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3. Viewing/Grading Quiz Attempts

InformationOnce students have finished a quiz attempt, you will be able to review their quiz attempt to see how well they scored, how much time they took, which answers were answered correctly or incorrectly, etc. Additionally, if you have quiz questions that can’t be automatically graded (like essay questions) you will need to view student exams to grade them.

  1. From your course page, click on the quiz (Quiz icon) to go to its summary page.
  2. If the quiz has been attempted, you will see the number of Attempts: made so far. Click this link to see the attempts.
  3. On the results page, you’ll see a list of students and their attempts. You will see when the attempt was started, when it ended, the time taken and (if there are no manually graded questions) their overall grade for the attempt. Their performance on individual questions is listed to the right: a Green check indicates a correct answer while a Red X indicates an incorrect answer. Any question that must be manually graded will read Requires grading.
  4. To see a complete layout of a student’s attempt, click the Review attempt link under their name. This will show you the entire quiz with their responses. To give feedback, change an automatic grade, or grade a manually-graded question, click the Make comment or override mark link below the question and enter a Mark and (optionally) a Comment. Click Save when done.
  5. If you have several questions that must be manually graded and you want to grade them quickly, go to the Administration block and click Manual grading. This will show you a list of questions that still require grading. Click the grade all link next to a question to grade that question for all students. Enter a Mark and (optionally) a Comment for each student and click Save and go to next page to save your grading changes.

2. Adding Quiz Questions

InformationOnce a quiz is created, you will need to create questions from a variety of question types and add them to the quiz. You can create questions directly from within the quiz itself.

  1. From your course page, click on the quiz (Quiz icon) to go to its summary page (if you are not there already).
  2. If no questions have been added yet, there will be an Edit quiz button on this page. Click on it to begin adding questions. If you have already added questions, you can always go to the Administration block and click Edit quiz.
  3. You will be taken to the quiz editing page. Click the Add a question... button for any page listed to create a question on that page.
  4. From the pop-up that appears, select a question type from the list on the left. Once you have selected one, a description of that question type appears on the right. Click Next to begin building the question.
  5. Enter a Question name, the Question text, and a Default mark. The question name is how the question is labeled when building quizzes and is not visible to students. The question text is the question prompt students will answer. The default mark is how much this question is worth relative to other questions in the quiz (not point value).
  6. Depending on the question type, you will need to specify the rest of the question’s options. For example, for a multiple choice question, you will need to provide a list of possible answers and select which one gets 100% of the grade (i.e., which answer is correct).
  7. Once you’re done building the question, click Save changes.
  8. You can continue to click Add a question... to add more questions to the page, or you can click Add page here to create a new page of questions.
  9. When you’re done, make sure you enter a Maximum grade: in the blank at the top and click Save.

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1. Creating Quizzes

InformationThe Quiz activity allows you to create quizzes that students take online. You can make use of a wide variety of question types, including multiple choice, true-false, and short answer. These questions are kept in the Question bank and can be re-used in different quizzes.

  1. From your course’s main page, click the Turn Editing On button in the upper-right.
  2. With editing turned on, click Add an Activity or Resource in the section where you want to add the assignment.
  3. From the menu that appears, click the Radio Button next to Quiz and click the Add button at the bottom of the menu.
  4. Provide a Name for the quiz. You can also provide a Description for the quiz. The name is how the quiz will be displayed on the course page, in the gradebook, etc. The description is what the students will see before they attempt a quiz, and is useful for providing prompts or instructions.
  5. Open the Timing menu to set time limits on the quiz. You can specify when to Open the quiz, when to Close the quiz, and whether the quiz has a Time limit. Ensure that the Enable checkbox is checked for any option you want to use.
  6. Click the Grade section to expand it. Specify which Grade category the quiz will go in (if any). You can also set the number of Attempts allowed and the Grading method for those multiple attempts (e.g. take the highest grade, take the most recent grade, take the average grade, etc.).
  7. Click Save and display when done.

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3. Rating (Grading) Forum Posts

InformationForums predominantly function as a means of communication between instructors and students, but they are also gradable activities. If you set an aggregate type and a point scale for ratings when you created the forum, you will be able to give point ratings to individual posts.

