WebCT

Submitting an Assignment in WebCT

Demo: Submitting Assignments

The Assignments tool in WebCT allows you to manage, submit, and publish your assignment files online.

• Assignment Overview
• Viewing Assignments
• Submitting Assignments

Assignment Overview

Your assignment submissions can be text, text with attachments (5mb size limit), 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.

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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

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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 WebCT 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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Content Developer: Beverley Hoerig