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The assignment feature in Moodle makes it very easy for students to submit their assignment files to instructors. It includes excellent features that make it easy for instructors to receive, manage and return those files back to students along with the feedback.

1. In the upper right-hand corner, click the  "Edit Mode"  on the top right:

  2. Next click Add an activity or Resource on the course front page within a topic or a week field: Select Assignment .

3. Add a title in the assignment name box and add the assignment details in the description box:

4. Select appropriate for your assignment values in the Availability block. These settings will determine when students will be able to submit the assignment, due dates, etc. You can find the full description of each component for   Moodle under Assignment Settings .

5. Next block called Submission Settings controls how students will submit the assignment: whether they submit an independent file or type their assignment directly into Moodle, etc. Full description of Submission Settings for Moodle.

6. The block called Feedback Types controls how instructors will give feedback to students. Full description of Feedback Settings for Moodle.

7. Determine how the assignment will be graded in Grade . Full description of Grade Settings for Moodle.  

8. The last two blocks, Common Module Settings and Restrict Access , give you the ability to turn on group submission and create some restrictions for students accessing the assignment. Full descriptions of  Common Module Settings and Restrict Access are available.

9. Once all appropriate settings are selected and set, click "Save and Return to course."

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Creating Assignments in Moodle

Students can submit work for a course via the Assignment Activity in Moodle.

Adding an Assignment to a Course

• Open the Moodle course and turn editing on by sliding the  Edit Mode  toggle to the on position. ( Those using the Classic Theme in Moodle can click the  Turn Editing on  button. ).
• Move to the section of the course where you wish the assignment to appear and click the Add an activity or resource button.
• Select Assignment .

General Settings

Under the General heading, enter an Assignment name and Description for the assignment.

You can also add Activity Instructions , which will appear when the student opens the assignment.

Availability Settings

Under the Availability heading, set the Allow submissions from date.

• If enabled, the Due date means that any assignments submitted after the date will be marked late.
• If enabled, the Cut-off date means that students can no longer upload assignments after the entered date.
• Most people set a Due date, but only set a Cut-off date if you are sure that you won’t allow late submissions.
• Time limit is useful when using an Online text box rather than a File submission. When enabled students have a specified amount of time to enter material into the Online box.

Submission Type Settings

• Most people choose File submissions .
• You could choose Online text if you wanted students to enter text or to paste a URL to a video presentation hosted on YouTube.
• You can also set the Accepted file types , if you want to prevent students from uploading file types you may not be able to read, such as a Pages document.

Feedback Types Settings

Under the Feedback types section, check the Feedback types you would like to use.

• Feedback comments lets you type comments into a comment box.
• Annotate PDF converts the file to a PDF and then lets you mark up and comment directly on the PDF file.
• Feedback files lets you download the Word document, comment on it, and re-upload it to the system.
• Checking the Comment inline turns the document into a text box where you can comment inline with the text.  (Only useful for short assignments.)

Submission Settings

Under the Submission settings heading:

• Require students to click the submit button = Set to Yes . Otherwise, if students forget to click submit you will see files that say “draft.”
• Require that students accept the submission statement = The submission statement is a message regarding Gettysburg College’s honor code.  If you want students to read this before submitting their files, select Yes .
• Attempt reopened  = Usually set to Manually, which allows the instructor to reopen an assignment so a student can re-submit it if there is a problem.
• Maxium attempts  = If you set it to two, you allow students to upload a second file if they make a mistake.  They do not have to contact you to do so.

Group Submission Settings

The Group Submission section allows one person from a student group to upload a presentation file for everyone in the group.  The downside to this setting is that if set to yes, you can’t grade each person in the group individually.

Notifications Settings

The Notification s section includes options to send emails to the instructor when a new submission arrives or if it is late.  You can also send automatic notifications to students when the item has been graded.

