Submitting Written Assignments

Follow this procedure:

  1. Copy the questions or other required materials from the assignment page into a Word document
  2. Answer the questions or do the assigned work, writing with proper MLA citations
  3. Format the document in MLA style
  4. Save the document. It must be in Microsoft Word (2000/XP/2003) format. It should have a ".doc" suffix. If you are using Office 2007, please do not save in the default ".docx" format. Although most assignments will be in Microsoft Word, some work requires Microsoft PowerPoint or Microsoft Excel. These files should also be save in the 97-2003 format.

Office Program

Acceptable Format

Unacceptable Format

Microsoft Word

.doc

.docx

Microsoft PowerPoint

.ppt

.pptx

Microsoft Excel

.xls

.xlsx
  1. Go back to the assignment page and scroll down to the bottom to see the upload option. Take note that the assignment due date is indicated (shown at A below) and that the maximum file size is indicated (shown at B below). If a file will not upload properly, check to see that it is not larger than the maximum allowed size--right-click on the file and choose "Properties."

    Screenshot of the area to submit assignments
     
  2. Click on "Browse" (shown at C above). This will bring up a dialog box showing files on the computer being used. It will look something like this.

  3. Navigate to the assignment file on the hard drive and select it.
  4. Click on the "Open" button.

 

 

  1. 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 (shown at A below).


     
  2. Now the student simply clicks "Upload this file" (shown at B above) and the file is uploaded to the course site.
  3. The file appears on the class site (shown at A below), confirming it was uploaded successfully (no need to email to confirm that the instructor received it). Clicking on the file name will open the copy that is uploaded to the site.
  4. At this point, the submitted file is considered a "Draft submission." The student still has the ability to delete the file and upload a revised version. Clicking the red "X" (shown at B below) will remove the file from the class site. This allows a student to retract the file, revise it, and resubmit it before the due date.
  5. Click "Send for marking" (shown at C below) to finalize the submission and remove the draft status.

 

  1. Click "Send for marking" to finalize the submission.
  2. Moodle warns the student that the assignment cannot be changed after it is sent for marking. Click "Yes."

 

 

  1. Now Moodle indicates the submission is final. Note the red "X" is gone.

 

 

  1. After the instructor grades the work the student will be able to return to the assignment page to see a grade (shown at A below) and can click the link (shown at B below) to download the work with the instructor's comments. The original submission remains on the site (shown at C below).


 

18.  Students will also receive an email from the instructor notifying them that the work has been graded along with a link to see the results. It will look something like the screenshot below (depends on the email client).


 

19.  If there is no email alert concerning the graded assignment, then there is a problem that should be resolved with the steps below or reported to technical support.

o    Verify the email address is correct in the student Profile.

o    While in the student Profile in Moodle, note that the selection beside "Email is activated" says "This email address is enabled."

o    Check to be certain the email client is not filtering out email from dallas.edu.