Turn in assignments on behalf of in Teams for EDU.
Teachers need a way to turn in an assignment on behalf of students who for some reason aren't able to turn it in themselves, or at least change the status to delivered.
Magnus Sandtorv
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Thank you for all of the feedback around this feature! We are reviewing what the best path forward is for this.
Just so everyone knows in the meantime, teachers can absolutely review any student attached or distributed work in Assignments even if students have not clicked the ‘Turn in’ button. Some of the comments also mention that the work might not be done digitally and submitted a different way, students can also Turn in the assignment without attaching any files/resources or can use the Teams mobile app to take a photo of their paper-based work to submit digitally.
Finally, when you return the assignment as a teacher (even without the student turning in) the feedback loop is also closed. Hope this helps.
108 comments
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RH
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Seen comment from Justin Chando - however we need to be able to upload work pupils can't upload themselves can we can feedback on it to pupils all in one place.
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Grace
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As below - I need a way to keep work in one place, and be able to feedback efficiently on students' work. Especially now exams have been cancelled for Y11 this year!
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Anonymous
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Not helpful. A teacher needs to be able to do this. You have been studying it since April? Frustrated.
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Anonymous
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This doesn't help. We know all this, what I need is a way to upload files that I have marked to their assignment, so I can keep all their work in one place. This should be SO easy Microsoft, allowing teachers to also upload another file (like another +add work button). Please get on with it and add this.
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Ted Mackay
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I teach a vocational program so many assignments are given via Teams but are observations and then checked off manually so there is nothing to turn in. Students also use Teams for chapter quizzes and case studies. Being able to track all assignments in Teams would be brilliant.
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Manuel Schmalstieg
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I fully agree with this request! It would be great also for the teacher to be able to edit the URL link that a student submitted.
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Anonymous
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We definitely need a way for teachers to show work as 'turned in' so that children without laptops etc can view assignments on their phones and then hand work in on paper. This is especially important if linked to 'parent view' so that students do not penalized for not having the resources to purchase laptops etc
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Anonymous
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A frequent ask by teachers! I appreciate the suggestions above but so much more complete and easier managed if the teacher can submit 'on behalf of' as is possible in other platforms.
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Paul Zambon
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Agreed, the ability for a teacher to add a students work into an assignment on their behalf if vital particularly when teaching the younger KS3 and below (uk designmations) age groups.
Often they work at home and manage to end up downloading the files from an assignment onto their local computers and are not adepts at uploading them back into the relevant assignment. As a result they either (a) email the work to the teacher or (b) send the file via teams.
Not being able to sort this creates and administrative nightmare for the teacher
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Joyce Abernethy
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Yes! We definitely need this in Teams. My students often hand in a paper copy of their work (and they may not have access to a computer to click Hand In online) and so I need a way to record Handed In for them on Teams.
We are thinking of sending a report to parents each week from Teams showing their child's Assignments for the week and whether they have turned then in or not - this will not work until teachers can over-ride the Turned In status.
A solution to this is urgently needed. Thanks.
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Anonymous
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This would be invaluable! Particularly with students having a mix of access to technology.
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Anonymous
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It would also help assignments could be updated (by the teacher FOR individual students). For students with special needs or accommodations, sometimes a different graphic organizer is needed or a different level of text. Often students may have alternate means of turning things in, so it would be helpful for a teacher to be able to "add work" for a student so we can keep work all together.
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Anonymous
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Want to be able to upload student work for them.....vital, just scanned in a handwritten piece, will upload to their classnote book homework pages mark on there and put a link in the teams assignment feedback
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yellowal
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This is an absolutely essential feature if assignments is going to be used properly. Many of my ESOL students don't have the tech ability to edit a Word file in assignments (as I have had demonstrated last week!). As a result I have files emailed me, messaged me, several saying they can't open or edit the file- just a couple have managed to submit in assignments. And of course working online we are unable to support them as we normally would.
It's really important that teachers are able to upload assignments on a student's behalf so we can keep work all together - please can this be implemented as soon as possible.
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Georgia
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No, this is really annoying because I open my pc each morning and I see a message from the assignment bot and it's returning an assignment I didn't turn in myself. It's super fricking annoying.
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Christine
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It would be nice for assignments to move from a teacher's "assigned" to "returned" once every student's work has been reviewed/given feedback and returned by the teacher. My "assigned" list is becoming very clogged by past assignments that have been returned to every student. The problem is that any assignments I have returned where students did not first "turn in" stay stuck in that "assigned" tab. It is highly annoying as I am trying to stay organized. With those assignments listed, it is wasting my time to click into assignments just to see that there is nothing for me to review. Please fix this!
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Anonymous
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Please prioritise this, it would make managing assessments and keeping track of grades so much more usable. Some of my students struggle to work online so need to hand in paper copies or simply can’t upload their documents.
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Anonymous
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An important feature that teachers are missing in Microsoft Teams.
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Anonymous
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I would like to see this feature included...sometimes the file is too large for the Team. If we are working in a hybrid model (face to face and online) it gives us the flexibility and encourages us to use the Team to track assessment and determine achievement.
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Anonymous
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This feature would be useful as well for classes where there are fewer devices than students. If a teacher for example would like to take 30 photos of students work and in bulk turn in these photos on behalf of students rather than have each student log-in to account turn in and then log off and so on x 25 this would facilitate this process and still allow that teacher to meaningfully use Teams in her class.