  1. From your course page, click on the Forum (Forum icon) to go to the forum listing.
  2. Click a topic’s name in the Discussion column to see the posts in that thread.
  3. Under each student’s post, you will see a Rate... drop-down. Click this drop down and select the number of points to give to this post. Depending on how your ratings are being aggregated, these ratings will be averaged, summed, or otherwise evaluated to provide a grade for the forum activity.

2. Viewing/Posting to Forums

InformationIn a forum, you can start new discussion topics that you and your students can both post to. Depending on the forum type you’ve selected, your students may be able to start discussion topics as well. Once a discussion is started, you and your students can both post responses to each other’s comments.

  1. From your course page, click on the Forum (Forum icon) to go to the forum listing.
  2. If there are no discussion topics yet, you’ll need to create one. Click Add a new discussion topic.
  3. Enter a Subject and a Message. You can use the Subscription drop-down to select whether you’re notified about new posts in the discussion thread, and you can drag and drop files to the Attachment area to add them to the topic.
  4. Click Post to forum when done. You will have thirty minutes to edit the discussion topic you posted.
  5. Once discussion topics are posted, you will see them listed along with the name of the person who started them, the number of replies there have been, and the time of last post. Click the topic’s name in the Discussion column to see the posts in that thread.
  6. Once viewing the discussion, you will see users’ individual posts. To reply to someone’s post, click the Reply link to the lower-right of the post and enter a message the same way you would when starting a discussion.

1. Creating Forums

InformationThe forum activity allows you and your students to asynchronously communicate with each other by posting comments in discussion threads. Forum posts can be rated for a grade.

  1. From your course’s main page, click the Turn Editing On button in the upper-right.
  2. With editing turned on, click Add an Activity or Resource in the section where you want to add the assignment.
  3. From the menu that appears, click the Radio Button next to Forum and click the Add button at the bottom of the menu.
  4. Enter a Forum name and a Description. The forum name is how the forum will be displayed on the course page, in the gradebook, etc. The description is what the students will see before they post to the forum.
  5. Specify a Forum type. There are five forum types to choose from: Standard forum for general use – This is the default format where anyone can start a new discussion thread at any time. A single simple discussion – A single discussion topic which everyone can reply to. Each person posts one discussion – Each student can post one discussion topic, which everyone can reply to. Q and A forum – Students cannot view other students’ posts until they themselves have posted. Standard forum displayed in a blog-like format – Similar to the standard forum, but discussion topics are displayed on one page with “Discuss this topic” links.
  6. If you plan on grading forum posts, open the Ratings section and set the Aggregate type. This will determine how the grade is calculated based on post ratings: Average of ratings – The mean of all ratings. Count of ratings – The number of rated posts becomes the final grade. Maximum rating – The highest rating becomes the final grade. Minimum rating – The smallest rating becomes the final grade. Sum of ratings – All ratings are added together.
  7. Additionally, if you want the forum to be worth points in the course, set the Scale to the number of points the forum should be worth. Always set it to an actual numerical value. Do not use a scale or the forum will not have points assigned to it.
  8. Click the Save and return to course button when done.

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LightbulbBy using the Q and A forum, you can help ensure that your students are providing original responses to a discussion question that you post. With a Q and A forum, students cannot see each other’s responses until they themselves respond, and students will be able to formulate independent thoughts on your discussion topic. In this way, you’ll get a wider variety of responses to your prompt.

3. Using Rubrics in Assignments

InformationInstead of directly providing grades and feedback on each submission, you can instead create a rubric for use with assignments. You will be able to set criteria for the assignment and levels of achievement for each criterion.

  1. From your course page, click on the Assignment (Assignment icon) to go to its summary page.
  2. Once on the summary page, go to the Administration block and click Advanced grading.
  3. From the advanced grading page, click the Change active grading method to drop-down and set it to Rubric.
  4. Once the grading method has been switched, click the button that says Define new grading form from scratch.
  5. On the Define rubric page, enter a Name for the rubric.
  6. The rubric starts with one criterion and three levels. To add more, use the Add level button (on the right) or the Add criterion button (at the bottom).
  7. Once you have enough criteria and levels, you can click any criterion to change its description. You can also click any level to change its description and point value. Be sure to leave the lowest level for each criterion at zero points or else grades will not calculate properly.
  8. When done, click the Save rubric and make it ready button at the bottom of the page.
  9. To use the rubric, go to the assignment’s summary page and click View/grade all submissions as usual.
  10. In the Grade column for each submission, click the Pencil icon to use the rubric to grade that submission.
  11. Click the appropriate level for each criterion. You can use the text box on the right to provide specific feedback.
  12. Click the Save changes button at the bottom of the page when done or click the Save and show next button to proceed directly to the next student’s submission.

