The assignment module provides instructors with a way to assign, collect, and provide feedback on student work. This document provides directions for a specific workflow that you might use to collect and provide feedback on student writing. Though it is not the only way to do it – it is the one that we find to be the easiest to adopt.
Collect Papers and Provide Feedback in Moodle
Create an assignment
In Moodle an “assignment” is not just the text that explains a task and parameters to students. When you create a Moodle assignment you are also creating a column in the gradebook (that you can choose to use or not) and a dedicated space where you can always find all student submissions, and where students can always find your feedback – even on multiple drafts.
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Turn editing on
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Click Add an activity or resource in the section where you want to add the assignment.
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Give the assignment a title – like “Essay #3”.
Add essential directions for students
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The “details” section is where you would normally put the longer text for your assignment. In this section you need to also specify that students upload their submissions as PDFs. This workflow is built around this, and will make the processing (and perhaps printing) of the work consistent from student to student. If you would like to include a link for students that explains how to turn any document into a PDF, here are links that may be helpful.
Get an overview of submissions
Make comments directly on student papers
Provide grades and longer written feedback
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Last modified: September 15, 2020