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Assignment - Reopen as a Draft

Learn how a student can delete a submission and upload new materials

Purpose

The purpose of this article is to demonstrate how to revert an assignment drop box to draft status thus allowing students to resubmit an assignment.

Procedure

  1. On your course homepage, click on the assignment that you’ll need to update for the student(s).

  2. Click the Submissions tab.

    Submission tab higlighted.

  3. Click on the checkbox to the left of the student name(s) for the student assignments you want to reopen.

Check box to the left of Harry Student checked.

4. Next, in the Status column, click the three vertical dots and choose Revert the submission to draft.

Three vertical dots circled in red.

The submitted assignment reverts to Draft (not submitted). The student can delete their previous submission, upload new materials, and resubmit. To check that the assignment is indeed in draft status, click the dropdown menu above the submission table and select Draft.

Draft status highlighted.

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