Sometimes something will appear missing or misbehaving when attempting to grade assignments one-at-a-time. If none of the below options work you can always grade assignments offline entirely! Can't see or Grade all Students A new issue as of Moodle 3.8 this is the cause of an overzealous Filter on your selection of students. It can [...]
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Sometimes when using the PDF annotator built into Assignment grading a student will submit a file and the preview will be blank, there may still be some ways to see what the student submitted or otherwise have that student save their work before submitting it to you. Often when this happens the software the student [...]
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Instructors can privately reply to a post within a Forum. This feedback method pairs well with Grading via Forum Ratings but can be used to provide more pointed feedback or direction in any forum setup. Private reply visibility and functionality: Other students CANNOT able to see these responses. Others with Teacher permissions (or higher) in [...]
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If you do not have a Staging Area, this article will do you no good! Request one via the OLET ticketing system and we can make you a space to call your own. If you aren't sure if you have one... take a look; it may be you just forgot about it! Find your Staging Area: [...]
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Forum activities are generally used to create an online discussion place. Enter your course and turn editing on. Scroll to the section you want to add a forum to. Click the corresponding Add an activity or resource link. Set up the basics for your forum under the General section: Set the Forum name Enter a [...]
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If a student reports they are unable to submit work to an assignment activity or even can't see it check the following settings: Enter the Assignment activity in question Select the Settings option on the Secondary Navigation Expand the Availability section. If Allow submissions from is enabled, ensure that this date has already passed. if Due date [...]
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If you have an assignment activity with cases of students submitting drafts instead of proper submissions this can be disorienting as: It will... Prevent the grading filters from showing assignments that need grading/have been submitted Will not accurately reflect time remaining (things will appear late when they are, in fact not late at all.) It will not... [...]
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If you want to grade assignment activity work in bulk (after everything has been submitted) or offline (ideal for grading while traveling or otherwise with network difficulties ahead) see our article on Grading Assignment Activities in Bulk/Offline. Navigate to the course you have grading to do in Locate the Assignment in question and click into [...]
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If you want to grade assignment activity work one submission at a time or as its turned you might want to check out our article on Grading Assignment Activities One at a Time/as Work is Submitted. For the following to work you’ll need to ensure your assignment supports offline grading: Edit the settings of your [...]
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You can change the course total or a category total to display letter grades in the gradebook. Set a Single Gradebook Category to Display Letter Grades Scroll to the top of the main page of your course (if you aren't there already). Select the Grades option from the Secondary Navigation. Select the Gradebook Setup option [...]
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Find Whole Categories of a Course Type This will be most relevant to Administrative Assistants, Instructional Leads or those who have been assigned to help transfer content for one or more classes in a department. Note: Assumes you are enrolled in a course or category that contains courses, most often as a Manager, Instructor, or [...]
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If you are using assignments (How to grade an assignment), quizzes (How to grade a quiz), forums or other gradable items they have their own built-in grading tools that will be overridden by entering grades for them directly into the gradebook. The built-in grading tools have superior ways to provide feedback and provide clearer grading [...]
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Rubrics in Moodle 2.9 provide instructors with criteria-based assessment forms that can be used to grade student work more consistently, quickly, and transparently. The tool allows instructors to create their own rubrics from scratch or use an existing rubric that can be modified and filled out online. The completed rubric is available to students reviewing [...]
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