Grade Group Assignments

When you create a group assignment, a grade column is created automatically.

Access a group assignment

You can start grading group assignments from the Needs Grading page or the Grade Center.

Needs Grading page

From the Control Panel, expand the Grade Center section and select Needs Grading.

On the Needs Grading page, use the filters to narrow the list of items to grade by Category, Item, User, and Date Submitted. For example, filter the list by Category and display only assignments and by User to select a specific group.
Select Go. The filtered items appear on the Needs Grading page. Select a column heading to sort the items.
Access an item's menu and select Grade All Users. Or, select a group name in the User Attempt column. The Grade Assignment page appears.

From the Grade Center

In the Grade Center, group assignments that were submitted but not yet graded have a Needs Grading symbol.

All group members' cells display Needs Grading, regardless of who submitted the group assignment.

Delete a group attempt

If you allowed only one submission for the assignment and a group submits the incorrect file, you must remove that attempt so the group can resubmit.

From the Grade Center, access the group assignment column's menu and select Grade Attempts. Or, you can locate any group member's cell for the group assignment that needs grading. From the cell's menu, select the Group Attempt.
The Grade Assignment page appears.
Select Delete Group Attempt to remove the group's submission.

Change an individual group member's grade

When you grade a group assignment, that grade is automatically given to all group members. But, you can assign an individual group member a different grade than the group. If you change a group member's grade and assign a new group grade, the new group grade won't affect the individual's new grade. Individual members only see their own grades, not what each member earned.

In the grading sidebar, select the Override/revert button to change the grade for a group member. Enter a new grade and select Save. This grade becomes an override grade.

The group grade and the individual group member's edited grade also appear in the Grade Center. Grayed out cells appear in the group assignment column for course members who aren't part of the group.

Revert a member's edited grade

You can revert a member's edited grade to the original group grade that all group members received.

In the grading sidebar, select Override/revert button for the user with the edited grade. Select the left-pointing arrow to change the grade to the original group grade.

Add and delete group members

If you add a member to a group after you assign a grade for a group assignment, the new member doesn't receive a grade, as they weren't part of the process. Even if you update the group grade, the new member doesn't receive a grade. You can assign a grade for the new member from the member's Grade Details page, but no submission is available to view when grading.

If you remove a group member after you assign a grade for a group assignment, any grading updates are applied to that group member's cell. To remove a score for a member removed from a group, select Ignore Attempt on the member's Grade Details page. You're asked if you're sure you want to delete the attempt. The group assignment grade is deleted from the member's cell in the Grade Center.

Send reminders about missing coursework

You can send email reminders from Grade Center columns to students and members of groups who have missing coursework. Students receive a system-generated email that lists the course, coursework, and the due date if you assigned one.

Bb Annotate inline grading

You can use Bb Annotate for inline grading in both the Original Course and Ultra Course Views. Bb Annotate offers a more robust feature set to provide customizable feedback to students. Features include a sidebar summary view, freehand drawing tools, various color selections, and much more.

Assignment submissions groups create with the editor aren't compatible with inline grading. Submissions of this type show in the grading screen, but annotation isn't available.

More on inline grading and the supported file types

Anonymous grading

If you enabled anonymous grading for a group assignment, group identifying information is hidden in these ways:

From the Grade Center: After the group assignment due date has passed or all attempts have been submitted, access the group assignment's column and select Grade Attempts. For columns where you enabled anonymous grading, all cells are grayed out so you don't know which groups made submissions.

From the Needs Grading page: Filter the items that need grading to show only the group assignment you want to grade. In the User Attempt column, all identifying information is replaced with "Anonymous Group" and an attempt ID. From a group assignment's menu, select Grade All Users to begin grading.

Both options take you to the Grade Assignment page where you view submissions and grade inline as you normally do. As you navigate from group to group, group names are replaced with Anonymous Group. You can also see how many gradable group items are in the queue.

Delegated grading

When you grade group assignments, you can use grades and feedback from more than one grader to promote reliability and remove bias. You can also divide grading responsibilities for large classes.

Delegated graders follow the same grading steps you do, but, the number of group assignment attempts that they see are based on the options you choose. For example, you might ask each grader to grade a random subset of the group assignments or have all graders grade all group submissions. Then, you can compare the grades and assign the final group grades.

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