Google Assignments - What Students See

Submitting assignments

When students go into an activity in Assignments, they will see assignment instructions, points available, due date, and a button to attach and submit a file.
Google assignment student view, with deadline and Open to attach and submit button highlighted 

Once a student clicks on “Open to attach and submit,” a new browser tab or window will open. Students will have the choice of adding a file, or creating a new file, to respond to the assignment. 
Student submission page, showing Add Files and Create buttons highlighted 

If a rubric has been created, the rubric will be visible as well:
Screenshot of student rubric view, showing two outcomes named SLO 1 and SLO 2 

Once a student has attached a file, they click on “Submit”:
Screenshot of assignment submission showing one attached file, and the submit button. The file is highlighted, and an arrow points to the submit button. 

The student will get an “are you sure?” pop-up, and be asked to click Submit again. 

Important: Students must click the “Submit” button to submit their assignment. If they don’t, instructors won’t be able to score the assignment. Once the file is submitted, the student will see the “success” screen.  The student also has an option to unsubmit if they want to make changes to their file.
Submission complete screen, showing status in top right corner, You're All Set graphic in the middle, and Unsubmit button in lower right corner 

 

Self-checking Plagiarism

If you have enabled the plagiarism checker for this assignment, students can run their own originality reports by clicking “Run originality report.” Students can run this report up to three times for each assignment. The student's document must already be attached to the assignment before they run the originality report. 
Student assignment screen, with Run Originality Report button highlighted 

When a student runs an originality report, they will see this pop-up, confirming that they want to run the report:
Screenshot showing the student how many report runs remain available, and asking the student to confirm by clicking the Run button 

Once the originality report is ready, the student clicks on “View originality report”:
Student submission screen with View Originality Report button highlighted 

This is what a report looks like to a student. Flagged passages indicate material that matches something found on the internet. 
Originality report, showing 5 flagged passages 

If the student expands one of these, for instance the link to Chegg.com, the student sees the passage from the assignment, the passage from Chegg, and the link to the web page. As can be seen in this example, the student has plagiarized.
Originality report detail, showing student's text and similar web match from Chegg 

If a student wants to edit their work, they must do so in their Google doc. The student has to:

  1. Click on the x to remove their file from the submission.
    Google Assignment submission window, showing the x to remove the file highlighted. 

  2. Revise the file in Google docs.
  3. “Add file” again, once they are done revising. 

Viewing Grades

When the instructor has finished grading the student’s work, the student can see the result in the Canvas grade book, and also by clicking on the assignment.
Student assignment showing a grade (7/10) and a copy of the submitted assignment. Assignment status has been changed to Graded.  

 

Students can also see the rubric:
Screenshot of graded rubric, showing blue bars on the levels selected by the instructor, and points earned for each criteria and in total