Assignments(Moodle Tutorial)

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The Assignments section gives you an easy way to allow students to upload files for grading and for theinstructor to create an item for the Moodle Gradebook.

Assignment Types

Advanced uploading of files:Students may upload multiple files, delete files mistakenly uploaded as theirassignment submission and enter notes describing their submitted files. This type also allows instructors tosend files back to students in response to their submissions.

Online Text:This assignment type asks users to type their response directly in Moodle. It can be thought ofas an online essay response (although the length is at your discretion). Teachers can then access users'submissions and grade them.

Upload a single file:Students will be allowed to upload only a single file of any type related to anassignment.

Offline activity:Add an assignment that will be completed outside of Moodle. Students can read thedescription and view grades of these assignments, but files cant be uploaded. Use this option to create a

gradebook item for an activity that is not submitted via Moodle (e.g. field trips, classroom presentations).For more information please see Creating an Offline Activity Assignmenton page 3 of this document.

Note:If you are using aweighted gradebook, graded activities will only be weighted equally if the Grade drop-down is the same for all activities contained within that category. That is, the number of possible points perassignment should be equal for every activity in the category.

Creating an Assignment Upload a Single File

1. Log in to your course and click Turn editing on.

2. Select Upload a Single File from the Add anactivity menu (see below for the definitions of the

available assignment types).

3. Type in an Assignment name.4. Write a Description for the assignment. These are

the questions and instructions for the students tofollow.

5. Then define the Grade type and the Available andDue dates for submission.

6. In order to allow students to resubmit an assignment,select Yes next to the Allow resubmitting option.

7. When you are finished, click on the Save and returnto course button.


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Creating an Assignment Advanced Uploading of Files

Students may upload multiple files, delete files mistakenly uploaded as their assignment submission and enternotes describing their submitted files. This type also allows instructors to send files back to students inresponse to their submissions. These responses can add comments and/or corrections to a student's submittedfile without the need for printing. Submission of this type of assignment must be manually finalized by thestudent by clicking on the Submit for Marking button. Teachers can revert any submitted assignment back todraft form after a student has submitted a file for grading. Please see the Grading Assignmentstutorial for stepson reverting submissions to drafts.

1. Log in to your course and

2. From the drop-down Activities menu of your chosentopic, select Advanced uploading of files.

3. Type in an Assignment name.

4. Write a Description for the assignment. These arethe questions and instructions for the students to

follow.

5. Then define the Grade type and the Available andDue dates for submission.

6. Specify whether the students can delete a file beforeit is submitted for grading.

7. Designate the number of files each student canupload (1 to 20).

8. Click on

Important Note:Once students have hit the Submit for Markingbutton they may no longer make changes to their submission. Thatincludes uploading additional files or removing existing documents.

Creating an Assignment Offline Activity

Grades for Moodle activities are automatically added to your gradebook. However, if you would like to add ascore from activities completed outside of Moodle, you will have to create an Offline Activity. This will addanother grade column in your gradebook. To create an offline activity, follow these steps:

1. Access the course you are teaching.

2. Click the Turn editing on button.

3. Select Offline activity from the Add an activity drop-down menu.

4. Create an Assignment name, write a Description anddefine the Grade. The Available from and Due Dateshould be disabled.

5. At the bottom of the page, click on the Save and returnto course button.


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How to Upload Assignments (from students perspective)

1. Access the course for which you wish to submitthe assignment by clicking the course link; then

click on Assignments in the Activities block.

2. Click on the name of the assignment you wish tosubmit.

3. You will be forwarded to an upload page wherethe question or the topic of the assignment will bedisplayed on top, along with the date it wasAvailable from and the Due date.

4. Click on Browse to locate the file on your

computer.

5. When you find the file, click Open to attach it.

6. Click Upload this file to send it to the instructor.

7. Click Continue to finish the task or Moodle willautomatically redirect you to the upload screenagain if more than one submission is allowed bythe instructor.

Reviewing Assignments

To view uploaded assignments in Moodle, follow the steps below:

1. Access the Assignments screen, under the Activities block.

2. Select the desired assignment you created and click on the View #submitted assignments link.

3. Click on the link for the document the student has uploaded.

4. In the pop-up window that appears, choose Save to Diskandclick OK.Your computer will then ask you what folderyou want to save it in. Downloading files this way ratherthan choosing the "Open with" option helps to preventDownloading viruses as it allows your antivirus software toscan the document first.


