How do students submit an assignment?

Go to Assignments.

Select the Assignments tool from the Tool Menu in your site.

Click on the title of the assignment.

Click the title of an assignment to begin creating your submission.

The following information will be displayed for each assignment.

  1. Assignment Title, or name of the assignment
  2. Status (i.e., Not Started, Assignment submission required, Returned, etc.)
  3. Grades: any currently posted grades for the assignment
  4. Open Date: when the assignment becomes available to students
  5. Due Date: the deadline to turn in the assignment
  6. Last Modified: the account name of the instructor or site manager that last made a change to the assignment
  7. Modified Date: the date and time when the assignment was last changed

If your instructor has included a link to the assignment in the Lessons tool, you can also access it from this location within the course content.

Enter and/or attach your assignment.

Depending on the assignment settings, you may be allowed to enter your submission in-line and/or attach a file or files.

  1. Note the Instructions section of the page.
  2. Enter your submission text into the Assignment Text area using the Rich Text Editor.
  3. In the Attachments area, click Choose File to browse for and upload your document from your computer. (Alternately, you can also click or select files from 'Home' or site to select a file you have already uploaded.) Your uploaded file will display under the Attachments heading.
  4. Optionally click Preview to ensure that your submission appears correct before you submit it.
  5. Click Proceed.

Once you have attached a file, the name of the file, as well as the file size and upload time stamp will display under Attachments.

Tip: click Remove to remove the attachment if you've selected the wrong file.

Review the submission and click Submit.

  1. Review your submission information in the Submission and Attachments areas.
  2. Click Submit.

View the submission confirmation message.

Image of the confirmation message displayed after submitting an assignment.

Once you have submitted your assignment, you will receive a confirmation message on screen. In addition, if you have opted to receive email notifications, you will also receive an email confirmation of your submission.