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This page describes the various configuration options available within the Assignment module - both at the Site level and the Activity level.
This page explores in more detail the settings for the [[Assignment activity]] once you have added it to your course and also covers the Site administration settings.


==Adding and editing an Assignment activity==
Note that 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'.
To add a new Assignment activity to your course login with the appropriate access rights (e.g.editing teacher, course creator or administrator) and Turn Editing On. Within the required Week or Topic Block click Add and Activity or Resource link.
[[Image:add activity.jpg|frame|center]]


In the Add an activity or resource dialogue box that appears, select Assignment and click Add.
==General==
{{New features}}[[Image:add assignment activity.jpg|frame|center]]
#In the Description, provide instructions for students. Check the box if you want these instructions to display on the course page.
#In Additional files, you can add files which may be of help to the students as they do their assignment, such as example submissions or answer templates.


To edit an existing Assignment activity, login to your course with the appropriate access rights (e.g. editing teacher, course creator or administrator) and Turn Editing On. Select the Update icon against the relevant Assignment item.
==Availability==
[[Image:update icon.jpg|frame|center]]


Alternatively, after logging into your course simply click on the name of the Assignment activity you wish to edit and then click the Edit Settings link under Assignment administration within the Settings block.
;Allow submissions from
[[Image:edit settings.jpg|frame|center]]
: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.
;Remind me to grade by..
:A date needs to be entered here in order for the assignment to display on the teacher's [[Course overview block]] and in the [[Calendar]]. It will display when at least one student has submitted.


The following configuration options are available when creating or editing/updating any 2.3 Assignment activity.
==Submission types==


==General settings==
Here you can decide how you wish students to submit their work to you.
The General section allows you to give your assignment a name and description.
[[Image:general.jpg|frame|center]]


===Assignment name===
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 submissions are enabled, student comments display in the gradebook as from "Participant 01 etc" to avoid revealing identities.
Give your Assignment a name (e.g. “Report on Topic 1 Content”). The title entered here will be the name that learners see in the course content area. Learners will click on this name to view the details of the assignment and, if applicable, submit their work.


===Description===
;Online text
The description of the assignment, which should include precise instructions for students regarding the subject of the assignment, the form, in which it should be submitted, the grading criteria etc.
:Students type their responses directly in Moodle using a text editor (such as the [[Atto editor]] which automatically saves text at regular intervals.)


Use this area to describe the assignment and explain what learners are expected to do to complete this task. The assignment description can be as brief or as detailed as you feel is necessary to meet the needs of your learners. However, it is to your benefit to provide as much detail and information as possible, especially at the start of the course while you are still establishing procedures. Generally, the more information you are able to provide here the fewer questions and problems your learners will have completing the task.
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.


The assignment description field can also be used to provide information or resources related to the assignment. An instructor, for example, could provide some literature, a video clip, an image, or a link to a webpage, and then ask the learners to use these materials in completing the task.  
;File submissions
:Students can upload one or more files of any type the teacher can open. 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 a [[Document converters| document converter]] 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.


===Display description on course page===
[[File:assignmentgrading3.png|thumb|500px|center|Annotating uploaded files]]
Enabling this will display the description on the course page just below the link to the assignment activity.


==Assignment settings==
Comments may be collapsed to make it easier to read the original text:
The Assignment settings section allows you to determine the assignment characteristics, due dates, when students will be able to submit etc.
[[Image:assignment settings.jpg|frame|center]]
===Allow submissions from===
The Allow submissions from setting prevents students from submitting their assignment before the shown date. This option allows an teacher to set a day, month, year and time (24 hour clock) from which learners can begin to submit their assignments. Please note that this setting does not hide the activity from the learners. Instead, the learner will see the activity, be able to view the instructions and use any materials you have included in the description, but the learner will not be able to submit or complete the assignment until the Allow submissions from date.


If you also wish to hide the assignment description from students until a set date, you can use the Always show description setting (see below).
[[File:collapsedcommentexample.png]]


By default the Allow submissions from date is Enabled (ticked) and is set at the day and time you selected Add Assignment. To Disable this feature simply ensure the Enable checkbox is not marked.
;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.
;Accepted file types
:The teacher can specify the types of file the students may upload to the assignment. A file type selector appears upon clicking 'Choose', offering a choice of different file types. (See the video [https://youtu.be/vN1DlHeZkw4 File type selection] for more information.) Leaving the field blank will allow all file types.


