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Enter the Moodle class and turn on Edit mode
Add a "Student Folder" activity
Provide the name of the activity (e.g. Seminar Papers)
Mode: most people will select "students can upload documents", but select "documents from an assignment" if you want to import files from an existing Moodle assignment
If you are taking documents from an assignment, you will need to specify the assignment and whether you want to ask the students for permission before posting
Approved by Default: do you want to allow students to post files and have them visible to all students automatically or do you want to approve student uploads? Select "Yes" if you want the documents to show to other students immediately. Select "No" if you want to manually approve the documents before other students can see them.
Timeslot for Upload/Approval: You can determine the period of time during which students can upload files. Set the times (or uncheck the times if you don't have a set start and end date)
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