Evaluating a quiz or grade item activity manually

The Quizzes and Grades tools provide an opportunity for automatic evaluation because they track the numeric sore of the user. Holistic (one-dimensional) rubrics can have a scale between 1 and 100, and enable you to automatically evaluate the rubric.

If you select an analytic (two-dimensional) rubric with multiple criteria, you must score it manually; as in cases where judgment is required for assigning a grade (e.g., if a quiz includes long answer, essay questions).

To configure a quiz or grade item activity for manual evaluation, you must set the Assessment Type to Rubric and select the Manually Assess check box.

You can configure a quiz or grade item activity from the Edit Activity page.

Manually assess a quiz activity

1. Click Quizzes on the navbar.
2. On the Manage Quizzes page, click Grade from the context menu of the quiz you want to evaluate.
3. Click the Overall Grade link for the user you want to evaluate.
4. In the Objective-based Assessment section of the Grade Attempt page, fill in the associated rubric.
5. Click Save.

Tip  Select an attempt from the Overall Results section to view a user's responses.

Manually assess a grade item activity

1. Click Grades on the navbar.
2. On the Enter Grades page, click Grade All from the context menu of the grade item you want to assess.
3. Click the Objective-based Assessment icon for the user you want to evaluate.
4. Fill in the associated rubric.
5. Click Save.

See also

• Evaluating a quiz or grade item activity automatically

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