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When you click an assignment in Moodle, you should see an Add submission button.

If that button doesn’t appear, it could be that the assignment is either not yet accepting submissions or has stopped accepting them based on dates that the instructor has set.

If the assignment accepts submissions only after a specified date, and you try to submit too early, the submission page won’t show an option to submit but instead will note the start date for the assignment.

If a cut-off date for the assignment is enabled, late submissions won’t be accepted. Instead, you’ll see this message on the Submission status page:

If you submit after the due date to an assignment that does accept late submissions, the Submission status page will note that the submission is overdue.

If none of these are the case, contact your instructor or Client Services for more help.

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Assignment module

• Managing activities
• External tool

The assignment module allows teachers to collect work from students, review it and provide feedback including grades. The work students submit is visible only to the teacher and not to the other students unless a a group assignment is selected.

• Assignment settings
• Using Assignment
• Assignment FAQ
• Assignment upgrade tool

Students can submit any digital content (files), including, for example, word-processed documents, spreadsheets, images, audio and video clips. Assignments don't necessarily have to consist of file uploads. Alternatively, teachers can ask students to type directly into a text field in Moodle. Or they can ask student to do both, upload a file or files and type text directly into Moodle. An assignment activity can also be set up to not accept any student submissions and serve as a reminder to students of a 'real-world' assignment they need to complete and to record grades in Moodle for activities that don't have an online component.

An assignment has an 'available from' date before which no students can submit anything, and a due date, after which teachers can choose not to accept submissions any more.

Markers can choose to be notified every time a student submits an assignment, or only for late submissions. Markers can choose to give students feedback in the form of text or uploaded files.

• Workshop module allows peer to peer evaluations
• Activity modules

Overridden assignment grade prevents user submissions.

• Resolution: Fixed
• Fix Version/s: 2.4.6 , 2.5.2
• Affects Version/s: 2.3.1
• Component/s: Assignment
• Affected Branches: MOODLE_23_STABLE
• Fixed Branches: MOODLE_24_STABLE, MOODLE_25_STABLE
• Pull from Repository: git://github.com/damyon/moodle.git
• Pull Main Branch: MDL-34989 -master
• Pull Main Diff URL: https://github.com/damyon/moodle/compare/84522488819a4eacbc15612fa9db1c897ca649c8...MDL-34989-master
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• Enter gradebook, enter a grade override for a student in that assign.
• Become that student and try and submit to the assignment - you should be able to.

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If you have an assign item, and you override a grade in the gradebook, the student becomes unable to make any submissions.

This is non-intuitive, and not consistent with the behavior in 2.2

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Many classes at BCC, especially online classes, will require you to submit your student work electronically through our Moodle Learning Management System. Submitting work is easy, the steps below will show how.

Note: Make sure you are logged into your Moodle course and have navigated to the assignment before beginning these instructions. If you need help logging into your Moodle course, please see our article on How to Log Into Moodle .

• The Assignment screen will appear showing instructions and your Submission status (date submitted, grade, etc.) for this assignment. Read the assignment instructions as each assignment may be different and you don't want to miss important information from your professor.
• Open a word-processing program such as Word, type your assignment as your professor instructed, and save it to your computer.

Note: If you are submitting the assignment late the " Add submission " button may not appear as some instructors do not accept late assignments. If this is the case contact your instructor to discuss next steps.

• Click on Upload a file , then click Browse .

Note: Keep going! Your work is not submitted quite yet!

You may click the Edit submission button to add or replace uploaded files before finalizing.

Note: Once you click "Continue" you will not be able to make any more changes.

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What does the assignment activity do.

The Assignment activity enables a lecturer to communicate tasks, collect work a s well as provide grades and feedback.

Students can submit any digital content (files), such as word-processed documents, spreadsheets, images, or audio and video clips. Alternatively, or in addition, the assignment may require students to type text directly into the text editor. An assignment can also be used to remind students of 'real-world' assignments they need to complete offline, such as art work, and thus not require any digital content. Students can submit work individually or as a member of a group.

When reviewing assignments, teachers can leave feedback comments and upload files, such as marked-up student submissions, documents with comments or spoken audio feedback. Assignments can be graded using a numerical or custom scale or an advanced grading method such as a rubric. Final grades are recorded in the Gradebook.

