Actively Learn - Grade Assignments
Learn how teachers grade student work in Actively Learn.
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This article walks teachers through grading assignment questions, providing feedback, additional grading options, and how students can view provided feedback and review their answers.
Article Contents
Student View of Feedback and Previous Responses
Grade an Assignment
Note: Multiple choice questions are automatically graded.
1. Click Menu at the top-left.
2. Select the class under Classes from the menu.
3. Click on the assignment tile.
4. Click the Grading button at the top-right.
5. Select the Question from the drop-down.
6. Select to show All students or a select student.
7. Select the appropriate grade from the options provided.
A. Click the Mark Question as 'Not Grading' button to change the question to an ungraded question.
8. Enter feedback, if needed.
The last 50 comments entered are stored in an autocomplete drop-down.
B. Click the Allow Revision button if you want to allow the student to make changes to their answer for the question.
Tips for Effective Feedback
Effective feedback is critical for student development and deeper learning. Actively Learn allows teachers to easily see student activity and give feedback in real-time.
- Timely
Students need to know how they are doing as they work. More frequent feedback will minimize students making the same mistakes. Also, students will likely not visit feedback given on assignments that are completely graded.
- Be specific and focus on the process
If a student receives a good grade, stay away from comments that focus on the result such as "Good Job." Instead, let them know what they did that was great. For example, "This is a great example of supporting your argument with evidence from the text." This will keep students focused on the process.
- Actionable
Give students examples and directions on how to improve. Leaving feedback on "How?" and "Why?" does not help guide students in improving. Instead, give students the direction they can apply such as "Adding examples will help your readers understand your point of view. Here are some examples from the text you could have used: X, Y, and Z"
Additional Grading Features
Actively Learn uses Marzano's Standard Based Grading. Teachers can make changes to the labels that appear for short answer responses and customize the point values by going to Edit grading settings.
For information on the different Bulk actions available for grading, refer to the Actively Learn - Bulk Assignment Actions article.
Teachers can print out a summary of student answers to each question, along with the grade selected, and any feedback provided.
Student View of Feedback and Previous Responses
When grading (A) and feedback (B) is provided for a question, students will see it immediately within the assignment.
Students can also Request Revisions (C) and View previous responses (D) they provided for the question.
