Grading Assignments and Providing Feedback

Link an Assignment to a Grade Item

1. Log in to Brightspace using your MyCarletonOne credentials. 
2. On the Brightspace homepage, locate your course in one of the following ways:
   • • Click on the course tile under the My Courses widget.
     • Click the Course Selector Grid  and select the course from the drop-down menu. If you are enrolled in more than 20 courses, you can search for the course name using the search bar.
3. In the navbar, click Tools.     
4. In the drop-down menu, select Assignments.
5. Locate the assignment  in the Assignments table and click the arrow to expand the assignment actions menu.
6. Locate an existing assignment or create a new assignment.
   • To edit an existing assignment: Click the arrow next to an existing assignment, then select Edit Assignment.                                                                                               
   • To create a new assignment: Click the New Assignment button.
7. Enter a score value in the Score out of field. 
8. You will see an In Grade drop-down menu to the right of the score field. By default, a new grade item will be created in your gradebook once you have entered a score value. You have the option to link your assignment grade item to an existing category in your gradebook.
   • To categorize an assignment grade item: 
     1. Click the In Grades drop-down menu and select Choose from Grades. A Choose from Grades pop-up window will open.
     2. Select a category from the Grade Category drop-down menu.
     3. Click OK.
9. Add or attach a rubric if you will be using a rubric to grade the assignment.
   • To add or attach a rubric:
     1. Click Evaluation and Feedback on the right side of the page to expand a list of settings options.
     2. Click Add Rubric and select one of the following options:
        • Create New – If you select this option, you will need to configure the settings for your new rubric, then click Attach Rubric. For more instructions on how to set up a rubric, see the Creating Rubrics page.
        • Add Existing – If you select this option, you will need to select an existing rubric in the Add Existing pop-up window, then click Add Selected.
10. Click Save and Close when you are finished editing your assignment settings.

You will now see a grade item (column) for your assignment in your gradebook.

View Student Submissions

1. Log in to Brightspace using your MyCarletonOne credentials. 
2. On the Brightspace homepage, locate your course in one of the following ways:
   • • Click on the course tile under the My Courses widget.
     • Click the Course Selector Grid  and select the course from the drop-down menu. If you are enrolled in more than 20 courses, you can search for the course name using the search bar.
3. In the navbar, click Tools.       
4. In the drop-down menu, select Assignments.
5. Locate the assignment  in the Assignments table and click the arrow to expand the assignment actions menu.
6. In the drop-down menu, select View Submissions.
7. Under the Users Tab or Submissions Tab, you can search for a students name or view a table listing all assignment submissions.                                 
8. Click on the name of a student to view their submission. Alternatively, you can click the submission file or the Evaluate link. You will be taken to the document viewer where you can view and grade the submission.
   

   TIP: You can filter your search options (i.e. View late submissions, students who have not submitted an assignment) by clicking Show Search Options to the right of the search field.

View Submission Log

1. Log in to Brightspace using your MyCarletonOne credentials. 
2. On the Brightspace homepage, locate your course in one of the following ways:
   • • Click on the course tile under the My Courses widget.
     • Click the Course Selector Grid  and select the course from the drop-down menu. If you are enrolled in more than 20 courses, you can search for the course name using the search bar.
3. In the navbar, click Tools.       
4. In the drop-down menu, select Assignments.
5. Locate the assignment  in the Assignments table and click the arrow to expand the assignment actions menu.
6. In the drop-down menu, select Submission Log.

You will see a table displaying submission details for all submitted assignments (see example below).

Download Assignment Submissions

1. Log in to Brightspace using your MyCarletonOne credentials. 
2. On the Brightspace homepage, locate your course in one of the following ways:
   • • Click on the course tile under the My Courses widget.
     • Click the Course Selector Grid  and select the course from the drop-down menu. If you are enrolled in more than 20 courses, you can search for the course name using the search bar.
3. In the navbar, click Tools.      
4. In the drop-down menu, select Assignments.
5. Locate the assignment  in the Assignments table and click the arrow to expand the assignment actions menu.
6. In the drop-down menu, select View Submissions.
7. Click the checkboxes to select the submissions you want to download. To select all submission, click the top-most checkbox.
8. Click Download.
9. You will see a Downloading Files pop-up window. When your zip file is finished loading you will see the message Your file is ready to download. Click Download.

