Testing difficulty: easy The point of the testing is to make sure that the workshop switches from the submission phase into the assessment phase even without the cron.php being executed (make sure you do not run cron.php on the test site during this test). As usually when dealing with the Workshop testing, you may find http://docs.moodle.org/dev/Workshop/fakesubmissions.php useful. Prepare a simple workshop in a course with at least two participants. In the workshop setting, set the Submissions deadline to a near future (like T + 15 minutes or so). Also enable Switch to the next phase after the submissions deadline . Switch the workshop manually into the submission phase and let students submit their work. Enable the scheduled allocation and make sure its state is something like 'To be executed on {the submission deadline} ' Go to the coffee machine and have a nice coffee or tea. Wander around the office for a while and have a friendly chat with your colleagues. Come back to the workshop after the configured submissions deadline. Visit the workshop main page (view.php) TEST: Make sure the workshop is now in the assessment phase. TEST: Make sure the submissions were allocated for the review as configured. TEST: Make sure the scheduled allocator's state is something like 'Executed on {the time when you displayed the view.php} ' Wait a minute of two (hey, what about putting the coffee cup into the dishwasher meanwhile?) Switch the workshop into the submission phase manually and reload the view.php page. TEST: Make sure the workshop stays in the submission phase. Thanks for testing this!