Step #1: Go into the “SpeedGrader” for the project
In this example, we will go into the “Artist Poster” Assignment.
You can go into the Speed Grader one of two ways:
- Through the Grade book, click on any student (in this case I chose the test student) and then click on the grade cell of the project you wish to grade. From here, click on the little speech bubble on the top right.
You will then get a pop-up box where you can click on “More details in the SpeedGrader” to open.
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2. Through the Assignment Description, open the description and on the right side panel you should see an option of “SpeedGrader” for the assignment, click it.
Step #2: Navigating “Speed Grader”
You can select a students’ grade area for the project by clicking on the name on the top right, which will expose a drop down menu of all the students in the class. This is how you can switch between student projects in the speed grader.
Once you select the student you wish to grade, you will see their assignment on the left side, and the grade area on the right. To go into the rubric, in order to enter their grade, click on “View Rubric”.
The rubric can be quite large, therefore you may want to move the dividing line of the screen over to the left. You can do this by clicking on the grey line (the white line on the right changes the size on the other side) and slide it to the left to make the right side of the screen larger. From here you should see the rubric in front of you. If you were to switch between students it should keep the size in tact.
Step #3: Use the Rubric & Save the Grade
At this point, just click on the boxes that best represent proof of learning in their project for each of the areas. A sum is tabulated in real time so you can see the total of their project grade on the bottom right of the rubric box. You can adjust as you see fit while selecting the boxes.
From here, you need to click both “Save” and “Submit” for it to record into the Gradebook. If there are brief comments you wish to relay to the student, you can do it here.