1. To start grading assignment submissions, press Start Grading. Alternatively, if you’re attempting to grade a specific student’s submission for an assignment, locate the assignment that you would like to grade and click on the point value for that student. If you would like to download all submissions, you can press the three dots next to the assignment name before opening the grading window and select Download all submissions.
   
   NOTE If you find that you cannot grade an assignment even after the due date has passed, it may be because the student has accommodations. Students with accommodations have an additional 14 days to complete assignments. 
   
   
2. After you select Start Grading, the oldest ungraded submission will be displayed first. You can switch students by selecting the student name in the upper left corner. You can view the assignment details by clicking Assessment Details in the top left corner. The Status of the submission and submission date are located to the right of the student’s name. If LopesWrite was required, you can view the LopesWrite report. To see a detailed report, click on Similarity Score.
   
   

   

3. If the assignment asked for multiple files, you can switch between the files at the top of the assignment.
   
   
4. If there is a rubric on the right side, the criteria will be listed. Clicking on the arrow to the left of a criteria will show the breakdown of the criteria. Once you select the scale for a criteria, you can enter comments for that part of the rubric.
   
   
5. On the bottom left corner, you can leave a comment for the overall assignment.
   
   
6. When you are ready to publish the grade, click the Publish button in the bottom right corner. If you are not ready to publish, your comments and rubric progress saves automatically.
   
   
   
   NOTE You can only publish an assignment grade that has the Instructor Comment filled out and the Rubric point values selected. The only exception to this rule is when the assignment status is Overdue. If the status is Overdue, it is not necessary to fill out the rubric.
7. After pressing Publish, the next student submission will load to be graded.

1. To start grading quiz submissions, locate the assignment that you would like to grade and click on the point value for a student.
   
   
2. On the Assignment Details page, you can view the quiz description by clicking Assessment Details in the top left corner. The Status of the submission and submission date are located to the right of the student’s name.
   
3. On the bottom left corner, you can leave a comment for the quiz.
   
   
4. In the bottom right corner, you can update the final score of the quiz by changing the value of the score.
   
   
5. When you are ready to publish the grade, click the Publish button in the bottom right corner. If you are not ready to publish, your comments and rubric progress will save automatically.
   
   
6. After pressing Publish, the next student quiz will load to be graded.

1. To start grading group assignment submissions, press Start Grading. Alternatively, if you’re attempting to grade a specific group submission for an assignment, locate the assignment that you would like to grade and click on the point value for a student in the that specific group. If you would like to download all submissions, you can press the three dots next to the assignment name before opening the grading window and select Download all submissions.
   
   NOTE If you select Start Grading, the oldest ungraded submission will be displayed first. You can switch groups by selecting the group name in the top left corner.
   
   You cannot grade a group assignment until groups have been assigned.
   
   
2. On the Assignment Details page, you can view the assignment details by clicking Assessment Details in the top left corner. The Status of the submission and submission date are located to the right of the group's name. If LopesWrite was required, you can view the LopesWrite report. To see a detailed report, click on Similarity Score.
   
   

   

3. If the assignment asked for multiple files, you can switch between the files at the top of the assignment.
   
   
4. If there is a rubric on the right side, the criteria will be listed. Clicking on the arrow to the left of a criteria will show the breakdown of the criteria. Once you select the scale for a criteria, you can enter comments for that part of the rubric.
   
   
5. If you would like to apply a different grade and leave a comment for individual members, select Members and then Edit Grade. You can apply a new final score to each member.
   
   
   
   NOTE If you change an individual member grade, the Instructor Comment to that member must be filled out.
6. On the bottom left corner, you can leave a comment for the overall assignment.
   
   
7. When you are ready to publish the grade, click the Publish button in the bottom right corner. If you are not ready to publish, your comments and rubric progress saves automatically.
   
   
   
   NOTE You can only publish an assignment grade that has the Instructor Comment filled out and the Rubric point values selected. The only exception to this rule is when the assignment status is Overdue. If the status is Overdue, it is not necessary to fill out the rubric.
8. After pressing Publish, the next group submission will load to be graded.

From the Gradebook, you can grade students’ responses to the main discussion question. If you want to grade students’ participation within the class, please see the Grading Participation section of this article.

1. To start grading discussion questions, select Start Grading or click on a point value for a student’s discussion topic.
   
   
2. On the Discussion Question page, the responses will be sorted by the posted date. You can view the main question by clicking the Assessment Details in the left corner. In the center, each response will show the name of the student, posted date, and status.
   
   

   

3. To grade a response, enter a point value in the Final Score box.
   
   
4. Continue to grade the other responses. When you are ready to publish the Discussion Question Grades, click Publish in the bottom right corner.
   
   
   
   NOTE As you grade discussion questions, any comments and entered points will be saved automatically.

1. To start grading participation, select Start Grading or click on a participation point value for a student.
   
   
2. On the Participation page, the list of students will show the status of the participation grade, number of posts, number of substantive posts throughout the topic, and the final score.
   
   
   NOTE You may notice the gradebook flagging ungraded participation despite all available students being graded. This is because inactive students are filtered from the gradebook. You will need to filter by inactive students and input grades for those inactive students to remove the notification about ungraded participation. If you are unsure about how to enter grades what to enter as a grade for these students, contact Faculty Training and Development.
3. To grade participation, enter a Final Score for each of the students. If you would like to leave a comment on the participation, click on the Show Comments Field toggle button.
   
   
4. When you are ready, click Publish to publish the participation that has been graded.
   
   

There may be times when a student submits the wrong assignment or doesn’t include all required documents and will need to resubmit the assignment. Before reassigning any assignment, please see the following reminders:

• Discussion Questions and Participation cannot be reassigned. 
• If an assignment has already been reassigned and the student has not yet resubmitted, the assignment cannot be reassigned again.
• Faculty can only reassign an assignment for a due date that is AFTER the original due date. For example, if an assignment is due on the 10^th, but a student submits an incorrect file on the 7^th and needs the assignment reassigned, you will not be able to set the new due date for the 8^th.
• Faculty cannot reassign assignments for students with accommodations. The 14-day extension is hard-set in the LMS. If you need guidance on how to grade students with accommodations, we recommend reaching out to Faculty Training and Development.
• Faculty cannot adjust a due date to a sooner due date, only to a later due date.

To reassign any assignment in your course, follow the steps below.

1. To reassign an item on the gradebook, select the point value of that assessment for the student.
   
   
2. In the bottom right corner, select the Reassign button. 
   
   
3. In the reassign window, select a new due date for the assignment.
   
   
   
   NOTE If you do not want to type the date and time, press the calendar and clock icon.
4. When you are ready, press Reassign.

Knowing the status of an assignment helps to determine what can be graded, and what needs to be graded.

Overdue

This status is indicates that there is no submission and the assignment due date has passed.

Ungraded

This status appears for assignments and discussion questions that have been submitted on time and have not been graded yet. For participation, it appears after the topic end date has passed.

Late

When an assignment status is late, this indicates that the submission was received after the due date and the grade has not been published.

Reassign

After you reassign the assignment, this status appears until the student resubmits again. While the assignment has this status, you cannot grade the assignment again.

Published

This status appears after the assignment has been graded and the grade has been published.

Active

This status only appears on participation that is for the active topic.

No Status

When an item on the grade book does not have a status, the assignment is not open for submissions and cannot be graded.

In Progress

This is the status that appears when students have started a quiz but hasn’t submitted their answers yet.

See the following article for step-by-step instructions on how to submit Final Grades in Halo | Learn:

(Faculty) Submitting Final Grades