Are you unsure if you should use Moodle assignment or Turnitin to help deliver and manage student assessments? Check out our comparison guide to help you decide which tool is more suitable.

Adding an Assignment

Before you can make any changes to your Moodle site content, you must first enable editing . To do this, click on t he 'Edit mode' butt on located at the top right of the page.

With editing enabled, you will see in each topic the following button :

Click the Assignment icon from the list to add. You can find more information about assignments by clicking "Explore this tool".

Step 4 – General settings

You will now see the 'Adding a new Assignment' page. Give your assignment a name, assessment type and weighting here . You can also add a description , and choose whether to display it on the course page (if not, students will only see it when clicking on the assignment) .

You should provide instructions for students in the ' Activity instructions ' and have the option to add relevant files below this.

Step 5 – Availability settings

Next, there are a range of settings you can alter, starting with t he Availability section , which are explained below:

Allow submissions from – this allows you to set the start date for the assignment, when the students are able to submit work.

Due Date – this allows you to set when the Assignment is due for hand in.

Cut-off date – this is the cut-off for hand - ins. It allows for students to hand in after the due date, but highlights to the marker if there was a late submission. The assignment will not accept submissions or allow edits after this time.

Always show description – if disabled, the Assignment description in the G eneral settings will only be visible to the students on the “allow submission from” date.

Step 6 – Submission types settings

The Submission types section has a range of options below . F or most assignments the default settings will be best .

Submission Types – you may choose between allowing students to submit files (default) or type directly into a text box on Moodle (with word limit).

Maximum number of uploaded files – allows you to set the maximum number of files a student can upload for their submission.

Maximum submission size – change the maximum size of the file students can submit.

Step 7 – Feedback types settings

The Feedback types section has a range of options to set how you would like to give feedback to students:

Feedback comments - allows you to add comments to each submission.

Annotate PDF - creates a PDF of the students work, allowing comments, drawings and stamps to be placed directly on top of a students work. This is browser based, so no extra software is needed.

Offline grading worksheet - allows for a CSV (comma separated value) file to be downloaded. It should open within Excel and allow the academic to edit the grades and add feedback comments. These can then be uploaded back into Moodle, where it will automatically populate the correct students' grading area.

Feedback files - allows you to upload a file with feedback in and attach to each submission.

Comment inline – if enabled, the submission text will be copied into the feedback comment field during grading, making it easier to comment inline (using a different colour, perhaps) or to edit the original text.

Step 8 – Submission settings

Under the Submission settings section, you can choose how you want the students to submit the work. Different combinations of these settings allow for different types of assignment:

Require students to click the submit button – if enabled, students will have to click a submit button to declare their work as final. This allows students to keep a draft version of the submission on the system. If the setting is changed from No to Yes after hand-ins have been made, those submissions will be regarded as final.

Require that students accept the submission statement – students must agree to a predefined statement stating the work is their own and does not contain any plagiarism.

Additional attempts – determines how student submission attempts are managed . The available options are:

Never – Only one attempt is permitted.

Manually – A lecturer can manually set specific students to be given a further attempt at submission.

Automatically until pass – Students are automatically given further att empts at submissions until the y achieve the G rade to pass value set in the Grade section for this assignment.

Steps 9 - 13

Group submission settings.

The Group submission section has a range of options to select:

Students submit in groups – when enabled, students will be divided into groups based on the default set of groups or a custom grouping. A group submission will be shared among group members and all members of the group will see each others' changes to the submission.

Require all group members submit – if this is enabled, all the members of the group must click the submit button for the submission to be considered. If disabled, the group submission will be considered as submitted as soon as any member of the student group clicks the submit button.

Grouping for student groups – this is the grouping that the assignment will use to find groups for the student groups. If this is not set, the default groups will be used.

Notifications settings

Notify graders about submission s – if this setting is enabled, the grader (usually the lecturer) will receive a message whenever a student submits an assignment. The message methods are configurable.

Notify graders about late submission – if this is enabled, it will email the graders (lecturers) when work is submitted after the due date.

