As a result of this, submitting audio and video files, pictures and presentations in addition to standard text, word and pdf-like documents has become common in the last few years.
It is a common practice for teachers, professors and teaching assistants to get assignments and projects submitted by students, either electronically or otherwise.
Most competitions and contests held world over usually have an initial screening round in which they accept nominations or entries from prospective participants.
Student bodies in colleges and universities usually organize various inter-college and intra-college events and fests on an annual and/or semester basis.
These events and fests are usually made up of several big and small competitions and contests, each of which generally follow a procedure as explained in the paragraph above.
Human resource departments collect résumés and CVs as a part of processing job applications.
Before the popularity of the Internet, this was often done in person but these days some curators prefer artists submitting pictures of their work over email or by other electronic means for an initial screening.
[citation needed] Journalists and writers (full-time as well as freelancers) usually submit their articles and reports to editors of magazines, journals, newspapers and news channels who then select which ones will be published and/or telecasted and which ones won't be.
In some setups, there are tailor-made systems that help collectors of submissions to some extent but they often fail owing to their ultra specific nature.
In addition to planning and tracking submission content, it is also important to manage and allocate resources effectively based on workload, skill sets and availability.