Moodle Assignment feedback guide

Quick grading enables the lecturer to enter grades and feedback comments directly onto the assignment grading screen. This is useful for providing short feedback paragraphs and grades in a single screen.

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. To do this:

1. Select Grades in the contextual navigation menu above the module name. The Grader report page opens
2. Open the drop-down menu on the left of the page and choose Gradebook setup.

3. Select the Edit link on the same row as the name of the grade item you are marking.
4. Select Hide.

1. To access the Grading summary page, select the assignment name on the module page.
2. If you are responsible for marking a 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 View all submissions.
4. Scroll past the submissions. Use the Filter if you want to view who has submitted or who requires grading.
5. Ensure the Quick grading option is checked.

For each submission:

1. Select the student's file in the File submissions column to download it. 
2. Review the student's assignment submission.

For each submission:

1. Hide unnecessary columns such as User picture, ID number or email address to make it easier move across the screen. To hide a column, select the minus icon at the top of the column. The column will be replaced with a icon. Select the plus icon to reinstate the column.
2. Select the input field in the Grade column and input the grade for the student.
3. Select the input field in the Feedback comments column and write the feedback for the student.
4. Repeat the process for other students' submissions.
   • Use can use tab on your keyboard to move from the grade field to the feedback field to the next student in the list.

1. It is important to save your Quick grading regularly. Unsaved grades and feedback will be indicated by orange shading around the boxes. Scroll down past all the submissions and select Save all quick grading changes.
2. A message will appear indicating the grade changes were saved. Select Continue.
   •  if you take longer that 1 hour adding in grades, Moodle will time-out and you will lose unsaved marks and feedback.

1. Select Grades in the contextual navigation menu above the.
2. Select the Grader Report drop-down menu and choose Gradebook setup.
3. Select the Edit link on the same row as the name of the grade item you are marking.
4. 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 above the module name.
2. Select the Grader Report drop-down menu and choose Gradebook setup.
3. Select the Edit link on the same row as the name of the grade item you are marking.
4. Select Show.

   

5. Select the link to the assignment to open it.
6. Select View all submissions.
7. From the Grading action menu on the top left of the page, select Reveal student identities. This will populate the Grades into the Grader Report and 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.