Moodle Assignment feedback guide

For Group Assignments we recommend providing grades and feedback online via the Grading page so you can use the setting - Apply grades and feedback to entire group. This setting enables lecturers to mark one student in each group and Moodle will provide a copy of the grade and feedback to all members of the group.

The Anonymous submissions setting should not be enabled for group Assignments. Lecturers can always review the membership of a group so there is no way to mark submissions anonymously.

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. After the assignment deadline, Grade from the Grade column next to a student in a group that you want to grade.
2. The grading page for the student will open.
3. 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 Grade Report and is not available to the student. 
   • It this message does not display, go the Grader Report and hide the assignment grade item.
4. The student's submission file will display in the Submission section at the top of the page.
5. Select the file to download and review it.

   

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

1. Apply grades and feedback to entire group is set to yes by default. This will apply the grade and feedback to all group members at once.
2. Do not uncheck the box alongside Notify students.
3. Scroll to the end of the screen and select Save changes.

To apply a different grade and feedback per group member then open the Apply grades and feedback to entire group drop-down menu and select No. Select Save changes to return to the assignment grading area to select the next group member.

1. Select the View all submissions link at the top left of the grading page to return to the Submissions page. 

1. Confirm that the grade and feedback has been applied to all group members.

   

2. To continue grading select the Grade button alongside a student in another group.

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.