To grade quizzes, from the quizzes page, click on the dropdown arrow beside the Quiz title and select Grade.
Under the Users tab, you will see a list of quiz submissions/attempts by each student. Under the Attempts tab, the different attempts of students are listed. Under the Questions tab, you can view the student responses for each question.
To grade, click on Attempts.
Quizzes in Brightspace can be graded automatically or manually, although it depends on the question types you have used. Manual grading is accessed through the context menu options for an individual quiz in the Manage Quizzes list.
The Quizzes Event Log shows you every recordable student action takenduring the duration of the quiz. To access it, open an attempt and click the “Quizzes Event Log” link.
Auto-graded vs. Manually Graded Questions
Auto-grading
With the exception of Written Response (Long Answer) questions, Brightspace can automatically grade quiz answers by matching the answers recorded by the instructor. In many cases, Brightspace can automatically grade quizzes and enter the results into the student Grades. There are, however, situations where intervention and manual grading is needed. For example, quizzes contain Written Response (Long Answer) questions that must be graded manually the instructor must allow for acceptable spellings for Short Answer questions, e.g. accepting “color” when “colour” was the only answer assigned to the question.
Auto-grading is possible with the following question types:
True or False (T/F)
Multiple Choice (MC)
Multi-Select (M-S)
Short Answer* (SA)
Multi-Short Answer* (MSA)
Fill in the Blank* (FIB)
Matching
Ordering (ORD)
Arithmetic (2+2)
Significant Figures (X10)
Auto-grading is more challenging for SA, MSA or FIB questions.
Do not use these question types for any answer longer than one or two words.
Anytime that students are typing an answer, the instructor must anticipate ANY possible acceptable answer when setting up the quiz question. Learners need to have correct spelling for those answers to be auto-graded as correct.
It is highly recommended that you do a manual check and adjust the auto-grading as needed before publishing the grades as something as small as an extra space between two words will be auto-graded as incorrect.
Manual grading is required for Written Response (WR) questions, which are used for open ended, one-phrase to essay length answers. An optional answer key field can be enabled for WR questions via the Options drop-down so that instructors can easily compare students’ answers with the target answer on the same screen when grading.
Grading Quizzes
Quizzes can be manually graded by student attempt (grade an individual student’s entire quiz and then move on to the next student) or by question (go through question 1 for all students, then question 2 for all students, etc.)
Find the Quiz you want to grade, then click the arrow next to the quiz name. Note: clicking on the name of the quiz will bring up the edit quiz options, not grading.
In the drop-down menu, select Grade.
Grading by Attempt (By Student)
Under the Users tab, you will see a list of quiz submissions/attempts. You can also access attempts under the Attempts tab.
Click the attempt for the student you want to grade. If the student has more than one attempt, they will be all be listed. Make sure you click the one you want to grade.A new page will open where you can grade the attempt and enter feedback.
Note: you can filter the list by clicking Show Search Options.
Grading by Question
Select the “Questions” tab (*see options for grading by question below) and click on a question to being grading. You have the option to “Hide learners’ names” while grading.
Entering Scores
For auto-graded questions, a red X indicates the student did not answer the question correctly. The blue arrow indicates the correct answer.
Entering(Overriding)Scores: Auto-graded scores can be overridden if the student’s answer is considered acceptable. In the below example, the instructor has manually overridden the “0” that auto-grading assigned the response of “falcons” when the answer key only specified “falcon”.
Note: Any question that is not auto-graded requires a score to be entered. By default, a 0 is awarded to the student until a score is manually entered.
Adding Feedback
Click Expand Question Feedback below the score field to enter custom feedback for any answer. A feedback box will appear where you can enter feedback for individual students on specific questions.
Note:
Students will not be able to see this feedback with their quiz results unless you change the default display settings. To do this, go to the Evaluation & Feedback tab in the quiz settings and set it to show questions (unless you only added feedback to incorrect questions, you will need to select one of the All questions settings). If you don’t want the students to see the quiz questions indefinitely, you will need to go back to the quiz settings and change the published display back to No questions once students have had a chance to see their feedback.
Overriding the Overall Score
When you have finished grading all the questions, click Save Draft and the Final Score will automatically update. You have the option to override the final calculation by entering a score in this field.
Navigating Between Questions/Submissions
When finished grading an attempt, you can go to the previous or next question/submission by clicking the arrows on the top right, and when you’re finished grading click Back on the top left.
Releasing or Retract Quiz Results and Resetting Attempts
Back on the submission page, you can:
Release grading/feedback: Select all or only specified students in the checkboxes and then hit “Publish Feedback”.
Retract feedback: Select students and “Retract Feedback” if you need to regrade
Reset: Select a student and hit “Reset” in order for them to be able to retake the quiz.
Reset Quiz Attempts
Students may experience technical issues while taking a quiz. If necessary, you can delete a quiz attempt for your student and provide the opportunity to retake their quizzes by resetting attempts.
To reset quiz attempts
On the navbar, click Quizzes.
On the Manage Quizzes page, click the drop-down menu beside the quiz with attempts you want to reset, and click Grade.
Select the check box for each attempt you want to reset and then click the Reset button at the top of the list of quiz attempts.
Note: By default, the Grade Quiz page only displays completed quiz attempts. To view quiz attempts in progress, on the Users tab or the Attempts tab, from the Restrict to filter, select either All attempts or Users with attempts in progress.
View a Quiz Attempt in Progress
In the event that a student doesn’t manage to submit their quiz after the time limit runs out, you can enter the quiz and submit it for them.
Locate the Quiz in Progress
Go to Assessments > Quizzes > on the Manage Quizzes page
Click the dropdown menu next to the quiz and select “Grade”
On the Users tab, click Show Search Options next to the Search box to reveal the Restrict To dropdown menu > choose “Users with Attempts in Progress”
Click the magnifying glass in the Search box to apply the filter
Find the correct attempt in the search results below
Submit the quiz in progress
Click the “Enter Quiz as User” icon to the right of the ‘(In progress)” statement, and follow the prompts to enter the quiz as the student
A pop-up will appear, asking you to confirm; select “Yes” to enter the quiz as the student
Click the “Submit Quiz” button located at the bottom of the screen, and follow the prompts to complete submitting the quiz
On the “Quiz Submission Confirmation” page, select “Submit Quiz” (again) to submit the quiz
