Marking

Help pages for staff on how to grade assessments.

All marks need to be entered into Moodle, for all assessed items. This allows marks to be correctly transferred to MyWaikato, where students will view their final grades.

There are several methods available in Moodle. Choose the one that best suits your assessment and feedback preferences.

Note:

Assignments submitted via Moodle

Quick Grading allows marks and comments to be inserted directly from the View all submissions page.

Standard Grading, which is accessed through the red Grade button, allows you to attach feedback comments and files.

Feedback Studio is the most comprehensive grading and feedback method: various types of feedback (QuickMarks, written, or voice recorded), rubrics, and marking forms can be used. We recommend this option for marking online. 

Offline Grading Worksheet is a spreadsheet that can be downloaded from Moodle.  Marks can be entered into the spreadsheet, then uploaded to Moodle.

Assignments not submitted via Moodle

Quick Grading allows marks and comments to be inserted directly from the View all submissions page.

Standard Grading, which is accessed through the red Grade button, allows you to attach feedback comments and files.

Offline Grading Worksheet is a spreadsheet that can be downloaded from Moodle. Marks can be entered into the spreadsheet, then uploaded to Moodle.

Manual Gradebook Items can be entered directly into the gradebook.

  • If you would like assistance with the grading methods above, or if none of them suit your assessment, please contact CeTTL.
  • Release assignment marks using workflow.
  • See the Quiz pages for help on grading quizzes.
  • These step-by-step instructions cover the most common questions people ask us about grading. Please let us know if there are other instructions you would like.

Related pages

Assignment grading tools

These pages relate to marking a standard Moodle assignment. See the relevant pages for help with other types of Moodle assessments.