Grade Settings

• Type = Point is the most common option, but can set to None or Scale .
• Grading method = Simple direct grading is the most common and provides a place to enter the grade and a comment box.  Can also setup checklist , marking guide , or rubrics .
• If you have created categories in your gradebook, you can choose your Grade category .
• Grade to pass = This option isn’t necessary, but might use if using Mastery Grading or setting Access restrictions
• Anonymous submissions = When you grade the assignments, Moodle will hide the students’ name until finished grading.
• Hide grader identity = Used by large schools where a class my employ several TAs.
• Use marking workflow = Used by large schools where several people may mark an assignment.

Common Module Settings

Under the Common module settings section, you can set the Group mode to a specific group so that only members of that group can access the assignment. (To use this setting, you first must setup your groups in your course.)

The Force language option allows you to set the language for the individual assignment rather than the entire course.

Restrict Access Settings

Under the Restrict Access heading you can limit access to the assignment in numerous ways.

• Date = usually people use the dates set under the Availability section.
• Grade = used often with Mastery grading schemes
• Group = can limit to a certain group
• User profile = can limit to a specific person
• Release code = can set a pass code

More Information About Moodle Assignments

• Moodle.org: What is the Assignment Activity?
• Moodle.org: Assignment Settings

Video: Creating Assignments in Moodle 3 (recording of live Moodle training)

This video explores how to create and use the Assignment Activity in Moodle 3 using the Classic theme.

The default theme for Moodle as of the Fall 2023 is Boost. Courses made prior to this time used the Classic theme.

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• Publication date October 30, 2017

Introduction

The assignment module allows teachers to collect work from students, review it and provide feedback including grades. The work students submit is visible only to the teacher and not to the other students unless a group assignment is selected. Using Moodle for assignments is a great way to make assigning, collecting, and grading student work more efficient while also cutting down on paper use.

Turn editing on by either:

• Click the gear icon, then choose Turn editing on from the Course administration menu OR
• Alternatively, just click the Turn editing on button.

In the section where you’d like to add content, click Add Activity/Resource.

Choose the Assignment activity by double-clicking it or highlighting it and clicking Add .

You can determine when your assignment is due, how late submissions are handled, what types of files will be accepted, how you will give feedback, and more.

Configure settings for your assignment:

• General – Name and Description of assignment. Put any assignment instructions in the description field. You may also attach any resource files, templates, etc for your students here.
• Availability – Set the dates you will allow the assignment to be open, the due date, and decide if you will allow late submissions by setting a Cut-off date. If a Cut-off date is enabled students will not be able to submit after the cut-off date has passed.
• Submission types – specify what you want students to submit – default is file (Word or PDF document, Powerpoint, spreadsheet, or other digital file). You may also choose Online text to have students type directly into the Moodle assignment.
• Feedback types – specify the ways in which you want to be able to give feedback – by default written feedback comments and the ability to upload feedback from a file will be enabled. You may also wish to enable the ability to Annotate a PDF of students’ submissions from within Moodle instead of downloading each file. For more information on using the PDF annotation feature to grade assignments, see Grade and Annotate Student Assignment Submissions .
• Grade – set the grade value and the grade category for the assignment.
• Turnitin – Plagiarism checking is integrated with the assignment type. See the Turnitin Knowledge Base entry for more information on how to enable Turnitin.

Click Save and return to Course.

The assignment should now be available in your course.

More information on Moodle Assignments

The assignment activity module enables a teacher to communicate tasks, collect work and provide grades and feedback.

Students can submit any digital content files, such as word-processed documents, spreadsheets, slides, images, etc. Alternatively, or in addition, the assignment may require students to type text directly into the text editor . An assignment can also be used to remind students of ‘real-world’ assignments they need to complete offline, such as art work or presentations, and thus not require any digital content. Students can submit work individually or as a member of a group.

Assignments can also be used to collect ungraded files or documents like contracts, agreement or consent forms, etc (just set the Grade Type to None in the Assignment settings).

When reviewing assignments, teachers can leave feedback comments and upload files, such as marked-up student submissions, documents with comments or spoken audio feedback. Assignments can be graded using a numerical or custom scale or an advanced grading method such as a rubric. Assignment grades are recorded in the gradebook.

