Grading Discussions

After a discussion’s scheduled end date, you can finalize and post marks to GradeBook.

1.On the Dashboard, on the course with the discussion you want to grade, click Active Discussions.

2.In the Assignment column, click the name of the discussion you want to grade.

3.Click on a student’s name to go to their grading screen for the discussion.

The grading screen for the student displays.

Note: If the student whose posts you are viewing replied to another student, both the reply and original post display. If you wrote a direct message to the student whose posts you are viewing, it displays as well.

4.(Optional) To override the autoscored mark, in the section at the bottom of the screen, enter the desired score in the Mark field.

5.(Optional) The Late checkbox is automatically selected if a student submitted work past the assigned due date. However, if desired, you can deselect the checkbox before posting the marks to GradeBook.

6.(Optional) To enter a comment that will display on the Assignment Marks screen in GradeBook, enter a comment in the Comments field.

7.Click Post.

Note: When you post marks, the value in the GradeBook Mark field is what posts to GradeBook.

You are returned to the grading screen for the discussion where you can click another student’s name to grade their discussion. As you post marks, the Mark column is populated on the discussion’s grading screen.

8.Once you have posted marks for all students, click Finalize Grading.

All of the graded student activities are removed from the grading screen. The marks are now posted to GradeBook, and if you selected Post the marks to the web? on the Assignment Details screen, students and parents can view the marks in ParentAccess on the Grades screen. For students, the discussion is moved from the Activities screen Assigned tab to the Graded tab. Students can continue posting to the discussion until the designated end date.

If you return to a student’s grading screen, the GradeBook Mark field is now populated.