===Due date===
If the file types have been restricted, then when students attempt to submit the assignment, they will see a message telling them which files are accepted:
The Due date setting prevents students from submitting their assignment after the shown date.
[[File:studentfiletyperestrictions.png|thumb|500px|center|Student view of specified files]]


This option allows an teacher to set a day, month, year and time (24 hour clock) before which learners must submit their assignment.
==Feedback types==
;Feedback comments
:With this enabled, markers can leave comments for each submission (which appear on the assignment grading screen.)


By default the Due date is Enabled (ticked) and is set at 7 days ahead of the day and time you selected Add Assignment. To Disable this feature simply ensure the Enable checkbox is not marked.  
The [[Atto editor]] now allows for recording audio and video when grading, along with the option to upload supporting files such as images.


====Notes on Date Settings====
'''Annotate PDF''' appears if this setting is enabled by the Site administrator in the ''Manage assignment feedback plugins'' section of Site admin and will allow the teacher to annotate using comments, stamps and other features.
The Due date is displayed for learners in the assignment details, and is also marked in the course Calendar as a visible reminder for participants and provides a link to the activity.


Your use of the Allow submissions from and Due date settings will probably be dependent on the overall structure of your course. If you are facilitating an open ended course or a course with rolling enrolment, then you might find it easier to not apply the Allow submissions from and Due date settings. This arrangement will allow the learners to access the assignment according to their own schedule and progress within the course.
;Offline grading worksheet
:This is useful if you wish to download the grading list and edit it in a program such as MS Excel.
{|
|[[File:emptygradebook.png|thumb|The empty gradebook on Moodle]]
|[[File:downloadgradingworksheet.png|thumb|The dropdown to download the list]]
|[[File:excelgrades.png|thumb|Editing the grades offline]]
|}


Alternatively, if you are working within a more structured format or adhering to a timeline, the Allow submissions from and Due date settings are useful for keeping learners on schedule. Using the Allow submissions from setting will make it possible for learners to preview upcoming activities, while at the same time, prevent them from finishing the course in the first week and not returning for additional activities or information. Likewise, the Due dates help keep the learners from lagging too far behind and decrease the likelihood that the learner will become overwhelmed by having to complete several weeks worth of work at once.
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:


Note: Assignments without a Due date will appear on the My home page with “No Due date” displayed.
{|
|[[File:uploadgradingworksheet.png|thumb|Uploading the grading worksheet]]
|[[File:confirmchanges.png|thumb|Confirming the changes]]
|[[File:fullgradebook.png|thumb|Grades and feedback transferred into Moodle]]
|}


===Always show description===
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.
This setting is used in conjunction with the Allow submissions from setting. If it is set to Yes, the assignment Description will become visible to students at the Allow submissions from date. If it is set to No, the assignment Description will be hidden from students until the Allow submissions from date, only the assignment Name will be displayed (as shown below).
[[Image:always show description.jpg|frame|center]]


If Allow submissions from is disabled then the Always show description setting has no meaning, ie. the assignment description will always be visible to students.
;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]].


===Prevent late submissions===
{|
Setting Prevent late submissions to Yes will prevent learners from being able to submit this assignment after the Due date (where specified). If you set Prevent late submissions to No, then learners can submit the assignment as long as the assignment is visible or accessible to them but their submissions will be marked as late.
|[[File:feedback files.jpg|thumb|The Feedback files column]]
|[[File:feedback files 2.jpg|thumb|Upload files here]]
|[[File:feedback view for students.jpg|thumb|Student view with comments and file feedback both enabled]]
|}
'''Uploading multiple feedback files''' is also possible:
#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.
#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.
#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)


===Require students click submit button===
{|
In previous Moodle versions this setting was known as “Enable Send for Marking button”.  
|[[File:mutiplefeedbackzip.png|thumb|Choose from the dropdown menu]]
|[[File:multiplezip1.png|thumb|Confirmation screen displaying the feedback files to be uploaded]]
|[[File:multiplezip2.png|thumb|Screen confirming uploaded feedback]]
|}


