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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If you set Force group mode to No on the Course settings page, you will be able to set the Group mode for individual activities separately. If you set Force group mode to Yes you will not be able to edit the Group submission settings for individual activities. NOTE: To complete the following steps you [...]
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Groupings are mostly used in Forums setup for multiple groups working on separate tasks within a single Forum or Assignment activity. From the Groups screen we left off on (in the previous step), click on the Groupings tab. Notice that the Groupings section is empty. You will need to put the Groups you created into [...]
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The Activities block lists the different activity and resource types used in your course. Select a specific activity or resource type to display a list of all the items of that type in your course with some additional detail. Each activity type displays different information depending on your role (student or instructor). NOTE: This block [...]
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These steps require that completion tracking be enabled in your course. NOTE: You can't automatically check to ensure your student's uploaded the CORRECT file, but you can require that at least something is submitted before the item is marked as complete. We strongly advice that you not to use this type of Activity Completion to [...]
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If a student reports they cannot see or are unable to submit work to an assignment activity check the following assignment settings: Enter the Assignment activity. Select the Settings option from the secondary navigation. Expand the Availability section. If Allow submissions from is enabled, ensure that this date has already passed. If Cut-off date is [...]
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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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There are two processes that you can use to grade Moodle assignments in bulk offline. You can use these processes together or separately depending on what you are trying to accomplish. You can also grade the assignment activity within Moodle. Worksheet Scores/FeedbackAnnotating FilesWorksheet Scores/Feedback You can use this process to download a CSV file in [...]
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Working with Assignments in Moodle The Assignment activity is essentially a file drop-box for students to send you files. Often these files are Word Documents or PDFs but you can request any file type from your students and optionally limit what types of files student can submit. CreateGradeFor StudentsDue Date ExtensionTroubleshootCreate Follow these directions to [...]
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Rubrics in Moodle allow instructors to use criteria-based assessment forms to grade student work 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 rubric is available to students reviewing their grades, and can also be [...]
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Follow these directions to grant an extension for specific student(s) for a particular assignment or quiz. Log into Moodle and navigate to your course. Enter the Assignment or Quiz where you want to add an extension. Click the More option from the secondary navigation. Select Overrides. Click the Add user override button. From Override user, select the user [...]
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This is an advanced topic. You should be familiar with Moodle and setting up courses before you try the following. An instructor can organize users into Groups across an entire course and within particular activities of a course. Creating groups allows you to organize students for more efficient administration. You can filter activities and gradebook [...]
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Office 365 is a useful and inexpensive tool to use in creating documents for course assignments, quizzes or forum posts. But there are so many ways to share, post or save your documents in 365, that it can cause confusion when submitting finished work as part of a Moodle course. Keep it simple. Save any [...]
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These instructions will work for any file saved on your computer, but we strongly suggest you organize your work by creating a folder (on desktop or thumb drive) and name it the same as your course (example: WR-122-01). There are two different methods you can use to upload your submission file(s). How the methods differ: [...]
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