There are 4 different types of assignments that your instructor might give you:

1. online text,
2. upload a single file,
3. upload multiple files, and
4. offline activity.

1.

If you've done the first 2 assignments in lessons 1 and 2, you've seen the first type, the online text. This version basically asks you to type your answers into an editing box.

At the bottom of the assignment page, you should see a button like this:

Click on that Edit my submission button and you'll get the text editing box:

2
and
3.

Uploading single or multiple files is basically the same procedure.

1. Click on the Browse button, and find the file you want on your computer.
2. Once the file has been selected, it should appear in the textbox. Click on the Upload this file button.
3. You're finished!

4.

Offline Activities are useful when the assignment is performed outside of Moodle. It could be something elsewhere on the web or face-to-face. It could be something as simple as "Read chapters 2 and 3 of your text".

You will be able to see a description of the assignment, but you can't upload files or enter text.

Quizzes come in many forms. There are long, timed midterm and final exams, which might include essay questions along with multiple choice, matching, or true/false questions. There are weekly quizzes that might let you take the quiz over and over until you get a perfect score.

Most quizzes will give you instant feedback, at least on the objective portions of the quiz, as soon as you submit your answers. The essay questions, of course, cannot be graded so quickly and have to wait for your instructor's attention.

You'll see a total score for your attempt:

And for most quizzes, you'll be able to see the details, question by question: