Step-by-step guide

To view and access student submissions for an assignment, click the assignment from the main course page.  

Student listing

At the top of the screen use the Grading action dropdown to:

Filter the list to show students with First name and/or Last name that begin with the letters selected; select All for either name to remove the filter. You can also filter the list in the Options section based on submission status. For example, clicking M and All will show Mark Able, Mary Johnson, Melanie Jones, and Michael Smith; clicking M and J will show Mary Johnson and Melanie Jones. 

Applying the name filters before applying a filter from the Options section will display students who match both filters. Be sure to reset the name filters to All before setting the Options filter if you don't want to filter by name. The name filter controls are hidden when the Options filter is applied.

The student listing shows submission information for each student for the current assignment in the Status, Last Modified Submission, File Submissions, and Submission Comments columns.

Use the check boxes in the Select column to select one or more students, then from the With selected... dropdown select:

then click the Go button and follow any subsequent prompts. 

Options for the Grading page

Scroll to the bottom of the Grading page to the Options section. Click the arrow to expand the section if it's collapsed.

Grade button

Click the Grade button from the open assignment or from the student listing (View all submissions) to open the grading screen for the assignment submissions.

Submission section

The status for the student's submission is displayed as No attempt or Submitted for grading.

Not Graded or Graded is displayed.

Time remaining before submission deadline is displayed.

Any files the student has uploaded are listed with the upload time stamp. Click the file link to download it.

PDF files uploaded by the student can be viewed and commented on in the Review panel (see Panel Display below).

If the student left a comment, the count will be greater than (0). Click the + Comments link to display any comments and the field for you to leave a comment that the student will see.

Grade section

The Grade section for the Submission screen will vary depending on the grading features you selected when setting up the assignment, often including the spaces for Feedback comments, for uploading Feedback files, and for entering the student's numeric Grade on the assignment. 

When a grade is entered and saved, Current grade in gradebook value is displayed.

Upload Feedback Files

To upload a file for the student to access the option must be turned on for the assignment (Edit settings > Feedback types).

Panel Display

The display options for the Review and Grade panels are the buttons in the bottom right-hand corner of the Submission screen:

Hover the mouse pointer over them to display their labels, which are (left to right):

If a PDF file is submitted, open the Review panel to display it with the annotation tools to mark up the PDF inside AsULearn. When you Save changes to the grading screen, the annotated PDF will be available for the student to access in the Feedback section for the assignment. 

Save Changes

In the top left of the Submission screen click a link to return to:



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