How do I grade a quiz in New Quizzes?
You can grade New Quizzes quizzes using SpeedGrader. Most quiz items are graded automatically after a student submits the quiz. However, essay and file upload questions must be graded manually.
This lesson describes how to access SpeedGrader from the Gradebook.
Notes:
- If the quiz does not display in the Gradebook and is worth zero points, the quiz's assignment details may be set to exclude the quiz from the Gradebook.
- You cannot grade New Quizzes quizzes in concluded courses.
- New Quizzes grades for students with concluded enrollments are not sent to the Canvas Gradebook.
- If you are using New Quizzes, learn how to grade one quiz question at a time.
- If anonymous grading is enabled, you do not see students' names while grading.
00:07: How do I grade a quiz in New Quizzes?
00:10: In Course Navigation, click the Grades link.
00:14: To open speedgrader, hover over the assignment column header and click the options
00:18: icon. Then click the speed grader link.
00:22: The quiz in speed grader. When grading quizzes, you can use the speed
00:26: grader, menu options. Change students change submissions and leave
00:30: assignment comments.
00:32: If any questions require manual grading, the Results page displays
00:37: a warning message that lists the questions to review. Essay and
00:41: file upload questions must be graded manually.
00:44: Quiz results include the percentage score points score and time to complete
00:49: attempt.
00:50: Items the require manual grading display a gray border.
00:55: To leave additional comments on the item, click the Comment icon.
00:59: To give a student full points for an answer.
01:01: Click the check mark button to give a student no points for an answer.
01:05: Click the x button.
01:08: You can also use the Arrow buttons to increase or decrease the score.
01:13: You can also regrade quiz items that have already been graded.
01:18: In the Fudge Points field at the bottom of the window, enter the number of points you
01:22: want to add to the overall quiz score.
01:24: You can also enter negative points. When you are ready to change
01:28: the student's quiz score, click the Update button.
01:32: This guide covered how to grade a quiz in New Quizzes.
01:36: This guide covered how to grade a quiz in New Quizzes.
Open Grades

In Course Navigation, click the Grades link.
Open SpeedGrader

To open SpeedGrader, hover over the assignment column header and click the Options icon [1]. Then click the SpeedGrader link [2].
View SpeedGrader

View the quiz in SpeedGrader [1]. When grading quizzes, you can use the SpeedGrader menu options [2], change students [3], change submissions [4], and leave assignment comments [5]. Learn how to use SpeedGrader.
View Questions That Need Review

If any questions require manual grading, the Results page displays a warning message that lists the questions to review. Essay and file upload questions must be graded manually.
View Results

Quiz results include the percentage score [1], point score [2], and time to complete attempt [3].
Grade Item

Items the require manual grading display a gray border [1].
To leave additional comments on the item, click the Comment icon [2]. To give a student full points for an answer, click the Checkmark button [3]. To give a student no points for an answer, click the X button [4]. You can also use the Arrow buttons to increase or decrease the score [5].