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This page provides an overview of how to create a Moodle Assignment where students submit in groups. Before using group assignments, you will need to set up and apply groupings in addition to groups. This is because group submissions can disappear if groups are used and a student is in one group and is subsequently added to another group.

Read the Get started - Group assignment guidance before you start. This assignment type is more complex that other assignment activities.

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• Anonymous submissions are not enabled.
• Turnitin is not enabled so no Similarity Report is produced.

If you are familiar with the assignment set up, you will only need to review:  

• Group assignment settings.

Screencast: Create a group assignment

This screencast demonstrates how to create a group assignment in Moodle 4. 

• Turn Edit Mode on. 
• Open the relevant section. Select Add an activity or resource . Select Assignment from the Activities tab.
• In the General settings, write a meaningful Assignment name . This is the name that will be displayed on the module page and also in the gradebook.
• In  Description , provide clear instructions to your students about the assignment. Consider adding a link to the student educational technology guidance.
• Check Display Description on module page  to display the description beneath the assignment activity on the module page. If unchecked, the Description will only display when a student opens the assignment.
• Do not use  Activity Instructions , as these will   only display to students  after  they have opened the assignment (usually at the point of submission). This setting should only be used for timed Moodle assignments. 
• If required, in Additional files , upload any files you would like to attach to this assignment (e.g. assignment cover sheet or example submissions). Download links for the files will be displayed on the assignment page under the Description.
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• In the Availability section, set the Allow submissions from date to indicate from when students will be able to submit their coursework. This is enabled by default. 
• Set the Due date to match the assignment deadline. This date displays on the module page it is added to the Moodle Calendar and the students' Timeline block.
• Check the box next to Enable to set a Cut-off date . This is the final date and time when coursework can be submitted. Any submissions added after the Due date will be marked as late. Once the Cut-off date has passed, the submit button will not display on the assignment.
• Disable or update the  Remind me to grade by date. This appears in Timeline and Upcoming events block for staff enrolled on a module to remind them of grading deadlines.
• Do not use Time Limit . This feature is for setting timed assignments.
• In Submission types , select the box to indicate if the submission will be online text or whether students will upload one or more files. 
• If Online text submissions are enabled, students type rich text directly into an editor field for their submission. Markers can comment on, and edit students' text directly. Tick the Enable box to set a word limit. Set the maximum number of words that each student will be allowed to submit.
• Note: This is also the maximum number of feedback files that you can attach to each individual student when providing feedback. For example, if you want a student to submit one file but want to upload two feedback files then select three files.
• The maximum submission size defaults to the maximum upload limit for Moodle of 400MB . This default can be decreased if required.  Please note: If you have Turnitin enabled on Moodle assignments that Turnitin's upload limit is 100MB .
• The lecturer can specify the types of file the students may upload to the assignment. The file types may be added with their file extension, such as .png and mp3, or else as image/png and audio/mp3.
• Accepted file types can be restricted by entering a semicolon-separated list of mimetypes, for example: 'video/mp4; audio/mp3; image/png; image/jpeg'. You may also limit to extensions by including the dot, for example '.png; .jpg'.
• If the file types have been restricted, then when students attempt to submit the assignment, they will see a message telling them which files are accepted.
• Leaving the field blank will allow all file types.

Feedback types controls how you can provide feedback. In most cases, you will not need to change these settings unless you have an online text submission. Set Comment inline to Yes for online text submissions.

• Set Require students to click the submit button to Yes if you want the option to Require all group members to submit from the Group assignment settings.
• The setting Require that students accept the submission statement is enabled by default on assignments. Do not change this setting as it is important that students understand what is required of them in regards to academic integrity prior to submitting an assignment.

• When a student who is not in a group attempts to submit Moodle will display a message You're not a member of any group; please contact your lecturer . The student will not be able to submit the assignment.
• If Yes is selected, then the assignment will not be classed as submitted until all members of the group have clicked the Submit assignment button.
• This setting becomes selectable if you set  Require students to click the submit button  to  Yes  under the Submission settings.
• Select a Grouping in the  Grouping for student groups  drop-down menu.

