Submitting an Assignment in Vista
Demo: Submitting Assignments
The Assignments tool in Vista allows you to manage, submit,
and publish your assignment files online.
Assignment Overview
Your assignment submissions can be text, text with attachments,
or web pages, depending on how the assignment has been designed
by your instructor. The Assignments tools allows you to
- Create and edit web page submissions
- Create and edit text with attachments submissions
- Publish submissions for your class to view
You may access your Assignments as a link on the Course Toolbar
(figure 1). This link will provide access to a list of all
assignments that are released or available to you in
the course.
Figure 1: Link to Assignments from Course Toolbar
Specific assignments may be available as an icon on the Course
Home Page or other Organizer page in your course (figure 2)
or as a link directly from within a Learning Module (figure
3), where the assignment instructions will appear within the
framework of the module.
Figure 2: Link to Specific Assignment on the Course
Homepage
Figure 3: Link to Specific Assignment from within
Learning Module
The Assignments tool allows you to submit assignments online
to your instructor. Submissions can be text, text
with attachments, or web pages, depending on
how the assignment has been designed by your instructor.
Viewing
your Assignments
The Assignments tool is divided into four tabs:
- Inbox
- Submitted
- Graded
- Published
The Inbox tab contains assignments that you have
been assigned and submissions that have been returned
to you for editing (figure 4). Note that Missed assignments
are automatically moved to the Submitted tab when the final
cutoff date has passed.
Figure 4: Assignments Inbox
The Submitted tab contains assignments that you
have submitted, resubmitted, or missed the cutoff date, but
have not yet been graded (figure 5).
Figure 5: Submitted Assignments
The Graded tab contains all submissions that have
been reviewed by your instructor (figure 6). The assignments
have been graded or marked as completed (but without a grade).
Figure 6: Graded Assignments
Click the Assignment title to view details and grading comments
from your instructor (figure 7).
Figure 7: View Graded Submission
The Published tab contains all submissions that
you or your instructor decide to make viewable to all members
of the course (figure 8). If you have been given the option
to publish, you can publish, republish, or unpublish your
submission from the Inbox, Submitted, and Graded tabs.
Figure 8: List of Published Assignments
Submitting
your Assignment
Click the link to your assignment (either from the Assignments
Inbox or its link on an organizer page or within a learning
module). The Edit Submission screen appears
(figure 9). You may type plain text in the Submission box
or attach your file to the submission.
1. To upload your assignment as an attachment, first click
the Browse button (figure 9).
Figure 9: Edit your Assignment Submission
2. Then click the My Computer icon (figure 10). This will
allow you to locate a file on your computer to upload. Please
note that the first time during a Vista session that you want
to choose a file, it may take several seconds for the My Computer
icon to appear (loading the java applet).
Figure 10: Click My Computer
3. The Open files window will appear and
you should locate the assignment file that you want to attach
(figure 11). Click the filename once to select it and then
click the Open button to start loading your file. If your
file is large, this may take a few seconds, depending on your
connection speed. You will notice a Java window open up temporarily,
indicating that the file is loading. This window will close
automatically. Do not click Close unless you want to abort
the upload process.
Figure 11: Locate file on your Computer
4. Next, your file will now appear in the Choose Files window
(figure 12). Mark the checkbox next to the filename and click
the Add Selected button to attach your file.
Figure 12: Add Selected file
Your file is now listed in the Attachments section in your
Submission window (figure 13).
Figure 13: Attached Files
5. Click the Submit button to complete the assignment submission.
- You can add/remove files as you need before submitting.
Once you click the Submit button, you cannot redo your assignment
unless your instructor has specifically allowed for resubmissions.
- The Save as Draft option allows you to
save your work before the final submission. By saving as
a draft, you can come back to the assignment and make changes
as needed.
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