{"id":17384,"date":"2021-09-22T15:12:57","date_gmt":"2021-09-22T20:12:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cat.xula.edu\/food\/?p=17384"},"modified":"2021-09-22T15:12:57","modified_gmt":"2021-09-22T20:12:57","slug":"brightspace-tip-261-simplify-grading-and-giving-feedback","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cat.xula.edu\/food\/brightspace-tip-261-simplify-grading-and-giving-feedback\/","title":{"rendered":"Brightspace Tip #261: Simplify Grading and Giving Feedback"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Giving students timely, useful feedback can greatly enhance learning and improve student achievement. ICYMI, read my Give Students Feedback That Helps Them Learn<\/a> blog post for information on providing better feedback.<\/p>\n

Are you looking for ways to simplify grading and for providing feedback on assignment submissions? These Brightspace tools can help:<\/p>\n

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Annotations Tool<\/dt>\n
The Annotations tool allows instructors to provide feedback directly in submitted assignments. Feedback can be provided as text highlighting, freehand drawing, text annotation, and note annotation. <\/p>\n

The use of a stylus is not required when using the Annotations tool. However, it could help to speed up the process of marking up the assignment submissions.<\/p>\n

For more information, refer to this how to use the Annotations tool<\/a> blog post.<\/p>\n

NOTE:<\/strong> The Assignment Grader app allows instructors to make annotations on assignments. The Assignment Grader app is no longer available for download to new users. Existing users may continue to use the app if they have it installed on their device, but no further updates or support will be made available by D2L and the app is scheduled to be removed from app stores. As an alternative mobile grading option, D2L recommends using the Quick Eval<\/a> tool.<\/p>\n

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Rubrics<\/dt>\n
Rubrics allow instructors to establish set criteria for grading assignments. Using the rubrics click-and-score simplicity saves time when grading. With a rubric you can provide consistent evaluation and contextual feedback to students. You can add additional personal feedback to each criterion, expanding on why you chose that level and what additional work would be required to improve on it. <\/p>\n

For more information, refer to this using interactive rubrics<\/a> in Brightspace blog post.<\/dd>\n

Video Notes<\/dt>\n
Audio and video feedback can provide richer and more detailed feedback than may be possible through written comments. Visual or audio feedback also provides a more personal way of giving feedback. You have the option to provide audio and\/or video feedback in Brightspace. Use Video Notes to provide short, video-based feedback, comments, or instructions.<\/p>\n

Here are a couple of blog posts with more information:<\/p>\n