Review dropbox submissions

Updated 19 Feb 2024

You can review information about an uploaded file in a dropbox activity in the View Submissions window.

  1. Do one of the following:
    • Locate the dropbox activity in the My Course list on the right side of the Course Materials > Add from Library page.
    • Locate the dropbox activity on the Grades page.
  2. Click View Submissions on the simulation activity's options menu.
  3. In the Students list on the left, click the plus sign to the left of the name of the student whose submission you want to examine.
  4. Click the file name on the right to download the file submitted by the student.
  5. Review and grade the file.
  6. Enter the grade for the submission and any comments that you want students to see when they view their submission after your review.
  7. When you finish, click Save to review another student's submission or Save and Close to close the View Submissions window.

If a student made multiple attempts, you can see a report for each one by clicking the expand icon next to the student's name in the list on the left and then clicking each submission in turn.

Delete submissions

Click Delete in the toolbar above the submission report.

  • This submission: Removes only the currently displayed submission from the gradebook.
  • All submissions from this student: Removes every submission by the student for this activity from the gradebook.

Adjust grades

Click Edit and follow the procedure outlined in Edit grades in the gradebook.

You cannot print dropbox submissions.