Assessments
Marking and results
Once students start submitting, these are the actions available to you.
The important difference is on the left of that diagram. Questions with a right answer take the automatic path and can be finished without you. Open ended answers always take the lower path, because somebody has to read them.
An assessment with both kinds sits at Partially Evaluated until you have marked the written answers.
Marking
| Action | What it does |
|---|---|
| Mark it automatically again | Re-runs automatic marking from the current answers |
| Mark this student as done | Treats every question as marked, whether or not you set a mark |
Re-running automatic marking replaces any mark you set by hand on the questions it covers. So do your own marking after the automatic pass, not before.
Marking a student as done records your progress. It shows the student nothing: results still wait to be released.
Releasing
| Action | What it does |
|---|---|
| Release the results | Students can see their marks and comments |
| Reopen for re-marking | Marks become editable and the student stops seeing them |
You can release, reopen, adjust and release again. Reopening hides the result until you release it once more.
Giving another attempt
Reopen for another attempt is a different thing. The student can change their answers and submit again, and marking starts over once they do.
That gives them a second go, not a second opinion.
When a student asks
A student can ask for their answers to be looked at again. You are told, and the assessment shows Reevaluation Requested.
Their marks do not change. Asking on its own does nothing: it is waiting on you, and stays that way until you reopen it or release results again.
Pausing
Pause this assessment stops anyone starting or continuing. Everything already submitted is kept, and you can resume whenever you like.
Useful when something is wrong with a question and you need students to stop while you decide what to do.
Deleting
An assessment can be deleted. There is nothing to undo, so a paused assessment is usually the better move while you are deciding.
What next
The teachers path covers this as a workflow rather than a list of actions. See grade and release results and evaluation methods.