students will be able to send a message to their teacher when submitting their assignment. If either of those settings is disabled, then the submission comments link will not appear.

Feedback plugins

Manage assignment feedback plugins

Here the administrator can enable, disable or change the order and default settings for any feedback plugins.

Annotate PDF
This is the place to upload stamps for teachers to use when annotating student PDFs.
Check Ghostscript

You can also check the ghostscript path from here:

Ghostscript not installed or incorrectly installed
Ghostscript correctly installed

If the default stamps are deleted by accident, they can be found in mod/assign/feedback/editpdf/pix and re-uploaded.

Check Unoconv

(New in 3.1:) Unoconv v07 is required for converting files to PDF. You can test the correct path to unoconv here, and download a test converted PDF.

See also

Synergy Learning blog post: Assignment resubmissions

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