When the drafts are not going to be graded, we recommend adding a Journal activity to your classroom. The advantages are:

    • Submissions are viewable by the student and the teacher, but no one else
    • Submissions can be edited multiple times
    • Both students and instructors can add other comments

Configure the Journal by:

  1. "Turn on Editing"
  2. "Add and Activity or Resource"
  3. Click "Journal"
  4. Add a title, description (repeat the sharing configuration in the description), set the days open if needed, and set the grade to "None"

    screenshot of the add a new journal item interface

  5. Students will submit using the directions specified here.
  6. To view drafts, follow the link to the Journal activity on the Moodle course page, then click to "View entries"

    screenshot of the view entries link in the journal activity

  7. If they follow the directions, then you will see their Google Workspaces files displayed in the Journal entry in Moodle.

    screenshot of a Google document embedded in a Journal entry

  8. As the instructor, you can make comments directly in the Google Document from Moodle. 
  9. Students will see your comments in Moodle as well:

    screenshot of a Google document with comment in a Moodle Journal from the student's view

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