[Assignments] Submit an assignment on behalf of a student

[CommunityTeam]

This idea has been developed and deployed to Canvas

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As an instructor, I'd like the option to submit assignments on behalf of my students. This feature should enable me to pick a file from my computer and upload it as a submission for a given student. I should then be able to assess the submission just as if the student had submitted it themselves. A note should appear somewhere that indicates I submitted the assignment on behalf of my student. This would help me in cases where, for instance, my students submit an assignment on paper or the submission is a performance (a speech or presentation) that I capture on video.

transferred from the old Community

Originally posted by: Bill Hanna
Special thanks for contributions by: Paul Gibbons, Sydney Cheek-O'Donnell, Kona Jones, Stefanie Sanders

[AKwan]

Yes, please create a solution for this option.  It would be very helpful for teachers to be able to upload an assignment for a student.

[kim_wine]

I need this for my students who struggle with uploading their videos. I have been attaching their work as a comment in Speedgrader, but that doesn't get rid of it and the parents think they didn't do it. 

[truskell]

Yes, please!  This would be super-useful.

[jonna_radegard]

I think this would be great. Please make it possible. 

[mueller]

This is essential for many different reasons / situations. And feature of other VLE's, so should not be difficult to instigate.

[MNovak957]

Yes! This is such an annoyance when a student emails instead of submitting themselves. To be able to add an assignment on behalf of a student (especially for assignments in Canvas linked to Portfolium because they far too often have problems submitting these and just email me directly then I have to work with them to get them to submit it themselves.

[TAMU_JG]

Yes, please add this feature. I experience students emailing me their submission  because they had access issues about a dozen times per class per semester. 

[bryan_tayman]

Yes!   YES!!   YEEEESSSSSS!   : )

I always have a few who email me their assignment.   I'd like love the option to submit assignments on behalf of my students. 

[trolson]

YES.

??!!??!! WHEN !!??!!??

[cdona]

This discussion about the need for this improvement has been going on since 2015.  PLEASE add this feature.