• The other grading methods are Rubrics and Marking records.
• Anonymous submissions aren't possible with groups as the lecturer can see the membership of each groups.
• Use  Marking workflow  is an  optional workflow  that requires grades to go through a series of stages before they're released to students. 
• This option might be required if course officers are uploading feedback received from lecturers.

• If you want all Lecturers and Programme Administrators on a module to be notified via email of late submissions change Notify graders about late submissions to Yes .
• The Default setting for Notify students is Yes . Do not change this setting as it controls the generation of an email to students on release of grades and feedback.
• From the Common module settings , you can set Availability to Show or Hide on course page .
• You do not need to change the Group mode .
• Select Save and return to module .

You can use the Restrict access settings to control the availability of content and activities based on one or more conditions, including date and group. 

Activity completion allows you to set completion criteria for a specific activity or resource.

Activities or resources with a completion criteria display a circle next to them in the Module index. The circle turns green (and is filled in) when the student meet the criteria. On the main module page, a tick and the word "done" appears against the item when the student meets the criteria. This helps students manage their progress on a module and staff can easily review student engagement and progress against key activities.

You can combine Restrict access   and Activity completion to provide structured pathways through your module.

Apply the settings

• Open the activity or resource.
• Select Settings from the contextual navigation menu above the module name. This opens the activity settings.
• Change the settings required.
• Select Save and return to module  to save any changes made.
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Using Google Assignments in Moodle

Google Assignments is an alternative to the Moodle assignments activity. It is recommended for instructors who prefer Google Docs to Microsoft Word and desire more robust editing/commenting features and/or a plagiarism detection system when grading assignments for their course.

This tutorial is broken down into 3 sections: Creating a Google Assignment Activity , Submitting a Google Assignment Activity (for students), and Grading a Google Assignment Activity .

Creating a Google Assignment Activity

STEP 1: Toggle on editing in your course and select Add an activity or resource from the bottom of the section you wish to add your assignment:

STEP 5: Fill out the necessary assignment details. You can attach files (like a document you want students to read), toggle to enable plagiarism detection (you are allowed to use this feature on 5 assignments per class), assign points, add a due date, and add a rubric (more below). When completed, click “Create”:

A NOTE ON RUBRICS: Rubrics can be created from scratch from the Google Assignment page (above), adopted from a previous Google Assignment (from any of your courses), or imported from a spreadsheet. If assistance is desired, please submit a help desk ticket.

Once you’ve added your Google Assignment to your course page, it will also be added to your Moodle gradebook. While the grading interface is different (see “ Grading a Google Assignment Activity ” below), grades will transfer from Google to Moodle instantaneously.

For students, submitting work to Google Assignments is straightforward.

Submitting a Google Assignment

STEP 1: Click on the assignment from the course page.

STEP 2: Link your Google Drive account to Moodle. Select the Google account that includes your assignment and click Continue :

STEP 3: On the next page, click the blue Open to attach and submit . On the assignment description page that follows, you can add a file from your Google Drive or upload a document stored on your device. You can also create a new Google Doc, Sheet, or Slide (they will save to Google Drive automatically):

STEP 4: Once you’ve attached or created your assignment document, you may have the opportunity to run an originality report to test your paper for plagiarism before submission (your instructor has the option to turn this on or off). When you’re ready, click Submit to hand in your assignment:

NOTE ON SUBMISSIONS FROM GOOGLE DRIVE: Once you submit work from Google Drive, the version provided to your instructor is “locked” from you – so changes made to the document in your Drive will not appear on the submitted version.

