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Grade Written Response Quiz Questions

Grading essay questions can easily be done within MyCourses

When grading quiz attempts, any ungraded written response questions will remain as pending evaluation until they are manually graded. 

If a written response question is not graded, the status shows a pending evaluation message for both the learner and instructor view. In the learner view, learners always see the message "This question has not been graded" until the instructor grades the question. The instructor view displays the message "not auto-graded; a default value of 0 was assigned" until they grade the question.

When using essay questions, it is a best practice to not publish the grades to the gradebook or allow students to see their grade until you have graded all questions.


For quizzes with written response answers that cannot be auto-graded, the quiz should not be set up to automatically publish results. These settings can be adjusted in the quiz settings under the Assessment tab.

Step-by-Step: 

  1. Click on Submissions on the Navbar

  2. Click on Quizzes
  3. Click on the drop-down arrow dropdown example.pngnext to the quiz

  4. Click on Grade
  5. Click on Questions 

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  6. Click on Grade Individual Responses.

  7. Click on the question you wish the grade (You will see under type WR)

  8. Grade Submission, click on Save and Continue to move on to the next student 

  9. Click on Go Back To Questions
  10. Repeat steps 7-8 for every written response question

  11. Click on Users 

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  12. Click on Published to select all of the submissions publish icon.png (Make sure all submissions have checks next to them)

  13. Click on Save and Close

    Note: Beginning late January 2024, any ungraded written response questions remain as pending until the instructor manually grades them. The learner will see - " This question has not been graded" until the instructor grades the question. 

 

Have Questions? Contact the MyCourses Support Team by email at  MyCourses4Faculty@spcollege.edu 
or by phone at 727-341-3500 (Hours: Mon.- Fri. 8:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. EST).

For after hours or weekend assistance, contact the SPC Helpdesk at 727-791-2795 or onlinehelp@spcollege.edu 

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