Instructions for online short courses

You will find full instructions about how to upload your assignment to the course website in the ‘Deadline and submission instructions‘ information in your course materials. Below is an overview of the procedure, but please do check the instructions in your course for any specific requirements.

You may upload only one file per assignment to the course website, and this must be one of the following file types: doc, docx, txt, html, htm, jpg, jpeg, gif, rtf, ppt, pptx, xls, xlsx. Alternatively, you may upload a single zip file, but this must only contain files with the permissible file types detailed above.

In compliance with the University plagiarism policy, the first page of your assignment must include the following declaration:

"The assignment that follows has been written by, and is entirely the work of ."

The filename of your assignment should take the form:

CourseTitle_YourSurname_AssignmentName. (followed by the file extension i.e. doc, docx, xls, etc.)

Use abbreviation to keep the filename as short as possible, and omit spaces. It is useful to capitalise the first letter of each word to improve legibility. In addition, or alternatively, use an underscore to separate the various words. Do not forget that there should be a full stop between the end of the filename and the start of the three or four letter file extension.

Uploading assignment files

• Click on the link to the relevant assignment; you will be taken to the ‘Deadline and submission instructions‘ screen.

  

• At the bottom of the page you will see a button called ‘Upload a file’. Click on this. You will be presented with two ways to submit your assignment.

  

• Either upload files by clicking ‘Add’ (circled above):
  • This will bring up the File picker window, click on ‘Upload a file’, circled below.

    

  • Next click the ‘Browse’ button to locate the relevant file on your computer.
  • Then click the ‘Upload this file’ button.
  • Your file will appear in the box, successfully uploaded.
• Or, if your web browser includes a large blue arrow and the note ‘You can drag and drop files here to add them.’ (as shown above), you can upload file(s) by dragging and dropping them. To do this:
  • Open Windows Explorer on your PC (or, on a Mac, open a window in Finder) and navigate to the location of the file that you want to upload.
  • Hold down the mouse button on the required file and drag it in to the upload box in Moodle where indicated by the large blue arrow.
  • Release the mouse button.

  Click on Save changes to submit your file.

  You will then see the document you have uploaded and the date and time it was submitted.

  Please note that you can only submit your assignment file once. If, before the assignment deadline, you realise you have submitted the wrong file, you will need to email the online courses office at: onlinecourses@conted.ox.ac.uk to request permission to retract and replace your submission. Permission to do this will only be granted in exceptional circumstances.

  Checking you have successfully submitted

  Once you have submitted, you will be able to see your file as circled below, and the note ‘Assignment submitted for marking and cannot be updated’.

  

  What do I do if I have submitted the wrong file?

  It is your responsibility to ensure that you upload the correct assignment file and once you have submitted your assignment you cannot change it in any way. If, before the assignment deadline, you realise you have submitted the wrong file, you will need to email your course administrator to request permission to retract and replace your submission. If you are studying one of our online short courses for the general public, you should contact the online courses office at: onlinecourses@conted.ox.ac.uk. If you are studying one of our online professional development courses you will find your course administrator‘s details in your course joining instructions. Permission to retract and replace submissions will only be granted in exceptional circumstances.