Set Assignment and Question Submissions

Set the number of allowed submissions for the assignment. If needed, override the allowed submissions for specific questions, question parts, or question pools, depending on how you allow students to submit answers.

Note This information describes how to use the new Assignment Editor.

If needed, click Try the New Assignment Editor in the original Assignment Editor to enable this improved experience now.

Prerequisites: Score Calculation

Best Practice To discourage guessing on multiple-choice and true/false questions, set the number of submissions to no more than one less than the number of choices. For example, a true/false question should allow only 1 submission, and a multiple-choice question with 5 options should allow no more than 4 submissions.

Settings at the assignment level apply to all assignment questions except questions whose settings you specifically change in Questions. Question-level settings override assignment or template settings.

Set Assignment Submissions

In the Assignment Editor, expand Settings > Scoring.
Set the Number of submissions to allow.

Select from the list or select Other and type the number of submissions to allow.
Save customized settings as a template to reuse on other assignments.
1. Under Settings, click Save as New Template.
  This is only shown if you have changed settings from the default.
2. Enter your template name.
3. Click Save Template.
Click Save at the top of the assignment.

Set Question Submissions

Available only when students submit answers by question.

In the Assignment Editor, expand the Questions section, then expand the question.
Click the Submissions tab.
Set the number of submissions to allow for the question.
Click Save at the top of the assignment.

Set Question Part Submissions

Available only when students submit answers by question parts.

In the Assignment Editor, expand the Questions section, then expand the question.
In the Question tab, review the parts of the question to determine how you want to set submissions.

Question parts are not labeled but are displayed sequentially.
Click the Submissions tab.
Set the number of submissions to allow for each question part.

Parts are listed as Part 1, Part 2, and so on. The question is not displayed.
Click Save at the top of the assignment.

Set Question Pool Submissions

Available only when students submit answers by question or question parts.

You cannot set submissions differently for individual questions or question parts in a question pool.

In the Assignment Editor, expand the Questions section, then expand the question.
Click the Submissions tab.
Set the number of submissions to allow for the question pool.
Click Save at the top of the assignment.