2. Viewing/Grading Assignment Submissions

InformationOnce students have submitted their work to an Assignment activity, you will have the opportunity to view/download the submission and provide numerical and text feedback. Assignments must be graded from within the activity itself, and not through the gradebook. Grades entered in the activity will automatically be recorded and calculated in the gradebook.

  1. From your course page, click on the Assignment (Assignment icon) to go to its summary page.
  2. From the summary page, you will be able to see how many students can submit to this assignment, how many have submitted work already, and how many of those submissions still need to be graded. Click the View/grade all submissions link.
  3. You will see a listing of all the students and their submissions. In the File submissions column, you will see links to any files the students have submitted. Click the link to any file to download it.
  4. In the Grade column, you will see empty blanks where you can enter grades for each student. If you’d like to provide textual feedback, you can do so in the empty spaces in the Feedback comments column.
  5. When you’re done, click the Save all quick grading changes button.

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1. Creating Assignments

InformationThe assignment activity allows you to collect and grade work from students online. Students can submit any file to an assignment (e.g. Word documents, spreadsheets, images, audio files, video files, etc.).

  1. From your course’s main page, click the Turn Editing On button in the upper-right.
  2. With editing turned on, click Add an Activity or Resource in the section where you want to add the assignment.
  3. From the menu that appears, click the Radio Button next to Assignment and click the Add button at the bottom of the menu.
  4. Enter an Assignment name and a Description. The assignment name is how the assignment will be displayed on the course page, in the gradebook, etc. The description is what the students will see before they submit a paper, and is useful for providing prompts or instructions.
  5. If you want to attach files directly to an assignment (e.g. reference materials, a writing prompt, a written rubric, example papers, etc.), you can drag and drop a file into the Additional files area.
  6. In the Availability section, you can specify dates for the assignment.
    Allow submissions from lets you specify when the assignment will start taking student submissions.
    Due date lets you specify the date past which submissions will be marked late.
    Cut-off date lets you specify the date past which submissions will no longer be accepted at all.
    Ensure that the Enable checkbox is checked for any date you want to use.
  7. Click the Grade section to expand it. Set the Grade drop-down to the number of points you want this assignment to be worth and specify which Grade category it will go in (if any).
  8. Click the Save and return to course button when done.

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5. Using Rubrics in Turnitin

InformationInstead of giving a direct numerical grade on a Turnitin assignment, you can also create a rubric and assign points to different criteria to provide a reusable scorecard.

  1. From your course page, click on the Turnitin assignment (2014-02-28 08_46_26-Course_ Matt Wright) to go to its summary page (if you are not there already).
  2. Click on the Submission Inbox tab to see all of the student submissions.
  3. You will see a listing of all of the students in the course and their submissions (if they’ve submitted anything yet). Click the Pencil icon in the Grade column for the submission you want to grade.
  4. The student’s paper will appear in a new window. Click the Rubric icon in the lower-right.
  5. In the Rubric menu on the right, click the Wrench icon.
  6. In the pop-up that appears, click the List button in the upper left and select Create new rubric.
  7. Enter the Rubric name at the top of the rubric manager.
  8. Click any Criterion to rename it, click the percentage next to it to set its weight, and click the space below it to provide a description. If you need more Criteria, you can click the Plus icon to the right of the CRITERIA header to add extra rows.
  9. Similarly, you can click any Scale to rename it and click the number next to it to specify a value. If you need more Criteria, you can click the Plus icon to the right of the SCALES header to add extra columns.
  10. Click in any cell to specify a description for that level of the scale for that criterion.
  11. Click the SAVE button in the lower right to save the rubric, then click the Link button in the upper-right to attach the rubric to the assignment. Click the CLOSE button in the lower right when done.
  12. In the Rubric menu on the right, click any of the scale levels to set them for that criteria. When you have them selected, click Apply rubric percentage to grade to grade the paper.
  13. Close the window when done, or click the Left arrow or Right arrow buttons in the upper-right to quickly go to other submissions.