Moodle – Individual Assignment (summative)

Published on: 30/08/2023 · Last updated on: 03/09/2026

Assessment type: Coursework

Recommended workflow

1. Provide detailed information about the assignment

It’s important to provide all the necessary information for students about the Assignment, including marking criteria and hand-in dates and expectations in advance. This could be provided via a detailed resource such as a Moodle Page. 

Level 1 Reasonable Adjustment

2. Create an individual assignment activity

When creating the Assignment, check that the Group submission setting is not active. See Moodle Assignment settings for detailed guidance.

3. Provide submission instructions in the description

Use the ‘Description’ box to provide clear and complete instructions for submission. For example, be sure to include the date, time and format for submission.

4.Manage extensions where needed

Setup extension groups and apply deadline extensions for the relevant students. Please note that granting an extension in Moodle does not include any administration of the extension request. For your local procedures for considering and granting extension requests, please consult with your Director of Studies and local Programme Administration team.

5. After the deadline, lock student submissions

After the deadline has passed, lock the student submissions to prevent any changes being made to student submissions.

6. Provide feedback/annotations and marks on the submission

There are several different ways to provide feedback, however for text-based assignment we recommend that you either – add feedback/annotations and marks online in the Moodle grading interface, or, use the batch upload/download and grading worksheet to return marks and feedback.

Use of advanced marking and feedback approaches such as Marking Guides and Rubrics is also possible.

Please ensure you put grades into the assignment point, not the Moodle Gradebook or you will be unable to use Marking Workflow and subsequently Grade Transfer.

7. Release marks and feedback to students with marking workflow

Set the Marking Workflow to “released” so students will now be able to review their marks and feedback in Moodle.

8.Unit convenor can transfer grades to SAMIS using Grade Transfer

When you have finalised your grades and feedback, you can lift anonymity (lifting anonymity can be done only once for the whole cohort). Only the unit convenor (who has the Teacher + role in Moodle) can transfer the marks to SAMIS using Grade Transfer.

Notes on moderation and external examiners

If you want moderation to take place within Moodle, agree on a local process with your colleagues. A straightforward first step is to give your Moderator or External Examiner access to the Moodle space. For external examiners, liaise with your local programme admin team for guidance on arranging access. They can also contact DDaT to set up temporary accounts if needed, although most external examiners should already have University of Bath accounts.

Notes on Archiving policy

An archive snapshot of Moodle is taken every year on or around the 1st August, with previous versions of Moodle being available in the Moodle Snapshot. Any Assignments present in Moodle at the time of the snapshot will be available to any student or member of staff who was enrolled in the Moodle space at the time that the snapshot copy was made.