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Assignment

The activity β€œAssignment” is suitable for collecting files from students πŸ“₯, commenting and evaluating them. The submission can also consist of entries in the text editor. Only teachers in the course room see the submissions. Save the results using the β€œDownload all submissions” function.

Set up an assignment

Example: Students should e.g. submit a text or a homework as PDF πŸ“₯.

Procedure: Add the activity β€œAssignment” to your course.

Configure the settings you want to use.

1. Switch on the edit mode via the slider at the top right in the navigation bar: β€œEdit mode”. Click on β€œAdd an activity or resource”, the dialog box opens.

2. Click on β€œAssignment” and fill in the form with the settings of the assignment on the next page. A detailed description of the activity β€œAssignment” can be found in β€œAssignment settings” at moodle.org.

Hint: If you have a large number of submissions, you can use β€œmarking workflow”. The feedback will reach the participants only after all submissions have been corrected.

Group Submissions

Students can submit as a group. To do this, activate the option β€œStudents submit in groups”. Do NOT activate the β€œGroup mode”!

More about β€œGroup submissions” at moodle.org

The question marks ❓ help you. Clicking on them opens a context help.

3. β€œSave and return to course”. You can still change your settings later: Either click on the activity and select the tab β€œSettings” under the heading, or select β€œEdit settings” in edit mode on the course main page via the three dots on the right side of the activity.

Grade assignments

When students submit assignments πŸ“₯ you can grade the submissions.

To do this, click on the assignment on the course page. On the overview page you can see how many students are in the course, how many have submitted something and how many submissions have to be evaluated.

Click on the β€œView all submissions” link if you want to see an overview of all students and their submissions. In this view you can also do β€œQuick grading” (see below). Alternatively, you can click on the β€œGrade” button.

This will take you to a page where you can view and grade the first participant's submission in the overview list.

More about β€œQuick grading” at moodle.org

Check plagiarism by PlagAware for "Assignment" activity in Moodle

Teachers can use PlagAware via Moodle and activate it for the activity β€œAssignment”.

PlagAware is a plagiarism checking tool and search engine that matches texts with documents from online sources. The result report displays found sources graphically, so that it is easy to check whether correct citations have been made.

More about PlagAware can be found on the wiki page PlagAware.

Download all submissions (save results)

1. Click on the assignment on the course page and select β€œView all submissions”. The assessment table is displayed.

2. Select the β€œDownload all submissions” button on the right above the table and save the ZIP file with all submissions.

3. Unzip the ZIP file to a new directory on your computer. Do not save the ZIP file too deep in a directory for unzipping to avoid errors.

(Reason: On Windows systems file name and full path together must not exceed 255 bytes).

Download submissions individually:

If the download does not work as a whole (e.g. due to insufficient bandwidth of the Internet connection), it is also possible to download submissions individually (or e.g. three or four submissions together):

1. Click on the assignment on the course page and select β€œView all submissions”. The assessment table is displayed.

2. Put a check mark in front of the respective entry of one or more students.

3. at the bottom of the page, in the drop-down menu β€œWith selected…”, click and select β€œDownload selected assignments” and β€œGo”.

Download annotated files

The additional function (report_assign) is only available in exam courses.

1. Click on the tab β€œReports” on the course main page.

2. In the β€œReports” area, click on β€œAssignment submission report”.

3. Click on the β€œDownload” button for the desired assignment.

4. The files can now be downloaded as a ZIP file.

Delete all submissions

Deleting the submissions cannot be undone! If necessary, save the results first.

1. On the course main page, click on the tab β€œMore” and select β€œCourse reuse”.

2. Below the tabs on the left side you will find the drop-down menu β€œImport”. There, select β€œReset”.

3. Expand the β€œAssignments” area and activate the β€œDelete all submissions” option.

4. Confirm with β€œReset course”.

Use the activity "Assignment" repeatedly

If the course room is to be used again the next semester with new students (and repeaters, if applicable. See also new semester term), we recommend the following procedure:

1. If necessary, save the submissions (Download submissions).

2. Clean up the activity β€œAssignment” from old submissions, see β€œDelete all submissions”. This prevents the old submissions of repeaters to reappear.

More documentation about β€œAssignments” at docs.moodle.org

β€’ Instructions for the activity "Assignment"

β€’ Using the activity "Assignment"

β€’ "Assignment" FAQ

en/moodle/activities/assignment/start.txt Β· Last modified: 2024/05/16 11:12 by maziyar