Advanced grading in Assignment
In an Assignment activity, a grade can be set based on a marking guide or rubric that the lecturer creates in advance. These methods show evaluation criteria and the relative weight of each criterion within the overall grade. Using a predefined guide or rubric can clarify the expectations in the assignment for the students. Also, the guide/rubric ensures greater reliability in grading when different graders are involved.
It is advisable to make the marking guide or rubric available to the students in advance to promote submissions more in line with the lecturer expectations.
There are two methods of advanced grading in Moodle
Marking guide: the grade is divided into criteria, a numerical grade is given for each criterion, comments can be added for each criterion.
Rubric: the grade is divided into criteria, and given a scale (for example "needs work, good, very good, excellent"), comments can be added for each criterion.
Note: The assessment scale is predefined by the lecturer for each criterion.
What's in this tutorial:
Create a Marking guide in an Assignment
1. On the course site, enter the relevant Assignment.
If you have not yet created the assignment, click here for instructions for creating an Assignment.
2. In the assignment item, click on "Advanced grading" in the top menu
3. On the “Change active grading method to” field, select "Marking guide" and click on the "Define new grading form from scratch" button.
4. On the next page, name the Marking guide.
It is possible to add general information or a description in the "Description" field.
5. Define the first criterion:
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Criterion name, for example: Introduction chapter
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Description for students: You can write description or instruction for the students, for example: "In the Introduction chapter you need to define the issue being examined, explain its importance and set the goals of the research."
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Description for Markers: You can write an instruction for the evaluators, for example: "note that all the required information is clearly written... Add points for… Deduct grade for..."
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Maximum score: Set the maximum grade (points) for this criterion.
6. Additional criteria can be added as needed by clicking "Add criterion".
7. In the “Marking guide options” section, you can define whether the grading criteria will be available to students and whether they will see the grade for each criteria.
8. To finish, click “Save marking guide and make it ready” button
Grade an Assignment using a marking guide
1. Enter the Assignment and click on "View all submissions".
2. Choose a student's assignment and click on the "Grade" button.
3. On the submission page you can see the submission file on the left side and the submission details on the right side. You can navigate between the pages using the arrows in the upper left corner.
Navigate between pages
Submission details
4. On the right, in the "Grade" section you can grade and add comments for each criterion you created.
To enlarge the marking guide click on the arrow icon in the corner
5. The total grade will be calculated automatically.
To finish, click on "Save changes" at the bottom of the screen or click on "Save and show next" to go to the next student.
Note: you can change the page layout to your convenience with the buttons in the lower right corner
Create a Rubric in an Assignment
1. On the course site, enter the relevant Assignment
If you have not yet created the assignment, click here for instructions for creating an Assignment.
2. In the assignment, click on "Advanced grading" in the top menu
3. On the “Change active grading method to” field, select "Rubric" and click the "Define new grading form from scratch" button
4. On the next page, name the rubric. It is possible to add general information/description in the "Description" field.
5. Set the Rubric criteria:
"Click on edit criterion" to name and describe the criterion.
"Click to edit level" to set the scale name and points
Click “Add level” to add levels to the scale
Additional criteria can be added as needed by clicking "Add criterion".
6. Rubric options: The default is that all sections are checked
7. To finish click “Save marking guide and make it ready” button
Grade an Assignment using a Rubric
1. Enter the Assignment and click on "View all submissions".
2. Choose a student's assignment and click on the "Grade" button.
3. On the submission page you can see the submission file on the left side and the submission details on the right side. You can navigate between the pages using the arrows in the upper left corner.
Navigate between pages
Submission details
4. On the right, in the "Grade" section you can grade and add comments for each criterion you created. Click on the scale square to select it. To enlarge the marking guide click on the arrow icon in the corner.
5. The total grade will be calculated automatically.
To finish, click on "Save changes" at the bottom of the screen or click on "Save and show next" to go to the next student.
Note: you can change the page layout to your convenience with the buttons in the lower left corner