Grading a Google Assignment Activity

Grading in Google Assignments is a totally different interface than Moodle assignments, but that doesn’t mean it’s difficult! It harnesses the power of the editing features in Google’s suite of tools while adding a grading sidebar. Here’s a short list of the benefits to using Google Assignments:

• The ability to generate originality reports to check for plagiarism
• The benefits of Google tools’ superior editing and commenting capabilities
• Comments are “remembered” by Google and can be easily reused when grading other papers. Simply start typing a comment and “suggestions” (from yourself!) will appear
• Grades are seamlessly added to your Moodle gradebook – no different than grading a Moodle assignment activity

This tutorial will not address editing and commenting in Google tools, but will instead focus on grading and “returning” work to your students.

STEP 1: To grade an assignment, begin by clicking on the Google Assignment course link:.

STEP 2: Scroll down to the list of submitted assignments. You’ll notice originality report flags and the submission status next to each student’s name. Click on the student you plan to grade:

STEP 3: Edit, comment, and grade the assignment. Everything you type (on the paper, in comments, and on the grading sidebar) will be automatically saved, but (importantly) not viewable by students until you click the blue Return button at the top right of the page:

STEP 4: After you click Return , the paper will be returned to your students’ Google Drive (with your comments) and their score will be added to your Moodle gradebook.

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Create a grouping of student groups, enable group submission, configure group submission options, grade student submissions.

In Moodle you can create assignments where students work in groups and each group makes an assignment submission. For example, students in a group can submit one file that represents their joint work. Any group member can download, modify, and re-upload a file, or edit a text entry.

Note: Group submission is distinct from Common module settings . Common module settings determine which groups can view and submit to a particular activity (see Assign an Activity to a Group or Grouping in Moodle ). 

Before configuring a group-based assignment activity, you must first create Groups for your students and put those groups in a specific Grouping :

• Create Groups of students. For details, see Create & Modify Groups in Moodle .
• Create a Grouping to contain your student Groups. For details, see Create Groupings in Moodle .
• On your course page, click  Turn editing on (top right).
• Add a new assignment activity, or Edit settings for an existing Assignment .  The New/Update Assignment page will open.
• Configure the General , Availability , Assignment type , etc., for the assignment.
• Click Group submission settings to view the Group submission options, and f rom the Students submit in groups drop-down menu, select Yes.
• (Optional) Require all group members submit (See Configure Group Submissions , below).
• From the Grouping for student groups drop-down menu, select the Grouping you created for your student groups.
• Under Common module settings , from the Group mode drop-down menu, select Separate groups or Visible groups , and fr om the Grouping drop-down menu, select the Grouping used in the previous step. Note : This step is especially important if you are assigning different Assignment activities to different groups in your course. But even if everyone in the course is assigned the same activity, choosing Common Module settings here will make grading the assignment easier (see Grade Student Submissions , below).
• Scroll to the bottom of the page and click  Save and return to course.

The following additional options in the assignment's settings allow you to configure the process by which students submit their group work:

• In Submission settings ,  Require students click submit button:  (Default is No.) If set to Yes , students in the group must click a "Submit" button to formally indicate that their work is ready for grading, after which they can no longer modify their submission. The default (No) accepts their submission as soon as anyone submits it. They can change their submission at any time.
• In Group submission settings,  Require all group members submit:  (Default is No.) This option is enabled only when Require students click submit button is set to Yes . The default setting (No) allows any member of the group to submit on behalf of the group. Changing this to  Yes means that all students in the group must click the "Submit" button to indicate that they all have signed off on the submission.
• On your course page, click the link to the assignment activity you want to grade. The Assignment page will open, showing the Grading summary and Submission status .
• Click  View/grade all submissions . The Assignment submissions page will open.
• From the Separate groups or Visible groups drop-down menu, select a Group to grade. The page will reload to show only the students from that Group . Note : The groups drop-down will not appear unless you have completed step 7, above (Common module settings).

• Provide a grade and feedback comments as you would normally. See Grade Assignments in Moodle for details.
• If you would like your grade and feedback to only be provided for an individual student, under Group submission settings , set the  Apply grades and feedback to entire group setting to  No . If set to Yes , the same grade and feedback will to be applied to all students in the group.
• Scroll down to the bottom and click  Save changes.

