{"id":971,"date":"2024-01-21T12:05:01","date_gmt":"2024-01-21T12:05:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wordpress.moodleanswers.com\/adding-an-assignment-drop-box-to-moodle\/"},"modified":"2026-07-23T21:59:12","modified_gmt":"2026-07-23T21:59:12","slug":"adding-an-assignment-drop-box-to-moodle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.ulethbridge.ca\/moodle-answers\/2024\/01\/21\/adding-an-assignment-drop-box-to-moodle\/","title":{"rendered":"Creating an Assignment Drop Box in Moodle"},"content":{"rendered":"Moodle has an Assignment Tool which allows for students to download\/view the assignment in Moodle, as well as upload their assignment file into Moodle\u00a0to be graded.\n\n<!--more-->\n\nMake sure editing is turned on by clicking\u00a0<strong>Turn Editing On<\/strong> in the top right corner of your Moodle page.\n\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-full wp-image-691\" src=\"http:\/\/sites.ulethbridge.ca\/moodle-answers\/files\/2020\/05\/turn_editing_on_nt-c5c.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"132\" height=\"49\" \/>\n\nClick on the <strong>+ <\/strong>icon at the bottom of the section you wish to add an assignment. Then choose, <b>Activity or Resource<\/b>.\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"837\" height=\"125\" class=\"wp-image-6478\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.ulethbridge.ca\/moodle-answers\/files\/2024\/01\/Screenshot-2026-07-23-at-3.56.07-PM.png\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.ulethbridge.ca\/moodle-answers\/files\/2024\/01\/Screenshot-2026-07-23-at-3.56.07-PM.png 837w, https:\/\/sites.ulethbridge.ca\/moodle-answers\/files\/2024\/01\/Screenshot-2026-07-23-at-3.56.07-PM-300x45.png 300w, https:\/\/sites.ulethbridge.ca\/moodle-answers\/files\/2024\/01\/Screenshot-2026-07-23-at-3.56.07-PM-768x115.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 837px) 100vw, 837px\" \/><\/figure>\nUnder Activities, click on <strong>Assignment<\/strong>.\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"395\" height=\"313\" class=\"wp-image-6479\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.ulethbridge.ca\/moodle-answers\/files\/2024\/01\/Screenshot-2026-07-23-at-3.57.11-PM.png\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.ulethbridge.ca\/moodle-answers\/files\/2024\/01\/Screenshot-2026-07-23-at-3.57.11-PM.png 395w, https:\/\/sites.ulethbridge.ca\/moodle-answers\/files\/2024\/01\/Screenshot-2026-07-23-at-3.57.11-PM-300x238.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 395px) 100vw, 395px\" \/><\/figure>\nGive a title to your assignment by typing in the Assignment Name field. You may also include information about your assignment in the description field. Or you\u00a0may also upload a file for students to download with further instructions. Under Additional Files,\u00a0search for your file and\u00a0add or drag and drop the file here.\n\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-full wp-image-968\" src=\"http:\/\/sites.ulethbridge.ca\/moodle-answers\/files\/2016\/01\/adding_assignment_info-486.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"789\" height=\"777\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.ulethbridge.ca\/moodle-answers\/files\/2016\/01\/adding_assignment_info-486.png 789w, https:\/\/sites.ulethbridge.ca\/moodle-answers\/files\/2016\/01\/adding_assignment_info-486-300x295.png 300w, https:\/\/sites.ulethbridge.ca\/moodle-answers\/files\/2016\/01\/adding_assignment_info-486-768x756.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 789px) 100vw, 789px\" \/>\n\nSet the dates of your assignment.\u00a0<strong>Allow Submissions From\u00a0<\/strong>is the start date of your assignment. <strong>Due Date<\/strong> is the date that the assignment is due.\u00a0<strong>Cut-off Date\u00a0<\/strong>is the date that you will no longer allow students to submit their assignment. Any assignments submitted between the due date and the cut-off date will be marked as late.\n\nNOTE: you are not required to have a due date or a cut-off date.\n\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-full wp-image-969\" src=\"http:\/\/sites.ulethbridge.ca\/moodle-answers\/files\/2016\/01\/assignment_availability-12f.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"821\" height=\"218\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.ulethbridge.ca\/moodle-answers\/files\/2016\/01\/assignment_availability-12f.png 821w, https:\/\/sites.ulethbridge.ca\/moodle-answers\/files\/2016\/01\/assignment_availability-12f-300x80.png 300w, https:\/\/sites.ulethbridge.ca\/moodle-answers\/files\/2016\/01\/assignment_availability-12f-768x204.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 821px) 100vw, 821px\" \/>\n\nThe remaining options are typically left as the default settings, but you may go in and change these if you wish. For example, if you would like students to upload more than one file you can alter the number as required.\n\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-full wp-image-970\" src=\"http:\/\/sites.ulethbridge.ca\/moodle-answers\/files\/2016\/01\/extra_ass_settings-9c1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"747\" height=\"265\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.ulethbridge.ca\/moodle-answers\/files\/2016\/01\/extra_ass_settings-9c1.png 747w, https:\/\/sites.ulethbridge.ca\/moodle-answers\/files\/2016\/01\/extra_ass_settings-9c1-300x106.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 747px) 100vw, 747px\" \/>\n\nOnce you are done with all the settings you can click <strong>Save and Return to Course<\/strong> at the bottom.\n\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-full wp-image-683\" src=\"http:\/\/sites.ulethbridge.ca\/moodle-answers\/files\/2020\/04\/save_and_return_nt-f44.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"46\" \/>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Moodle has an Assignment Tool which allows for students to download\/view the assignment in Moodle, as well as upload their assignment file into Moodle\u00a0to be graded.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":67,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[11,31,20],"tags":[114,40,41],"class_list":["post-971","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-activities","category-assignments","category-_instructor-tutorials","tag-assignment-dropbox","tag-assignment","tag-moodle"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.ulethbridge.ca\/moodle-answers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/971","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.ulethbridge.ca\/moodle-answers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.ulethbridge.ca\/moodle-answers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.ulethbridge.ca\/moodle-answers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/67"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.ulethbridge.ca\/moodle-answers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=971"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/sites.ulethbridge.ca\/moodle-answers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/971\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6480,"href":"https:\/\/sites.ulethbridge.ca\/moodle-answers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/971\/revisions\/6480"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.ulethbridge.ca\/moodle-answers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=971"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.ulethbridge.ca\/moodle-answers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=971"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.ulethbridge.ca\/moodle-answers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=971"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}