You can grade your students' answers to short answer, essay, file-upload, and Show My Work questions using the
Grade Answers link on the Scores page for an
assignment.
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Open the My Classes
page.
Click and find the section you want.
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Click scores beside the
assignment.
The Scores page displays scores for the selected
assignment for all students currently enrolled in the section.
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Click Grade Answers.
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For Questions, select Grade
All.
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For Student Names, select either to
Show or Hide student
names when grading.
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Click Start Grading.
A student's answers are displayed in the Grade Answers
page, along with the answer keys.
Only answers to questions that can be graded are displayed.
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Score your student's answers for each question.
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Evaluate the answer using the key or assigned rubric to determine the
student's score.
Only the student's latest answer is displayed to be scored. To view
your student's previous answers for the assignment, click
View Responses and view any previous
answers to the question.
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Type the score in the Score box.
- Optional:
Type information in the Comment box to help your
student.
You might indicate what parts of the question were not adequately
addressed in the student's response, possibly with a scoring rubric, or
you might provide an explanation to help your student better understand
the material.
- Optional:
Click Save This Score/Comment to save the score
and comment for the current question only.
Your score and comment replace any previous score or comment.
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When you are done grading the answers for the current student, click
Save.
All of your scores and comments for the current student are saved, and the
next student's answers are displayed.
Note If you are grading the last selected student, this button is labeled
Save & Exit Grading and reopens the
Scores page.
Tip
If you are grading answers after the end of the course:
- The class will be listed under Past Classes.
- The assignment will be listed under Past Assignments.
- Your students will all be listed as Dropped.