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The Turnitin class end date will automatically be set to one month after the course end date in Moodle.

A Turnitin Moodle Direct assignment links an activity in Moodle to an assignment or assignments on Turnitin. Once linked, the activity allows instructors to assess and provide feedback to student's written work, using the assessment tools available within Turnitin's Viewer.

If the administrator did not enable course migration, a course was not migrated, and/or a Moodle course does not exist, instructors will need to contact their Moodle administrator.

• Click the Turn editing on , button to the right of your course homepage.
• Select the Add an activity or resource link for the current time period, or a time period in the future.

Basic assignment options

• Select the number of parts you would like the assignment to have from the Number of Parts  drop down menu. Each Turnitin assignment in Moodle Direct V2 can have multiple parts associated with it. The student must submit a file to each part to complete the assignment. By default, Moodle will create a one part assignment.
• Select the Maximum File Size for submissions. Turnitin allows up to 2MB for a text only submission and 100MB for a text and graphic submission. The maximum file size can be adjusted in this setting in line with your requirements.
• Opt to allow or disallow any file type. By selecting  Yes , submissions will be checked for originality where possible, submissions will be available for download and online grading feedback tools will be available where possible. By selecting No , only file types that allow originality reports to be generated will be accepted.
• The option to Display Originality Reports to Student provides instructors with the ability to control whether students are allowed to view Originality Reports within each created assignment. Select Yes to allow students to see the Originality Report for the assignment. The default setting is No .
• Opt to show student grades as fractions or percentages.

We advise you check Set these values as assignment defaults to save time when creating a Turnitin Assignment 2 in the future.

Entering grade information

• If selecting point grading, enter the maximum points for this assignment. The default maximum points is 100.

• Alternatively, if you opt for scale grading, select the scale from the drop-down list.  Click here for guidance on setting up a Moodle grading scale .

• If available, enter a grade category; this setting controls the category in which this assignment's grades are placed in the grade book.
• Enter the minimum grade required, which should be less than the maximum point value.

Creating an assignment part

Enter the information for part one of your assignment: your assignment's name, start date, due date, post date, and the maximum marks available for this assignment part. The default maximum point is 100. 

Similarity Report options

• Allow Late submissions after the Due Date: Students have the option to submit work after the assignment due date. Late submissions are always marked as being late and the actual submission date is recorded.

Generate reports immediately (resubmissions are not allowed):

• Similarity Reports for all submissions will be generated immediately.  
• Students cannot resubmit papers.  
• Submissions must be deleted by the instructor to enable resubmission.

Generate reports immediately (resubmissions are allowed until due date):

• Similarity Reports will be generated immediately for each student's initial submission to the assignment.  The first submission and three resubmissions will generate a similarity report instantly. Any subsequent submissions will incur a 24-hour delay between reports generating. Any resubmissions will overwrite the previously uploaded file.  
• Students may resubmit as often as they wish until the assignment due date. However, only the latest submission is available to both the instructor or student. Previous versions are removed.  
• Student submissions will compare against one another within the assignment on only the due date and time, which may result in a change in the similarity score and results at the due date and time. This option is typically used when students are self-reviewing and revising their submissions.  
• Resubmissions after the due date and time of the assignment are not permitted.

Generate reports on due date (resubmissions are allowed until due date):

• Similarity Reports will not be generated for any submission until the due date and time of the assignment.
• Students may resubmit as many times as needed until the due date and time without receiving reports.
• Resubmissions after the due date and time of the assignment are not permitted.

The first four submissions will generate a new similarity report instantly. Any subsequent submissions will incur a 24-hour delay between reports generating. Any resubmissions will overwrite the previously uploaded file.

• Opt to store student papers in the standard repository or no repository. By storing papers in the standard repository, this will allow these papers to be checked against in future. By selecting No repository , submitted papers will not be saved in the Turnitin repository. However, this means that if two students submit the same paper to the same assignment, Turnitin will not find a match.

If you do not select Yes for at least one of the Check against...  options, a Similarity Report will not be generated.

