Submitting Work

New assignments appear in Pending Submissions on your dashboard and under the class in your sidebar. Submitting usually takes under a minute. You only see results after your teacher has marked your work and released them.

Opening an Assignment

• Click a pending assignment on the dashboard, or go to Classes → [your class] → Assignments in the sidebar
• The Assignment Submission page shows the title, description, due date, class and your submission status

Uploading Your Work

In the Your Submission box, click No files uploaded yet (Upload your assignment files here). A box opens with two options on a computer:

• Drag and drop, or click to pick files from your computer
• Scan QR to upload - shows a QR code; scan it with your phone camera to upload from your phone (see Phone Photo Upload)

What you can upload:

• File types: PDF, Word (DOCX), PowerPoint (PPTX), PNG and JPG/JPEG. Photos are turned into a PDF before upload, and Word and PowerPoint files are converted to PDF after upload.
• Size: up to 100 MB per file. Files under 10 MB upload fastest.
• Length: up to 70 pages per PDF.

Upload one combined PDF or several files; they all go into the same submission. To add more later, click the upload icon (Upload more files) under your files.

On your phone already?

Open the assignment on your phone and tap the upload box. You'll see Take photos of your work, which uses your camera. ren. combines your photos into one PDF.

Phone Photo Upload

Handwritten work? Upload it from your phone:

• On your computer, click Scan QR to upload in the upload dialog. Keep this dialog open until your upload arrives.
• Scan the QR code with your phone camera to open the Upload Documents page
• Choose how to add your work. Use either photos or one PDF; picking one clears the other.
  • Take Photo - use your camera to photograph each page
  • Photo Library - pick photos already on your phone
  • Upload Document - pick a PDF file
• After your first photo, tap Add Page or Add from Library for more pages. ren. combines your photos into one PDF.
• Tap Upload Document (for a PDF) or Upload N pages (for photos) to send it
• Your phone shows Upload Complete. Within a few seconds the dialog on your computer closes, you see File uploaded successfully, and the file appears under Your Submission.

The phone page only takes photos and PDFs, up to 100 MB. Upload Word or PowerPoint files from your computer instead.

Tips for a clean phone scan

• Photograph in good lighting
• Lay your paper flat on a desk
• Make sure the entire page is in frame
• Take one photo per page, in order

Keep the QR code open on your computer

Your computer only picks up the phone upload while the QR code dialog is still open. Don't close it until you see File uploaded successfully. If you closed it by mistake and your file is missing from Your Submission, upload again.

After Submitting

Your uploaded file appears under Your Submission with a status badge:

• Your teacher receives it automatically
• When your teacher starts marking, ren. marks your work first and prepares feedback for your teacher to check
• The badge shows where your submission is:
  • Marking - your work is with your teacher. ren. marks it first, then your teacher checks and adjusts the feedback.
  • Being graded - your teacher has just finished marking and ren. is getting your feedback ready. This is a short step.
  • Finalised (green) - your teacher has released your results and you can view the feedback in full. Your score (e.g. 18/20) shows next to it, unless your teacher has hidden scores.

In your class's Assignments list, the same work shows Submitted, then Being graded, then a green Marked tag with your grade (e.g. Grade: 18/20) once results are released. Work handed in after the due date also shows Late.

Open it from Your Assignments (click View Assignments on your dashboard) while it's still marking and you'll see your work with the Your work is being graded banner:

When will I see my marks?

Your teacher checks the marks first. Until they release results, your work shows Marking and you won't see any marks or comments, even if marking has finished. This is normal.

Once results are released, your submission shows Finalised and appears in Marked Submissions on your dashboard. Open it to read the full feedback; see Viewing Feedback.

Changing your files

You can delete a file (bin icon) or add more files until your teacher starts marking. After that you'll see "Your teacher has started marking this work, so you can no longer change its files." Ask your teacher if you need to change something.

Rejected submissions

A rejected file (e.g. wrong file type, illegible or empty) shows a Rejected badge with a short reason. Think it's a mistake? Contact your teacher; they can upload your work for you.

Submitting Extra Work (Open Submissions)

Want feedback on a practice essay or extra revision work that isn't a set assignment? Use Open submission. You only see it if your school has turned it on.

• Go to the class's Assignments page. (Submit Open Submission on your dashboard takes you to My Classes; pick the class from there.)
• Click Open submission (Submit extra work that isn't a set assignment) to expand it
• Add a Title. This is required.
• Optionally fill in Prompt (optional) with the question or topic
• Click Upload your open submission and add your file. The same file types and size limit apply as for a normal assignment, and you can use Scan QR to upload too. Each open submission takes one file.

You'll see Open submission sent!, and the work appears under Your Open Submissions with a status badge. It goes to your teacher automatically. When your feedback is ready, it appears in Marked Submissions on your dashboard; open it from there. (Clicking it under Your Open Submissions just opens the file you uploaded.)