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Using the Grading and Feedback Feature

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About Grading and Feedback

  • The Grading and Feedback feature allows you to provide students with grades and feedback for their individual, and overall, contributions in a discussion.
  • Discussion Admins can access the Grading Overview by clicking the (teachers hat icon) in the top-right of the screen, where you can view a list of users in the discussion and their overall grades (if given). Clicking a user displays their Grading Details where you can grade or leave feedback on their overall contributions and view a list of their contributed claims.
  • By default, grades and feedback are not immediately visible to students, allowing you to give and adjust grades and feedback as desired. Once you are ready, adjust Grade and Feedback Visibility to reveal it to students.
  • Students receive a notification when new grades or feedback is visible to them. Students can view their grades and feedback in a discussion by clicking Grade / Feedback in the Discussion Menu.

About the Grading Menu

Grading Overview

Discussion Admins can open the Grading Overview by clicking the (teachers hat icon) in the top-right of the screen.

  • The Grading Overview displays the names and overall grades (if given) of all users who have accessed the discussion.
  • At the top of the menu, the current feedback and grade visibility is displayed. Click Change to adjust this setting.
  • Use the search bar to help filter the display or user names of users.
  • Click on a user to display their Grading Details.

Grading Details

  • The Grading Details contains information related to an individual user’s grades, feedback, and contributions. You can scroll through users by clicking the arrows on either side of the user’s display name.
  • The top section displays the Tasks the user has completed (if enabled), the number of their claims which have been individually graded so far, and the average grade their claims have received.
  • The Overall grade and Overall feedback sections allow you to give a grade and feedback to the user for their overall contributions to the discussion.
  • Finally, a list of the user’s contributed claims is displayed. Clicking on a claim will jump to its location in the discussion, making it easy to go through and grade a user’s individual claims.

Enabling/Disabling Grading and Feedback

Note: To adjust settings for Grading and Feedback you must have Admin permissions in a discussion.

Grading and Feedback is disabled in discussions by default. To enable the feature:

  1. Click the (settings icon) in the top-right of a discussion.
  2. Scroll down to the ‘Grading and Feedback’ section.
  3. Check the Enable Grading and Feedback box.
  4. Optionally, adjust the maximum grade (10 by default) by selecting an appropriate number.
  5. Optionally, adjust the Users see grades and feedback setting (usually you should leave it as Do not see feedback for now – see here).
  6. Click Save.
  1. Open and progress through the Create a Discussion interface.
  2. When reaching the ‘Options’ tab, check the Enable Grading and Feedback box.
  3. Optionally, adjust the maximum grade (10 by default) by selecting the appropriate value.
  4. Optionally, adjust the Grade and Feedback visibility (usually you should leave it on Do not see grades and feedback for now – see here).
  5. Click the ✅ (green check mark) to create the discussion.

To disable the feature in a discussion, follow the same steps as in an existing discussion, unchecking the box.

Grading and Leaving Feedback on Individual Claims

To grade or leave feedback on a claim:

  1. Click the (teachers hat icon) on a claim.
  2. Select a grade out of the maximum (10 by default) and/or provide feedback for the claim.
  3. Click Save.

To edit the grade or feedback given on a claim, click the (purple pencil icon) underneath a claim and make adjustments as necessary, then click Save.

To remove a grade from a claim, click the (revoke icon) in the ‘Grade claim’ section while editing, then click Save. To remove feedback, delete it while editing, then click Save.

Grading and Leaving Feedback For Students Overall

To grade or leave feedback on a student’s contributions to the discussion overall:

  1. Open the Grading Overview menu by clicking the (teachers hat icon) in the top-right of the screen.
  2. Select the appropriate user.
  3. Enter an Overall grade out of the maximum (10 by default).
  4. Provide Overall feedback for the user.
  5. Click Save as appropriate.

Adjusting Grade and Feedback Visibility

  • Usually, this setting should be left on Do not see grades and feedback when you are ready to begin grading and leaving feedback. This means students will not be able to view their grades and feedback while you are in the process of grading. Once you have finished and are ready for students to view their grades and feedback, you would normally then adjust this setting to Only on their own claims to reveal them.
  • Students are sent a notification whenever new grades or feedback is visible to them in a discussion.
  • Students can view all grades and feedback left for them in a discussion by clicking Grade / Feedback in the Discussion Menu.
  • If students wish to respond to feedback, they can do so by commenting on a claim.

To change Grade and Feedback visibility:

  1. Click the (teachers hat icon) in the top-right of the screen to open the Grading Overview window.
  2. Click the Change button in the ‘Feedback and grades are visible to:’ section to open the Discussion Settings window.
  3. In the Users see grades and feedback menu, select one of the following settings:
    • Do not see grades and feedback (default): only participants with the Admin or Owner roles can view grades and feedback. Usually, this means only you and other teachers can see feedback. You should leave it on this setting until you are ready to share the feedback with your students.
    • Only on their own claims: the creator of each claim can see the feedback left on their claims. Use this setting if you want students to be able to see the feedback you’ve given them, but not the feedback you’ve given others.
    • On all claims: everyone in the discussion will be able to see all feedback. 
  1. Click the (settings icon) in the top-right of a discussion.
  2. Scroll down to the ‘Grading and Feedback’ section.
  3. In the Users see grades and feedback menu, select one of the following settings:
    1. Do not see grades and feedback (default): only participants with the Admin or Owner roles can view grades and feedback. Usually, this means only you and other teachers can see feedback. You should normally leave it on this setting until you are ready to share grades and feedback with your students.
    2. Only on their own claims: the creator of each claim can see the feedback left on their claims. Use this setting if you want students to be able to see the feedback you’ve given them, but not the feedback you’ve given others. You should normally change it to this setting once you are ready for students to view their grades and feedback.
    3. On all claims: everyone in the discussion will be able to see all feedback. 

Tip: Irrespective of this setting, only Admins in the discussion can give feedback.

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