Delete submissions

Updated 19 Feb 2024

From the View Submissions window you can delete any student submission. You can either delete a single submission or all submissions the student has for the activity.

When you delete a submission, the student can re-take the activity. For example, if the activity is set to allow for only one attempt, you can delete the submission so the student can re-take the activity.

If you delete all submissions, or if you delete the submission that is set to appear in the gradebook, the gradebook displays "---" if the activity is not past due, and displays "0" if the activity is past due. If the activity allows multiple submissions and a student has made multiple submissions, the submission score you specified in activity preferences appears. For example, if you set the gradebook to display the submission with the highest score, and you delete the highest submission, the next highest submission score would appear.

Teaching assistants must have permission to delete student submissions. Use the Preferences > Permissions page to control which functionality is available to teaching assistants. (MyLab Languages)

1. Open the View Submissions window.
2. Click the View Submission Details button to see the details of a submission.
3. Scroll to the bottom of the details screen and click the trash can.
4. Do one of the following:
   • To delete a single activity submission, click Delete this Submission.
   • To delete all activity submissions, click Delete All Submissions from this Student.
5. Click Yes to confirm the deletion.