Help Center: Using Quick Submit

Instructors can use the Quick Submit tool to submit papers without creating classes and assignments. To be used, Quick Submit must first be activated through the instructor's user info.

How to activate Quick Submit

The user info tab at the top of the screen

1. Click the user info tab at the top of the screen

The activate quick submit pull down menu with yes selected

2. Select "yes" from the "Activate Quick Submit" pull down menu

The submit button

3. Click submit to finalize the changes

Once Quick Submit has been activated instructors can access Quick Submit through the Quick Submit tab that will appear on their homepage.

How to submit through Quick Submit

The quick submit tab on the instructors homepage

1. Click the Quick Submit tab

The submit button in the upper right hand corner

2. Click the submit button in the upper right hand corner

The database selection with check boxes next to each database

3. Select the databases you would like the document compared to and click submit

The author first name, last name and submission title fields

4. Enter the author's first name, last name and the paper title for the submission in the appropriate fields

The browse button

5. Click browse to find the file on your computer

The open button

6. Find the file on your computer and click open

The submit button

7. Click submit

The yes, submit button

8. Review the file and click "yes, submit" to finalize the submission

Additional Information

  • Users must be joined to an account as an instructor to activate Quick Submit.
  • To access the Quick Submit inbox and view papers submitted to Quick Submit, instructors will need to click on the Quick Submit tab.
  • Papers submitted through Quick Submit cannot be excluded from the student paper database.
  • When submitting to Quick Submit, if no database is selected to be searched against, no Originality Report will be generated for the submission.
  • Neither GradeMark® nor GradeBook can be used for papers submitted to Quick Submit.
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