Submitting Written Assignments

Follow this procedure:

  1. Copy the questions from the assignment page into a Word document
  2. Answer the questions with proper MLA citations
  3. Format the document in MLA style
  4. Save the paper to the class folder on your computer
  5. Go back to the assignment page and scroll down to the bottom to see the upload option.

    Shows upload screen
  6. Click on "Browse." This will bring up a dialog box showing files on the computer being used. It will look something like this.

    Shows file selection screen

  7. Navigate to the assignment file on your hard drive and select it.
  8. Click on the "Open" button.
  9. The "Choose file" dialog box will disappear and the previous screen will appear with the name of the selected file (along with the file path on the computer) in the text box beside the "Browse" button. The screenshot below illustrates.

    Shows upload screen with file path
  10. Now the student simply clicks "Upload this file" and the file is uploaded to the course site.
  11. A screen will come up saying "File uploaded successfully." After clicking "Continue" the assignment page will come up again. This time the student can scroll to the bottom to see a document icon and the file listed like the example below.

    Document icon screenshot

After the instructor grades the work the student will be able to return to the page to see a grade and comments that are only visible to the instructor and the student.

Graded Assignment Screenshot