Essay questions are one of the question types in Moodle that require manual grading by the instructor. The technical process is pretty easy, but well-hidden. This walk through will demonstrate the technical process of entering grades and feedback for essay questions (the easy way)
1. Click the link to your quiz in Moodle
2. In the top navigation menu, click "Results." The results screen will open. In the top drop-down menu, select "Manual grading" from the list of choices.
3. On the next page, click the 'grade all' link in the row of the question that you would like to grade
4. In the 'Options' section, select 'By student last name' or 'By student first name' for Order Attempts
- Click the 'Change Options' button.
5. Read responses and enter a grade (mark) for each one
- Student responses will appear in this area.
- You can leave optional comments for your students. You will need to have set up your Quiz Settings to allow your students to view this feedback after the Quiz is closed.
- Enter your grades here. Note that Moodle will provide the total number of possible points as a reference for you.
6. When you have entered all grades and optional feedback on the page, scroll down and click the 'Save and go to next page' button
You will end up back at the Results page. If there are additional essay questions to grade, you can select the next on the list and repeat this process.