I am not understanding where I submit assignments! And pasting from Word turns out to be garbage. Help!

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You can submit assignment work in two ways, depending on what your instructor will accept: Inline and/or Attachments. Please read below for tips on how to proceed!

Inline Student Submissions

Inline means you type your answer directly into the large white submission box, or copy/paste here from another program. If you want to create your submission directly in the FCK editor box, simply click your cursor in the box and start typing. You can use the editing tools in the toolbar above the box to format your text as desired. If you want to use HTML code, you can switch to the HTML view by clicking on the Source icon in the top left of the toolbar. Remember, however, that you will be working in HTML whether you view the code or not. You are more limited here with layout than you would be in a normal word processing program.
If you decide to create your text in MS Word and copy/paste it into the editor box, here are a few tips:
1) Don't bother formatting the text a lot in Word. It will just get stripped out when pasting into the editor box. 2) Create your work in MS Word and save. Then copy the text you want to submit.
3) Return to your assignment. Don't just paste your copy here into the assignment box. Instead, click on the "W" clipboard icon on the top row of the toolbars above the box. 4) Use the keyboard command (Control+V on PC or Command+V on Mac) to paste the text into the little white box in this separate dialog box. There is no need to click the Clean Up Box. After pasting, just click the OK button at the bottom of the box. 5) Your text will now be pasted into the large white box. All the "ugly" Word code has been stripped. (Plus most of any fancy formatting that you went ahead and did, regardless of what I said above.) 6) If you want to format your text, go ahead and use the tools in the toolbar to do so now.

Why might you want to go to the trouble of creating your submission in Word before pasting it into your assignment?

1. You can save your work in case the Internet connection gets disconnected or some other mishap happens to your submission.
2. It's easier to spell check your work in Word than in the FCK editor.
3. You may already have the words typed in Word for another reason and just want to copy, not retype here for your assignment.

What if you don't use Word, but you use a different word processing program?

If you use a different word processing program, or if you're having trouble using the "W" clipboard, you can use the "T" clipboard instead. Copy the text created in whatever format it is in. Upon returning to your assignment page, click on the "T" clipboard. You'll see a Paste from Text box, very similar to the Word example above. Go ahead and paste your text there and click OK. (Remember to paste using keyboard command.)

If you still have a problem with that, try using the Paste from Clipboard icon (located to the left of the "T" clipboard in screenshot above). Whatever text is on the clipboard will go into the large white box. This is a "last resort" attempt that is rarely, if ever, needed.

Adding an Attachment

If your instructor allows you to submit an attachment as your assignment, this is what you'll see when you click on the Add Attachment button on the assignment page.

• If the document you want to attach is on your computer, click the Browse… button under Upload local file. Then navigate to where the document is, select it and click the OK button. That will put the address for the document in that long white box next to the Browse… button.
• If what you want to attach is a web page on the web, type the URL for the site into the box under URL (link to website).
• If what you want to attach has already been uploaded into your Resources folder, you can click on the folder under Select a resource. In the folder, next to the correct document, click the Attach a copy link.
• When you're done identifying and attaching documents, be sure to click the Finish button at the bottom of the page to return to the Submitting Assignments page. Then you can submit your assignment.

Submitting Your Assignment

When you are finished typing in your submission and/or adding attachments, you still must submit your work. Notice in the example above that there is an Honor Pledge. This is a feature that your instructor may require. If it's there you won't be able to submit your work until you check the little box stating that you did not give or receive aid.

Then click on the Submit button to turn in your assignment. Be sure you're ready to turn it in. Once an assignment has been submitted, you won't be able to submit it again unless your instructor returns it to you for resubmission. You'll have to notify the instructor that you want to do that and he'll have to agree. It's a big hassle. (Believe me, I know from experience that it's better to be sure before submitting the first time than to change your mind the instant after it's too late.)