Download All Submissions Feature

The functionality to batch download all submissions for assignment or exam questions for offline grading is available in AT&S under “Grade Questions”.

A zip file is automatically created by the system once student submissions have been turned in. A link to the zip file is available to the right of the question (under "Grade Questions") for instructors to download.

The zip file includes the title of the site to differentiate it from other zip files on one's desktop. 

Submissions are downloaded into ONE folder and are labeled as follows:

Attachment Submissions: last name + first name + (student id) + filename*
Inline Submissions: last name + first name + (student id) + inline.html

*The original name of student uploaded files is preserved.

See Example of a downloaded zip file / folder:

The above format ensures that:

• Submissions are sorted alphabetically by last name.
• Submissions from students who have the same last and first name can easily be identifiable by the userid that is included in parentheses.
• All assessment submissions by the same student (inline and / or attachments) are grouped together. The latter is important if instructors require that students submit multiple attachments as part of the question.

In addition to the student submissions, the zip file / folder includes two more important files:

• question.html
• index.html

The "question.html" file includes the text of the question, so that instructors can refresh their memory as to  what they are grading if they don't get to the downloaded submissions right away.

The "index.html" file lists the question and all the student submissions in a user-friendly web page, allowing the instructor to view and open each submission, grouped by student. The date of the student's assessment submission is also included. At the top of the index.html page, a link to the question is provided for easy review of the assignment or essay text.

Here is an example of an index.html page, designed to 'look up' the contents of the folder.

If a student submitted more than once (i.e. was allowed to resubmit), all of their submissions will be listed. You can recognize which submission is first, second, etc. by the date stamp.

Adding Inline Comments {{Text}}

Brackets may be used to insert comments within the student's submission or in the overall comments box.

See example of instructor comments surrounded by double brackets.

Inline comments surrounded by double brackets will show as 'red' when displayed in review to the submitter.

They will show literally as {{text}} when the grader is editing the annotations and comments in the tinyMCE editors in the grading views. The red color shows up only in student view.