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Separate advice is provided for students [link] on how to respond to a file request
Create a folder for submissions
Use your browser to create a folder in OneDrive to hold the submitted files. There is no way to create file requests from the OneDrive desktop app.
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Select the destination folder, making sure that the left-hand check icon is highlighted and checked.
Create the file request link or email
Use the Request files link to create the request.
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It is here that you should provide a short, meaningful description of the files required.
Distribute the file request link
You will be prompted to either copy a link which you can distribute to students or to send an email directly.
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Separate advice is provided for students to use the link to upload their files [link].
Viewing the files
Students will be prompted for their name when they upload files. It may be convenient to ask that they add their UCL userid as their first name when they upload files for confident identification of student work. If the student is signed into Office365 when they make the submission, OneDrive will add their name automatically to the file.
When students have uploaded files they will appear straight away in your OneDrive folder.
Deactivate the link after the submission period
In OneDrive, select the folder used for submissions and click on the three dots icon for the folder:
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Clicking on the dross symbol will deactivate the link and close the folder for submissions.
Verify submission times
You can check the submission times for submitted files.
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So that you determine how many versions of a file where submitted and when. You can if you wish view, delete or restore an earlier version of the file by selecting and write clicking.
Submissions in progress at the deadline
If a student’s submission is in progress when a link is deactivated their submission will fail. Any partially uploaded data will appear in the folder and the version history will show that it was submitted after the deadline.