Assignment - manage individual student assignments

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Once students have submitted their assignments, you can manage individual or multiple submissions at the same time. You may need to do one or more of the following actions.

See also Upload a feedback file for a single student (eg late submission).



Revert a student assignment submission to draft

Sometimes you may wish to allow a student to change their submission after clicking the Submit button (eg they have submitted the wrong file). If you wish to allow the student to resubmit to an assignment, please see the information on how to allow students to resubmit an assignment. If an assignment has the status of Submitted for grading you can Revert the submission to draft within FLO, allowing the student to make changes.


Individual submissions
  1. Click the  Edit icon  menu for the relevant student

  2. Select Revert the submission to draft to revert a submitted assignment to draft, allowing the student to make changes.
    revert to draft

Note: The menu is contextual and only a submitted assignment can be reverted.


Multiple submissions

  1. Select the students you wish to revert to draft by clicking in the check box beside their name to highlight their entry select box 
    Note: Clicking in the check box in the title bar will select all students  select all students check box

  2. To revert all submissions to draft, from the 'With selected....' box below the grading table select Revert the submission to draft status
    Revert the submission to draft status

  3. Click on the Go button to execute the action



Lock a student assignment submission

If you have not required use of the Submit button, or some of your students have not clicked Submit — and the assignments are marked as Draft (not submitted) — you may want to ensure that no changes are made to the assignment during the marking process. To do this you can Lock submissions within FLO, preventing students from making changes.


Individual submissions
  1. Click the  Edit icon menu for the relevant student

  2. Select Lock submission to prevent the student from changing a draft assignment.

    lock submissions
    Note: The menu is contextual and only a draft submission can be locked using the Edit menu. However, you can still lock an individual's submission (if not in draft) by following the instructions for 'Multiple submissions' below.


Multiple submissions
  1. Select the students you wish to lock by clicking in the check boxes in the select menu to highlight their entry
    select box

    Note: Clicking in the check box in the title bar will select all students select all box

  2. To lock all submissions, from the With selected... box below the grading table select Lock submissions
    Lock submissions

3. When you have selected the function you want, click on the Go button to execute the action.



Deduct marks for lateness

Occasionally you may need to adjust assignment grades to make penalty deductions for late submission.

  1. Click the Assignment

  2. Click View all submissions
    view submission button
  3. Late assignment submissions are identified by red highlighted text beneath their submission status  
    identify late submissions

  4. In the Edit column, click the Edit link for the relevant student and select Update grade to edit the grade
    update grade

  5. Adjust the grade as necessary by clicking into the Grade field to type a new grade

  6. Type a comment into the Feedback comments field to record and explain the deduction
    grade feedback

  7. Click Save changes (tick 'Notify students' if you want them to receive an email notification)
    save changes

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