Adding user overrides to a Moodle assignment

Adding user overrides to a Moodle assignment

There may be some instances where you need to allow a specific student or students extra time on a Moodle ‘Assignment’. This is usually to meet any Modified Assessment Provision (MAP) as students may be entitled to. This can be done by adding a ‘User override’ to the ‘Assignment’ settings.

To add a ‘User override’ to a Moodle ‘Assignment’, please follow the steps below:

1. Sign in to your Moodle account and then select the course where your assignment is located.
2. Click on the URL link of the assignment to open it on a new page.

3. Please click on view all submissions

4. A new page would open up where you would need to click on the ‘Add user override’ button.

5. You would be directed to the settings page where you can modify the time frame for some of the students who require additional time.

• The next three options refer to the timeframe of the activity, therefore, to provide additional time for a student, you would need to change the ‘Due date’ and the ‘Cut-off date’. In this case, the assignment is open for 24 hours, but this student would get 72 hours instead to meet the Modified Assessment Provision (MAP).

• Lastly, click on the ‘Save’ or on the ‘Save and enter another override’ button to save the process. Please keep in mind that you need to repeat the same process for each student to whom you would like to give additional time.

You can always go back and edit the settings for these students by clicking on the cogwheel icon that appears next to them.

Additional restrict access setting needed

Restrict access settings
In addition to setting the ‘allow from/due dates and cut off dates’ in the availability section, you need to also add a date restriction in the restrict access section. in this section, use the date option to set a date when the assignment link will become visible from (this should match your ‘allow from’ date in the availability section).

You must set this extra restriction in addition to the ‘allow from’ date otherwise students may see any exam papers you have added to the additional files section. Please do not set a date to hide the link in the restrict access section. You should only set a ‘from’ date here. You could also manually show/hide the activity to control the visibility of the link, but must remember to unhide the link manually at the start time if you use this method.

Choose to add a restriction by date

Don’t add any further restrictions at this stage