Short answer questions can be manually graded, allowing teachers to credit responses that demonstrate understanding even if they don’t match the expected wording. This approach also makes it possible to award partial marks for answers that are partially correct.
🚨Manual grading is only available for short answer questions. Any adjusted marks or changes in points will be shown in reports that are downloaded or distributed after those changes were made.
Manual Grading
The manual grading feature lets teachers adjust the scoring of short answer questions once the assessment is complete. To do this, simply click on a student's response in the live results table to review and update their marks.
In the grading menu that appears, you can mark the answer as:
Correct by selecting the checkmark icon.
Partial mark by selecting the / (slash) icon.
Incorrect by selecting the x icon.
In the grading menu, you can also:
Undo manual grading: Click Undo after changing a mark. Adjusted marks are saved and can be undone later if needed.
Navigate between student responses: use the up and down arrows for faster grading. This will save the marking of the current response.
Return to the results list: Click Done to save your changes and close the menu.
Assign partial marks: Adjust the number of points awarded for a response to reflect partial credit.
Partial Marks
When manually grading a student’s response, you can also award partial credit (up to the maximum number of points assigned to that question). By default, each question is worth 1 point, so partial credit will typically default to 0.5 points.
To change the points available for a question, edit it in the assessment editor. The updated point values will appear the next time the assessment is administered.
Appearance in the Results Table
Manually graded responses appear in the results table with a folded top-right corner. If partial marks are awarded, the corresponding cell will be highlighted with a yellow background.
