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You have access to all your courses' grading tasks on the global Grades page. All your grading tasks are organized by course. No need to navigate to each course to see what is ready for grading.
From the activity stream, you are alerted when student submissions are ready for grading. Select the link to go to the grade book. Or select a test on the Course Content page to see how many students have made submissions.
When you access a test, the Content and Settings page displays the questions and settings, such as the due date and maximum score. Group tests are graded the same as group assignments.
Refine questions. You may need to make corrections to questions after students have opened a test or group test. For example, you may have chosen the wrong answer, found a typo, or want to adjust points or scoring options. You can make a change for all students to see and automatically update all grades.
Use the Filter menu to display only those submissions that need grading. At this time, you can filter by All statuses and Needs grading. The Filter menu does not appear for group and discussion items.
If you choose to enable anonymous grading on a test, a message appears stating anonymous grading is in progress. The submissions list only includes a list of those students who have submitted. All student information is hidden, and student pictures are replaced with the general silhouette. Students submitted are assigned “Anonymous Student” and a number, such as Anonymous Student 244260. The submissions are in random order—not ordered by the submission date. More on anonymous grading
Keep track of all submissions on one page. Quickly see which attempts are ready to grade.
Late Submissions. Student profile pictures appear with a red circle when they have late submissions or the due date has passed with no attempt submitted.
Access the details. Review the instructions and settings at any time. For example, select the Content and Settings link to return to the test page.
View students with accommodations. In the grade book and roster, icons appear next to the names of students with accommodations. More on accommodations
Review the conversation. Select the Open class conversation icon to see what students are saying.
Start grading. Type a numeric value. You can also assign grades directly on this page. These grades are override grades. An override label appears next to the grade. After you assign a value, click anywhere outside the grade area to save it. More on override grades
Ready to post grades? The post appears next to each grade that you have not released yet. You can choose which grades to post and when. Posted grades appear with a Posted message in the column.
You can also grade all submissions for an item in succession and then select Post all grades to release all grades in one action.
An exception includes additional attempts or extended access, even if the test is hidden from other students. You can also add exceptions after you post grades. More on assessment exceptions
When you start grading, you can point to a submission timestamp to view more information. Timestamps appear on students' submission pages and their attempts panels when you have allowed multiple attempts for an assessment.
For example, you can view when the student made the submission and when you posted the grade on a student's submission page. The timestamp appears in red with a "late" label after the due date passes.
On the Submissions list page, select a student's name to open the attempts panel for multiple attempts. Point to a timestamp to view the additional information.
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