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Assess results from New Quizzes in Canvas

This guide describes how you prepare and grade New Quizzes in SpeedGrader. The guide shows step by step how you manually grade questions, regrade automatically graded questions and adjust points. Please note that results from quizzes cannot be handled in the same way as submissions from a Canvas assignment.

Structure of the guide

The guide is divided into five parts:

  1. Before you start.
  2. How the quiz is displayed in SpeedGrader.
  3. Manual grading of individual parts.
  4. Make any necessary adjustments.
    • Regrade an automatically graded question.
    • Adjust points for the entire quiz.
  5. When you are done grading.

1. Before you start

To assess correctly, you should start with the following steps:

  1. Check that quiz reviews are published manually.
  2. When grading anonymously, make sure the quiz is anonymized or hide the students' names only in SpeedGrader.
  3. Go to SpeedGrader for the assignment.

2. How the quiz is displayed in SpeedGrader

Overview of SpeedGrader with three areas highlighted with numbers.

The main window [1] shows the student's submission and a summary of the preliminary result. The submission time can be found in the sidebar [2] and if the student has made repeated attempts, you can switch between them. In the sidebar there is also a comment field where you can write a comment about the entire quiz [3].

Show result

Summary of the results for a submitted quiz. Numbers mark different parts of the summation.

The results part of the quiz shows information about the student's submission. The result includes percentage [1], number of points [2] and time to complete the attempt [3]. If any questions require manual grading, links to them are listed in a warning box [4]. When the manual grading is complete, the number of points and the grade in percentage are updated.

3. Manual grading of individual parts

Question with file upload that needs to be assessed. Numbers mark different parts.

Questions that require manual grading are shown with a gray stripe [1] and the text "Waiting for grade". For file submissions, press the file to download it (images will open in a pop-up). Unlike assignments, quizzes lack annotation tools to draw, highlight and add comments directly to the submission.

After reviewing the student's answers, you can award points in one of three ways. You can mark the answer as correct [2] for the highest point score, incorrect [3] for zero points or use the arrows [4] to increase or decrease the points.

Note! You must update the quiz if you manually changed points for it to be saved. You will find the "Update" button at the end of the quiz.

4. Make any necessary adjustments

Sometimes you need to adjust the quiz after the students have submitted it. In that case you can do the following.

5. When you are done grading

When you are done with the grading for all students, you need to post the grades and comments, and let the students see their own answers. This is done in two places: in the quiz and in SpeedGrader.

To let the students see their own answers:

  1. Go to the build view for the quiz.
  2. Open the “settings” tab.
  3. Turn off the "Restrict student result view" setting.

Post grades and comments:

  1. Go to SpeedGrader.
  2. Press the button to post or hide grades (a crossed-out eye in the upper left corner).
  3. Select “Post grades”.
  4. In the menu that opens, select "Everyone" and press "Post".

Now the grades and comments are visible for the students, both per question and for the entire quiz.