Grade settings

The Grade area allows you to choose the maximum grade available for an assignment . In addition:

The Grading Method allows you to choose a standard grading option: Simple direct gradin g , a Rubric or a Marking Guide. By selecting the Rubric or Marking Guide and then sav ing the Assignment, an option to create the rubric or marking guide will appear. (These will be produced as separate guides.)

Additional settings can be altered to set a pass grade, allow anonymous submissions from students or hide the identity of the grader.

Common module settings

The Common module settings relate to the groups and grouping selection for the Assignment.

Please see the separate online guide on Groups and Groupings for a more detailed explanation.

Restrict access settings

The Restrict access section allows for the overall resource to be hidden or released to a student defined by either a date or grade condition. Click Add restriction to display 5 options:

Activity Completion - require students to complete (or not complete) another activity

Date – prevent access until/or after a specified date / time

Grade – require students to achieve a specific grade on another activity before proceeding

User profile – this section allows you to define access by a user ID, name or a range of other fields that are available for a user to complete

Restriction set – this allows you to add a set of nested restrictions to apply complex logic

For example, you can choose to release the assignment to students on a certain date, but to only those who have ach ie ved a certain grade on a previous assignment.

Additionally, toggling the eye icon to the left-hand side of each restriction allows you to choose to have the resource:

Greyed out when the student can’t access it, so that they can see it but not attempt it.

Completely hidden, until the student has met your set criteria.

When you are finished, click o n ' Save and return to course ' button.

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• 11.2 Viewing and Managing Submitted Assignments
• 11.3 Downloading Submitted Assignments
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• 11.5 Giving Assignment Feedback by Annotate PDF
• 11.6 Giving Assignment Feedback One by One
• 11.7 Marking Assignment on iPad (via OneDrive App)
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Clicking the Assignment link on the Course Page to enter the Assignment Summary Page .

11.2.1(a) View All Submissions

11.2.1(b) view all submissions (with turnitin plagiarism plugin) **new**, 11.2.2 lock submissions, 11.2.3 download submission summary in excel file, 11.2.4 enable group mode.

1 On the Assignment Summary Page , click the button View all submissions .

• Download all submissions : Download all students' original submitted files (For having more download templates, please refer to 11.3 Downloading Submitted Assignments ).
• Download grading worksheet : Download students' submission records with Student Full Name , Student ID , Submission Status , and Submission Time . (For details, please refer to 11.2.3 Download Submission Summary in Excel File )
• Upload multiple feedback files in z zip : Getting a template zip file for bulk uploading feedback files. Please refer to 11.4 Bulk Upload Feedback Files for details.
• View gradebook : Go to Course Grade Book .
• Title : On CPCE Moodle, all students with title "Student", academic staff and administrative staff with title "Staff". In teaching courses, there are guest student accounts with title "Guest Student".
• Fullname : Students' lastname + firstname / English name.

4 Column heading : Click to column heading in blue for sorting submissions in ascending or descending.

5 By checking the selection boxes (choose some of the submissions / all submissions), choose actions in 6 and 7

• Lock submissions : To prevent the submission changes by students.
• Unlock submissions : To resume the submission changes by students.
• Download selected submissions : Download some students' original submitted files (Each student submission is put in a separate folder).
• Grant extension : Extend the assignment deadline to particular students.
• Send feedback files : To upload the same feedback files to selected students.
• Set marking workflow state : When adopted "Using marking workflow", set the status of teachers' feedback / grades.

7 With selected users send a local mail ... : Select particular students as Moodle Mail recipients and send a message (To All / CC All / BCC All ). Please refer to 6 Moodle Mail for details.

• Show all students' submissions on one page.
• Apply filter "Not submitted".
• Select all students who did not submit assignments
• Choose "To All / CC All / BCC All" in "With selected users send a local mail ..."

8 Assignment per page : Number of students' submissions display on one page.

• No filter : Listing all students submissions.
• Not submitted
• Requires grading
• Granted extension

10 Workflow filter (refer to Marking workflow status ) : No filter / Not marked / In marking / Marking completed / In review / Ready for release / Released.

• Update grade : update the grade of this submission.
• Prevent submission changes : Prevent the changes of this submission.
• Edit submission : Edit the submitted file / Add a new file to this assignment on behalf of the student.
• Grant extension : Extend the assignment deadline to this submission.