The submit button allows students to upload draft versions of the assignment until such time as they are ready to submit. It allows students to keep a draft version of their assignment on the system until submission. Once they click the submit button they indicate to the teacher that they have finished working on the assignment.
;Comment inline
 
:This usefully allows you to comment directly on an 'online text' type submission.
Note: this means that the learner can no longer edit their submission (to do so would risk invalidating any work their assessor had done on their submission). If students regret their decision and wish to edit, they need to request that somebody with course editing access reverts them to Draft Status. Likewise the teacher may choose to revert the assignment to draft status (if it requires further work, for example).
 
To revert to the draft stage or let a student resubmit, 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 Revert the submission to draft.
[[Image:revert to draft.jpg|frame|center]]
 
If this setting is No then students are not required to click the submit button and are able to make changes to uploaded files at any time. This scenario may be applicable to situations where teachers are providing feedback on drafts, or where the assignment is iterative in nature.
 
If this setting is No and at some point as the teacher you wish 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.
[[Image:prevent submission changes.jpg|frame|center]]
 
If you wish to either “Revert to draft” or “Prevent submission updates” for a number of students, or the whole class, you can use the ''With selected'' menu at the bottom of the grading table. Click on the assignment activity, then click on the View/Grade all Submission link. Using the tick boxes in the ''Select'' column, tick relevant students or place a tick in the box at the top of Select column to select all students. Scroll to the bottom of the page and select either Lock Submissions, Unlock Submissions or Revert the submission to draft status and click Submit.
[[Image:with selected.jpg|frame|center]]
 
===Notifications to graders===
{{New features}}In previous Moodle versions this setting was singular and was known as “Email alerts to teachers”. In the 2.3 version of Moodle you are able to choose whether graders receive email notifications whenever a student submits an assignment (early, on time and late) or whether graders only receive email notifications whenever a student submits an assignment late. Only teachers who are able to grade the particular assignment are notified. So, for example, if the course uses separate groups, teachers restricted to particular groups will not receive notifications about students in other groups.


==Submission settings==
==Submission settings==
Submission settings allow you to determine how you would like your students to submit their assignment.
;Require students click submit button
[[Image:submission settings.jpg|frame|center]]
: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'.
{{New features}}'''Note:''' You can now set up an assignment that allows both online text and file upload.
 
===Online text===
If set to Yes learners are able to compose and edit text on screen using the standard Moodle HTML Editor.
 
===File submissions===
File submissions allows learners to upload and edit one or more files to form their final submission.
 
===Maximum number of uploaded files===
If file submissions are enabled, this setting determines the maximum number of files which may be uploaded by each learner. As this figure is not displayed anywhere, it is suggested that it is mentioned in the assignment Description.
 
===Maximum submission size===
This setting specifies the maximum size per file of each of the files that the students can upload as part of their submission. This maximum upload size may only be equal to or less than the course limit (which in turn may only be equal to or less than the site limit). The maximum size of each file is displayed to students at the point where they upload files.
[[Image:maximum file size.jpg|frame|center]]
 
===Submission comments===
If enabled, students may leave comments into a text area associated with the assignment. Comments can be used for communication with the grading person, assignment progress description, to let students alert the marker about which file is the master file (in case of inter-linked files), or any other type of communication between student and marker.
 
{{New features}}Submission comments will appear in the grading table (click on the assignment activity, then click on the View/Grade all Submission button), in the Submission comments column. Submission comments allow two-way communication between the student and teacher.
[[Image:submission comments.jpg|frame|center]]
 
==Feedback settings==
Feedback settings allow you to determine the type of feedback you will provide to students.
[[Image:feedback settings.jpg|frame|center]]


{{New features}}'''Note:''' You can now determine whether you will provide feedback comments or feedback files to students, or a combination of both.
{|
|[[File:revert to draft.jpg|thumb|Reverting to draft]]
|[[File:prevent submission changes.jpg|thumb|Prevent submission changes]]
|[[File:with selected.jpg|thumb|"With selected" to choose several students.]]
|}


