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Online Grading

Tired of stacks of paper? Gina Brandolino, from the Sweetland Center for Writing, shares her experience moving from grading physical papers to online feedback and assessment.

Gina Brandolino

Gina Brandolino, PhD
English Language and Literature
Literature, Science, and the Arts (LSA)
Sweetland Writing Center

Summary

Gina Brandolino moved from grading physical papers to using online tools, which enabled her to continue to hand write comments but to do so electronically. Among the benefits, she cites reclaiming class time that was previously used to return papers to students and providing students with more choice in where and when they review feedback about an assignment. Read the full newsletter article to learn more about her experience with Canvas’ SpeedGrader, Gradebook, and Assignments.

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Check out information related to Brandolino’s process of moving from paper to online grading.

Highlights of Old and New Workflows

A comparison of the old method of assigning an essay, grading it, and communicating related feedback using CTools and paper documents with the new one that uses Assignments and online grading in Canvas.

View Old and New Workflows (pdf)

Sample Rubric

A holistic rubric that communicates three to five levels of performance and descriptions of the characteristics that define each level.

View Sample Rubric (pdf)

Sample Student Submission

A graded essay that shows the style and nature of typical feedback.

View Sample Student Submission (png)

How-To Information

Interested in trying these ideas and strategies?  Browse the how-to information to learn more.

Create an Assignment

A screencast of the basic steps involved in creating a Canvas Assignment.

LTC Video Tutorial: Create a Basic Assignment (1:45)

Instructure Canvas Guide: Assignments

Use the Canvas Gradebook

A video tutorial focused on using SpeedGrader as well as manually adding grades to the Gradebook.

LTC Video Tutorial: Using Gradebook (6:51)

Instructure Canvas Guide: Grades

View Grades as a Student

An annotated image of Grades in Canvas from the perspective of a student.

View Grades from a Student Perspective (pdf)

Customize your Canvas Home Page

An annotated image of the course’s Canvas site Home Page.

View Brandolino’s Canvas Home Page (png)

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