Tutorials

Submitting an Assignment within WebCT

What Do You Want to Do?

• submit an assignment
• retrieve an assignment for resubmission
• download a file
• view a graded assignment

Submitting Assignments

Instructors can allow late assignment submissions, with an unlimited cutoff date for submission, or with a specific cutoff date.

• If the instructor has allowed unlimited late submissions, you will see 'Late' next to the assignment, and the assignment will continue to be available to you.
• If the instructor has allowed limited late submissions, you will see 'Late' next to the assignment, and the assignment will continue to be available to you until the specified cutoff date has been reached. At that point, you will no longer be able to access the assignment.Steps for submitting a late assignment are the same as those for any other assignment.
  
• Instructors can also enable multiple submissions of an assignment. If this feature has been enabled, you will be able to retrieve your assignment if the due date of the assignment has not passed and the assignment has not yet been graded. See Retrieving an assignment for resubmission.
  

To submit an assignment

Submitting an assignment involves two steps:

1. Upload the file from your computer to WebCT.
2. Submit the file for grading.
   

1. From Assignments, click the assignment that you want to submit. The Assignment screen appears.
2. To upload the file, under Student files, click Upload file. The Upload File for Assignment screen appears.
3. To locate the file, click Browse to open your computer's file browser.
4. Select the file. The Upload File for Assignment screen reappears, with the path and filename displayed in the Filename text box.
5. Click Upload. The Assignment screen appears and the uploaded file is added to the Student files table.

Tip: If you want to remove uploaded files:

1. Next to each file you want to remove, select the check box and click Remove files. A confirmation message appears.
2. Click OK. The file is removed.

Submitting files for grading

1. To submit the uploaded assignment(s), under Submit Assignment, click Submit assignment. The Submit Assignment screen appears.
   
   Note: All assignments in the Student files table are submitted. Depending on administrator settings, you may be able to receive email notification that your assignment was submitted successfully. If applicable, enter your email address in the text box.
   
   
2. Click Submit assignment. A confirmation screen appears.
3. Click OK. The Assignments screen reappears, with Submitted displayed in the Status column.
4. When the assignment has been graded, Submitted changes to Graded and your grade appears in the Grade column. Click Graded to view your instructor's comments about your work.

Notes:

• Filenames can contain any of the following: a–z, A–Z, 0–9, spaces, _, &, ( ), –, ., and ~
• The tilde (~) cannot be used as the first character in the filename.
• You should also add the file extension that corresponds to the software you used. For example, if you completed your assignment in Excel, add .xls to the filename if the software program doesn't automatically add it.
  

Retrieving an Assignment for Resubmission

• See the Help files from within WebCT.

Downloading Files

Downloading a file involves transferring it from the server hosting your WebCT course to your computer.

1. Click the name of the file you want to download. A download screen appears in a new window.
2. Select the file and click Download
3. Save the file to your local computer.
4. To return to the Assignments screen, click Close.
5. To open the downloaded file, close the WebCT Browser, if necessary, and open the file on your computer.
   

Viewing Graded Assignment Files

Assignments that are graded display Graded next to Status.

1. From Assignments, next to Status, click Graded. The Assignment Results screen appears with graded files under Graded files.
2. Click the name of the file you want to view or download.