How to Setup an Assignment Activity v2
Overview
The assignment activity module enables a teacher to communicate tasks, collect work and provide grades and feedback.
Students can submit any digital content (files), such as word-processed documents, spreadsheets, images, or audio and video clips. Alternatively, or in addition, the assignment may require students to type text directly into the text editor. An assignment can also be used to remind students of 'real-world' assignments they need to complete offline, such as artwork, and thus not require any digital content. Students can submit work individually or as a member of a group.
When reviewing assignments, teachers can leave feedback comments and upload files, such as marked-up student submissions, documents with comments or spoken audio feedback. Assignments can be graded using a numerical or custom scale or an advanced grading method such as a rubric. Final grades are recorded in the grade book.
To add an Assignment activity within a course page, follow the steps below:
NOTE: You need Teacher or Manager access before you can perform this action.
Step Tutorial
Step 1: To start making changes on your course page, click on the toggle to turn Edit Mode on.
Step 2: Click on + Add an activity or resource.
Step 3: Click Assignment from the list of the activities.
Step 4: Fill out the information needed and adjust the settings for the Assignment Activity.
Assignment name* | (Mandatory field) enter the name of the Assignment activity in the Name text box. |
| Description | Enter the relevant description in the "Description" text area that describes the Assignment if needed. |
| Display description on course page | (checkbox) If enabled, the description of this activity will be shown on the course page. |
Activity Instructions | The actions you would like the student to complete for this assignment. This is only shown on the submission page where a students edits and submits their assignment. |
| Additional Files | You may upload additional files, such as templates, by clicking the + icon. These files can include blank templates or reference documents to support students with their assignment submissions. Multiple files can be uploaded. Ensure each file is clearly named for easy identification. |
Only show files during submission | Tick the box to only show files on the submission page. Otherwise, files will be shown on both the assignment and submission page. |
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, the submit button will be hidden, and students will not be able to submit. |
| Remind me to grade by | A date needs to be entered here for the assignment to display on the teacher's Course overview block and in the Calendar. It will show when at least one student has submitted. |
Always show description | If disabled, the assignment description above will only become visible to students on the "Allow submissions from" date. |
| 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.
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.
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| Maximum number of uploaded files | If the file submissions are enabled, each student will be able to upload up to this number of files for their submission. |
| 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 |
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: |
| Feedback Types |
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.
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Comment inline | If enabled, the submission text will be copied into the feedback comment field during grading, makit it easier to comment inline (using a different colour, perhaps) or to edit the original text. |
| Require students click submit button | |
| 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. |
| Allowed attempts | The maximum number of submission attempts that can be made by a student. After this number has been reached, the submission can no longer be reopened. If this is set to 1, the Grant attempts field will not become available. |
| Grant attempts | If 'Allowed attempts' is set to unlimited or more than 1, you can specify how to grant further attempts: Manually allows the teacher to grant a new attempt through the Submissions page of the Grader page. Automatically allows the student to receive a new attempt automatically after grading Automatically until pass allows the student to receive a new attempt automatically after grading until they achieve the passing grade. |
Student submit in groups | If enabled, students will be divided into groups based on the default set of groups or a custom grouping. A group submission will be shared among group members and all members of the group will see each others' changes to the submission. |
Notify graders about submissions | If enabled, graders (usually teachers) receive a message whenever a student submits an assignment, early, on time and late. Message methods are configurable. |
Notify graders about late submissions | If enabled, graders (usually teachers) receive a message whenever a student submits an assignment late. Message methods are configurable. |
Default for 'Notify student' | When grading each student, should 'Notify student' be ticked by default? |
| Grade | Select the type of grading used for this activity. If 'scale' is chosen, you can then choose the scale from the drop-down menu. If using point grading, you can then enter the maximum grade available for this activity. |
| Grading method | Choose the advanced grading method that should be used for calculating grades in the given context. To disable advanced grading and switch back to the default grading mechanism, choose 'Simple direct grading'. |
| Grade category | This setting controls the category in which this activity's grades are placed in the gradebook. |
Grade to pass | This setting determines the minimum grade required to pass. The value is used in activity and course completion, and in the gradebook, where pass grades are highlighted in green and fail grades in red. |
Anonymous submissions | Anonymous submissions hide the identity of students from markers. Anonymous submission settings will be locked once a submission or grade has been made in relation to this assignment. |
Hide grader identity from students | If enabled, the identity of any user who grades an assignment submission is not shown, so students can't see who marked their work. Note that this setting has no effect on the comments box on the grading page. |
Use marking workflow | If enabled, marks will go through a series of workflow stages before being released to students. This allows for multiple rounds of marking and allows marks to be released to all students at the same time. |
| Availability | The availability option permits students to view and access assignments and resources, there are two options available:
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| ID number | The ID number can be entered to reference the same ID number from a third-party package especially gradebook. Otherwise, the field may be left blank. |
| Force Language | If you force a language in a course, the interface of Moodle in this course will be in this particular language, even if a student has selected a different preferred language in his/her personal profile. |
Group mode | This setting has 3 options:
The group mode defined at course level is the default mode for all activities within the course. Each activity that supports groups can also define its own group mode, though if the group mode is forced at course level, the group mode setting for each activity is ignored. |
Teachers may restrict students from accessing lessons and resources based upon a set of conditions. These conditions may be based on whether an activity has been completed or not, date restrictions when lessons can commence, a specified grade to be achieved, a certain user profile, or a set of nested restrictions based on the below settings.
Restrictions can be one, two or all of the following criterion:
| None | This is the default setting. |
| Students must manually mark the activity as done | This allows student to manually mark the assignment as complete |
| Add requirements | This setting opens up more options: Activity is completed when students do all the following:
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| Tags | Tags will allow students and teachers to connect to other courses and content being offered. |
Competencies will not be available unless they have been set up at a course level. Administrators can set up competency frameworks and add competencies within the framework. Teachers can also add competencies to courses and course activities.
| Course competencies | Course competencies allow you to search for competencies that you’d like to link to your existing activity. |
| Upon activity completion | There are four options to select once an assignment has been completed: • Do nothing • Attach evidence • Send for review • Complete the competency |
| Send content change notification | Tick the box to notify course participants about this new or changed activity or resource. Only users who can access the activity or resource will receive notiofication. |
Step 6: Once everything is set, click Save and return to course.
The Assignment activity that has been created will now be displayed in the section where you selected ‘Add an activity or resource’.
Upon opening the assignment activity, the buttons for viewing submissions and grading are ready for the trainer while the 'Add Submission' button is ready for the students' submissions.
Trainer/Admin view:
Student view:
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