M09e6 - Releasing grades and feedback

Moodle Assignment

You can release grades and feedback when you're ready. You can enable Marking Workflow in the assignment settings, and set the Marking Workflow state on selected or all submissions within the assignment, as marks are applied.

See a short video on Marking Workflow

See the Moodle Assignment miniguide for information

For further information on Moodle Assignment see Moodle.org

Turnitin Assignment

You set a Post Date in the Turnitin assignment settings when creating the assignment.  Marks and feedback are automatically released at Post Date (this is also when anonymised student identities will be revealed).

See the Turnitin Assignment miniguide for information

Also, see our related guides:

• M09b1 - Guidance on anonymous marking in Turnitin

• M09b3 - Marking Turnitin Assignments via Moodle

• M09b4 - Mark 'nothing' with Turnitin

• M09b5 - Turnitin Grading Forms

• M09b6 - Turnitin Rubric

Quiz

You can either specify when the grades and feedback should be released, or release them when you're ready.

For summative assessments, it’s advisable to leave all ‘Review options’ settings switched off until you are ready to release grades and feedback to students.

To release grades and feedback:

1. Open the quiz.

2. Go to the quiz Settings.

3. Scroll down until you reach the 'Review options' section.

4. Select Marks under the ‘After the quiz’ is closed column. You may first need to select The attempt and Maximum marks.

5. Select any additional items in the ‘After the quiz is closed’ column that you would like students to see.

6. Click Save and return to course.

See the Moodle Quiz miniguide for more information

For further information on Moodle Quiz see Moodle.org

Moodle Workshop (peer assessment)

You can release peer marks and feedback to students when you're ready.

See the Moodle Workshop miniguide for information

For further information on Moodle Workshop see Moodle.org

Why can't students see the grades and feedback I released?

Did you Save your changes?

While marking work, you will be prompted to Save your changes. Ensure you do this before closing your browser.

If using Marking workflow in a Moodle assignment - is the status set to ‘Released’?

If you have selected Use marking workflow in the Moodle Assignment settings, ensure the status of the workflow is set to Released.

Was Anonymous/Blind marking enabled?

Grades will not feed back to the Moodle gradebook and will not be visible to students unless student names have been revealed.  

Once you reveal names you cannot revert to blind marking again. To reveal names:  

1. Navigate to the relevant assignment and click on the submissions tab.

2. Using the drop down menu at the top of the screen select Reveal student identities. A prompt will then appear asking you to confirm that you would like to reveal the names.

3. This action cannot be undone. Click continue if you wish to proceed.

MyFeedback Report

Enables staff and students to see grades and feedback recorded in Moodle, across courses. The report includes Moodle Assignments, Turnitin Assignments, Workshops and Quizzes.

See the Moodle MyFeedback miniguide for information

For further information on MyFeedback see Moodle.org