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Sending a Response File to Your Students

1. In the Activities block, click on Assignments

2. Click on to the right of the assignment.

3. Click on the button next to the nameof the student you wish to send a response file to.

4. Designate their Grade for the assignment and enterany overall comments you might have in the textbox.

5. Click on next to the Response file box

6. Select the file with your annotations and clickOpen.

7. Click on Upload this file.

8. Click on

To grade assignments in Moodle is the same procedure for all assignment types (e.g. Offline Assignments,Advanced Uploading of Files, etc.). Following theses steps allows you to grade students in Moodle:

1. Click on the Assignments link in the Activities block.

2. Locate the assignment you want to grade andclick on View # submitted assignments.

3. In the Gradecolumn, select each studentsgrade from the drop-down menu. Additionallyyou may leave some feedback for the student

in the Comment box.

4. When all of the students have been graded,

click on . Thisaction will save all the assigned grades to thegradebook and will send an email to allstudents notifying them of their grades.

Note about No grade:We suggest assigning a grade of 0 if a student has failed to submit an assignment.This will place a value of zero in the gradebook and will send an email to the student(s) notifying them of theirgrade.


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Allowing Resubmission of Assignments

If an assignment is created using the Advanced Uploading of Files option, students can submit their work to begraded. Instructors also have the option to allow students to resubmit their assignments for grading. To send anassignment back for resubmitting, follow these steps:

1. Click on the Assignments link in the Activities block.

2. Locate the assignment you want to revertassignments in and click on View # submittedassignments.

3. Click on Grade under the Status column for thestudent you want to allow resubmitting for.

4. Click on Revert to Draft in order to allow thisstudent to resubmit the assignment.

5. Your screen will change, reflecting the Draftstatus. Click on Save Changes.

Turning Quick Grading On

The quick grading option enables easy grading of assignments. You will only need to perform these stepsonce. Once the quick grading option is enabled, the setting will be saved for use in your other classes. Wehighly suggest you follow these steps.

Note:To enable this option to grade students assignments, an assignment (or other gradable item) must be created

in your Moodle course. If none exists, create an offline assignment to input your grades.1. Click on the Assignments link in the Activities block.

2. Click on View # submitted assignments of anygradable assignment.

3. Scroll down to the bottom of the page.

4. Check the box next to Allow quick grading.

Note:It is suggested that you increase the number ofSubmissions shown per pageto the number of student inyour course.

5. Click on Save preferences.


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Creating a Custom Grading Scale

1. In the Administration block click on

2. Click on Add a new scale.

3. In the Name box type an identifying line that willmake it clear as to what the scale contains.

Note:For any number value scale (e.g. a half pointscale) you must enter the maximum point value for thatscale (e.g. 100) in theNamefield.

4. In the Scale box enter the words or numbersstudents can score in the order of worstto best.Separate each possible score with a comma.

5. Click on

Important Note:For assignments created with custom scales to be visible in the Gradebook at least one studentneeds to be graded.

Note:To utilize a newly created scale for an existing assignment, click on the assignments update icon. Next to theGradedrop-down menu, select the custom scale that of your choosing.

TurnItIn is an internet-based plagiarism-detection service. It checks homework assignments and essays to anextensive global database and checks the documents for plagiarism.

Note:Overwritten or resubmitted papers may not generate a new Originality Report for a full twenty four hours. Thisdelay is automatic and allows resubmissions to correctly generate without matching to the previous draft.

Creating a TurnItIn Assignment

1. Click on the button.

2. Click on the Add an Activity dropdown menu and click on TurnItIn.

3. Create an Assignment name, write an adequateDescription for the assignment, and define the Gradetype, Available from date for submission, and Due date.

4. Set whether to allow students to submit late or not.After the due date & time, students will be blockedunless late submissions are enabled.

Note:TheAvailable fromandDue datearerequiredsettingswhen creating a TurnItIn assignment.

5. Click on when you are finished.

You will be redirected to the TurnItIn page for Moodle.


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1. You may choose to click Submit to proceed with postingthe assignment as it is...

