The Easy Way to Grade Essay Questions in Moodle

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Easy way to grade essay questions in Moodle.

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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

A screenshot of a topic in Moodle with a quiz title outlined in blue.

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. 

Dropdown menu in Moodle quiz results showing options: Grades, Responses, Statistics, Manual grading, Download essay responses, and Group quiz.

3. On the next page, click the 'grade all' link in the row of the question that you would like to grade

Table showing grading status for a test essay question. It lists: Q# (1), Question name ("Test Essay Question"), "To grade" (2), "Already graded" (0), and "Total" (2).

4. In the 'Options' section, select 'By student last name' or 'By student first name' for Order Attempts

Grading interface for a test essay question showing options to grade attempts. Includes dropdowns for selecting "Attempts to grade" and "Order attempts by" (Last name). Two green arrows point to the "Last name" field and the "Change options" button.

  • Click the 'Change Options' button.

5. Read responses and enter a grade (mark) for each one

Screenshot of a completed essay question interface in Moodle.

  1. Student responses will appear in this area.
  2. 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.
  3. 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

A screenshot of the bottom of the manual grading screen in Moodle with the "Save and show next" button circled in green.

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. 

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Article ID: 78734
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Tue 5/21/19 1:24 PM
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