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How To Add An Assignment

From the main course page, enable Edit mode at the top right.

Locate the section in your course where you want to add the Assignment. At the bottom of the section select the Add an activity or resource button and then select Assignment.

Type a name into the Assignment name field. This will appear as the activity title. The Description field is optional.

Availability

• Allow submissions from: If enabled, students will not be able to submit before this date. If disabled (the default), students will be able to start submitting right away.
• Due Date: This is when the assignment is due. Submissions will still be allowed after this date, but any assignments submitted after this date will be marked as late. Set an assignment cut-off date to prevent submissions after a certain date.
• Cut-off date: If set, submissions will not be accepted after this date without an extension. If not set (the default), submissions will always be accepted.
• Remind me to grade by: When enabled and dated, instructors (anyone in a grading role in this course) will see grading reminders on their Moodle Calendar once at least one student has submitted.

Submission types

There are two submission types, Online text and File submissions. Choose the submission type/s appropriate for your assignment.

• Online text allows students to enter their submission directly into Moodle, which may be good for short submissions or submitting links to content such as videos, etc.
• File submissions allows students and faculty to upload and download files such as Word documents or PDFs. The Maximum number of uploaded files is usually set to 9 or 10 to allow students to submit extra files or resubmit if necessary.

Other submission options

• Word limit: If online text submissions are enabled, this is the maximum number of words that each student will be allowed to submit.
• Maximum number of uploaded files: At RRU we usually set this to 10 as the default and don't recommend changing it unless needed.
• Maximum submission size: At RRU this defaults to a maximum of 100 MB. If students need to upload large video or audio files they should refer to Moodle My Media - How to share a video or audio file in Moodle and if they need to upload a large narrated PowerPoint they can refer to How to embed a narrated PowerPoint in Moodle.
• Accepted file types: Accepted file types can be restricted by entering a list of file extensions. If the field is left empty, then all file types are allowed. Extensions should be separated by commas (e.g., ".pdf,.docx,.doc") or you can use the Choose button to select file types.

Feedback types

Feedback types are usually left at the defaults. Enable Offline grading worksheet if you're using Offline Assignment Grading and want to upload a spreadsheet of grades to the assignment.

Submission settings

• Require students to click the submit button: this is usually left set to No.
• Require that students accept the submission statement: Adds an attestation step to the submission. Students must check a box agreeing to a submission statement (for example, “This is my own work”) before Moodle accepts the attempt. Their acceptance is stored with the submission.
• 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.

Group Submission settings

• For more information on how groups and groupings work in Moodle, read Moodle - Groups & Groupings Overview.
• For team assignments, select Yes in the Students submit in groups pull-down menu. For individual assignments, leave it set to No.
• Only group/team members can submit - leave this set to yes. It's only relevant for team assignments. For individual assignments this setting is ignored.
• Require all group members submit, is only available if you change the Submission settings to require students click submit button.
• For courses with only one set of teams, do not change the option to select a grouping for student groups. Leave this in the default None. Use Common module settings below for team assignment set-up.
• For courses with more than one set of teams using groupings (single section or multiple section), choose the appropriate Grouping from the pull-down menu.

Notifications

• Notify graders about submissions: If enabled, graders (usually instructors) receive an email notification whenever a student submits an assignment.
• Notify graders about late submission: If enabled, graders (usually instructors) receive an email notification whenever a student submits an assignment late.
• Default for 'Notify student': When grading each student, should 'Notify student' be ticked by default?

Grade settings

• Grade
  • Type: usually set to Point but can be set to a Scale or set to None if the assignment isn't grade or it's meant for feedback only.
  • Maximum grade: tends to either be set to 100 (it's graded as a percentage) or set to the weight of the assignment–programs often have a standard for this.
• Grading method: Set to Simple direct grading unless you are using a Marking guide or Rubric. Rubrics and marking guides are advanced grading methods discussed in the article Moodle - Grading An Assignment.
• Grade category: usually left at the default.
• Grade to pass: usually left blank. 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: usually left set to No. 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 identify 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 marks to be released to all students at the same time.

Common module settings

These settings vary depending on the type of course (single section or multiple sections) and if it uses groupings to support more than one set of teams.

Individual Assignment - single section course with one set of teams; no groupings in course.

Team Assignment - single section course with one set of teams; no groupings in course.

Individual Assignment - multiple section courses; course uses groupings.

Team Assignment - single or multiple sections courses with more than one set of teams; course uses groupings.

When you are ready, save your assignment.

Locating Course Assignments

Assignments are listed on the main course page and can be listed all at once by clicking on Assignments in the Activities block on the right hand side of the screen.

All assignments in the course will be listed here.

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