Moodle Assignment feedback guide

Grades and written and multimedia feedback can be entered directly on the Grading page for each student before saving and moving on to the next student. External files can also be uploaded as feedback for the student. 

You must hide the individual assignment grade item while you are marking to ensure that marks and feedback are released at the same time to all students. The only exception is while using marking workflow coupled with anonymous marking and allow partial release of grades while marking anonymously.

To do this:

1. Select Grades in the contextual navigation menu above the module name. The Grader report page opens.
2. If you are grading a Moodle assignment, you can also open the Submissions page > More > View gradebook. 
3. Open the drop-down menu on the left of the page and choose Gradebook setup.

4. Select on the three dots menu on the same row as the name of the grade item you are marking.
5. Select Hide.

1. Open the assignment from the module page. This opens the Grading summary page.
2. If you are responsible for marking a specific group of students, select the relevant group from the groups drop-down menu. This will ensure that you are marking the relevant work.

   

3. Select the Submissions tab to view the Submissions page.
4. If you cannot see all the submissions you expect, check to see whether a filter has been applied. Filters can follow you from one module to another, and if another user has added a filter, it may still be in place. Remove the filters to see all submissions.
5. If Marker allocation is being used, open the Advanced menu above the submissions. From the Marker option, select your name and select the Apply button. The Submissions page will be filtered to show coursework that you are responsible for marking.

1. Open the assignment from the module page. Select Submissions.
2. Select the three button menu in the Grade column next to the student you want to grade. Select Grade.
3. The grading page for the student will open.
4. Confirm that the assignment grades and feedback are hidden prior to beginning marking.
   • The grading page should display a message: This grade and feedback (if present) is hidden in the Grader Report and is not available to the student. 
   • It this message does not display, go to Gradebook setup (by selecting Grades on the contextual navigation menu, open the Grader Report drop-down menu, select Gradebook setup) and select Edit opposite the assignment name. Hide the assignment grade item.

For assignments where Anonymous submissions have been enabled, a unique Participant ID will be generated by Moodle to replace the student name.

Provide a grade for the student in the Grade out of input field.

Add general feedback

You can use the Feedback comments input field to provide general feedback and upload an external feedback file. 

1. Type any overall feedback for the student's submission into the Feedback comments input field.

Audio and video feedback

You can also provide up to 2 minutes of multimedia feedback by selecting the microphone icon or the camera icon from the text editor toolbar on the Feedback comments field. These files do not produce captions so you will need to provide written feedback for students to ensure that the feedback is accessible to all students. Students are not able to download multimedia feedback provided via the text editor in the Feedback comments input field.

Tips to prepare audio feedback

• Focus on the quality of the feedback as opposed to the quality of the recording. Don’t feel like you have to correct small speaking errors by re-recording. You can correct these as you would do in conversation. Do avoid poor quality audio as this can deter from the quality of your feedback.
• Structure your feedback. Prepare a draft of the key points you would live to cover before you record.
• Try to stay positive. Even when providing developmental feedback try to end on a positive note.
• Speak clearly.
• Make explicit how the feedback can contribute to the student's development.

Upload an external feedback file. 

To upload an external feedback file select the file icon under Feedback files and select your file to upload, or drag and drop your feedback into the feedback area.

Save grade and feedback

1. Select Save and show next to move onto the next student to upload feedback and add grade in Moodle.
2. Do not uncheck the Notify students box. Your feedback and grade is hidden as you selected to hide the Grade item at the start of this process.

There are two ways to navigate between student assignments submissions within the grading page of the assignment.

1. You can use the Save and show next to move button at the end of the grading screen to save your feedback and move onto to the next student submission.
2. You can use the change user menu at the top-right of the grading page to move to the previous and next student or open the menu to select and navigate to the assignment and grading page for a specific student.

   

1. Select Grades in the contextual navigation menu.
2. Select the Grader Report drop-down menu and choose Gradebook setup.
3. Navigate to the grade item. Hidden grade items will display a struckthrough eye icon.
4. Select the three dot menu on the same row as the name of the grade item you are marking.
5. Select Show.

This makes the grades and feedback visible and generates an email to students to alert them to their released grade and feedback.

When an assignment is set up with anonymous marking, you must unhide the grade item and reveal student identities in order to release grades and feedback.

1. Select Grades in the contextual navigation menu or select View gradebook from More in the submissons page. 
2. Select the Grader Report drop-down menu and choose Gradebook setup.
3. Navigate to the grade item. Hidden grade items will display a struckthrough eye icon.
4. Select the three dot menu on the same row as the name of the grade item you are marking.
5. Select Show.
6. Select the link to the assignment to open it.
7. Select Submissions.
8. From the Actions menu on the top left of the page, select Reveal student identities. This will populate the Grades into the Grader Reportand generate an email to students that grades and feedback have been released. Do not reveal identities until the grading is ready to be revealed to students as this option cannot be re-enabled. You will see a warning about this and will be asked to confirm you want to proceed.