You will now be able to access the downloaded zip file on your computer. 

Grade Assignment File Submissions

1. Log in to Brightspace using your MyCarletonOne credentials. 
2. On the Brightspace homepage, locate your course in one of the following ways:
   • • Click on the course tile under the My Courses widget.
     • Click the Course Selector Grid  and select the course from the drop-down menu. If you are enrolled in more than 20 courses, you can search for the course name using the search bar.
3. In the navbar, click Tools.       
4. In the drop-down menu, select Assignments.
5. Locate the assignment  in the Assignments table and click the arrow to expand the assignment actions menu.
6. In the drop-down menu, select View Submissions.
7. Click on the name of the student you want to grade. Alternatively, you can click on the file attachment. You will be taken to the document viewer where you can view and grade the submission.
   

   NOTE: The following file types are compatible with the document viewer: MS Word (DOC, DOCX) MS PowerPoint (PPT, PPTX, PPS) Adobe Acrobat (PDF, PDFS) Web (HTM, HTML) Plain text (TXT) Images (BMP, GIF, JPG, JPEG, PNG)

8. Enter a score for the submission in the Overall Grade field.
9. Enter feedback (optional).
10. If you want to annotate the submission file, click the annotation (pen) icon in the document viewer toolbar. You can use the annotation toolbar to add comments, highlight text, or mark up the submission. For more information on annotating an assignment submission, see Annotate an Assignment Submission.
11. When you are finished grading, click Publish to release the grade/feedback to students. You can click Save Draft if you want to release the grade at a later date.

TIP: You can use the arrows in the top-right or lower-right corners of the page to navigate between student submissions.

Grade Text Assignment Submissions

1. Log in to Brightspace using your MyCarletonOne credentials. 
2. On the Brightspace homepage, locate your course in one of the following ways:
   • • Click on the course tile under the My Courses widget.
     • Click the Course Selector Grid  and select the course from the drop-down menu. If you are enrolled in more than 20 courses, you can search for the course name using the search bar.
3. In the navbar, click Tools.       
4. In the drop-down menu, select Assignments.
5. Locate the assignment  in the Assignments table and click the arrow to expand the assignment actions menu.
6. In the drop-down menu, select View Submissions.
7. Click on the name of the student you want to grade. Alternatively, you can click View Submission or Evaluate. You will be taken to an evaluation page with the text submission displayed on the left side of the screen.
8. Enter a score in the Overall Grade field.
9. Enter feedback in the Overall Feedback HTML Editor.
   

   TIP: Click the ellipsis icon to expand the full HTML Editor toolbar. In the HTML Editor, you can format or attach/embed files or media to your feedback using the insert stuff , insert quicklink , and insert image buttons.

10. When you are finished grading, click Publish to release the grade/feedback to students. You can click Save Draft if you want to release the grade at a later date.

TIP: You can use the arrows in the top-right or lower-right corners of the page to navigate between student submissions.

Grade On Paper Submissions or Observed in Person Assignments

1. Log in to Brightspace using your MyCarletonOne credentials. 
2. On the Brightspace homepage, locate your course in one of the following ways:
   • • Click on the course tile under the My Courses widget.
     • Click the Course Selector Grid  and select the course from the drop-down menu. If you are enrolled in more than 20 courses, you can search for the course name using the search bar.
3. In the navbar, click Tools.       
4. In the drop-down menu, select Assignments.
5. Click the assignment you want to grade.
6. Locate the name of the student you want to grade and click Evaluate under the Evaluation and Feedback column.
7. Enter a score in the Overall Grade field.
8. Enter feedback in the Overall Feedback HTML Editor
   

   TIP: Click the ellipsis icon to expand the full HTML Editor toolbar. In the HTML Editor, you can format or attach/embed files or media to your feedback using the insert stuff , insert quicklink , and insert image buttons.

