Creating a New Submission Folder in D2L

Submission folders allow students to submit assignments to you through your course site. You can set up Submission folders to accept files submitted by individual students or a group of students.

Any member of a group can submit and view files in a group submission folder. Also, when you grade the file(s) submitted to a group submission folder, D2L automatically transfers the same score and feedback to all of the students in the group to the Grades area.

1. Click Submissions in your course navigation bar. The submission folders page will open.
2. Click the New Folder button.
   

   
   

3. Enter the title of the folder in the Name field.
4. Choose a folder type:
• Individual submission folder (default option): Leave this option selected if you want students to submit assignments individually.
• Group submission folder: Select this option if you want students to submit an assignment as a group. (See the Creating Groups guide for more information on setting up groups in D2L.)
5. Select a category (optional).
• If you have already created a category for this assignment, select it from the Category dropdown menu.
• If you have not created a category for this assignment yet, click the New Category link. In the pop-up window that opens, enter a name for the category and then click Save.
  
6. Associate the folder with a grade item (optional):
• If you have already created a grade item for this assignment, select it from the Grade Item dropdown menu.
• If you have not created a grade item for this assignment yet, click the New Grade Item link. In the pop-up window that opens, enter a name for the grade item and the value for maximum score possible for the assignment in the Out Of field, then click Save.
7. Enter the maximum number of points the assignment can earn in the “Out of” field (optional but recommended; see the note below).
   

   

8. Click the Add Rubric button to attach a rubric you already created in D2L to the submission folder or click the Create Rubric in New Window link to create a new one (optional). (See the Rubrics in D2L guide for more information on creating rubrics in D2L)
9. Add instructions for the assignment in the Instructions textbox (optional).
10. Click the Add Attachment button to attach a file to your submission folder (optional). 
11. Set up additional Submission Options
• Click Show Submission Options and designate the Submission Requirements by selecting either "File based submission" where an attachment is required or "Text submission" where an attachment is not required.
• If you would like to receive an email notification each time a file is submitted to your folder, enter your email in the "Notification Email" box at the bottom of the page (optional; only recommended for rolling date submission folders with no due dates).
12. Click the Save and Close button at the bottom of the page.
    

    
    

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