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<\/a><\/div>\n<\/p>\nAssessments measure student achievement. They may take the form of traditional assessments such as exams, or quizzes, but may also be part of learning activities such as group projects, discussions, or presentations.<\/p>\n
Brightspace has a number of tools instructors can use to assess learners and the Grades tool is useful for assigning and keeping track of learner grades. If you are not familiar with setting up your Grade Book, review Brightspace Tip #503: Grade Book<\/a> for information.<\/p>\n There are multiple ways to enter grades for learner submissions in Brightspace. Three ways instructors can enter grades in their Brightspace courses are:<\/p>\n Quick Eval<\/a> is a tool that allows evaluators to see a list of unevaluated learner submissions from all their courses. Submissions from Assignments, Discussions, and Quizzes are displayed in one location to improve efficiency when locating work that requires evaluation and providing feedback to learners. Instructors can use Quick Eval to assess learner submissions.<\/p>\n For assessments that are created using a Brightspace tool, such as Quizzes, Assignments, and Discussions, instructors will associate the assessment with a Grade Item in the Grade Book. The association is made within the tool itself. When you are ready to grade the student\u2019s work, you will grade it within the tool and the grade will automatically transfer over to the Grade Item in the Grade Book.<\/p>\n For assessments that occur outside of Brightspace, instructors have to create a Grade Item in the Grade Book, and then manually enter student grades into the Grade Book. Examples of in-class assessments where you may need to manually enter grades in the Grade Book include participation grades, tests administered on-paper, presentations, and demonstrations.<\/p>\n Instructors can manually enter grades for assessments in the Grade Book\u2019s Standard View or Spreadsheet View. <\/p>\n The Standard View<\/strong> allows instructors to enter grades by grade item for all students in the course or for an individual student.<\/p>\n The standard view allows instructors to evaluate individual learner submissions. Each submission type has a unique icon and new learner submissions are identified with a dot on the corner of the icon.<\/p>\n Click the associated icon next to the learner submission to evaluate the submission.<\/p>\n The Spreadsheet View<\/strong> allows instructors to enter grades for all students and all grade items in a single spreadsheet view. For quick edits, click \u201cSwitch to Spreadsheet View\u201d (the button toggles back and forth between \u201cStandard View\u201d and \u201cSpreadsheet View.\u201d)<\/p>\n The Spreadsheet View allows instructors to manually enter or modify grades in cells. Instructors can also override previously-entered grades using the Spreadsheet View.<\/p>\n Spreadsheet View is ideal for entering grades for assessments that occurred outside of Brightspace. Once you\u2019ve entered the grades, save the changes before leaving the page.<\/p>\n Entering Feedback<\/strong><\/p>\n You can enter feedback by clicking on the arrow to the right of the grade item (column) you want to add feedback to, then select Enter Grades.<\/p>\n Locate the name of the student you want to provide feedback for, then select the pencil icon under the Feedback column and enter the feedback.<\/p>\n Once you\u2019ve entered the grades and feedback, save the changes before leaving the page.<\/p>\n NOTE:<\/strong> When entering feedback you have the option to enter private comments that will only be visible to you and users with grading privileges. Learners cannot see private comments.<\/p>\n Brightspace Tip #503: Grade Book<\/a> View current, past, and preview upcoming Continuous Delivery release notes<\/a> Note: Are you doing something innovative in Brightspace or perhaps you've discovered a handy tip? Share how you are using Brightspace in your teaching and learning in The Orange Room<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n Image credit: Grade book<\/a> by David Mulder | CC BY-SA 2.0<\/a> (image cropped)<\/small><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\n
Quick Eval<\/h3>\n
Within Individual Tools<\/h3>\n
In the Grade Book<\/h3>\n
Standard View<\/h4>\n
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<\/a>Spreadsheet View<\/h4>\n
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<\/a>Important<\/h3>\n
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Want more information?<\/h2>\n
\nBrightspace Tip #475: Quick Eval<\/a>
\nEnter Grades in the Grades tool<\/a>
\nGrading in Brightspace<\/a>
\nBrightspace Tip #204: Interactive Rubrics<\/a><\/p>\n
\nInstructors Quick Start Tutorial<\/a>
\nBrightspace Known Issues<\/a>
\nRequest a sandbox course<\/a>
\nSign-up for Brightspace training sessions<\/a>
\nYou can find Brightspace help<\/a> at D2L's website.
\nJoin the Brightspace Community<\/a>.
\nTry these Brightspace How-To documents<\/a>.
\nVisit our Brightspace FAQs<\/a> for additional Brightspace information
\nor schedule a one-on-one session<\/a>, email<\/a>, or
\ncall Janice Florent: (504) 520-7418.<\/p>\n