9. When you are finished grading, click Publish to release the grade/feedback to students. You can click Save Draft if you want to release the grade at a later date.

TIP: You can use the arrows in the top-right or lower-right corners of the page to navigate between student submissions.

Grading with Quick Eval

1. Log in to Brightspace using your MyCarletonOne credentials. 
2. On the Brightspace homepage, locate your course in one of the following ways:
   • Click on the course tile under the My Courses widget.
   • Click the Course Selector Grid  and select the course from the drop-down menu. If you are enrolled in more than 20 courses, you can search for the course name using the search bar.
3. In the navbar, click Progress.
4. In the drop-down menu, select Quick Eval. 
5. You will now see the Quick Eval Dashboard. From your dashboard, you can view Assignment , Discussion , and Quiz submissions
6. You can view the Quick Eval list by Submissions or Activities. Use the buttons next to View by: to toggle between views.                                               
   

   TIP: You can filter your submissions by Activity name or date by clicking Filter on the top-right side of the page. You can also use the search field to search for a specific student or activity. For example, you can search for the assignment name (i.e. “In Class: Poetry Slam”) to view all ungraded submissions for that assignment.

   • Submissions – View a list of ungraded student submissions. The list can be sorted by clicking on the First Name, Last Name, Activity Name, and Submission Date links at the top of the list.
   • Activities – View a list of activities with ungraded submissions. The list displays the number of New Submissions, and the percentage of Completed, Evaluated, and Published submissions.
7. Navigate to the submission(s) you want to grade in the Quick Eval list.
   • If you are viewing the Submissions list, click on the name of the student you want to assess.
   • If you are viewing the Activities list, you can view ungraded posts in the following ways, click the New Submissions # to grade all new submissions. To view all posts (graded and ungraded), click Evaluate All or click Submission List to view a list of all Submissions.
8. A new page will open showing the assignment submission. If you are using a rubric, the interactive rubric will appear in the panel above the Overall Grade and Overall Feedback fields.
   • Enter an Overall Grade in the top-right corner of the window.
   • Enter feedback in the HTML Editor under Overall Feedback.
     

     TIP: Use the arrows on the top-right side of the screen to navigate between submissions.

9. When you are finished assessing the post, click Publish. You can click Save Draft to save your feedback if you want to publish at a later date. When a submission has been graded, it will no longer appear in the the Quick Eval list.

Grading with a Rubric

1. Log in to Brightspace using your MyCarletonOne credentials. 
2. On the Brightspace homepage, locate your course in one of the following ways:
   • Click on the course tile under the My Courses widget.
   • Click the Course Selector Grid  and select the course from the drop-down menu. If you are enrolled in more than 20 courses, you can search for the course name using the search bar.
3. In the navbar, click Tools.
4. Select Assignments from the drop-down menu.
5. Click the name of the assignment you wish to grade.
6. Click on the name of the student you wish to grade. You can also click the file name or the Evaluate link to the right of the student’s name.                     
7. You will now be able to view the submitted file. Click on the file name to view the submission in the document viewer.
8. To the right of the submission you will see a panels with Rubrics, Overall Grade, and Overall Feedback. Click the name of the rubric you will be using to grade to expand the criteria.
9. Select the appropriate level for each criterion. The criterion score column will automatically populate with the correct points value.
   

   WARNING: Do not click the criterion score column to type in the point value manually. You must click a level for each criterion. If every criterion does not have a level selected, the rubric will not display to students.

   

10. Click Add Feedback in the criteria column to enter feedback.
11. When the rubric grading is complete, verify that a level has been selected for each criterion. The rubric score will automatically populate in the Overall Grade section and the rubric will automatically save as grading information is entered.
12. Click Publish to make the grade/feedback visible to the student, or Save Draft to publish at a later time.

