Getting Started: a guide to online learning at Wright State

How do I upload assignments?

The Assignments tool allows faculty to distribute course assignments to students; students can then view the assignment instructions, submit their completed work, and view their grade after the assignment has been evaluated.

• View an assignment
• Submit an assignment
• Retrieve an assignment for resubmission
• Download a file
• View a graded assignment

View an assignment

1. From Assignments, click the name of the assignment you want to view. The Assignment screen for that assignment appears. Note: If your instructor has created a hyperlink to an assignment file, a new screen opens displaying the page.
2. If your instructor has included assignment-related files for you to download, an Assignment files table appears listing those files.

Submit an assignment

Submitting an assignment involves two steps:

1. Upload the file from your computer to your course.
2. Submit the file for grading.

Uploading files

1. From Assignments, click the assignment that you want to submit. The Assignment screen appears.
2. To upload the file, under Student files, click Upload file. The Upload File for Assignment screen appears.
3. To locate the file, click Browse to open your computer's file browser.
4. Select the file. The Upload File for Assignment screen reappears, with the path and filename displayed in the Filename text box.
5. Click Upload. The Assignment screen appears and the uploaded file is added to the Student files table.

Tip: If you want to remove uploaded files:

1. Next to each file you want to remove, select the check box and click Remove files. A confirmation message appears.
2. Click OK. The file is removed.

Submitting files for grading

1. To submit the uploaded assignment(s), under Submit Assignment, click Submit assignment. The Submit Assignment screen appears.
2. Click Submit assignment. A confirmation screen appears.
3. Click OK. The Assignments screen reappears, with Submitted displayed in the Status column. When the assignment has been graded, Submitted changes to Graded and your grade appears in the Grade column. Click Graded to view your instructor's comments about your work.

Notes:

• Filenames can contain any of the following: a–z, A–Z, 0–9, spaces, _, &, ( ), –, ., and ~
  Note: The tilde (~) cannot be used as the first character in the filename.
• You should also add the file extension that corresponds to the software you used. For example, if you completed your assignment in Excel, add .xls to the filename if the software program doesn't automatically add it.
• Instructors can also enable multiple submissions of an assignment. If this feature has been enabled, you will be able to retrieve your assignment if the due date of the assignment has not passed and the assignment has not yet been graded. See Retrieving an Assignment for Resubmission below.

Retrieve an assignment for resubmission

Note: This feature may not be available.

If the due date of the assignment has not passed or if the assignment has not yet been graded, your instructor may allow you to retrieve the assignment, modify it, and resubmit it. Important: If you retrieve and modify an assignment, you must resubmit it before the due date.

First, retrieve the assignment.

1. From Assignments, click the name of the assignment you want to retrieve. The Assignment screen appears.
2. Scroll to the bottom of the screen and click Retrieve Assignment. A confirmation message appears.
3. Click OK. The Retrieve Assignment screen appears confirming that your assignment has been retrieved.
4. Click the name of the assignment in the breadcrumbs. The Assignment screen appears.

Now, download the assignment so you can modify it.

5. Scroll to the bottom of the screen and, under Submit Assignment, click the filename of the assignment. A download screen appears in a new window.
6. Select the file and click Download.
7. Save the file to your local computer.
8. From the download screen, click Close. The Assignment screen appears.
9. Make all necessary changes to the assignment.

Finally, upload and resubmit the modified assignment.

9. From Assignments, click the name of the assignment you want to resubmit The Assignment screen appears.
10. Scroll to the bottom of the screen and, under Submit Assignment, click Upload file. The Upload File for Assignment screen appears.
11. To locate the file, click Browse. Your computer's file browser appears.
12. Locate and select the file you want to upload.
13. Click Upload.
14. If the file you are uploading has the same name as the file you downloaded and you want to replace the old file with the updated one, from the Upload Status For Dropbox screen, click Upload again.
15. Scroll to the bottom of the screen, and under Submit Assignment, click Submit Assignment. A confirmation message appears.
16. Click OK. The Assignment Submission Confirmed screen appears.
17. To return to the Assignments screen, click Assignments in the breadcrumbs. The Assignments screen appears, with the message Submitted appearing next to Status.

Download a file

Downloading a file involves transferring it from your course to your computer.

1. Click the name of the file you want to download. A download screen appears in a new window.
2. Select the file and click Download.
3. Save the file to your local computer.

View a graded assignment

Assignments that are graded display Graded next to Status.

1. From Assignments, next to Status, click Graded. The Assignment Results screen appears with graded files under Graded files.
2. Click the name of the file you want to view or download.