Using Assignment

Click on the 'Add an activity or resource' link (or, if not present, the "Add an activity" drop down menu) and select Assignment.

Submissions: Students can type directly into Moodle, upload files or add media. The options are in the Submission types section. You can choose the size and number of file(s) you allow them to submit. 

Availability and restricted access: Usually, an assignment has a a due date and time, that you choose in the availability section. You can also set up a date and time for the assignment to be available to students, so that they have a limited time to work on it. If needed, you can add a cut-off date and time.

You can also restrict access to the assignment, as you can do with any Moodle activity, by putting constraints on it, such as completion of or a minimum grade on another activity, or being part of a specific group.

Feedback and grading: Teachers may give feedback in various ways. Students may upload documents such as .docx, odt and PDF and the teacher can annotate directly on the student’s submission. Teacher could also give a written feedback using an inline form, or add a feedback file, depending on which settings are selected during set up.

With online text submissions, if the teacher sets “Comment inline” to ‘yes’ they will be able to give feedback on the student’s submission directly.

Grading can be done using scales or rubrics. For more information on these different kinds of gradings please refer to Unit 4, part II, Grade book section.

Notifications: The default is to send students a notification by email when they receive grades. It can be changed in the Notifications section.

Activity completion: If allowed at course level, you can add activity completion on an assignment. It can be considered complete when  students submit their assignment, or only when they get a grade.

More on the Assignment activity can be read on Moodle docs webpage: Assignment activity.