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6.25. Assignments Evaluation
New Assignment Evaluation Experience
The new Assignment Evaluation Experience is part of a redesign of all assessable tools that was completed in 2022. This experience allows instructors to better review and evaluate both discussion topics and individual participants, without changing their workflow.
The New Assignment Evaluation Experience includes the following features:
- The user context bar includes a menu to choose a learner, and another menu to choose a submission. On the user submission list, files are grouped by submission without repeating comments to make it easier to distinguish between submissions.
- The evaluation pane divider is draggable to suit a user’s preferences and screen size. Rubrics are located at the top of the evaluation panel.
- The overall grade remains as an icon that indicates if that grade is tied to the grade book. Existing outcomes and competency web components are also visible.
- You can provide feedback for the submission by typing in the Overall Feedback box, or uploading an attachment.
Getting Started
No changes have been made to page navigation. The user context bar now includes a menu to choose a learner or to choose a submission.
Choose an assignment to evaluate by expanding the menu to View Submissions.
Choose a student and Evaluate.
Start by opening the student submission. Files can be downloaded if preferred. If the assignment has a rubric, choose the toggle arrow to view it inline or expand as preferred. Use the text editor to give Overall Feedback.
File Conversion
Opening a submission will initiate a conversion of the file to the submission reader. A message appears to users when viewing a file that has been converted to .pdf from a different file type in Assignments. The message states "This file has been converted and may have inaccuracies. This will not apply to files that were already .pdf.
User Profile Card
Use your mouse to hover over a learner's profile in the new Assignment Evaluation Experience, the User Profile card now displays the value of the Org Defined Id field.
Navigation
The evaluation pane divider is now draggable to suit a user’s preferences and screen size. Rubrics are now located at the top of the page, and assignment details are in the ellipsis menu. The overall grade remains as an icon that indicates if that grade is tied to the grade book. The divider is easily accessible via keyboard, meaning that evaluators using assistive technology or keyboard shortcuts will be able to adjust panel sizes without using a pointer.
Inline Rubric
Instead of always opening in another window or dialog, it now expands down the evaluation panel, allowing the evaluator to see both the rubric and the submission at the same time. Instructors with complex rubrics will be able to pop out the rubric into a larger view using the button in the top right of the component.
Preview Assignments in Evaluation Mode
Users who did not have edit permissions for assignments can preview assignments. By choosing the context menu and the Preview Activity option, users can see assignment information such as assignment instructions, start dates, or due dates.
The Assignments viewer includes the Download option. Instructors can download the original file without navigating to the submission list. Instructors can also download the annotated PDF file.
New Mobile View
The new mobile evaluation experience is more than just responsive, it is fully adapted to smaller screen sizes. While using smaller screens, such as a phone or a smaller tablet in portrait mode, the entire panel from the right side of the screen tucks into a neat and tidy drawer so that you can see and annotate files you’re grading without trying to manage unwieldy horizontal scroll bars.
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