Annotate Assignment Submissions

1. Log in to Brightspace using your MyCarletonOne credentials. 
2. On the Brightspace homepage, locate your course in one of the following ways:
   • • Click on the course tile under the My Courses widget.
     • Click the Course Selector Grid  and select the course from the drop-down menu. If you are enrolled in more than 20 courses, you can search for the course name using the search bar.
3. In the navbar, click Tools.       
4. In the drop-down menu, select Assignments.
5. Locate the assignment  in the Assignments table and click the arrow to expand the assignment actions menu.
6. In the drop-down menu, select View Submissions.
7. Click on the name of the student you want to grade. Alternatively, you can click on the file attachment. You will be taken to the document viewer where you can view and grade the submission.
   

   NOTE: The following file types are compatible with the document viewer: MS Word (DOC, DOCX) MS PowerPoint (PPT, PPTX, PPS) Adobe Acrobat (PDF, PDFS) Web (HTM, HTML) Plain text (TXT) Images (BMP, GIF, JPG, JPEG, PNG)

8. The submission file will now appear in the document view in the left side of the page with a toolbar above the document.                               
   

   TIP: Click the expand button to open the document viewer in fullscreen. In fullscreen view, the annotation toolbar will display options in a more detailed and accessible way.

   TIP: If you are grading a multi-page document, you can use the navigation tools in the left side of the document viewer toolbar to adjust the page view/layout. The thumbnail icon will toggle a panel that provides an outline and preview of all pages in the document. The page layout (gear) icon allows you to customize the page layout view and adjust the page rotation. The page selection arrows allow you to jump between pages in the document. The pan mode (hand) icon allows you to click on the document and drag it up or down to pan the page. The magnifying glass icons allow you to zoom in or out on the document. The Fit page icon allows you to toggle the document view to either fit the whole page in the frame, or fit it to the width of the frame.

9. On the right side of the document viewer toolbar, click the Annotation (pen) icon to expand the annotation toolbar options.
10. You will now see the annotation toolbar icons in the right-hand side of the toolbar.
    

    Annotation Tool	Function
    Drawing	The drawing (pen) button allows you to draw free-hand on the page using your cursor.  Once the Pen button is selected, a toolbar with a toolbar of line type settings options (colour, fill colour, opacity, thickness, blend mode) will appear below the button.                                                          To draw freehand: Click the drawing pen button. Click and drag to draw on the document.                                                      .
    Note	The note button allows you to add notes to the document. Once the Note icon is selected, a toolbar will appear where you can adjust the note settings (colour, icon). The note will appear on the document as a note icon that students can view when they hover their cursor over note. To add a note: Select the note button. Click the page where you would like the note to be located. Type your note text.
    Text	The text button allows you to add text to the document. Once the text button is selected, a toolbar of text formatting options (colour, fill colour, opacity, font) will appear below the button.                                  To add text: Select the Text button and click the page where you would like the text to be located. Type you text as you want it to appear on the document. Use the formatting options to customize the font style and colour.
    Line	The Line button allows you to add a line or arrow to the document.  Once the Line button is selected, a toolbar of line type settings options (colour, fill colour, opacity, thickness, style) will appear below the button.                                                                    To add a line: Select the line button Customize the line appearance using the options in the expanded toolbar. Click and drag your cursor to place a line on the page.

11. When you are finished annotating the document, click Save as Draft. If you are ready to publish your annotations and feedback, click Publish.

Upload Feedback Files

1. Log in to Brightspace using your MyCarletonOne credentials. 
2. On the Brightspace homepage, locate your course in one of the following ways:
   • • Click on the course tile under the My Courses widget.
     • Click the Course Selector Grid  and select the course from the drop-down menu. If you are enrolled in more than 20 courses, you can search for the course name using the search bar.
3. In the navbar, click Tools.       
4. In the drop-down menu, select Assignments.
5. Locate the assignment  in the Assignments table and click the arrow to expand the assignment actions menu.
6. In the drop-down menu, select View Submissions.
7. Click on the name of the student you want to grade. Alternatively, you can click on the file attachment. You will be taken to the document viewer where you can view and grade the submission.
   

