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Submit Moodle Group Assignment guide

This guide explains how to submit group assignments to Moodle

About Group Assignments

Moodle lets you submit assignments online as a group. You must submit all parts of your assignment before the assignment deadline. 

It is important to read assignment instructions carefully as group assignments can be set up in a number of different ways, which are detailed throughout this guide.

  1. Agree a group leader who is responsible for submitting the assignment file.
  2. Agree a deadline as a group, for each group member to confirm that the file has been submitted and to complete any steps required to finalise the assignment.
  3. Agree how you will update the group, if a group member makes changes to the submitted assignment file and re-uploads it before the deadline.

Group Assignment set up

Group Assignments can be set up in two different ways by your lecturer. Review the instructions and guidance provided by the lecturer to make sure you complete all the steps required to submit your group assignment correctly.

The tabbed boxes below provide an overview of the different Group Assignment types.

Types of Group Assignment

In this type of Group assignment:

  1. The Group leader submits the assignment on behalf of the group.
  2. All other group members must access the Group assignment and select the Submit assignment button to confirm the submission. 
    • The Submission status will remain as Draft (not submitted) until each member of the group accesses the Group Assignment and selects the Submit assignment button.
  3. The submission can be edited until all group members have selected Submit assignment.
    • If a new assignment file is submitted, any students in the group who have already selected Submit assignment for the previous assignment file will not need to do so again. Any students in the group who have not yet selected Submit assignment for this group assignment will need to do so for the assignment to be submitted for grading.

In this type of Group assignment:

  1. Group leader submits assignment on behalf of the group. The Submission status of the assignment changes to Submitted for grading.
  2. Each member of the group should access the assignment to review the assignment submission.
    • There is no requirement on group members to select a Submit assignment button to confirm the submission.
  3. If the Group leader has been required to select the Submit assignment button then other group members cannot replace or add to the assignment submission.
  4. If the Group leader has not been required to select the Submit assignment button then any group member can replace or add to the Group assignment submission prior to the deadline
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