Most faculty choose to download all student submissions to grade them outside of Moodle by, for instance, using the track changes feature in MS Word or annotating student PDFs. To download all student assignments
- From the assignment, choose View all submissions
- Click on the Download all submissions button. A download of all student submissions in a .zip file will begin immediately.
- The zipped file will contain a folder for each student who has turned in the assignment. The student's submission is in that folder. As you grade, be sure to keep the folder and file names and structure the same. This will allow you to upload feedback files in bulk when you are ready.
When you are done grading, you can upload the feedback files in bulk.
- Save the main folder with student submissions as a .zip file. On a Mac, right click on the folder and choose "Compress [folder name]" to do this.
- From the Assignment page in Moodle, choose View all submissions.
- Select Upload multiple feedback files in a zip from the Grading actions drop-down menu.
- On the upload page, drag and drop your zip file or upload it using the Moodle file picker, and then click the Import feedback file(s) button.
- You will see a list of student names and feedback files. Click confirm if it looks correct.
- If you like, on the View all submissions page, check to be sure each student now has a feedback file, and that the file name is correct. You will have to scroll all the way to the right on the table of submissions to see the submission file.
- Students now have access to your feedback. Let them know they can find it in Moodle. We recommend that you let students know that they will find your feedback in a file at the bottom of their assignment view. They may have to scroll down to find it.
If a student has not turned in their submission by the time you are ready to download submission files, you can add the submission for them so that the folder structure for grading is correct.
Students will need to scroll down in their assignment view to see your feedback files. If you hear from a student that they can't find your feedback, but you can confirm that their file has been added in the View all submissions page, remind the student to scroll all the way down in the assignment to see your feedback.