[Gradebook] A better way to give individual grades in Group Assignments
USE CASE: I do a lot of small “group” exercises in the classroom. I need the ability to grade the submissions as a group (which is there), but I also need the ability to provide individual grades (to students who were absent, etc.) That functionality is also kind of there. But as it stands now, I have to grade, then edit the Assignment to allow for individual grades.
If I try to override a single student's grade in the Gradebook, it assigns that grade to everyone on the team. There's no way that I have found to give an individual score to a student without editing the Assignment.
But then the Assignment has to stay that way for the rest of the semester. The problem is that when I copy one course into another, I have to go into each individual assignment and make sure the Individual Grade option is turned off.
Also: when I separate it out into individual scores I THINK it removes the non-submitting team members’ ability to view the submission. (I haven't found a way to really test this other than having a student show me their interface. I cannot add "Test Student" into a Group.)
IDEA: It would be great if the SpeedGrader or Gradebook interface could allow me to enter a default grade for the team, but then show a list of team members who I can assign an individual grade to while in SpeedGrader. That way the assignment stays the same (no editing) but I can assign different grades to individuals (overriding their team grade) in real time. Or something like that.