   TIP: Click the expand button to open the document viewer in fullscreen. In fullscreen view, the annotation toolbar will display options in a more detailed and accessible way.

8. Enter a Score in the Overall Grade field.
9. Enter Feedback in the Feedback field.
10. To attach a file, click the Upload File icon
11. In the Add a File pop-up window, upload your file in one of the following ways:
    • Drag and drop your file into the upload area.
    • Click Upload and select a file from your computer.
12. Click Add. You will now see your file listed below the Attachments heading.
13. When you are finished providing feedback, click Publish to release the grade/feedback to students. You can click Save Draft if you want to release the grade/feedback at a later date.

Grade Offline and Bulk Upload Feedback Files

To download the students’ assignments for grading offline: 

1. Log in to Brightspace using your MyCarletonOne credentials. 
2. On the Brightspace homepage, locate your course in one of the following ways:
   • • Click on the course tile under the My Courses widget.
     • Click the Course Selector Grid  and select the course from the drop-down menu. If you are enrolled in more than 20 courses, you can search for the course name using the search bar.
3. In the navbar, click Tools.       
4. In the drop-down menu, select Assignments.
5. Click the assignment name.
6. Adjust the per page value at the bottom of the Assignment Submission page so that all students appear on one page. (Note: The maximum value is 200. For a course with enrolment higher than 200, the steps below will need to be followed for each page of student submissions.)
7. Select the checkbox at the top of the list to select all students/submissions.
8. Click the Download button just above the list of students.
9. A pop-up window will appear on the screen while Brightspace prepares a zip file containing all the students/submissions that have been selected. When the package is ready, click the Download button in the pop-up window to save the zip file to your computer.
   

   NOTE: The original ZIP file contains a subfolder for each user submission with a numeric ID prefixed to the folder name, which can make it difficult to work with. If you’d like to change this, you can use the Assignment Converter in the Tools dropdown menu (found in the Navbar).

10. Extract the zip file. This will create a submission folder for every student who has made a submission.
    

    WARNING: Do not change the title of the submission folder. Doing so can affect importing feedback files to Brightspace.

11. Open a student submission folder.
12. Evaluate the assignment and add feedback.
13. Save your changes on each file.
14. Repeat steps 11 to 13 for each student submission folder.
15. Once you have evaluated and added feedback to all submission files and saved them, select all the updated folders and create a .zip folder.
    

    NOTE: If you have any learner names with characters that cannot be used in a compressed folder, such as Ø, rename that folder and reattempt to create a .zip folder. Do not change the ID prefixed to the name of the folder.

To upload the feedback package to Brightspace: 

1. Log in to Brightspace using your MyCarletonOne credentials. 
2. On the Brightspace homepage, locate your course in one of the following ways:
   • • Click on the course tile under the My Courses widget.
     • Click the Course Selector Grid  and select the course from the drop-down menu. If you are enrolled in more than 20 courses, you can search for the course name using the search bar.
3. In the navbar, click Tools.       
4. In the drop-down menu, select Assignments.
5. Click the assignment name.
6. Click the Add Feedback Files button at the top of the Assignment Submission page. A pop-up window will appear on the screen. 
7. Drag and drop the zip file into the upload field of the pop-up window. (Or click the “Upload” button to browse your computer for the zip file.) 
8. Click the Add button at the bottom of the pop-up window.
9. Once you click the “Add” button, Brightspace will start extracting the contents of the zip file and distributing them across the students’ submissions. This may take some time, depending on the number of files / size of the import. When the process is complete, the pop-up window will close, and a message will appear briefly at the bottom of the screen stating that X number of files were successfully uploaded. 

Bulk Upload Feedback Files Only 

 If you are not annotating the assignments but creating separate feedback files: follow the steps in the Grade Offline/Bulk Upload section above but remove the students’ original submissions from the folders before uploading the feedback package. Otherwise, Brightspace will also attach the students’ original submissions as feedback files.