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Here are the common issues that you might experience when trying to grade the assignment activity.
Here are the common issues that you might experience when trying to grade the assignment activity.
If you have the assignment submission types set to both Online text and File submissions you will have a blank first page in the Review Panel.
Use the page navigation controls (top left of the previewed document) to advance to the next page.
If the Review Panel displays what appears to be your original assignment file without the student’s work, it is possible that the student used an application that isn’t compatible with some PDF readers. This is frequently seen when students use Preview (on an Apple device) to modify and save their work.
To grade the assignment, you will need to download and open the PDF file outside of Moodle. You can then use the Grade Panel to enter the student’s grade, provide Feedback comments, and upload an annotated PDF to the Feedback files area.
To prevent this issue from occurring in the future, encourage your students to follow these directions:
If the Review Panel is blank and you see the message Some of the files in this submission can only be accessed by direct download, the student has likely uploaded a file that the PDF Annotator cannot convert.
To grade this assignment, you will need to download and open the file outside of Moodle. If you cannot open the submitted file type, we recommend that you ask the student to save the file as one of the following: .doc, .docx, .rtf, .xls, .xlsx, .ppt, .pptx, .html, .odt, .ods, .txt, .png, .jpg, .gif, .pdf. and resubmit the document for grading.
If you wish to regularly use the PDF Annotator for grading, we recommend that you modify the Accepted file types setting when creating an assignment activity.
This is typically due to insufficient space or a screen that is too small.
Filters can allow you to see specific users based on their name, groups, or submission status. However, sometimes you need to view all students in the course and you may need to reset these settings.
NOTE: If you still can’t see all the students for the course verify the Status and Groups are also set to All.