Overview
Group overrides are useful for granting extensions whether it's for students with accommodations or you want a central location for submissions while varying groups of students have different due dates for their project. Learn how to create group overrides within a Moodle assignment using the instructions below.
Initial Setup
Before adjusting assignment settings, you must first create Groups and Groupings. Follow the instructions in this article Moodle: Groups and Groupings before moving on to the next step.
Assignment Overrides
Now, that you have groups and a grouping created, you can create group overrides.
Assignment Settings
- In your Moodle course, you can either
- create a Moodle assignment and add necessary details
- go the Settings of an existing assignment
- Expand the Group submission settings section
- Next to Students submit in groups, click the drop down menu and select Yes
- Next to Grouping for student groups, click the drop down menu and select the desired grouping
- Optional settings:
- Require group to make submission (Yes/No): If yes, students who are not in a group cannot make submissions
- Require all group members submit (Yes/No): If yes, all students within a group must make a submission before the group submission is considered as Submitted. If no, once any member of the makes a submission, all members of that group will have the same submission
- Scroll to the bottom of the page and click Save and display
Group Overrides
- Within the assignment page, click the More tab and select Overrides
- Click into the User overrides drop down menu and select Group overrides
- Click the Add group override button
- Next to Override group, click into the drop down menu and select the desired group
- Adjust any of the following settings:
- Allow submissions from
- Due date
- Cut-off date
- Time limit
- Once you are finished, choose one of the following options to continue:
- Click Save if you are done create group overrides
- Click Save and enter another override if you want to create more group overrides. Then click Save on your last override
Questions?
Submit a Moodle Help ticket.
Acknowledgement
Created by Em Palencia 3/26/2024.