How Do I Grade Group Assignments In SpeedGrader 

1. To begin, you will need to create a group assessment in Canvas

2. In the assessment setup ensure you have selected that this is a Group Assignment. 
3. Ensure you have selected whether the assignment will be marked for the group, or to each student individually. 

4. Ensure your rubric has been completed for the assignment 

5. Students should be assigned to groups before the assignment is published.  
   • Note:  Grades and submissions will be affected for students who are not in a group at the time of assignment submission and get added or removed at a later date.   
   • It is important to ensure all groups are setup correctly before the assignment is published and students make their submissions 

6. Students submit their group work into Canvas. 
7. Open the assignment and select Speed Grader  

OR 

8. Select Speed Grader from the Course Markbook 

9. View Submissions in SpeedGrader 
   • Depending on the Group settings for the assignment, the drop-down menu either displays the name of each group. 

OR  

10. If the group assignment was set up to assign grades to each student individually, the assignment submission will still apply for each group member, however the drop-down menu displays the name of each individual student.  
11. Select the name of the group/student whose submission you want to view. 

11. Review student work the same as you would when “Marking using SpeedGrader” 
12. View your Rubric by clicking View Rubric. 

Note: If you have setup grading in the Rubric settings, the Grade field will automatically populate with the rubric grade results. 

14. Enter the grade in the Grade field. 
    • Note: When grading an individual submission, the entered grade will only apply for the student whose submission you are viewing. 

15. Enter your feedback 
    • Depending on the Group settings for the assignment, the comment will either be sent to the group 

OR  

16. You have the option for individually marked assignments 
17. Once you have completed your marking and feedback, click Submit 

18. Comments will appear in the Submission Comments filter in Conversations.  

Where to go next?

1 What is SpeedGrader?

2 Marking Using SpeedGrader 

3 Adding Comments in SpeedGrader  

4 Adding to the Comments Library 

5 Marking a Group Assignment in SpeedGrader

6 How do I get the Marks Box to Auto Populate in SpeedGrader?   

7 Troubleshooting:  Student work not showing in SpeedGrader 

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