1. Grading Quizzes by Users (Students)
  2. Grading Quizzes by Question 

Some quiz questions are graded automatically by D2L Brightspace, including multiple-choice, true/false, multi-select, and matching. More qualitative questions, like written response, must be graded manually.  

There are two options for grading quizzes:  

NOTE: If you have been assigned to grade specific students or groups of students, follow the instructions for Grading by User (Student). If you have been assigned to grade specific questions, follow the instructions for Grading by Question.

 

Grading Quizzes by Users (Students)

This option is for grading an entire quiz for one student at a time.
  1. Log in to Brightspace with 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. Click Quizzes. All quizzes will be displayed in the Manage Quizzes dashboard. Your instructor may sort quizzes into categories which will reflect in this view if you toggle to change the view at the top right.
    TIP:  Under each quiz, there will be the start, end, and due dates listed. You may reference these dates to know if a quiz is still available for students to enter or the end date has closed off the submissions.
  5. Find the Quiz you want to grade, then click the arrow next to the quiz name.
  6. In the drop-down menu, select Grade.
  7. Under the Users tab, you will see a list of student quiz attempts.
    TIP: If you are searching for a student that has an open attempt, Click the Users tab > Click Show Search Options > then change the “Restrict to” to Users with attempts in progress > Click the magnifying glass icon in the search field.
  8. Locate the attempt for the student you are required to grade. Use the View By drop-down menu to search by group/section or the search options to filter the attempts.
  9. Click on the attempt.
  10. Scroll down the page to view all quiz questions. You will see questions that are auto-graded indicated next to the question Score. A red X indicates the student did not answer the question correctly. The blue arrow indicates the correct answer (see example below). If auto-feedback has been programmed, an alert will appear indicting that question feedback has been sent.                     
  11. Any question that is not auto-graded will be required to have a score and feedback entered. Enter a score in the Score box. By default, a 0 is awarded to the student for any non-auto-graded questions. 
    TIP: Your instructor may provide a marking guide or rubric to follow. Always clarify distinguishing between scores before grading questions.
    TIP: Especially for short answer or essay style questions, giving effective and constructive feedback will help the student understand the grading of questions. It is encouraged to use the question feedback box for non auto-graded questions.
  12. Click Expand Question Feedback. A feedback box will appear where you can enter feedback specific to the question.                                                                                                     
    TIP: Communicate with your instructor about when you should be entering question feedback and the type of feedback you should be providing students.
    TIP: Below each section in the quiz, there is an option to enter section feedback. Click expand section feedback to enter feedback that applies to the entire section of the quiz.
  13. Enter all scores for non auto-graded questions, then click Save Draft. Continue to the next student by toggling to a new attempt using the navigation arrows on the top-right side of the page.                             

You have now graded a quiz from the Users Tab.

Grading Quizzes by Question 

  1. Log in to Brightspace with 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, Quizzes. All quizzes will be displayed in the Manage Quizzes dashboard. Your instructor may sort quizzes into categories which will reflect in this view if you toggle to change the view at the top right.  
  5. Find the Quiz you want to grade, then click the arrow next to the quiz name.
  6. In the drop-down menu, select Grade.
  7. Click the Questions tab.                           
  8. Locate the question(s) you are assigned to grade. 
  9. Click on a question name.
  10. The question will appear at the top. If an answer key has been provided by your instructor, this will appear below the question.  
  11. Read through the student’s response and enter a score in the Score box.  
  12. Click Expand Question Feedback to enter feedback (if applicable). 
    TIP: Your instructor may provide a marking guide or rubric to follow. Always clarify distinguishing between scores before grading questions.
    TIP: Especially for short answer or essay style questions, giving effective and constructive feedback will help the student understand the grading of questions. It is encouraged to use the question feedback box for non auto-graded questions.
  13. Click Save 
  14. At the top there will be a numbers and arrows to toggle to the next student. Continue grading until complete.

You have now graded a quiz from the Questions Tab.

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