Grading Forms

Description:	Create a grading form to grade students’ work based on specific criteria. It also provides clear performance indicators for students and consistent grading guidelines for instructors and teaching assistants. After you create the grading form, it will be available as a grading option for assignments and discussion topics.
Who can do what?	ONLY instructors can create and edit grading forms Students can access grading forms released by instructor.
How To's:	Creating Grading Forms Editing Grading Forms
Demo:	How to Export Grades How to Add Grades

How to Create Grading Forms

Creating Grading Forms From the 'Teach' Tab, click on Grading Forms screen, click Create Grading Form. Enter a title and description. Three criteria appear by default. To add to or edit these, do the following Under Objective/Criteria, click its Edit icon. Edit the label. Click outside the text box to save your edit. If you need to add a criterion, click Add Criterion. If you need to delete a criterion, click its Remove this criterion icon. Three performance indicators appear by default. To add to or edit these, do the following:   Under Performance Indicators, click its Edit icon. Edit the label, and click outside the text box to save your entry. If you need to add a performance indicator, click Add Performance Indicator. If you need to delete a performance indicator, click its Remove this performance indicator icon. You must have at least two performance indicators. For each criterion, define your performance indicators by entering an explanation in the text box. In the points text box for each criterion's performance ranking, enter a numeric value. Click Save.

How to Edit Grading Forms

Editing Grading Forms From the Grading Forms screen, click its ActionLinks icon and click Edit Grading Form. Edit the grading form. When editing grading forms that are already used by a learning object, you cannot add or delete criteria or performance indicators. You can, however, edit the numeric values assigned to the performance indicators. If grades have been assigned, they are automatically re-graded in Grade Book. There is one exception: overridden grades are not automatically re-graded. Click Save.