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).
Quick video tutorials
View a very short walkthrough of grading Essay questions in Moodle. View more videos in the Moodle Quiz playlist here.
1.) Click the link to your quiz in Moodle
2.) Click on the gear icon beside of the quiz name and click 'Manual grading'
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
7.) When you are done grading this question, click the 'Back to the list of questions' link at the top of the page
