Video -- TA Grading
Video Length
- 30.5 minutes
Video Link
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This video is very important for first-time CCI instructors using Drexel's Bb Learn to view as well.
This video is made up of other videos on grading various elements in Bb Learn, with some additions.
Video Outline
- Bb Learn URL and finding course
- Accessing Needs Grading
- Accessing Full Grade Center
- Identifying and grading manually created columns
- Grading Bb assignments
- Last comment needs to be checked
- Rubrics
- Download all submissions at once
- Resubmissions for one student (Ignore Attempt or Allow Additional Attempt)
- Manual override
- Grading discussion boards
- Grading blogs
- Finding older entries in index
- Finding comments in blogs
- Journals are very similar
- Grading wikis
- Finding comments in wikis
- Grading group assignments, blogs, wikis
- Grading tests and surveys
- Check "Test Information" area on the "Grade Test" page if you manually grade an exam for late or overtime work.
- Download results
- Attempt statistics
- Surveys are anonymous
- Hiding columns from instructors or students
- Column Organization
- Showing columns
- Assigning categories
- Reordering columns
- Total and Weighted Total Columns (2 types of calculated columns)
- All Grade Columns (other calculated columns excluded)
- Select Grade Columns and Categories
- Running Total
- Entering a 0 when someone doesn't submit
- Primary & Secondary Display
- Display Types
- Weighting columns and categories
- Smart Views (User)
- Grading Turnitin Direct Assignments
- Turnitin Document Viewer
- Comments
- No decimal points in Turnitin Document Viewer
- Originality Reports
- Downloads
- Click link to VoiceThread assignment (easiest way to grade) in "Content Area"
- Content Area defined
- Look for "vt" icon.
- VoiceThread presentation link looks same as graded VoiceThread assignment
- Ask instructor or click into VoiceThread
- Looking at a Create a VoiceThread Assignment
- Who has and hasn't submitted assignment on right
- Email who hasn't submitted if you will (all or just one) by clicking envelop icon
- See what is submitted by clicking on name under Submitted then clicking link beneath name
- Enter grade in number area
- Grades on percentage scale (0-100) (example given)
- Click % button to submit
- Grades sent to "Full Grade Center"
- Can add comments that all student can see (same as you would normally on a VoiceThread)
- Not a way to comment for grading purposes
- Watch a VoiceThread assignment
- Grades itself once student has watched VoiceThread and click "Submit Assignment"
- Submit Comment VoiceThread assignment
- Students submit a comment on VoiceThread
- Grading VoiceThread assignments in "Full Grade Center"
- Click circled down arrow in VoiceThread column's cell for student
- Click "Grade User Activity"
- Not easy way to get back to "Full Grade Center" (press and hold back in Firefox)
- Leave a comment for one student for a grade in "Full Grade Center"
- Click circled down arrow in VoiceThread column's cell for student
- Click "Quick Comment."
- Enter in comment in "Feedback to Learner"
- More formatting options and larger box if you click "Text Editor"
- Tech Support for students