Hand in a file (upload tasks)

What does this do?

A task type where pupils attach their work instead of typing an answer — the digital equivalent of handing in an exercise book. A photo of handwritten working, a Word document, a PowerPoint, a spreadsheet, a Scratch project, a PDF: almost anything, up to 5 MB per file. Programs and files that run when opened are refused, so you can open a pupil's work safely. You choose how many files they may attach, and you mark these yourself: Classfolio never sends a handed-in file to an AI model.

When should I use it?

Use it whenever the work is a file rather than typed text — a labelled sketch, a page of algebra, a presentation, a Scratch project, a photograph of a practical set-up, a scanned worksheet. If you want a typed answer you can mark automatically, use a short answer or written response instead.

How do I use it?

1. 1Ask a school admin to switch on pupil file uploads for assignments in School Admin → Settings. This is off until someone turns it on, and it is a separate setting from Class Space uploads.
2. 2In the assignment editor, add a task and choose Hand in a file.
3. 3Write the prompt exactly as you would say it — “Photograph your completed circuit and upload it” beats “Upload evidence”.
4. 4Set how many files they may attach. Leave the type as Any file unless you specifically want photos or a PDF.
5. 5Set the marks. You will award them yourself when you look at the work.
6. 6Deploy as usual. If uploads are switched off for your school, readiness will block the deploy and tell you why.
7. 7Mark from the results page — photographs appear inline beside the mark box, and other files can be opened or downloaded.

Common mistakes

• Adding an upload task before a school admin has switched pupil uploads on — you can build it, but the deploy is blocked until they do.
• Expecting AI marking on it. There is none, deliberately: the marker is a text model and never sees the file, so it would be awarding marks for work it has not looked at.
• Narrowing the file type when you did not need to. Any file is the default for a reason — restricting it to photos will refuse the PowerPoint a pupil was told to make.
• Asking for something over 5 MB. A large video or an image-heavy deck may exceed it; ask pupils to compress or to hand in a PDF export.
• Using it on a printed pack. An upload task cannot be printed — pupils need the online version to hand anything in.
• Assuming other pupils can see the work. They cannot: a handed-in file is visible only to the teachers who mark that class. That is what makes it different from a Class Space attachment.

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