Different Assignment types
The new assignment module in e-Course (Moodle) 2.3 combines the previous assignment types
into a single assignment with editable settings. This means an assignment combining editable
text and file submission can be created. So rather than ask “What type of assignment do I
want?” you can now add an assignment and select which options you need.
The standard assignment submission options available are:
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File submissions (students submit a file for assessment)
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Online text (students can type their responses directly in Moodle)
File submissions
A file submission assignment allows students to submit/upload file(s) to be assessed, for
example, a word document for an essay assignment. In e-Course 2.1 and earlier versions, this
was known as ‘Upload a single file’ and/or ‘Advanced uploading of files’.
The advantage of file submissions is students’ work is collated into one space, and it is easy to
find. The assignments can be opened from within e-Course, or can be downloaded in bulk for
marking.
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Scroll down to ‘Submission Settings’
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Ensure that ‘File Submissions’ is set to ‘Yes’.
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In the ‘Maximum number of uploaded files’ field, click the dropdown menu to select the
relevant number for your assignment. This will enable multiple file submissions.
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The ‘Maximum submission size’ field provides a maximum limit for the size of student
submission. Using the dropdown menu, select the appropriate submission size relevant to
the assignment.
Single file submission
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Multiple file submission
Please note, you can also allow a ‘online text’ to be entered a file submission assignment. If you
would like this as part of your assignment, please click ‘yes’ in the online text field.
Online text
The online text submission setting allows students to create and edit their assignments in eCourse using the HTML editor. They can use all the features of the editor. They can add text,
format text, add images, tables, videos and links to web pages and files.
There are no files to download. It is particularly well suited to assignments requiring shorter
word counts.
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Scroll down to ‘Submission settings’
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For Online text assignments, set ‘Online text’ to ‘Yes.’
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Change the ‘File submissions’ setting to ‘No’, to prevent students from uploading files.
Note, students can still add files using the ‘insert/edit link’ button.
Please note, you can also allow a ‘file submission’ in an online text assignment. If you would
like this as part of your assignment, please click ‘yes’ in the file submission field and set
required no of files and file size limits.
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