When scoring an assignment with an attached file, what do Save, Return, and Allow Resubmit mean?
RETURN does not mean resubmit. RETURN means that you are done grading (comments and/or score) and you are returning the assignment to the student. This is the same as returning homework back to students in the traditional classroom. The only way to allow students to resubmit is by checking the “allow resubmission” box. Then, click on RETURN it to the student with the option to resubmit. You see “returned” and they see “resubmit.” When they resubmit, you adjust the grade/points based on the value of the resubmission. SAVE does simply that. It saves your comments and points so that you can take a break and come back later to review them and RETURN to students. For example, you could grade all your assignments and click on SAVE on each. Once everyone has been graded you can click on release grades so that all of them are now viewable to students at once. It’s a matter of preference or teaching style. Some instructors RETURN assignments as they grade them, just like some prefer to handle e
