# Submission - Submit on behalf of student

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## Submission - Submit on behalf of student

### What it Does

#### Submissions

Allows instructors to submit file attachments on behalf of a student.

### Additional Considerations

#### Submissions

Once enabled, this option is visible in gradebook for instructors.

Instructors are not bound by attempt limits, but an instructor's submission WILL count as a student's attempt.

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This documentation is generated directly from the Canvas LMS source code, available [on Github](https://github.com/instructure/canvas-lms).