Assignments - Additional Attempts

You may wish to allow another attempt on an assignment for a student. Follow this tutorial for steps to do so. A video tutorial can be found here: Allowing Another Attempt on an Assignment

Step 1 Start by ensuring that the settings on your assignment will allow for another attempt to be made.

Navigate to the assignment and click the three dots in the upper right corner of the assignment, then choose edit settings.
three dot drop-down Edit settings option highlighted in blue
Step 2 On the resulting screen, scroll down to expand the Submission settings area.

Under Attempts reopened, choose Manually.

Under Maximum attempts, set any number from 2 to Unlimited.
Assignment Submission Settings
Step 3 Click Save and display. Save and Display highlighted
Step 4 On the resulting screen, click on View all submissions. View all submission button highlighted
Step 5 On the next page, locate the student whose attempt you wish to re-open, and click on the Edit button. Student results with edit highlighted
Step 6 Choose Allow another attempt. options drop-down, allow another attempt highlighted
Step 7 The page will reload, showing "Reopened" next to the student's name.

(Note that you will still have access to the student's original uploaded file on the right side of their row on this screen.)
Obscured sample student with the Reopened moniker visible
Step 8 We recommend that you Instruct the student to return to the attempt and choose Add a new attempt (as opposed to Add a new attempt based on a previous submission). Highlighting the Add a new attempt button in blue
Note: this is that students will see when they return to the assignment to submit again.


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