2. You may also choose to further customize the assignmentby configuring the following options:

a. Generate Originality Reports for submissions?

This option allows instructors to view the Originality Reportsfor submissions to an assignment in the assignments inbox.

b. Generate Originality Reportsi. Immediately (first report is final): students are

only allowed one submission.ii. Immediately (can overwrite previous reports

until due date): students may overwrite previoussubmissions.

iii. On due date (generate report on the due date):Report only generated on the due date.

c. Allow students to see Originality Reports? Thisoption gives you the choice of whether or not students

can see their Originality Reports in their classassignment portfolio.

d. Submit papers to: Leave it to the default setting(standard paper repository).

Note: If you set it to no repository, then the papers turned in wouldnot be stored in the database and used for future plagiarism searches.

e. Search options: Make sure that all three boxes arechecked, that will allow a greater percentage ofaccuracy in the results.

3. Click on to make the assignment available.

4. It will then show you a preview of how the assignment appearsto the students and shows the Due date and Time.

Important Note:If you want to go back to your course, you shouldnever click on the back button of the browser.

Instead, on the breadcrumb , click on Adelphi andit will take you back to your main course list. To return to yourcourse, click on the Course Link.

Viewing Plagiarism Assessment Results

Once the assignment has been submitted, you will get a detailed report which will show the percentage of the

paper that was plagiarized.

1. Click on Assignments in the Administration Block.Then click on the assignment to be reviewed.

2. Click on View # submitted assignments.

3. The following page resembles a typical inboxwith the submitted assignments listed with theAuthors name, the papers title and thesimilarity report.


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4. The colors indicate whether the paper isplagiarized or not. Redrepresents high levelsof suspected plagiarism and Greenrepresents that the paper is original. There isalso a percentage value next to the color thatrepresents the overall amount of the paper

that was plagiarized.

5. If you click on the color graphic under report, adetailed report that includes the plagiarizedsources that the paper used is shown.

6. The bibliography listed on the right hand side ofthe screen is numbered to correspond with thedifferent sections of the paper. This shows whereeach section was plagiarized from.

7. Further, the bibliography may show a Paper IDif itmatches a paper that was submitted by another

student elsewhere; it may also show a website URLif the material came from a website.

Syncing the Class Roster

Enrolled students will appear in the assignment inbox once they have accessed a TurnItIn assignment in thecourse. To automatically import the student list into the inbox before the student access the assignments orsubmit papers, an instructor can synchronize the assignment roster.

1. Click on the Roster Sync button in theassignment inbox.

2. A message will appear reporting: Synchronizing ClassRoster...

3. This will import a list of all students currently enrolled in

the Moodle course for the assignment.

Note: This function can also be used to removestudent users who are no longer enrolled in thecourse. All submissions and data for students thatare removed by a Roster Sync will disappear from allTurnItIn assignments in the course.


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Grading a TurnItIn Assignment

1. Click on Assignments in the Administration Block.Then click on the assignment to be reviewed.

2. Click on View # submitted assignmentsin

the top right corner of the assignment view.

3. Click on the assignment title you would like tograde. The assignment will pop up in a newwindow.

4. The new window will display the paper. Enter thegrade for the assignment in the blank box next toGrade for this paper.

5. Then, click the next icon, which is located besidethe maximum grade value of the assignment.

TurnItIn: From a Students Perspective

1. Click on the course where the assignment is due for.

2. Click on the assignment in the course page. E.g. Paper 1

3. It gives you the description/ question and the Due date andTime.

4. Click on Submit to proceed with handing in the assignment.

5. The following page has a User Agreement Disclaimer for

which you have to simply click . Note thatthis step is for the first time only.

6. Click on the Submit Icon on the following page.

7. TurnItIn allows students to submit papers in two ways:

i. You may choose to simply upload the file by browsing it

from a location. For this option, make sure that the submit

a paper by: is set to

ii. The second option is to simply copy and paste the paper.

Set the submit a paper by: to . Simply paste

your paper onto the cut and paste paper window that

area that appears in the bottom when you select this

option.

8. You will be next required to enter your name (which is usually

entered by default). You will also need to enter submission

title, which can be like a subject, e.g. Homework assignment

1

9. Click on to post the assignment.

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