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# Activity Settings

When you add or edit a Case Study activity, the settings form controls all behaviour: who can submit, when, how many times, how grading works, and what notifications are sent.

## Adding the activity to a course

1. Turn editing on in your course.
2. Click Add an activity or resource.
3. Choose Case Study from the list.
4. Fill in the settings and click Save and display.

Selecting Case Study from the Moodle activity chooser

## General

Case Study Name * required

The title students see on the course page and at the top of the activity.

Introduction

An optional description displayed below the activity title. Use this to explain the purpose, expected length, or any contextual information about the case study.

General section of the activity settings form

## Entries

Maximum Entries Per Student

Controls how many separate case study submissions one student may create.

Value | Behaviour
--- | ---
0 (default) | Unlimited — student can create as many submissions as they like
1–50 | Student can create at most this many submissions

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Tip: Set to `1` for a single-submission assessment. Set higher (or to `0`) for portfolio activities where students build multiple entries over time.
Maximum Entries Per Student setting

## Availability

Allow Submissions From

If set, students cannot create a submission before this date and time. Leave blank to allow submissions immediately after the activity is published.

Students will see: "This case study will be available for submissions from [date]."

Due Date

If set, students cannot submit after this date and time. The New Submission button is hidden once the deadline passes.

Students will see: "This case study is no longer accepting submissions. The due date was [date]."

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Validation: The Due Date cannot be earlier than the Allow Submissions From date. Individual students can receive a personal extension via User Overrides.
Availability section — Allow Submissions From and Due Date

## Notifications

These settings control automatic email alerts. See Notifications & Reports for full details of email content.

Notify Graders About Submissions

Value | Behaviour
--- | ---
Yes (default) | Sends an email to all graders when a student clicks Finish and Submit
No | No automatic notification is sent to graders

Email Others

Optional comma-separated list of additional email addresses to notify when a student submits, in addition to assigned graders. Useful for external assessors or coordinators.

Example: `coordinator@example.com, external@partner.org`

Default for "Notify Student"

When this option is enabled, the student will be notified for each submission action. If it is disabled, no notification will be sent.

Value | Behaviour
--- | ---
Yes (default) | Notify student of submission actions
No | No notification is sent to the student

Notifications settings section

## Submission Settings

Require Students to Click Submit Button

Value | Behaviour
--- | ---
Yes (default) | Students must explicitly press Finish and Submit. Until then the work stays as a draft invisible to graders.
No | Submissions are visible to graders as soon as they are saved.

Require Submission Statement

Value | Behaviour
--- | ---
No (default) | No statement required
Yes | Student must tick: "This case study submission is my own work, except where I have properly acknowledged the work of others." before submitting.

Max Resubmission Attempts

How many times a student may resubmit after a grader has requested resubmission.

Value | Meaning
--- | ---
0 | Unlimited resubmissions
1–10 | Maximum number of resubmission rounds allowed

Pre-fill Resubmissions with Previous Data

Value | Behaviour
--- | ---
Yes (default) | When a student starts a resubmission, the form is pre-populated with their previous answers so they can edit and improve
No | Resubmission form starts completely blank

Submission Settings — submit button, statement, attempts and pre-fill options

## Grading

Grade

Choose the grading scale: None (ungraded), Scale (custom scale e.g. Pass/Fail), or Point (numeric with a maximum). The grade appears in the Moodle gradebook column for this activity.

Hide Grader Identity from Students

Value | Behaviour
--- | ---
No (default) | Students see the name of the person who graded their submission
Yes | Grader's name is hidden from students in feedback and notifications

Grader Information

A rich text area visible only to graders while they are marking — students cannot see this. Use it for:

- Marking criteria or rubric
- Internal notes or instructions for markers
- Links to relevant grading resources

Grading section of the settings form

## Completion Conditions

These settings define when a student is considered to have completed this activity for Moodle course-completion tracking. See the dedicated Completion Rules page for full details and examples.

Completion Conditions — total satisfactory and category-based rules
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After saving, add fields before students can submit. If no fields are configured, students will see a message that the activity is not yet ready.