Gradebook and Feedback | Grade using Speedgrader

SpeedGrader includes several areas to help you locate and view student submissions, grade submissions, and add comments to submissions.

The SpeedGrader menu includes several tools and resources to assist with grading assignments.

The left side of the menu includes general settings and options.

To return to the Gradebook, click the Gradebook icon [1].

To post or hide the assignment Links to an external site., click the Visibility icon [2].

To view SpeedGrader settings, click the Settings icon [3]. SpeedGrader settings include:

• Options [4], which allows you to select student list sorting options Links to an external site. and enable anonymous grading Links to an external site..
• Keyboard Shortcuts [5], which opens a list of keyboard shortcuts for SpeedGrader. You can also press the Shift+Question Mark keys simultaneously.
• Help [6], which opens the Instructor SpeedGrader guides Links to an external site..

Note: When moderated grading Links to an external site. is enabled for an assignment, final graders (moderators) will also view a Moderation Page button, which will allow them to view the Grade Summary Page for the moderated assignment.

The center of the menu bar includes assignment information and overall grading information. Assignment information includes the name of the assignment [1], assignment due date [2], and the name of the course [3].

To view the assignment details, click the name of the assignment. The assignment details page also lets you download all student submissions Links to an external site. for the assignment.  

To return to the Course Home Page, click the name of the course.

Grading information includes assignment statistics, including the number of assignments that have been graded out of the total number of students in the course [4] and the average score and percentage [5]. You can use this information to keep track of your grading progress.

The right side of the menu bar includes the student list for the assignment. SpeedGrader opens the assignment for the first student listed in the student list, arranged alphabetically by last name. If you have activated student view, the Test Student will be shown at the end of the student list. The student list also displays the status of each student's submission. You can also use the student list to find student submissions Links to an external site..

Once you have selected a student, the student's submission displays in the preview window.

Depending on the assignment and submission type, the SpeedGrader preview window may vary. For example, a website URL submission type will appear in the main body of SpeedGrader with the option to open the URL in a new tab. Some website URL submissions cannot be viewed in Canvas and must be viewed in a new tab. Media submissions may display as an embedded file in SpeedGrader or only display as a downloadable file.

To provide comments on document submissions, you can:

• Use Canvas DocViewer Links to an external site. to mark up .pdf, .doc/.docx, and .ppt/.pptx assignments directly in SpeedGrader. SpeedGrader may take up to ten minutes after an assignment is submitted to display a document that supports DocViewer.
• Download Links to an external site. the submission, put feedback on the document, and re-upload the submission.

The SpeedGrader sidebar provides all the submission details Links to an external site. for the student shown in the student list. However, submission details are not shown when an assignment is graded anonymously.

View the submission details Links to an external site. [1], including as the date and time of the submission; if an assignment was resubmitted, you can view previous versions of the submission.

You can also download the submission file by clicking the link [2].

Complete the assessment of the submission by entering a grade Links to an external site. or using a rubric for grading Links to an external site., if available [3].

You can type feedback comments Links to an external site. or insert a comment from the Comment Library Links to an external site. using the Assignment Comments section [4]. Assignment comments also display as a new thread in Conversations Links to an external site..

In the SpeedGrader sidebar, you may see the Reassign Assignment button [1]. To reassign the assignment to the student Links to an external site., add at least one comment to the student's submissions [2].

Students will see a to do item in their list view dashboard to resubmit the assignment.

Once you grade the submission, the student's assignment indicator changes to a check mark, indicating the submission has been graded.

You can view the next student's submission by clicking the arrow button next to the student list.

When evaluating group assignments, the student list displays the name of each group, unless the group assignment is graded individually. Evaluating group assignments is the same process as individual students. You can mark up documents directly or download them for feedback, enter grades and view the rubric, and post and view comments. Learn more about grading group assignments Links to an external site..

If an assignment was set to be anonymous, the student list displays all student names as anonymous. The student list order does not match the order in the Gradebook and is randomized for each assignment.

If an assignment is not anonymous, you can enable anonymous grading in SpeedGrader Links to an external site. to hide student names at any time.