Assignment Submissions

Instructor (non-editing)

Margarita Berezyanskaya

Last Update il y a 5 jours

1. On the course home page, click on an Assignment link.



2. The Assignment page opens and, under the Grading summary heading, shows whether the assignment is hidden from students, the number of participants, the number of submitted assignments, how many need grading and the time remaining.



Note: Instructors can click on the Grade button to begin grading submissions.

3. In the Activity navigation menu, click on the Submissions link to view the list of submissions.



4. On the Submissions page, a table appears that includes student photos, names and emails, assignment statuses and spaces for feedback comments and grading.



Note: By clicking the Actions drop-down in the top right corner above the table, instructors can download all student submission as a compressed ZIP file or jump to the Gradebook view. 



5. Columns can be hidden by clicking the minus icon next to a column heading and shown again by clicking the plus icon.


6. To check the status of assignments that have been submitted by individual students, look under the Status heading in the table.


For each student who has submitted an assignment, the text Submitted for grading appears, highlighted in pale green.



7. Submissions recorded with the PoodLL voice recorder will appear as an audio player under the Online PoodLL heading.



8. Assignments submitted as online text will appear under the Online text heading.


9. To view an online text submission, click the magnifying glass icon above the submitted text under the Online text heading.



A new window appears, showing the assignment with any accompanying images or other media.


10. Click the Back button, or in the Activity navigation menu, click the Submissions link to view the list of submissions.


11. To view a file submission, click the file name under the File submissions heading.



12.The file will be downloaded to your computer's default Downloads folder.

 

13. To open the file, either click on the file name in the Downloads pop-up in your browser or manually locate the file in your Downloads folder.



The file opens in Microsoft Word or the appropriate program for the file type.

Locking and Unlocking Submissions and Granting Extensions

1. Select one or more students to download their work or modify their assignment settings. The sticky footer below the table provides the following options:


  • Lock submissions (default) blocks submissions, 
  • Unlock submissions accepts submissions, 
  • Download selected submissions downloads the selected submissions, 
  • Grant Extension allows special cases additional time to complete an assignment.



2. To apply of these options, select the option and click on the Go button.


3. A dialogue box appears, asking you to confirm the selection. Click on the Lock button. 



The table reappears, displaying Submission changes not allowed in the Status column for the selected student(s).


Grading Assignments

1. To grade an assignment, click on the Grade button on the assignment Grading summary screen or on the Submissions screen.



2. The Submission grading page appears, showing the user's picture, name and email address, and a PDF version of any file submissions (converted by Moodle) for marking in the left column. At the top of the right column, there is a drop-down menu and arrows to Change user



3. The Submission status section below shows the student's submission (recording, file(s) and/or text) and other information for the student whose assignment is to be graded.



Note: The grading page display can be changed with the screen display icons in the bottom right corner of the grading page. 



4. Read the online text, listen to the student's recording, and/or open and read the attached file. For offline assignments, refer to the student's offline work.


5. Scroll down through the Submission section (right column) to assign a grade and give feedback.


6. If a file submission exists, you have two options for annotating it. You can download the original Word document, mark it up, and then upload it as a Feedback file. Alternatively, the submitted file is converted to a PDF and displayed in the Review panel, where the text mark-up tools can be used to add comments and feedback.



7. In the Feedback comments text box in the right column, enter the desired feedback, format the text and add images and other media if wished. 



8. Use the Feedback PoodLL recorder in the right column to upload spoken comments and feedback.


9. Click the Save changes button.


The Grade page appears again, showing the message "The changes to the grade and feedback were saved".


10. Click the arrows in the top right corner or use the Change user drop-down menu to navigate to the next user for marking.


11. After marking, the grades will appear in the Gradebook.

Editing Grades

1. To edit a grade, in the assignment Activity navigation menu, click on the Submissions link to view the list of submissions.


2. In the Edit column, click on the Edit drop-down list in the learner's row.



3. Click Update grade.


The grading page appears.


4. Scroll down to the Grade section.


5. In the Grade out of ... text box, enter the desired updated grade (including decimals if required).

Note: Below this text box, the Current grade in gradebook is displayed.

6. Click the Save changes button.


7. The Grade page appears again, showing the message that the changes to the grade and the feedback that were saved.

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