===Feedback comments===
;Require that students accept the Submission statement
Setting this to yes means that markers can leave feedback comments for each submission. Essentially what this does is enable the Feedback Comments column in the grading table (to access the grading table click on the assignment activity, then click on the View/Grade all Submission button).
:An administrator can define a "Submission statement" (see below) i.e. a statement where students promise the work is their own and which they must agree to before submitting their work. 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.
[[Image:feedback comments.jpg|frame|center]]


Feedback comments are also accessible by clicking on the green tick in the grade column on the grading table.
;Additional attempts (previously named Attempts reopened)
[[Image:feedback comments 2.jpg|frame|center]]
: Whether a student can make additional attempts at the assignment. Changing this setting to 'Manually' allows the teacher to go into the grader and in the "Attempt settings" section set "Allow another attempt" to either "yes" or "no". Changing the setting to "Automatically until pass" requires that "Grade to pass" in the Grade section be set. If the student does not receive a passing grade then the submission will automatically be reopened and another attempt can be made.
;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!


===File feedback===
==Groups submission settings==
Setting this to yes means that markers will be able 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. Essentially what this does is enable the Feedback Files column in the grading table (to access grading table click on the assignment activity, then click on the view/Grade all Submissions button).
These settings allow students to collaborate on a single assignment, eg. working in the same online area or uploading, editing and reuploading an MS Powerpoint in the common assignment area.
[[Image:feedback files.jpg|frame|center]]


To upload feedback files click on the green tick in the grade column on the grading table.
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.
[[Image:feedback files 2.jpg|frame|center]]


To upload a feedback file you can either use drag and drop or click Add to bring up the [[File picker]].
;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 [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.


All feedback will be displayed to students on the assignment submission page. The following screen shot demonstrates the view if both feedback comments and file feedback are set to Yes.
==Notifications==
[[Image:feedback view for students.jpg|frame|center]]
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==
==Grade==
Specify the maximum grade or [[Scales|Scale]] to be applied to the assignment.  If you will not be giving a grade for the assignment, choose No Grade.
*See [[Grade points]] and [[Advanced grading methods]] for more information on the settings here.
 
*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.
===Grading method===
*;Anonymous submissions
 
:This hides students' names when grading and instead shows randomly generated Participant numbers.
There are 3 options:
* Simple direct grading (entering a grade or scale item)
{{New features}}* [[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.
 
==Common module settings==
 
=== Group mode ===
When course group mode is turned on, the [[Groups|group mode]] can be one of three levels: No groups, Separate groups or Visible groups. 
 
'''No groups''' - There are no groups and all students submit their assignments in one Assignment area
 
'''Separate groups''' - Students submit their assignments within a separate Group based submission area and teachers/trainers can sort submissions by Group or view All Participants.


'''Visible groups''' - All students submits their assignment within a single Assignment area but may choose which Group to associate their submission with before uploading. Teachers/trainers can sort submissions by Group or view All Participants.
With Anonymous submissions, students cannot see the final grade until all of the students' names have been revealed. Rubrics 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.


===Groupings===
Users with the capability [[Capabilities/mod/assign:viewblinddetails|View student identities when Anonymous submissions are enabled]] (by default managers only) can view student identities and participant numbers.
Groupings is an Advanced setting.  A grouping is a collection of groups within a course. If a existing grouping is selected from the dropdown list, students assigned to groups within the grouping will be able to work together within the group mode specified above.


===Visible===
Users with the capability [[Capabilities/moodle/site:viewanonymousevents|View anonymous events in reports]] (by default managers only) can view student submissions to assignments with Anonymous submissions (in Moodle 3.9 onwards).
Choose whether to Show or Hide the assignment from learner view. A hidden assignment will be displayed greyed out on the main course page for those with teacher, creator, manager or admin type roles but invisible to students/learners.


===ID number===
*;Marking (grading) workflow
Setting an ID number provides a way of identifying the assignment for grade calculation purposes. If the activity is not included in any grade calculation then the ID number field can be left blank.
:This lets you keep grades and feedback hidden until you are ready to release them to students. It is also useful if you want to show your progress in grading, or co-ordinate multiple markers/graders.


The ID number can also be set in the gradebook, though it can only be edited on the activity settings page.


