Submitting your first assignment

What you will achieve. By the end of this tutorial you will have located your first assignment, opened the assignment files in your application, completed the work, handed it in before the deadline, verified the submission, and reviewed the feedback your instructor sends back.

How long it takes. About 15 minutes for the submission flow itself, plus the time you spend doing the actual coursework and the time your instructor needs to grade.

What you need before you start. You should have completed your first tutorial - that is, you have accepted your invitation, you can navigate to your course, and you can start the application your instructor set up. You also need an active assignment from your instructor.

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Step 1 - Find the assignment

When your instructor creates an assignment for the course, it shows up in two places. Pick whichever is convenient.

  • On the space overview dashboard - when you open the space, you will see the assignment listed.

  • In the assignment view - click the assignment icon on the sidebar. This is the more detailed view: it shows submission deadlines, whether you have already submitted, and gives you the submission action when the hand-in is still open. The countdown color goes from red to green to indicate how much time is left.

Click the assignment to open it. You will see the files that are part of the assignment.

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Step 2 - Work on the assignment

Open the application your instructor set up and navigate to the assignment files. Work on them as you would any other file.

Once you are satisfied with your work, save all the files in the application before moving on to the next step.

Tip: Take a snapshot of your instance before submitting. That way you have a recoverable copy of your final draft if anything goes wrong.

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Step 3 - Hand in the assignment

To hand in:

  1. Click the assignment on the dashboard, then click the Hand-in button on the top right of the dialog. Alternatively, open the assignment overview and use the Hand-in button under Actions.

  2. Choose a hand-in identifier. This is what your instructor will see as the title of your submission. If you are uncertain what to use, ask your instructor - usually it is your university email address, a unique university identification number, or similar.

  3. Confirm the submission.

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Step 4 - Verify the submission and resubmit if needed

After handing in, the submitted files appear in the hand-in area as read-only copies. It is recommended to check the hand-in area after a submission to make sure all files were submitted with the right version. You cannot modify the files there, but you can download them to verify.

To open the hand-in area from your application, navigate to:

Assignments > handback > [assignment_name] > [handin_id]

You can submit multiple times for the same assignment from the same instance until the deadline has passed. The instructor will only see your latest hand-in and will grade this version. This is true even if you use different identifiers for the different submissions, or if multiple users submit assignments from the same instance - one instance can have only one gradable submission, the latest one.

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Step 5 - Review feedback when it arrives

Once the instructor has reviewed your work, they will enable you to see the hand-back version of the files. To review:

  1. Click the assignment tile to open the assignment view.

  2. Look at the Handback tab. Your grade is shown there.

  3. Review the corrected version of your files, listed under the Handback tab. These files are read-only for students; you can download them from the Actions column.

If you prefer to review the corrections inside the application, first stop any running applications, then click the Review Corrections button from the assignment dialog. The application will open with the corrections in:

Assignments > handback > [assignment_name] > [handin_id]

When feedback isn't visible yet

You will only see feedback in the handback folder if the teacher has made handbacks available. Only the latest hand-in will be graded.

Where to go next

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