Submit an external document
Your instructor can design questions that require an external document upload (Example — you might be required to draw a graph by hand and submit the graph to your instructor for grading).
There are two ways for you to submit an external document:
Directly upload a document from within the activity
Reference a document code and send the document directly to your instructor
Submit a document using direct upload
Certain questions in your activities may require you to directly upload a document from within an activity question.
To directly upload a document from within a question:
Click Choose File within the question response area.
Navigate to where your document is stored on your computer and select it.
Click Open.
Click Upload.
Continue working through your activity.
Submit a document using a document code
Certain questions in your activities may require you to send a document directly to your instructor (Example — send an email from your school email account) while referencing a document code.
To submit a document to your instructor that references a document code:
Click Generate Document Code within the question response area.
A unique document code is generated for you.
NOTE: Document codes can be numeric, letter, or alphanumeric values.
NOTE: The document code that's generated is unique to your profile and the question that requires an external document.
Click Done in the document code preview to return to the question.
Take note of your personalized document code that's now displayed in the question response area. You can continue working through the activity. At any point, you can independently contact your instructor (
Example— send an email from your school email account) and attach the required document. Be sure to reference the document code that relates to your submitted file.
NOTE: Your instructor may provide you with a due date of when your file is to be submitted that references the document code.
IMPORTANT: Ensure that you've included the document code from the activity question in your communication with your instructor. Consider the following suggestions to ensure that your document is easily associated with your profile and the correct activity question:
Include the document code in the subject line of your email
Include the document code in the body of your email
Include the document code in the name of the document
IMPORTANT: If you didn't click Generate Document Code in an external document upload question, you'll receive a warning before being able to submit your activity for grading.
You're given the opportunity to return to the question to generate the document code. You won't be able to return to the question to generate a document code if you ignore this warning and submit your attempt. The document code won't be visible on the Document Upload page and the document upload question that's missing a document code will be graded as incorrect.
