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Grading Tools

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  1. Grading set icons: Roll your cursor over items in the grading set for more information, or click an icon to access the item.

     

  2. Inline Editing tools: Click the respective buttons on the toolbar to activate the editing tools (active in free-response questions only).

a. Comment Inline: Type your comment to post within the student’s response.

 Click the red Comment Inline icon to review or include additional comments.  You may save or delete your comment. 

   NOTE: Click on the accent bar icons to enter diacritical characters and special punctuation within comments or while editing a student response.  

Image of the comment box instructor uses to provide feedback to student.

 

b. Undo and Redo options are available.   

c. Inline Correction: Type your corrections within the student’s response. Your corrections are displayed in red font.   

 

  1. Show/Hide comment fields: This setting activates the comments text field and recording tools (see b. Comment boxes). 

               a. Quick grade buttons: Set grades to 0% or 100% with one click.

               b. Comment boxes: Compose feedback for a student by typing or recording a voice comment.

A comments text field, and two buttons labeled “Record” and “Review.”

 

              c. Recording Mode: Record your feedback within student’s response. 

 

  1. Show/Hide student name: Activate this setting to obscure student names in the grading set; items in the grading set will be numbered consecutively beginning at 1.  
Buttons to “Show Question” and “Hide Question.”

  1. Show/Hide question: Available in Question-by-Question grading, this tool allows you to view the question and sample answer while grading.

     

  2. Attachment: To access a student’s attached file, click the attachment’s title link (active in composition activities only).  
Image of link displaying a student's attached pdf file.

              NOTE: Steps for saving/opening will vary by browser and operating system. 
 

  1. Upload file: Share your response by uploading and attaching a file created by other software programs (active in composition activities only).
     
Image of the "choose file to upload" button

 

Grading Method: Rubric

  

           a. Access the rubric before grading by clicking on the VIEW link. 
 

Includes navigation tabs and a prompt asking the student to write a paragraph about a typical week. Buttons for “View Activity,” “Comment Inline,” and “Edit Answer Inline” appear above a text response area. On the right, a rubric grading panel lists criteria such as Content, Organization, and Accuracy with score fields, a “View” link, and a total score display out of 25.

          b. Enter each criteria into the score field on the right or quick grade with 0% or 100%. 
 

Grading panel with rubric method showing score fields for Content, Organization, Accuracy, Criteria, and Criteria.

          c. Rubrics are used only in the following activity types: 

                 * Partner Chat 
                 * Group Chat 
                 * Student Video Recording
                 * Composition
 

          d. Instructors may customize and personalize the rubric to meet the needs of the course  

                 * Criteria (1st column) 
                 * Header (Top row)
                 * Description in the cell
                 * Points 

A rubric table organized into three rows labeled “Content,” “Organization,” and “Accuracy,” and three columns representing score levels of 5, 3, and 1. Each cell includes a corresponding point value (5, 3, or 1). All cells have a pencil icon to click and start editing. At the bottom left, the total possible score reads “Total points: 90.” At the bottom right, there are two buttons labeled “Save” and “Exit.”

 

          e. To identify activities with a rubric, look for the “Create a copy to edit the rubric” icon and click to open. 

Image of the icon to create a copy to edit the rubric.

          f. Click the Copy button to access the edit view. 
 

A notification banner with a message that reads: “This activity copy is a draft. Edit it in order to share it.” On the lower left side of the banner is a “Cancel” button outlined in blue, and on the lower right side is a solid blue “Copy” button.

                  NOTE: You may not make more than on copy of a rubric.  For this reason, the copy icon is disabled.  

         g. Within the Rubric, click the pencil icon to edit, or add column to the right or left
 

A rubric table organized into three rows labeled “Content,” “Organization,” and “Accuracy,” and three columns representing score levels of 5, 3, and 1. Each cell includes a corresponding point value (5, 3, or 1). All cells have a pencil icon to click and start editing. At the bottom left, the total possible score reads “Total points: 90.” At the bottom right, there are two buttons labeled “Save” and “Exit.”


 

          h. Click “Save”. 
 

Dialog box titled “Save Rubric” that includes instructional text explaining that selecting “Save as Draft” allows continued editing, while selecting “Save” makes the activity available for the course. Along the bottom of the dialog are three buttons aligned to the right: “Cancel” in plain text, “Save as Draft” in a light outlined style, and “Save” in a solid blue button.


 

 

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