Objectives:

By the end of this section, you will be able to:

  • Describe the Assignment activity in Moodle

  • Describe some assignment settings

  • Create a basic assignment in a course shell

What is an Assignment?

The Assignment activity allows students to submit work to their teacher for grading. The work may be text typed online or uploaded files of any type like documents, images, videos and audio files. Grading may be by simple percentages or custom scales, or more complex rubrics may be used. Students may submit as individuals or in groups.

How to Create an Assignment

  1. Turn on edit mode and select “Add an Activity or Resource”.



  1. Select the Assignment activity from the Activity Chooser.



  1. Give the assignment a name and, in the Activity Instructions area explain what the students must submit. You can also upload a help or example document from the Additional files area, if you want.




  1. Expand the other settings to select, for example, availability times, how you want students to submit the assignment and how you plan to give them feedback. Click on the blue question mark to learn more about each option. 





  1. If you want students to verify they are submitting their own work, or if you want to prevent students from changing their submission once uploaded, explore the Submission settings. To have them submit in group, explore Group submission settings (ensuring your course has groups).




  1. Adjust the notification and the grade settings. Notifications can be sent to you to alert you if a student submitted an assignment or is submitting a late assignment. The grade settings will dictate how the assignment will be marked. 



  1. When you have completed adjusting the settings, press “Save and display”.



  1. You will see your assignment displayed. You can go into the Settings tab if you want to make any changes. 





Resources

  1. Assignment in Moodle: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_oyqSsvHtMo 

  1. Assignment activity (MoodleDocs): https://docs.moodle.org/401/en/Assignment_activity#:~:text=Assignments%20allow%20students%20to%20submit,as%20individuals%20or%20in%20groups. 


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