12 Grade this submission by adding Grades , Feedback Comments and Feedback Files .

11.2.1(b) View All Submissions (with Turnitin Plagiarism Plugin)

13 (If enabled Turnitin) Turnitin ID : A reference number of the Turnitin submission. "Turnitin status: Queued" : The file has sent out, but have NOT submitted to Turnitin.

Note If there are two or more files can be submitted to this assignment, each file will has a independant Paper ID and Similarity Report. For resubmissions, the paper IDs will be regenerated every time. If there is one file can be submitted to this assignment, the paper ID will NOT be changed for resubmissions.

Note If the student did NOT accept the Turnitin End User License Agreement , the file will NOT be submitted to Turnitin. when moust hover the "icon", a message will be shown " This file has not been submitted to Turnitin because the user has not accepted the Turnitin End User Licence Agreement. ".

14 (If enabled Turnitin) Similarity Percentage : A percentage indicating the overall similarity of the paper. Click the Similarity Percentage to open the Similarity Report. The Similarity Report is pending if the % is NOT shown on the page.

15 (If enabled Turnitin) GradeMark : Go to the "Turnitin Feedback Studio" to give feedback. For details, please refer to [ Giving Feedback on Turnitin User Guide ].

Note To allow students to view the feedback on Turnitin, teachers need to change the "Marking workflow state" to "Released" (same function as the "Post Date" in Turnitin Assignment ). For details, please refer to [ 11.4.5 Releasing Feedback Files and Grades to Students ] (including the Feedback on Turnitin).

Note For downloading the marked assignments on Turnitin, teachers need to go to the "Turnitin Feedback Studio" to get the files one by one .

• The student has not viewed this paper.
• The student viewed the paper on: dddd, d mmmm yyyy, H:MM AM/PM

17 (If enabled Turnitin) Refresh Submissions (on the page of "Edit settings") : Synchronising data from Turnitin Server.

Note Cut-off Date : If enabled, NO late submission can be made after this date. After the Due Date and before the Cut-off Date, students can modify their submissions unless their submission have been locked by teachers.

2 Choose "All" for "Assignment per page" : Display all assignment submission records into one page.

3 Choose "Submitted" for "Filter" : Only show the submitted records.

4 Click the box to select all submission records. (Ensure all students are shown on the list, including "All" for the Title and Fullname filtering which located on the top of the page.)

5 Choose " Lock submissions " for " With selected ... ".

6 Click the button " Go " to confirm.

7 Press the button " OK " for Lock all selected submissions? .

8 The students' submission status will be shown as " Submission changes not allowed " .

A message "This assignment is not accepting submissions" will be shown under Submission status .

Note By default, the "Offline grading worksheet" has enabled in the Assignment Settings.

2 Choose Download grading worksheet .

3 The csv file including Student Full Name , Student ID , Submission Status , and Submission Time . Teachers can save this file into excel format .xlsx for further editing.

Group Mode = "Seperate group" : Filtering students' submission records by different groups for checking submission summary and downloading submitted files. The group "All participants" is containing all the students in the course.

Note For the details about "Group Mode", please refer to 13.5 Group Mode

1 On the Assignment Summary Page , click the "Edit" icon on the top right corner.

2 Choose Edit settings .

3 Go to Common module settings , set the "Group mode" be " Separate groups ".

4 Press the " Save and display " button to save the change.

5 On the Assignment Summary page / View All Submission page , choose one group for filtering the submission records.

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The Assignment activity lets instructors communicate tasks, collect work, set due dates, and provide feedback and grades.

Students may submit digital files (such as word-processed documents, spreadsheets, images, or audio and video clips), or type text directly into a text submission box. Assignment activities can also be used to describe and grade work students will complete offline, such as art work, performances, or classroom presentations.

When reviewing assignment submissions, instructors can leave feedback comments or upload files such as marked-up student submissions, documents with comments, or spoken audio feedback. Assignments can be graded using points, a custom scale, or a rubric or grading guide. Grades entered on the Assignment grading page are added to the Moodle Gradebook ( For details, see Grade Assignments in Moodle) .