==Restrict access settings==
{|
The [[Restrict_access_settings|Restrict access]] area becomes visible in Moodle activities and resource settings if [[Conditional_activities|Conditional Activities]] have been enabled.
|[[File:26markingworkflow.png|thumb|Marking workflow state in the individual grading screen]]
|[[File:26quickgradingworkflow.png|thumb|Dropdown to select marking workflow state when quick grading]]
|}
The phases are:


===Allow access from===
* Not marked (the marker has not yet started)
The Access from date determines the day, month and year students may first access the activity via the assignment name link on the course page.  To activate this option click in the Enable checkbox to add a tick.
* 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)


===Allow access until===
;Marking allocation
The Access until date determines the day, month and year students may last access the activity via the assignment name link on the course page. To activate this option click in the Enable checkbox to add a tick.
:Marking allocation can be used if marking workflow is set to Yes. Teachers can then be selected to grade or review submitted work of specific students.


'''Note:''' The difference between access from/to dates and availability settings for the activity is that outside the set dates the latter allows students to view the activity description, whereas access from/to dates prevent access completely.


[[Image:restrictinassignment.png|frame|center|Restrict access settings in Assignment]]
{|
 
|[[File:26markingworkflowallocatedmarkers.png|thumb|Allocated markers on the grading screen]]
===Grade Condition===
|}
This setting determines any grade conditions which must be met in order for students to access the activity. Multiple grade conditions may be set using the 'Add 2 grade conditions to form' button.  If there are multiples completion conditions applied to an activity, it will only be accessible to learners when ''all'' grade conditions are met.  See [[Conditional_activities_settings|Conditional Activities]] for more information.
 
===Before activity can be accessed===
Before a learner has fulfilled the the Grade Conditions specified above and the activity is still inaccessible to them, you can choose whether to show the activity greyed-out on the course page with the grade conditions listed (restriction information) or to hide the activity from learner view entirely.
 
==Locally assigned roles==
 
In ''Settings > Assignment administration > Locally assigned roles'' selected users can be given additional roles in the activity. See the Using Moodle [http://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=98208 Custom role for 'Course Monitor'] forum discussion for an example.


==Other settings==
Depending on what is enabled for your site and course, you may also need to explore [[Common module settings]], [[Restrict access| Restrict access]], [[Activity completion]], [[Tags]] and [[Competencies]]
==Assignment capabilities==
==Assignment capabilities==


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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 from the gear icon Actions menu.


==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 ''Settings > 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.


===Feedback plugin that will push comments to the gradebook===
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.
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===
;Submission statement
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.
:Here is where the administrator can enter text into a box which will appear when students are about to submit an assignment:


===Send submission receipt to students===
{|
This switch will enable submission receipts for students. Students will receive a notification every time they successfully submit an assignment.
|[[File:newsubmissionstatement.png|thumb|Admin view of Submission statement set up screen - click to enlarge]]
|[[File:submissionstatement1.png|thumb|Student view when about to submit - click to enlarge]]
|}


[[Image:ass_settings.jpg|frame|center]]
If it is left as the default "No", then teachers will have the choice within their own assignments to force this or not.


The following configuration options are available for anb administrator under ''Settings > Site administration > Plugins > Assignment plugins''. There are two main sections ''Submission plugins'' and ''Feedback plugins''.
The submission statement may be shown in different languages. See [[Multi-language content filter]] for how to do this.
 
Note for sites using languages other than English: There is currently a bug affecting the default assignment submission statement - it doesn't display in a user's language (MDL-54731). A workaround is to enter the submission statement in the required language (using the multi-lang filter if multiple languages are are required) in the 'Submission statement' (submissionstatement) field then save changes.


===Submission plugins===
===Submission plugins===
====File submissions====
Here the administrator can enable, disable or change the order and default settings for any submission plugins.
'''Enabled by default''' If set, this submission method will be enabled by default for all new assignments.
;Submission comments
 
:Note that if submission comments are enabled here 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.
'''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====
'''Enabled by default''' If set, this submission method will be enabled by default for all new assignments.
[[Image:submission plugin.jpg|frame|center]]


===Feedback plugins===
===Feedback plugins===
====Feedback comments====
====Manage assignment feedback plugins====
'''Enabled by default''' If set, this submission method will be enabled by default for all new assignments.
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.