• Bibliography: Text appearing in the bibliography, works cited, and references sections can be excluded.

• Quoted Material: Text appearing in the quotes of student papers can be excluded.

• Small Matches: Matches that are not of sufficient length can be excluded. The number of words or paper percentage to be excluded is determined by yourself and entered into the text box.

This setting can be overridden in individual Similarity Reports.

GradeMark Grading options

GradeMark options allows you to attach a rubric to an assignment. You can do this by selecting a rubric from the dropdown list.

Alternatively, select Launch Rubric Manager to edit or create a rubric.

Moodle groups

The Moodle functionality for managing groups and groupings of students within Moodle courses / activities is fully supported in Moodle Direct. You can find this under Common module settings .

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Select Save and return to course or Save and display to complete your assignment.

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Before you start , you may need:

• an Instructor of record or Other editing teacher role in a Bryn Mawr Moodle course

Mark a grade item as extra credit

The easiest way to do this is to modify the grade item directly by marking the extra credit checkbox. However, the way to do this varies depending on whether you want a) to create an extra credit assignment that students will complete as a Moodle activity or b) to create a new extra credit assignment directly in your gradebook without tying it to a Moodle activity.

• On your Moodle course, click on the Edit Mode toggle (if it isn't already on).
• Create the activity on your Moodle course by selecting +Add an activity or resource in the area you would like your assignment to be displayed (Consult this tech doc to learn how to Create and manage assignments ).
• Next, select Grades  from the menu tab in your Moodle course page.
• On the next page, select Grader report > Setup > Gradebook setup from the tabs displayed.
• Search for the grade item for which you wish to give extra credit. Click on the Edit  drop-down menu, then click Edit Settings.
• On the new page that appears, under Parent category , check the Extra Credit box
• Click Save changes .

• On your Moodle course, click on the Edit mode toggle (if it isn't already on).
• Next, select Grades .
• Once you’re on the Gradebook setup page, click Add grade item .
• On the new page that appears, adjust all the settings for the grade item you want to create, including giving the item a name, maximum and minimum grade, etc.
•  Under Parent category , check the Extra Credit box
• Select Save changes .

Create an extra credit category

It is also possible to create extra credit grade items within a category of their own. This option is useful if you have more than one extra credit item and wish to group them together. If you choose to create an extra credit category , your extra credit grade items will be in a category of their own. In this case, the category should be marked as extra credit but the individual grade items should not.

• Create the activity on your Moodle course by selecting +Add an activity or resource in the section you would like the activity and completing all the steps to save your new activity.
• Once you’re on the Gradebook setup page, click Add Category .
• Give your new category the title “Extra Credit” (or another descriptive title) and select the settings for this new category.

• On the new page, under Parent Category , check   the  Extra Credit  checkbox .

• Finally, finish setting up your extra credit assignments by creating or modifying extra credit  grade items following the steps above in (a) and (b) but DO NOT check the extra credit box for each individual grade item.

Videos & further reading on extra credit in Moodle

• MoodleDocs:  Gradebook FAQ — Weights and extra credits

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Documentation

Note: You are currently viewing documentation for Moodle 2.2. Up-to-date documentation for the latest stable version is available here: Assignment module .

Assignment module

• Managing activities
• External tool

The assignment module allows teachers to collect work from students, review it and provide feedback including grades. The work a student submits is visible only to the teacher and not to other students.

• Assignment settings
• Using Assignment
• Assignment FAQ

Students can submit any digital content (files), including, for example, word-processed documents, spreadsheets, images, audio and video clips. Assignments don't necessarily have to consist of file uploads. Alternatively, teachers can ask students to type directly into Moodle using an online text assignment. There is also an offline activity assignment which can be used to remind students of 'real-world' assignments they need to complete and to record grades in Moodle for activities that don't have an online component.

Assignment types

There are 4 types of assignments:

• Workshop module allows peer to peer evaluations
• Using Moodle single file upload vs. advanced uploading forum discussion
• Activity modules