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Grade a Single/Group Assignment

When an assignment is set up by the instructor using the Assignment Tool, a grade column for

that item is created automatically in the Grade Center.

Grade a Single Assignment:

1. Go to Control Panel section. Click the Grade Center link and select Full Grade Center.

2. After the Grade Center loads, locate the student’s assignment by clicking on the double-

down arrows next to the green exclamation mark and select View Grade Details.

3. When the Grade Details screen appears, click View Attempts in the Grade Details area to

grade this assignment.

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Or select Clear Attempt to delete a student’s submission and allow them to redo the

assignment or select Edit Grade to change the Grade Value.

4. Once you click the View Attempt button, the Grade Assignment page will display which

contains six areas: Assignment Information, Submission History, Review Current Attempt,

Grade Current Attempt, Instructor Notes, and Submit. Under the Review Current Attempt

section, locate and click the student’s attached file link (if the student attached a file).

Note: The file should either open for viewing or prompt to save or print the file, all depending

upon the type of file which has been submitted and the browser and software that is currently

installed. You may also right-click on the link and choose “Save As” or “Save Target As” to save

the file to your own computer and open it from that location.

5. Once you have determined the grade, locate the Grade Current Attempt area and input a

grade for the assignment. To add additional feedback, enter comments directly in the Feedback

to User box or attach a file containing additional comments by clicking the Browse My

Computer button or Browse Content Collection.

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6. The Instructor Notes section is optional and can be used to make internal notes and/or

attach files which are not visible to students and provide references of students’ performance

progress for later use and are accessible to other users in the course who have permissions to

access the Grade Center (other Instructors, Teaching Assistants, and/or Graders).

7. An instructor can allow an individual student to submit an additional attempt for this

particular assignment by clicking the Allow Additional Attempt button. Note: The Allow

Additional Attempt button will only appear if the student has already submitted the maximum

number of attempts allowed for that assignment. You can continue to offer opportunities to

resubmit attempts each time the student reaches that maximum number. Previous attempts

do not have to be graded to allow the student to submit again.

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8. Click Submit to update the entered grade to the Grade Center. If you wish to save changes

and continue working later, click the Save as Draft button.

Note: If multiple attempts are allowed for an assignment, the instructor must grade each

attempt individually. Follow the same process for grading a single attempt. Students’ multiple

attempts can be found under the Grade Details screen:

Note: Each attempt can receive a grade but the final grade delivered to the user is entered from

within the Grade Center.

a. Go to Grade Center. Click the double-down arrows within the column of this assignment and

select Edit Column Information.

b. On the Edit Column screen in the Column Information section, choose from the Score

attempts using options: Grade of Last Attempt, Grade of First Attempt, Highest Grade, Lowest

Grade, or Average of Attempt Grades. Click Submit at the bottom of the screen to update the

changes.

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Grade Group Assignment:

Once a group member submits the assignment for the whole group, an instructor will view the

submission in Grade Center. In Grade Center under the group assignment column, a green

exclamation mark (Needs Grading symbol) appears next to all three group members. The

instructor can grade one group member’s submission and submit the same grade to all students

within the group by entering a single grade.

1. Click the double-down arrows next to green exclamation mark of one group member and

select View Grade Details.

2. Click View Group Attempt to open the assignment submission.

3. Review the submission and enter the grade. Click Submit to update the grade. After

submitting the grade, all three group members’ score for this assignment will be updated.

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Note: The instructor also has the ability to provide each group member an individual grade

overriding the group grade by clicking the Manually Override button within the Grade Details

screen.