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To provide students with grades, you have to assign, edit, and post grades.

This is done on the Gradebook or from the Assessment itself.

Flexible grading

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Instructors want to configure the grading interface according to their preferences. In flexible grading, instructors can collapse or expand the left panel (student cards) and right panel (feedback and rubrics). To provide a better user experience, the last used state is preserved in the browser.

Navigating between student attempts and across sessions provides a more efficient experience.

For detailed steps, refer to this document.

Using rubrics

You can either view the rubrics on the side panel or use the pop-out rubric

Side-panel rubric

Rubrics play a critical role in the grading process for many educators. Rubrics performance level descriptions are hidden by default. Instructors can choose to display the performance descriptions as needed for grading.

The rubrics grading interface stores the most recently used display option. This means that instructors who rely on performance level descriptions when grading don’t have to turn them on each time they navigate to grade another submission. The performance level display option preference is stored on a per-user per-assessment basis.

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Rubric pop-out on individual assignments

Individual Assignments Only

For grading group assignments where you are using a rubric to assess, the rubric will not yet pop-out. This will be released in future releases. Watch this space ...

To enhance grading efficiency, instructors can now pop out the grading rubric into a separate window when grading an assignment submission. The pop-out rubric is a separate, moveable window and formatted in a grid view. Previously, the rubric was only available in a side panel and formatted in a stack.

This update makes it easier to navigate and grade student submissions by providing a clearer, more comprehensive view of the rubric. Popping out the rubric lets instructors view the student submission and the rubric side-by-side for a more efficient grading experience. Instructors can quickly select performance levels and provide feedback in the rubric while viewing the student submission.

Watch the video (NO SOUND) to explore these features in action:

Multiple attempts

When you allow multiple attempts, the attempt selected for display is based on the grading status and attempt aggregation model selected.

The table below explains:

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Multiple attempts is available at the top of the page.
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Click on this link to read more on how to set this up.

Override grade

Click on the ellipses to display the menu and choose override final mark.

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After the grade was overwritten, the original grade as well as the overwritten grade displays.
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Submission receipt

The submission receipt for the selected attempt displays beneath the attempt selector.
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Grade using the annotate toolbar

When a student attach a file to be graded, the Annotate toolbar will display. This video describes how to use the Annotate toolbar:

Delegated grading

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