Evaluate Submissions

Leave feedback and enter a score on a student's submission.

1. Click the Assignments tab on your course navbar.
2. Click the name of the assignment you would like to leave feedback/score for.
3. Find the student you wish to evaluate and click the Evaluate link to the right of their name.

    

4. Enter a grade for the student in the Overall Grade field.

   Note: If you do not see the overall grade box it means no Score Out of value has been entered. Edit the assignment, enter the Score Out of value, then return to grading.​

5. If you have chosen a selectbox grade item, you may select a letter grade in lieu of a number grade. To learn more see selectbox grade items.

   Note: If you are using a rubric to grade the assignment and you don't want students to see a numerical score, make sure to use No Score in the rubric.​

6. Enter any comments you may have for the student in the Overall Feedback box.
7. You may also Upload a File, Record Audio, and/or Record Video.

   Select the three dots in the Feedback toolbar to see more formatting options, or the full-screen option to enter your feedback in the full HTML editor.
    

   
8. Click the Publish button to make the feedback and grade immediately available to the student. Or, click the Save Draft button to save your work without releasing it to the student.
9. To go to the next new submission, use the arrow in the upper or lower right screen.

Leave feedback and enter a score on a student's new submission.

1. Click the number of new submissions in the folder you would like to leave feedback/score for.

    

2. You will be directed to a new submission to evaluate.
3. Enter a grade for the student in the Overall Grade field.

   Note: If you do not see the overall grade box it means no Score Out of value has been entered. Edit the assignment, enter the Score Out of value, then return to grading.​

4. If you have chosen a selectbox grade item, you may select a letter grade in lieu of a number grade. To learn more see selectbox grade items.

   Note: If you are using a rubric to grade the assignment and you don't want students to see a numerical score, make sure to use No Score in the rubric.​

5. Enter any comments you may have for the student in the Overall Feedback box.
6. You may also Upload a File, Record Audio, and/or Record Video.

   Select the three dots in the Feedback toolbar to see more formatting options, or the full screen option to enter your feedback in the full HTML editor.
    

   
7. Click the Publish button to make the feedback and grade immediately available to the student. Or, click the Save Draft button to save your work without releasing it to the student.
8. To go to the next new submission, use the arrow in the upper right screen.

    

Leave feedback, enter a score and publish anonymous submissions.

1. Click the Assignments tab on your course navbar.
2. Click the name of the assignment you would like to leave feedback/score for.
3. Select a student to evaluate and click the Evaluate link to the right of their anonymous user name.

    

4.  Enter a grade for the student in the Overall Grade field.

   Note: If you do not see the overall grade box it means no Score Out of value has been entered. Edit the assignment, enter the Score Out of value, then return to grading.​

5. If you have chosen a selectbox grade item, you may select a letter grade in lieu of a number grade. To learn more see selectbox grade items.

   Note: If you are using a rubric to grade the assignment and you don't want students to see a numerical score, make sure to use No Score in the rubric.​

6. Enter any comments you may have for the student in the Overall Feedback box.
7. You may also Upload a File, Record Audio, and/or Record Video.

   Select the three dots in the Feedback toolbar to see more formatting options, or the full screen option to enter your feedback in the full HTML editor.
    

   
8. Click Save Draft to save the score and feedback.  When using anonymous grading, individual scores and feedback cannot be published.  Scores and feedback must be published for all students at the same time.
9. After finishing evaluating students, return to the list of submissions. Make sure all students in the course are showing on one page.  Select the checkbox to the left of "Last Name, First Name" at the top of the list.
10. Select the Publish Feedback button to make all scores visible to students and push the scores to the associated grade item.  

View a list of files submitted to the assignment, including deleted and restored submissions.

1. Click the Assignments tab on your course navigation bar.
2. Click the drop-down arrow next to the name of the assignment and select Submission Log. 

    

To evaluate a student's submission using the Annotations toolbar:

1. Click the Assignments tab on your course navigation bar.
2. Click the name of the assignment you would like to leave feedback/score for.

    

3. Find the student to evaluate and click the Evaluate link to the right of their name.

    

4. Click the file name to open for evaluation with the Annotations toolbar.

    

5. Click the Pencil (Annotations) to access the Annotation tools.  
6. This opens the Annotations toolbar.  The tool icons appear on the right side of the toolbar, and the arrow on the left side will always return you to the previous state.

    

7. You will see four categories of tools on the right side:  Drawing, Note, Text. and Lines (shapes).
   
   Drawing provides you with a set of pens and an eraser to draw freehand on the document.  When you select a pen, a secondary toolbar appears with the specific options for that pen tool. 

8. The Note tool adds an icon of your choosing to the document.  When the student clicks it, a note pops open on the page to reveal the text you entered.  This tool is useful if you have lots of comments and don't want to overwhelm the student with text boxes.
    

   
9. The Text tool is similar to Note except the text is always viewable.  It is good for short comments and highlights.
10. The Line tool is used to draw simple shapes and lines.  As with all tools, a secondary toolbar will display the options for each tool.

     

11. There are a couple of ways to mark up text in the student submission. You can highlight an area of text or double click the text to bring up the toolbar to Highlight, Underline, Strikethrough, or Squiggle text.

     

12. The eraser allows you to erase free-hand placed lines, highlighter, or text.

     

13. When the eraser function is selected, the mouse cursor becomes a white circle.

     

    
14. Enter a grade for the student in the Score field.

    Note: If you do not see the score box it means the assignment does not have points assigned to it. Edit the assignment and enter the maximum points that can be received, then return to grading.

15. Enter any comments you may have for the student in the Feedback box.
16. You may also Add a File, Record Audio, and/or Record Video.

     

17. Click the Publish button to make the feedback and grade immediately available to the student. Or, click the Save Draft button to save your work without releasing it to the student.

Quickly find information about each student from the Submissions Evaluation tool.

1. If a student has made several submissions to an assignment, select the box to the right of the student's name in the upper left corner and choose the submission you wish to score or annotate.

    

2. You can also learn more about the student you are evaluating by hovering your cursor over their profile image or avatar.  Click on their name to view their D2L profile in a new tab.  Click the User Progress link to open their course progress in a new tab.