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Download submissions

You can download individual students’ assessment submissions and view them offline. You can download all or only selected submissions as a single ZIP file. Unzip or expand the file to view the contents. Each submission is saved as a separate file with each student’s username.

You cannot download group submissions or discussions.

Please be mindful that it may take longer for the system to generate the download files for a large cohort size and/or submissions like dissertation.

  1. To access the download option, ensure you are on the Marks view in the Gradebook page.
  2. To download the submissions, click on assessment, and from the pop-up, select Download Submissions.
    Gradebook page, under Mark view, Download submission highlighted in a pop up for a graded item in the column
  3. Select the checkbox next to the Name column to select all submissions or select submissions individually. If you select all, only submissions with files and text provided by students in the editor are included in the ZIP file. If you allowed multiple attempts, the files for all attempts for each student are included.
  4. Select Create ZIP File to start the process.
    Download assessment file page with selected student names ticked and Create ZIP file button highlighted
  5. In the pop-up box, select Send. The file is created in the background and you automatically return to the Submissions list page or Grades view. The process takes a few moments based on the size of the file.
  6. You receive an email and a course message when the ZIP file is ready to download to your computer. On your course’s Messages page or in your email, select the Download now link.

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