Grading Submitted Assignments

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Last updated: Mar 28, 2022 by Sarah Nguyen (Deactivated)
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This article is for faculty and staff who wish to learn more about using HuskyCT to grade assignment submissions. Submitted assignments must be accessed from the Grade Center, either by going to the column associated with the assignment or by using the “Needs Grading” tool.

Accessing the Assignment Submissions from the Grade Center Column

  1. Click on Grade Center under the Control Panel, and then click Full Grade Center or Assignments.

    full grade center or assignments

    1. Approach 1: Use the column options menu.

      1. Click on the gray down arrow for the options menu.

      2. Choose Grade Attempts.

    2. Approach 2: Use the options menu for a student’s attempt.

      1. Click on the gray down arrow to the right of the gold circle with the exclamation point.

      2. Click on the Attempt date link in the options menu.

Accessing the Assignment Submissions from "Needs Grading"

  1. Click on Grade Center under the Control Panel, and then click Needs Grading.

    needs grading

  2. Look for the assignment’s name, and then click on the student’s name to access their submission.

Viewing and Commenting on the Submitted Assignment

Using Bb Annotate, it is possible to view and annotate the following document types within HuskyCT:

  • Microsoft® Word (DOC, DOCX)

  • Microsoft® PowerPoint®(PPT, PPTX)

  • Microsoft® Excel®(XLS, XLSM, XLSX)

  • OpenOffice® Documents (ODS, ODT, ODP)

  • Digital Images (JPEG, JPG, PNG, TIF, TIFF, TGA, BMP)

  • Medical Images (DICOM, DICM, DCM)

  • PDF

  • PSD

  • RTF

  • TXT

  • WPD

Document View Settings

If the student submission is of one of the document types listed above, you will see the following menu above the document:

A. Sidebar: View Thumbnail, Outline, Annotation, or Bookmark views of the submission.

B. Pages: Use the arrows to jump to different pages in the submission.

C. Pan: Move the submission on the page.

D. Zoom and Fit: Zoom in and out of the submission or adjust the view to fit the page, fit the width, or select the best fit.

Annotations

E. Annotation tools: Select each tool to view the tool properties.

  • Drawing, Brush, and Eraser: Draw freehand on the submission with various colors, thicknesses, and opacity. Select the eraser to remove annotations. You can erase parts of a freehand drawing with the eraser or select the Delete icon to delete the whole drawing.

  • Image or Stamp: Choose a preloaded stamp or create your own customized stamp or image to add to the submission.

  • Text: Add text directly on the submission. You can move, edit, and change the text and select the font, size, alignment, and color of the text.

  • Shapes: Choose Line, Arrow, Rectangle, Ellipse, Polygon, and Polyline. Each shape has its own settings to change the color, width, opacity, and more.

F. Comment: Provide feedback in comments. Your comments appear in a panel next to the submission.

Students can access the annotated files but will not be able to add annotations in their submissions.

G. Print or Download: Print or download the submission with the annotations.

A known issue with some browsers' built-in PDF viewer may not display all your annotations. Please view annotated PDFs in a native PDF viewer such as Adobe Acrobat.

H. Search: Search the submission for specific text.

I. Content Library: Create a bank of reusable comments. You can add, edit, delete, and search comments in the library. You can also add a comment directly to the submission page from the menu.

Highlighter: Select specific portions of the submission to highlight. As you highlight text on the submission, an additional menu opens. You can highlight, strikethrough, underline, squiggle, or comment on the highlighted section.

Entering a Grade and Feedback

  1. Override a grade.

  2. Displays the grade of the last attempt.

  3. Enter the grade for the current attempt.

To enter a grade and feedback,

  1. Enter the feedback for the student in the box. Click Add Notes to open a “Grading Notes” area for instructor use only.

  3. Click on the paperclip icon to attach a file.

  4. Click Browse My Computer to attach a file.

  5. Click the “A” icon to open a text editor with more options.

Grading with Rubrics

  1. Navigate to Full Grade Center and then Needs Grading.

  2. Under Assignment Details, on the right-hand side, select the small drop-down arrow.

  3. Next, select the rubric that was applied to the assignment (in this example, the rubric was named Short Essay Rubric)

  4. Finally, select the grading options in the rubric for the given student and select Save Rubric to update the grade according to the rubric details.

  5. Continue the grading process (such as possibly providing feedback) and click Submit when done.

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