Marking Discussion Contributions

When marking a Discussion Topic, it is possible to provide students with an overall mark and feedback for the Topic as a whole.

Students are able to view their grade and feedback from the Grades Tool. This guide shows the steps for viewing and scoring, and providing feedback on student contributions to a Discussion.

The Discussion List page

• Access the Discussion List page by pulling down the Communication menu and selecting Discussions.
  
  • This will give you a list of all your Forums and associated topics within these Forums.

The Discussion Topic page

• An assessable Discussion topic will have a key icon next to it.
• Click on the Action arrow to the right of the thread you wish to mark
• Select Assess Topic from the drop-down menu

The Assess Topic page

• Click on the Topic Score link for a student

Marking a student's Topic in a Rubric

• If using a Rubric, Scroll down to read the student’s posts
  • Tip: You can choose how to sort the posts, and how many you wish to display within the same page
• Scroll up and enter a Topic Score
• Type in some useful, constructive feedback for the student on their posts, with reference to the assessment criteria and/or rubric standards
• Click on the Save and close button when finished.

Marking a student's Topic Without a Rubric

• Read the student’s posts
  • Tip: You can choose how to sort the posts, and how many you wish to display within the same page
• Enter a Topic Score
• Type in some useful, constructive feedback for the student on their posts, with reference to the assessment criteria and/or rubric standards
• Scroll Up and press Publish Score on Save if you want to release the grade immediately, otherwise it will be in a draft state
• Click on the Save and close button when finished.

Publishing student scores

• When you are finished marking all the students, click save at the bottom of the list.
• Click on the Publish All Scores to Grades button (at the top of the page)
  
  • Tip: This will release the grade and feedback to the students in Grades (they cannot see their result from within Discussions)
• Click on the Save and close button (at the bottom of the page) when finished