Description
The SpeedGrader tool in Canvas allows graders to easily evaluate individual and group assignments. SpeedGrader allows instructors to view and grade student assignment submissions in one place using points, percentages, or rubrics. Canvas accepts a variety of document formats and even URLs as assignment submissions. Some document assignments can be marked up for feedback directly within the submission. You can also provide feedback to your students with text or media comments.
Environment
Canvas in your web browser
Considerations
- To avoid lost work, multiple users should not grade an assignment at the same time.
- Instructors cannot delete assignment submissions.
- If a quiz includes more than 65 total submissions, individual attempts cannot be viewed in SpeedGrader.
- Submission details are not shown when an assignment is graded anonymously.
Solution
Accessing SpeedGrader
- Log in to Canvas at canvas.ohio.edu
- Navigate to your desired course
- In the course navigation menu, select Assignments
- In the assignment name column in the Gradebook, select the three-dot options icon
- Select SpeedGrader
Using SpeedGrader
The left side of the SpeedGrader menu bar includes general settings and options. You can select the gradebook icon to return to the gradebook. The visibility icon will allow you to post or hide grades from students. Settings include sorting options and keyboard shortcuts
to help you navigate quickly in SpeedGrader.
The center of the menu bar includes assignment information such as name and due date. You can view the assignment details by selecting the name of the assignment where you can also download all student submissions
for the assignment. Grading information helps you keep track of your grading progress by displaying the number of assignments that have been graded out of the total, as well as the average score and percentage.
The right side of the menu bar includes the student list for the assignment. SpeedGrader opens the assignment alphabetically by last name and displays the status of each student's submission.
Once you have selected a student, the student's submission displays in the preview window. The SpeedGrader preview window varies depending on the assignment and submission type. For example, a Word document will open and allow you to use mark-up tools on the assignment.
To provide comments on document submissions, you can:
The SpeedGrader sidebar provides all the submission details
such as date and time of the submission, or previous versions if the assignment was resubmitted by the student. You can download submission files by selecting the link, grade assignments, leave comments, reassign assignments, and view submission status.
The Anonymous Instructor Annotations feature option allows graders to annotate submissions anonymously. Note that this anonymity only applies to annotations and comments added in the Canvas DocViewer; any overall comments entered in the "Comments for this attempt" field or grading activity within a rubric will be attributed to the grader by name. Instructions to enable this feature are provided in the How do I enable anonymous instructor annotations in student submissions? article
from the Canvas Community site.
Outcome: You should now be able to access SpeedGrader and use it to grade assignment submissions.
Get Help from Canvas
- Live chat with Canvas support (Faculty)
- Get 24-hours/7-days a week Canvas support
- Dial the Canvas Support Hotline number located under "Get Help" in the Canvas
Global Navigation Menu
- Contact OIT at 740-593-1222 for questions related to logging in, test courses/manually created courses, or third-party tools (Panopto, VoiceThread, Inclusive Access, etc.)
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