Note: Alternatively, you can create a Turnitin assignment, a separate option in the Add an activity or resource popup. For more information, see Turnitin in Moodle - an Overview . With Turnitin assignments, students upload papers to a separate inbox on the Turnitin server where they can be evaluated for originality.

• Locate the Section where you want to add the assignment. (If the section is collapsed, click the Arrow icon above the section name to expand the section.) At the bottom of the section, click +Add an activity or resource. The Add an activity or resource pop-up will open showing a tile for each available item. Note : By default, the pop-up opens to All and shows all activities and resources. If you have starred favorite activities or resources, the panel will open to Starred . To view only activities, at the top of the pop-up, click Activities .

• Click Save and return to course to return to your main course page or Save and display to view the assignment page.
• Assignment name (required) This name displays as a link on your course page. Use something unique that clearly identifies this assignment from other course activities. We recommend keeping the name short.
• Description (optional) Enter a summary of the assignment and instructions. Select Display description on course page to also display the description underneath the assignment link on your course page. (This works best if the description is very concise).
• Additional files (optional) Drag and drop files into the upload field to append the file to the assignment Description .

Availability

Select the corresponding Enable check box to set a date and time for

• Allow submissions from Determines when students can begin to submit to the assignment.
• Due date Determines when the assignment is due. The due date will show in the course Calendar and within the Activities block .
• Cut-off date Determine when the assignment will no longer accept submissions. (You can manually Grant Extensions Beyond the Cut-off Date to specific students if they need to submit after the cut-off date.)

Submission types

• Online text to allow students to enter text directly into an editor
• File submissions to allow students to upload one or more files
• Maximum number of uploaded files If file submissions are enabled, each student will be able to upload up to the set number of files for their submission.
• Maximum submission size If file submissions are enabled, each upload cannot exceed this size. (If a student can upload multiple files, and uploads files at different times, the total can exceed the set size.)
• Accepted file types To limit submissions to specific file types, click Choose . A pop up window containing a list of file type options will open. Select the allowed file types for submissions by clicking the check box next to each option, then click Save changes .

Feedback types

• Feedback comments If enabled, graders can provide written feedback for each submission. These comments are from the grader to the student.
• Feedback files If enabled, graders can upload files containing feedback when marking assignments. For example, you can upload marked up student submissions, documents with comments, or spoken audio feedback.
• Offline grading worksheet If enabled, graders can download a spreadsheet to later enter grades without having to be logged in to Moodle. This can be useful if you anticipate grading while disconnected from the Internet. For details, see Offline Grading for Moodle Assignment Submissions .
• Comment inline If enabled, the submission text will be copied into the feedback comment field during grading, making it easier to comment inline or to edit the original text.

Submission settings

• Require students to click submit button If enabled, students will have to click a Submit assignment button to declare their submission as final. Requiring that students affirmatively submit this way allows students to keep a draft version of the submission on the system. Note : If this setting is changed from No to Yes after students have made submissions, the existing submissions will be regarded as final.
• Require that students accept the submission statement If enabled, students will be shown a statement that declares they are submitting their own original work. They must accept the statement before their submission is processed.
• Attempts reopened If set to Manually , the student's submission can be reopened by a teacher. If set to Automatically until pass , the student's submission is automatically reopened until the student achieves a passing grade (defined under Grade ).
• Maximum attempts The maximum number of submissions allower per student. After this number of attempts has been made, the student's submission cannot be reopened.

Group submission settings

• Students submit in groups If enabled, students submit work together in groups rather than individually. For example, a group of students can submit one file that contains the joint work of the group. See Configure & Grade Group Assignments in Moodle .
• Require all group members submit If enabled, all students in a group must individually click their Submit assignment button in order to acknowledge that they are signing off on their group's joint submission. Note:  This option is available only if both the Students submit in groups and  Require students select submit button options are enabled.
• Grouping for student groups If Students submit in groups  is enabled, this option shows which grouping has been selected in the Common module settings  (see below).

Notifications

• Notify graders about submissions If enabled, instructors and TAs will receive an email alert whenever a student makes a submission. (This may not be manageable in a class with a large number of students.)
• Notify graders about late submissions If enabled, instructors and TAs will receive an email alert whenever a submission is made after the due date.
• Default setting for "Notify students" If enabled, the default setting for notifying students when grades are released will be set in the assignment grading interface. This can be changed manually during grading. For more information, see Grading Workflow and Allocation for Moodle Assignments .

