Customise Submission Type & Completion Settings

Open or create an Assignment.
Expand Submission & Completion area in the right-hand panel.

You can customise the following options: 
Assignment Type: is it an individual or group assignment?
Category: Create new or use existing categories. These are used to help organise the gradebook. 
Submission Type: 
File submissions, select the number of files allowed per submission - unlimited or one. 
Choose Allowable File Extensions.
No Restrictions
PDF Only
Annotatable Files (usual choice)
Files that can be previewed without conversion (HTM, HTML etc)
Images and Videos
Custom File Types
Submissions.
All submissions kept.
could be used if you want to use one assignment 'drop box' for multiple submissions/attempts.
Only one submission allowed.
Only the most recent submission is kept.
Text submissions, allows learners to type into a text box rather than upload a file. 
Submissions.
All submissions kept.
could be used if you want to use one assignment 'drop box' for multiple submissions/attempts.
Only one submission allowed.
Only the most recent submission is kept.
On paper submission or Observed in person allow you to create a grade item for non-digital assignments.
set the marking as one of the following: manually by learners, automatically on evaluation or automatically on due date. 
If you choose File submission, you can restrict file extensions for the assignment. 
You can also choose to receive email notifications under the Notification Email option. 
Save and Close when you have selected all the settings you wish to configure.

Note: Some of these settings cannot be changed once there has been a submission.

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