Hi, It is not possible to submit on behalf of a student. The suggestion to ask the student to attach as a comment is feasible, however I then find it leads to a lot of students submitting as comments, sometimes weeks later -- my policy is it should be submitted "properly" in order to be assessed and comments are only to be used for clarifications. There is the option to adjust due dates for single students; this has been my workaround for late submissions (especially in the situation mentioned with a timed exam) where I give students a certain timeframe to upload their new document. This can be set up on the assignment page. ... View more

@colona2 , would there be any way to lock the due dates and times on the assignments?  It seems when we put them into the Commons, they lose those settings.   On the other hand, when we do a Blueprint course, it over-writes the course home page with the one from the Blueprint.  Our instructor already have home pages, so we do not want to over-write their current content.  Just add the Module & Assignment group to their course.  Thanks so much for all of the helpful content!  ... View more

Thank you for your quick reply. Thanks for confirming that "+ add" will not solve my problem.  Unfortunately, the solution you propose will lead to 24 columns in the gradebook for this one assignment. I'll have to just open this to everyone in the course, not just restrict students communicating with their own section. Thanks again ... View more