Note : Students always receive an email confirmation after making a successful submission.

• None – The assignment will be ungraded and worth no points.
• Point – Grade out of a simple number of maximum points. Enter the maximum possible score for the assignment in the Maximum points field.
• Scale – Select a preset or custom scale from the Scale drop-down. (See Standard & Custom Grading Scales in Moodle .)
• Grading method Choose S imple direct grading, Grading guide or Rubric to grade the assignment. See Grade with Rubrics or Grading Guides in Moodle , to learn about using advanced grading methods.
• Grade category Select a Category in your gradebook under which you would like the assignment grade to be placed. See Grade Categories Options in the Moodle for instructions on how to create a category in your gradebook.
• Blind grading If enabled, instructors and TAs will not see student names when grading submissions. For details, see Blind Grading for Moodle Assignment Submissions . For instructions on how to download all submissions for an assignment, see Download Student Submissions from a Moodle Assignment . For more information on grading, see Grade Assignments in Moodle .
• Use grading workflow When enabled, grading an assignment goes through a series of workflow stages:  Not graded, In grading, Grading completed, In review, Ready for release,  and  Released. For more information, see Advanced Grading Workflow and Allocation for Moodle Assignments.
• Use grading allocation When both  Use grading workflow  and  Use grading allocation  are enabled, instructors can assign specific graders to grade specific students. For details, see Grading Workflow and Allocation for Moodle Assignments .

Common module settings

• Availability Set whether or not an assignment is visible to students. By default, new assignments are set to Show on course page . (This is comparable to using the Hide/Show icon for the activity on your course page.)
• ID number Setting an ID number identifies the activity for grade calculation purposes. See Custom Grade Formulas in he Moodle Gradebook .
• Group mode, Grouping These options let you restrict the assignment to particular groups of students you have already created in Moodle. For details, see Assign an Activity to a Group or Grouping in Moodle .

Restrict access

Use Restrict Access settings with care, and check for conflicts with other settings you may have made for the activity. Some settings may prevent students from accessing restricted content, including grades and due dates.

To add restrictions on accessing the activity, click Add restriction ... The  Add restriction  window will open, containing the following options:

• Date – prevents access until (or from) a specified date and time
• Grade – requires students achieve a specified grade
• User profile – controls access based on fields within the student’s profile
• Restriction set – adds a set of nested restrictions to apply complex logic

If you have groups in your course, you will see the following additional options:

• Group – allows or prevents access to students who belong to a specified group, or all groups
• Grouping – allows or prevents access to students who belong to a group within a specified grouping

For more on controlling access to activities see Control Access to Resources and Activities in Moodle .

While it is possible to edit the content or setup options for an existing assignment, proceed with caution if the assignment has already been released to students—especially if students have already submitted work. Changing some options, such as changing participants when working with groups, may result in student confusion and the loss of work that has already been submitted.

To change the content or options for an assignment you have already created:

• Next to the Assignment to update, click Edit , then select Edit Settings . The assignment's Updating Assignment page will open.
• The Updating Assignment page contains the same options available on the Adding a new Assignment page. Here you may change your assignment options as needed, including changing the due date, grading information, and availability of the assignment.
• After you have finished making the necessary changes, click Save and return to course to return to your main course page or Save and display to view the assignment page.

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IT Service Desk Thanksgiving Recess Hours

• Wednesday, 11/22 and Friday, 11/24 : Email/chat, phone, and in-person support available 8:30 a.m. - 5 p.m.
• Thursday, 11/23 : IT Service Desk closed
• Email and Chat Support 8:30 a.m. - 9:45 p.m. Monday - Friday 10 a.m. - 10 p.m. Saturdays & Sunday
• Phone Support | 413-545-9400 8:30 a.m. - 4:45 p.m. Monday - Friday
• In-Person Support ( Campus Center ) 8:30 a.m. - 7:45 p.m. Monday - Friday No appointment necessary. Walk-ins and calls accepted until 15 minutes before closing.
• Computer, Phone & Other Device Repairs