Assigning Letter Grades

[bphilipp]

Short time, First time!

I'm in charge of a fairly large lecture (100 seats) and trying to assign the smoothest grading system possible that will allow the TAs to simply log in and go through the essays, leave a comment for the students, and enter a grade.

I believe SPEEDGRADER allows for this, however, I have no idea how to set up the grading.

I'm particularly confused about the "Grade out of 0" circled. It's a writing space so, as far as I assume, the graders can write anything there.

Is there a way to set it up so that the grade is logged and tabulated automatically? It's the first of 3 semester assignments.

The "Enter Grade" option only allows for POINTS or PERCENTAGE (Not letter, which would be ideal) and its setup is a little confusing. (for me!) It's just a text box in which you can write anything. Should I ask them to write a grade between A and F there? And then, I would tabulate them manually... elsewhere? I'm not sure.

Do I need to set a rubric? And if so, how? 

Any help would be tremendous! Canvas is great otherwise.

[heather_stockfo]

Hello Ben Philippe

You can use a "grading scheme" to help you here. " Grading scheme values display as the grading scheme value according to the assignment's grading scheme (entering an A displays as an A).

Here's a guide: How do I enter grades for an individual assignment as a specific grading type in the Gradebook? 

I personally recommend using a Rubric. How do I add a rubric to an assignment? 

In your screen shot (Grade out of 0), it appears that the total number of points have yet to be assigned. But you can edit this! Here's how: How do I add or edit points for an assignment? 

This will be helpful to your TA's: How do I leave feedback comments for student submissions in SpeedGrader?  

I hope this helps!

Smiles,

: )  Heather

[Chris_Hofer]

Hello there, bphilipp...

In addition to the great resources that  @heather_stockfo  provided you, it's also possible to set a grading scheme for your entire course...so that a letter grade will also show up next to points.  Here are some additional Guides that might help:

• How do I use grading schemes in a course?
• How do I view grading schemes in a course?
• How do I enable a grading scheme for a course?
• How do I add a grading scheme in a course?

I hope these additional resources will be of help to you, Ben.  Please let Community members know if you have any other questions about this...thanks!