====File feedback====
=====Check Ghostscript=====
'''Enabled by default''' If set, this submission method will be enabled by default for all new assignments.
You can also check the ghostscript path from here:
[[Image:feedback plugin.jpg|frame|center]]
{|
|[[File:Selection_116.png|thumb|Ghostscript not installed or incorrectly installed]]
|[[File:Selection_115.png|thumb|Ghostscript correctly installed]]
|}


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


==See also==
[[de:Aufgabe konfigurieren]]
[[de:Aufgabe konfigurieren]]
[[fr:Ajouter/modifier un devoir]]
[[fr:Ajouter/modifier un devoir]]
[[ja:課題を追加/編集する]]
[[ja:課題を追加/編集する]]
[[es:Configuraciones de tarea]]
[[it:Impostazioni Compito]]

Latest revision as of 10:24, 25 March 2021

This page explores in more detail the settings for the Assignment activity once you have added it to your course and also covers the Site administration settings.

Note that 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'.

General

  1. In the Description, provide instructions for students. Check the box if you want these instructions to display on the course page.
  2. In Additional files, 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.
Remind me to grade by..
A date needs to be entered here in order for the assignment to display on the teacher's Course overview block and in the Calendar. It will display when at least one student has submitted.

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 submissions are 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. 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 a document converter 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

Comments may be collapsed to make it easier to read the original text:

collapsedcommentexample.png

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.
Accepted file types
The teacher can specify the types of file the students may upload to the assignment. A file type selector appears upon clicking 'Choose', offering a choice of different file types. (See the video File type selection for more information.) Leaving the field blank will allow all file types.

If the file types have been restricted, then when students attempt to submit the assignment, they will see a message telling them which files are accepted:

Student view of specified files

Feedback types

Feedback comments
With this enabled, markers can leave comments for each submission (which appear on the assignment grading screen.)

The Atto editor now allows for recording audio and video when grading, along with the option to upload supporting files such as images.

Annotate PDF appears if this setting is enabled by the Site administrator in the Manage assignment feedback plugins section of Site admin and will allow the teacher to annotate using comments, stamps and other features.

Offline grading worksheet
This is useful if you wish to download the grading list and edit it in a program such as MS Excel.
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" (see below) i.e. a statement where students promise the work is their own and which they must agree to before submitting their work. 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.
Additional attempts (previously named Attempts reopened)
Whether a student can make additional attempts at the assignment. Changing this setting to 'Manually' allows the teacher to go into the grader and in the "Attempt settings" section set "Allow another attempt" to either "yes" or "no". Changing the setting to "Automatically until pass" requires that "Grade to pass" in the Grade section be set. If the student does not receive a passing grade then the submission will automatically be reopened and another attempt can be made.
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 collaborate 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

This hides students' names when grading and instead shows randomly generated Participant numbers.

With Anonymous submissions, students cannot see the final grade until all of the students' names have been revealed. Rubrics 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 View student identities when Anonymous submissions are enabled (by default managers only) can view student identities and participant numbers.

Users with the capability View anonymous events in reports (by default managers only) can view student submissions to assignments with Anonymous submissions (in Moodle 3.9 onwards).

  • Marking (grading) workflow
This lets you keep grades and feedback hidden until you are ready to release them to students. It is also useful if you want to show your progress in grading, or co-ordinate multiple markers/graders.


Marking workflow state in the individual grading screen
Dropdown to select marking workflow state when quick grading

The phases 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)
Marking allocation
Marking allocation can be used if marking workflow is set to Yes. Teachers can then be selected to grade or review submitted work of specific students.


Allocated markers on the grading screen

Other settings

Depending on what is enabled for your site and course, you may also need to explore Common module settings, Restrict access, Activity completion, Tags and Competencies

Assignment capabilities

Role permissions for the activity can be changed from the gear icon Actions menu.

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.

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.

Note for sites using languages other than English: There is currently a bug affecting the default assignment submission statement - it doesn't display in a user's language (MDL-54731). A workaround is to enter the submission statement in the required language (using the multi-lang filter if multiple languages are are required) in the 'Submission statement' (submissionstatement) field then save changes.

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 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.

See also

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