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Moodle Q&A: forum emails, resubmit assignments, remove from gradebook

In this Moodle Q&A post, Elon faculty ask how their students can stop receiving an email every time someone posts in a forum. We also cover how to give a student a chance to resubmit a file after they’ve submitted something.

In a previous post, we walked through enrolling yourself in your course as a student to experience Moodle from a student perspective. Now, we’ll cover how to remove yourself as a student from the course.

In this post, we answer questions about:

• Emails from a forum
• Resubmit an assignment file
• Remove yourself from the grade book

Read other Moodle questions from faculty.

Emails from a forum

Q. My students are getting emails whenever anyone posts to a forum. Can they turn that off?

A. Yes, they can choose whether or not to receive emails from a forum. When they post a reply in a forum, they will see a box that says: “Subscription”. This is where they can choose to receive emails from the forum. They need to select a choice each time they post a reply in a forum. See the screenshot below.

If students have already posted a reply and they want to stop receiving the emails, they can unsubscribe from it.  Once in the forum, look in the upper-left column and click on “Unsubscribe from this forum.”

Please note: Faculty members have an option to require all students to subscribe to a forum. If this is activated in the forum settings, only the instructor can change this setting and stop the emails.

Resubmit an assignment file

Q: How do I delete a submitted assignment so the student can resubmit a file, i.e. give them another chance to submit a file?

A: The answer to this question depends on how you created the assignment. If you created the assignment with “Advanced upload a file” then yes, you can reject any single student’s submission and allow them to submit a new file (see the directions below). If you created the assignment using “Upload a file,” the only way to do this is to edit the assignment settings to Allow students to resubmit. This will allow ALL students to resubmit a file. For this, and other reasons we recommend using “Advanced upload a file” for all assignments where students upload files.

Directions to allow a student to resubmit a file using Advanced upload a file

To do this, click “Grade” on the student’s submission,

and then click on “Revert to draft.” This will allow the students to delete that document and upload a new one.

Learn how to create an Advanced upload a file assignment and how to grade an advanced upload a file assignment.

Remove yourself from the gradebook

Q: Why am I in the grade book for my course?  How do I remove myself from the grade book?

You are in the grade book because you are enrolled in your course as a student, in addition to the teacher. So, when you change “roles” to a student, you can experience your Moodle course exactly as a student. This is helpful if you want to submit assignments, receive feedback and view the grade book like a student would experience it.  More information on acting like a student.

To remove yourself as a student,

1. Go to: Course Administration/Users/Enrolled Users.
2. Find your name and click on the small, black “x” next to “Student.” That’s it. See the screenshot below.

Image by Flickr user FrozenCapybara / Creative Commons licensed BY-NC-SA 2.0

 

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