Author a document upload question

A document upload question requires a document file from outside of Möbius to be uploaded.

Document upload questions are helpful if you want to view a student's offline portion of their response. Example — A photo of a student's scratch work to an assignment question, or a diagram that they've drawn.

Document upload questions can be configured in 2 ways using the Question Editor:

To require that the student directly uploads their own document file right from the activity.
To require that the student uses a document code and later submits their document file to you while referencing their unique document code.

To author a document upload question

To author a document upload question from the Question Editor:

Enter the question statement in the Question Text pane of the Question Editor.
TIP: Check out Use the Visual Editor for details on how to use this toolbar to the fullest to control the visual appearance of your document upload question text.
Click Möbius componentto select the type of student response for this part of the question.
NOTE: A question can have multiple parts, with each question part using a different type of component. Example — A question could contain two components; the first part using a document upload student response, and the second part a multiple choice student response component.
Click Document Upload from the list of student response components.
Assign a weight to the component. The default weighting is 1.
TIP: The weight of the component can be any integer greater than 0, and is calculated proportionate to the total of all weights across the question. Example — A question with two components could have the first weighted as 2, and the second weighted as 4. This means that the second component will be worth twice as much as the first when calculating the total grade for the question.
TIP: Select the Not Graded check box to not associate a grade with the student's document upload. The component weighting then automatically defaults to 0. Example — You may just want to gain insights into a student's thought process for a question, but not actually grade their scratch work.
Select either the Document Code or Direct Upload radio button to define whether the student will use a document code or directly upload their response:
- Document Code — The student will reference the generated document code within the activity when sending you their document response file (selected by default).
- A unique document code is generated for each student for each document upload question.
- The student is able to send you their document (that references a document code) after their attempt has been submitted.
- Select the type of document code from the Code Type drop-down list that will be generated when the student clicks Generate Document Code within the activity.
- Numeric (Example — 59878) (selected by default)
- Alphabetic (Example — GYYRT)
- Alphanumeric (Example — DA57T)
TIP: Remind your students to record this document code in a safe place once it's generated. However, if they lose it, it can always be searched for in Möbius.
NOTE: A student should send you their document that references their unique document code. It's then up to you to upload the student's document to Möbius on their behalf. Check out Upload a student response to a document upload question.
- Direct Upload — The student is able to upload their document response file right from within the activity.
- The student must upload their document during their attempt and won't be able to submit or replace their direct upload after the attempt has been submitted for grading.
Select the file extension check boxes from the Allowed File Extensions list to define which file types you want to permit to be uploaded.
TIP: Click Toggle All to permit all of the available file extensions for your new document upload question.
Click Default to restore the default file extension selections of:
- .jpg
- .pdf
- .png
- .txt
(Optional) Click Marking Guide to add instructions for users who are manually grading the question through the Activity Grading View.
TIP: The Marking Guide is intended for question authors to write marking guidelines for other users to use when marking student responses to the question. This information will only appear in the Activity Grading View, and won't be visible to students.
Click Insert to add this student response component to the question.
The component is inserted into your question.
NOTE: The placeholder will display Document Upload (Direct) if you've configured the component to be a direct upload, or Document Upload (Code) if you've configured it to use a document code.
Click Preview to trial your new question to ensure that it behaves as expected.
TIP: You first have to click the save icon if you're creating this question from within an Activity Editor. After the question has been saved, you can then click the preview icon to ensure that your new question behaves as expected.
NOTE: You'll see from the preview that if the document upload question has been configured to generate a document code in step 5, the Generate Document Code button will be visible.
When the student clicks Generate Document Code, the unique document code is displayed for the student to reference in their communication with you.
NOTE: You'll see from the preview that if the document upload question has been configured as a direct upload in step 5, the student will click Choose File and navigate on their computer to select the desired document.
The student will then click Upload to finalize their direct document upload selection.
Click Save to save your new question. Your new question is now stored in the Questions pane of the Content Repository.

Grading details for document upload questions

Document upload questions appear in the Gradebook but must be manually graded; these question types can't be automatically graded by Möbius.

If the document upload question is configured to be a direct upload, the uploaded document will automatically be visible to you when you visit the Gradebook to manually grade the student's submission.

If the document upload question is configured to use a document code, you must upload the student's document on their behalf so that it's visible in the Gradebook for you to perform manual grading (check out Upload a student response to a document upload question).

You aren't able to author a correct answer or feedback for document upload questions.

You can choose to not associate a grade with a student's document upload. Check out step 4 of the To author a document upload question section. Example — You may just want to gain insights into a student's thought process for a question, but not actually grade their scratch work.