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Assignments

Table of contents

1. How to Submit a QMplus Assignment [edit]

2. Submission receipts for assignments [edit]

2.1. Examples of submission receipts

3. Precise time of assignment submission [edit]

4. Submitting a video assignment [edit]

4.1. Submitting your video as an assignment

5. Useful Resources [edit]

QMplus provides a platform for you to submit your work. If the teacher has set up a standard assignment in QMplus, there will be a link to this assignment within the QMplus course area.

The teacher or course administrator will decide where to add the link, and when it will appear in the course. If you are unable to see a link to the assignment, please contact your teacher in the first instance.

Please note: Your Submission Status (highlighted in green) will say ‘Submitted for grading’ if you have successfully submitted your assignment. Please follow the instructions in this guide below to ensure that you have submitted the assignment.

An image of the submitted for grading button, which shows when an assignment has been successfully submitted
Step 1: Go to the course page and locate the assignment submission area.

An image of the submission area
Step 2: Click the assignment title to go to the assignment page. Select ‘Add submission’ to start submitting the assignment.

An image of the add submission button

NOTE: You will only be able to see the ‘Add submission’ button and to submit your assignment if the due date has not passed. The due date can be seen on the submission page, together with the time remaining for the submission (shown above).

Step 3: This brings you to the submission page where you can upload your files.

Click on the icons on the upper left corner to upload the file(s), you can put them into folders if needed. Alternatively, it is possible to drag-and-drop the files to the box. Note that you cannot upload empty files.

An image of the file picker


How to Submit a QMplus Assignment [edit]

QMplus provides a platform for you to submit your work. If the teacher has set up a standard assignment in QMplus, there will be a link to this assignment within the QMplus course area.

The teacher or course administrator will decide where to add the link, and when it will appear in the course. If you are unable to see a link to the assignment, please contact your teacher in the first instance.

Please note: 

IMPORTANT:Your Submission Status (highlighted in green) will say ‘Submitted for grading’ if you have successfully submitted your assignment. Please follow the instructions in this guide below to ensure that you have submitted the assignment.


Step 1: Go to the course page and locate the assignment submission area.

An image showing the submitted for grading tag

Step 2: Click the assignment title to go to the assignment page. Select ‘Add submission’ to start submitting the assignment.

An image of the submission button

NOTE: You will only be able to see the ‘Add submission’ button and to submit your assignment if the due date has not passed. The due date can be seen on the submission page, together with the time remaining for the submission (shown above)

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Step 3: This brings you to the submission page where you can upload your files.

Click on the icons on the upper left corner to upload the file(s), you can put them into folders if needed. Alternatively, it is possible to drag-and-drop the files to the box.

Note that you cannot upload empty files.

An image of the file picker and drag and drop zone

When you click on the icons on the upper left corner to upload the file(s), you will be prompted to navigate to the file via ‘Upload a file‘ and ‘Choose File’, then once a file has been chosen click ‘Upload this file‘ button at the bottom.

An image of the Upload a file and choose file options
Step 4: After uploading the file(s), you will be able to view them. Use the icons on the upper-right corner to view them in a list. Click ‘Save changes’ when you have uploaded all the files needed.

An image of the files when they have been uploaded

Step 5: When you are at the ‘Submission status’ page, you will see your assignment in ‘File submissions’. The ‘Submission status’ shows whether you have actually submitted the files or not. This will depend on the type of assignment set by your teacher.

If the teacher has chosen to allow students to have a draft submission, you will see the ‘Submission status’ shows ‘Draft (not submitted)’. If Turnitin is enabled, then a report will be generated and if you want to amend your work based on the report, then you can do so whilst it is still uploaded as a draft. You can do this by selecting ‘Edit submission’ and follow the steps above. If you are happy with submission and ready to submit, then select ‘Submit assignment’.

Once you have submitted your work, you will no longer be able to edit it unless your school allows submission points to be reopened (make sure to check this with your course leader). Therefore, if you intend to change your work based on a Turnitin report, then upload your assignment with plenty of time to spare and only upload it as a draft. Please ensure you submit your assignment before the deadline, irrespective of waiting for a Turnitin score.

NOTE: Please make sure you have clicked ‘submit assignment’ in this case, otherwise the teacher will only be able to see the uploaded file as a ‘draft’ and might not grade it, which can result in the student missing the deadline.

An image of a file that has been uploaded but not submitted, it is still in draft form

If the assignment does not allow students to have a draft on the server, you will see that the files have already been ‘Submitted for grading’. In this case, you will still be able to edit your submission by clicking ‘Edit submission’, remember to save changes when you are done with editing.

An image showing a file before it has been submitted
If you are ready to submit your assignment, click on the ‘Submit‘ button and this will take you to the next page which asks you to confirm submission.

An image of the continue button

Once you have read the submission statement and are happy to proceed – click ‘continue‘.

An image showing a file which has been submitted


Step 6: Then you will be able to see that the ‘Submission status’ has changed to ‘Submitted for grading’ which confirms your submission. Different from the first option, you will not be able to make any changes to the submission.

Submission receipts for assignments [edit]

When submitting an assignment, you will be sent a submission receipt. How you receive this receipt will depend on how you have configured your messaging preferences in QMplus. By default, you will receive an email sent to your QMUL email address.

If your work is being submitted to the Turnitin service, you will receive two receipts. One acknowledging that your work was submitted on QMplus and another indicating that your work was successfully uploaded to Turnitin.

Examples of submission receipts


Precise time of assignment submission [edit]

The precise time of assignment submission is displayed to students to help with queries related to late submission. This appears in the time remaining section of the Submission Status.

An image showing the submission status

Submitting a video assignment [edit]

Your lecturer may expect you to submit a video as a piece of assessed coursework. To do this you will first need to upload your video file to the submission point and ensure it processes successfully and then submit your video for assessment through an assignment point in your module area on QMplus.

For more information about video assignments, please see the guide:

Submitting your video as an assignment


Useful Resources [edit]

  1. Submitting your video as an assignment (Wiki guide)
  2. Examples of submission receipts (Wiki guide)