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Assignment Activity

Updates to Assignment Activity in Moodle 4.5

The upgrade to Moodle 4.5 brings changes to the user interface and settings of the Moodle assignment activity.

1. New Activity Icon

Users will notice a modest update to the Assignment activity icon displayed on Moodle courses and in the activity picker.

Moodle 4.5 assignment activity icon
New-look Moodle 4.5 assignment activity icon

2. Assignment Settings

Assignment settings include options for Teacher Editors and Moodle administrators.

2.1 Release grades without revealing student identities

In the previous version of LSE Moodle (4.1), release of grades to students required revealing student identities. With the transition to the new version of Moodle (4.5), the option to release grades without revealing student identities can now be enabled under settings.

Assignment activity settings with setting to 'Allow partial release of grades while marking anonymously' highlighted
Update release of grades under settings

Updating the assignment marking workflow to ‘Released’ now allows students to view their grade and feedback comment whilst maintaining anonymity in the assignment submissions table.

Student grade and feedback comment
Student receives a grade and feedback whilst remaining anonymous in the submissions table

3. User Interface

Revamps to the assignment interface place key actions at the top and introduced a sticky footer for bulk actions, streamlining the grading process and providing quicker access to important functions.

3.1 Search & filter

Instantly search or filter for students via student name, or Participant ID (when anonymous submissions is enabled).

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Search for Moodle participant ID in the submissions table

3.2 Sticky footer

A persistent footer in Moodle 4.5 allows users to, either individually or in bulk, update marking workflow ('state'), locked/unlock submissions, download submissions, upload feedback and grant extensions. This replaces the ‘With selected…' menu under the submissions table in the previous LSE Moodle (4.1).

Sticky footer menu in Moodle 4.5 with options to change marking status, lock or unlock submissions and grant extensions.
Sticky footer in Moodle 4.5 provides access to marking options

3.3 Grading students

The red ‘Grade’ button familiar to users of the previous LSE Moodle (4.1), has been removed in the update to Moodle 4.5. The option to grade a student is now available by clicking on the three dots in the ‘Grade’ column.

Moodle submissions table with menu option to grade highlighted
Grading option is found via three dots

3.4 Feedback comments with tinyMCE

Teachers can now write feedback comments using the tinyMCE editor (new to Moodle 4.5). This improves your ability to format text. Video feedback through the Echo360 button remains available.

tinyMCE editor in Moodle 4.5 displaying options to format text and include media. Text in the editor reads 'The new tinyMCE editor'.
tinyMCE editor menu options improve formatting options