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Assignment
The activity βAssignmentβ is suitable for collecting files from students π₯, 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 βDownload all submissionsβ function.
Set up an assignment
Example: Students should e.g. submit a text or a homework as PDF π₯.
Procedure: Add the activity βAssignmentβ 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: βEdit modeβ. Click on βAdd an activity or resourceβ, the dialog box opens.
2. Click on βAssignmentβ and fill in the form with the settings of the assignment on the next page. A detailed description of the activity βAssignmentβ can be found in βAssignment settingsβ at moodle.org.
Hint: If you have a large number of submissions, you can use βmarking workflowβ. 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 βStudents submit in groupsβ. Do NOT activate the βGroup modeβ!
More about βGroup submissionsβ at moodle.org
The question marks β help you. Clicking on them opens a context help.
3. βSave and return to courseβ. You can still change your settings later: Either click on the activity and select the tab βSettingsβ under the heading, or select βEdit settingsβ 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 π₯ 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 βView all submissionsβ link if you want to see an overview of all students and their submissions. In this view you can also do βQuick gradingβ (see below). Alternatively, you can click on the βGradeβ 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 βQuick gradingβ at moodle.org
Check plagiarism by PlagAware for "Assignment" activity in Moodle
Teachers can use PlagAware via Moodle and activate it for the activity βAssignmentβ.
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 βView all submissionsβ. The assessment table is displayed.
2. Select the βDownload all submissionsβ 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 βView all submissionsβ. The assessment table is displayed.
2. Click on the cogwheel βSettingsβ, then βShow all assignmentsβ.
3. Place a check mark in front of the respective entry of the student \
4. At the bottom of the page, select βDownload Selected Submissionsβ and click βStartβ.
Download selected levies:
Download annotated files
The additional function (report_assign) is only available in exam courses. \
1. Point to the settings (action menu) in the course and click βMore β \
2. In the section βReports β click βOverview of assignments β \
3. Click on the βDownloadβ button for the desired task
4. The files can now be downloaded as a ZIP file.
Delete all submissions
Deleting submissions cannot be undone. Save the results first if needed.
1. Open course settings (via the cogwheel at the top of the course) and select βResetβ.
2. Open section βassignmentβ and activate option βDelete all assignmentsβ
3. Confirm with βReset courseβ.
Use activity "assignment" repeatedly
If the course room is to be used again in the next semester with new students (and repeaters, if applicable) (see also Semester change), we recommend the following procedure:
1. Save the submissions if necessary (download submissions).
2. Clean up the activity βassignmentβ from old submissions, see βdelete submissionsβ. This will prevent old submissions from repeaters from reappearing.
More documentation on βassignmentβ at docs.moodle.org.