June 2026 — Submitty/Submitty: Delivered user-facing submission limit warnings with banners for file count, file size, and penalties; UI disables the Submit button when limits are exceeded, reducing submission errors and improving user experience. This work closes issue #12413 and was implemented via frontend UI/UX changes with the associated commit af377860daef66ba03122f22387c1f5209282529. No major bugs fixed this month; Cypress-based validation planning has begun to ensure reliability in production. Co-authored by Shubh Jaiswal and Garvit Khandelwal.

Month: 2026-05 — Submitty/Submitty 1) Key features delivered: - No File Rubric Grading: TAs now receive submissions alongside students when this mode is used, ensuring graders have access to submissions in a timely manner. 2) Major bugs fixed: - Fixed a bug where TAs did not receive submissions with the No File Rubric Grading feature. This fix ensures all course-registered graders have access to submissions. - Commit: a0ab91a1b4ba0a2367bbcf5debd66a7228170b78 (PR #12812). 3) Overall impact and accomplishments: - Restored correct role-based access in the bulk upload grading workflow, improving the reliability of grading operations and reducing support overhead. - Strengthened collaboration between instructors, TAs, and students by ensuring consistent access controls across grader roles. 4) Technologies/skills demonstrated: - Submission routing and role-based access controls in the grading subsystem. - End-to-end validation of the bulk upload grading flow. - Code review, changelog/documentation integration, and alignment with automated testing practices.

April 2026 monthly summary focused on delivering No File Rubric Grading and team-based bulk grading workflows, with strong emphasis on documentation, cross-repo collaboration, and enabling scalable rubric-based assessment. Key outcomes include comprehensive documentation for No File Rubric Grading in SubmittyHub.io, and core feature enhancement in Submitty to generate placeholder team submissions for bulk grading. These efforts reduce instructor workload, increase grading consistency, and support scalable grading for team-based coursework.

February 2026: Delivered a feature enhancement in Submitty/Submitty for gradeable submissions via the Submit-by-Git workflow. The change adds a dedicated messaging block beneath the git clone line, including clear instructions on authentication tokens and repository access steps. This reduces submission errors and onboarding friction for instructors and students using the Submit-by-Git workflow. The work partially addresses issue #12357 and is non-breaking, designed to improve user experience without altering existing submission behavior. This work also sets the stage for subsequent automated tests and documentation updates.