diff --git a/frontend/src/components/Assignment.vue b/frontend/src/components/Assignment.vue
index 8740b9cd..7c740529 100644
--- a/frontend/src/components/Assignment.vue
+++ b/frontend/src/components/Assignment.vue
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 				</div>
 			</div>
 			<div class="text-ink-gray-9 font-semibold mb-5">
-				{{ __('Assignment Question') }}
+				{{ __('Assignment') }}: {{ assignment.data.title }}
 			</div>
 			<div
 				v-html="assignment.data.question"
@@ -300,7 +300,7 @@ const submitAssignment = () => {
 	}
 }
 
-const addNewSubmission = () => {
+const prepareSubmissionDoc = () => {
 	let doc = {
 		doctype: 'LMS Assignment Submission',
 		assignment: props.assignmentID,
@@ -311,24 +311,31 @@ const addNewSubmission = () => {
 	} else {
 		doc.assignment_attachment = attachment.value
 	}
+	return doc
+}
+
+const addNewSubmission = () => {
+	let doc = prepareSubmissionDoc()
+	if (!doc.assignment_attachment && !doc.answer) {
+		toast.error(
+			__('Please provide an answer or upload a file before submitting.')
+		)
+		return
+	}
 	call('frappe.client.insert', {
 		doc: doc,
 	})
 		.then((data) => {
 			toast.success(__('Assignment submitted successfully'))
-			if (router.currentRoute.value.name == 'AssignmentSubmission') {
-				router.push({
-					name: 'AssignmentSubmission',
-					params: {
-						assignmentID: props.assignmentID,
-						submissionName: data.name,
-					},
-					query: { fromLesson: router.currentRoute.value.query.fromLesson },
-				})
-			} else {
-				markLessonProgress()
-				router.go()
-			}
+			router.push({
+				name: 'AssignmentSubmission',
+				params: {
+					assignmentID: props.assignmentID,
+					submissionName: data.name,
+				},
+				query: { fromLesson: router.currentRoute.value.query.fromLesson },
+			})
+			markLessonProgress()
 			isDirty.value = false
 			submissionResource.name = data.name
 			submissionResource.reload()
@@ -372,15 +379,17 @@ const saveSubmission = (file) => {
 }
 
 const markLessonProgress = () => {
-	if (router.currentRoute.value.name == 'Lesson') {
-		let courseName = router.currentRoute.value.params.courseName
-		let chapterNumber = router.currentRoute.value.params.chapterNumber
-		let lessonNumber = router.currentRoute.value.params.lessonNumber
+	let pathname = window.location.pathname.split('/')
+	if (!pathname.includes('courses'))
+		pathname = window.parent.location.pathname.split('/')
+	if (pathname[2] != 'courses') return
+	let lessonIndex = pathname.pop().split('-')
 
+	if (lessonIndex.length == 2) {
 		call('lms.lms.api.mark_lesson_progress', {
-			course: courseName,
-			chapter_number: chapterNumber,
-			lesson_number: lessonNumber,
+			course: pathname[3],
+			chapter_number: lessonIndex[0],
+			lesson_number: lessonIndex[1],
 		})
 	}
 }
diff --git a/lms/lms/doctype/lms_assignment_submission/lms_assignment_submission.json b/lms/lms/doctype/lms_assignment_submission/lms_assignment_submission.json
index 485cef55..c1e6c1fa 100644
--- a/lms/lms/doctype/lms_assignment_submission/lms_assignment_submission.json
+++ b/lms/lms/doctype/lms_assignment_submission/lms_assignment_submission.json
@@ -20,11 +20,12 @@
   "section_break_ydgh",
   "column_break_oqqy",
   "status",
+  "question",
+  "column_break_tbnv",
   "comments",
   "section_break_rqal",
-  "question",
-  "column_break_esgd",
   "course",
+  "column_break_esgd",
   "lesson"
  ],
  "fields": [
@@ -145,13 +146,17 @@
   {
    "fieldname": "section_break_ydgh",
    "fieldtype": "Section Break"
+  },
+  {
+   "fieldname": "column_break_tbnv",
+   "fieldtype": "Column Break"
   }
  ],
  "grid_page_length": 50,
  "index_web_pages_for_search": 1,
  "links": [],
  "make_attachments_public": 1,
- "modified": "2026-02-05 11:38:03.792865",
+ "modified": "2026-04-06 18:24:11.837953",
  "modified_by": "sayali@frappe.io",
  "module": "LMS",
  "name": "LMS Assignment Submission",