Marking Essay Questions (Moodle Quiz)

In This Article:

1. Open the Quiz
2. From the Quiz drop down menu select: "Manual Grading"
   
   

Managing Quiz Attempts For Manual Grading (Essay/Short Answer)

By Question

1. 'To Grade' Column, click on 'grade' beside the question to be marked.
2. Change the number of quizzes to the number of students in your course (default is 5).
   
   
   
   
3. Order attempts - Random/date/student.  Random could allow instructor to be more objective.
4. Save the setting (Change options)
5. Select the question to mark, include Feedback and enter the mark.
   
   
   
   
6. Save and go to next page

Individual Student Manual Grading

1. Open the quiz.
2. Quiz Drop down menu.
3. "Results" > "Grades".
4. Select the options for the report.
   
   
   
   
5. The report can be sorted by First Name/Surname, date, etc.
   • In the example above, three questions have been auto marked, the essay questions (Q4 and Q5) show "Requires grading".
   • Depending upon the length of the quiz, use the quiz report scroll bar (not the browser scroll bar) to see the additional questions.
6. Click on "Review attempt" beneath the student name.
   
   
   
   
7. Make a comment or override mark.
8. Enter the comment and mark.
9. Save.
10. Scroll to the next question that needs marking.