Editing Scores in Homework and Test Assignments
For Homework and Test assignments, the lower half of the Edit Grade Details page allows you to edit the results of individual items or the entire assignment. To access these fields for editing, there must be a student Take for you to review.
Note: ASP assignments provide details for individual questions for the Pre-Test are displayed, and View Progress details are viewed in this section, but not edited. External and ASP assignments allow you to edit the overall assignment score only. For more details see Editing Scores in External and ASP Assignments.
The lower section of the Edit Grade Details page displays the following controls when either a Homework or Test assignment is selected.
Allows you to select either individual items or the entire assignment for viewing and editing the score. A red pencil icon indicates a score that requires editing, while a green pencil indicates an edited score. An alert icon appears if manually graded items require your attention.
Note: Assignments and individual items that are In Progress will display a score of '0' in the Take Structure column, even when students have used Check My Work during their take.
Displays a full preview of the item content and student responses for the selection you made in the Take Structure pane.
Click this button to see a full screen view of the selected Homework or Test question in a new browser window. This view also allows you to navigate through all the assignment's questions. The preview window will remain open until you close it manually or navigate elsewhere from the Edit Grade Details page.
Click this button to see an expanded view of the selected Homework or Test question. Click Small Preview to return to the original view.
Click this button in the header of the item preview open a basic calculator in a floating pop-up window.
Use the controls in this pane to manage scores for your selection in the Take Structure pane. Your edits can be made at either the item or assignment level. (Items with Full Credit applied have this option disabled.)
- ° Final Score. Displays the score currently applied to your selection in the Take Structure pane. This score can be for either an item or the assignment as a whole.
- ° Manual Grading. A warning message may appear below the Final Score, if any manually graded items require your attention.
- ° Score Override. Use these fields to enter a new value for your Final Score selection, either as points or as a percentage.
- ° Apply. Click to save your changes when making a Score Override edit.
- ° Remove. Click to revert an edited score back to its original, electronic value when making a Score Override.
- ° Attempt Score. Displays the original, electronic score for the selected item or assignment.
- ° Comment. Use this field to enter a message for your own use.
(Homework and Test assignments only) If an item in one of your assignments is flawed or otherwise unsuitable, this feature allows you to fix the situation by giving full credit to all students across your course and associated sections. This action effectively negates the unwanted item in all past, current, and future instances of this assignment.
Note: The Comments field will display the status of any Full Credit changes. These messages appear on both your Edit Grade Details page and your students' View Assignment Results page.
Use the Give Full Credit button to apply the full point value of the selected question to the score of all students in your course. This action also disables the options in the Selected Item Grade Details pane. As your request is being processed, a progress icon appears and becomes static once the update is complete.
Note: When full credit is activated at the course level, you can select a check box to apply points to students enrolled in all related sections. If activated at the section level, full credit is given only to the students in that section.
After full credit is applied, a Remove Full Credit button becomes available. Clicking this button subtracts the full credit points for the selected question from the score of all students in your course and/or sections and restores any previously earned grades. Select the checkbox if you wish to apply the changes to sections associated with the course. A progress icon indicates your request is being processed; this icon disappears once the update is complete.
Use this field to enter a note tracking your changes. The comment is also visible from the Notes column of your Student Grade Details page, and the Notes column in your student's Grades and Assignments pages.
This field automatically tracks score editing activity, including Full Credit changes. In addition to being available on your Edit Grade Details page, these entries are also visible to students in the Comments column of their View Assignment Results page.
With the exception of Full Credit entries, comments can be removed by clicking the "X" icon.
To edit scores in Homework and Test assignments
- 1. Go to the Gradebook page and confirm the correct course or section is selected.
- 2. Click an assignment score, In Progress icon, or not taken link to open the Edit Grade Details page.
- 3. If necessary, make a selection from the View a different assignment or View the grades for a different student menus at the top of the page.
- 4. If multiple takes are available, select the appropriate Take number. The link for the Take you are viewing appears in blue.
- 5. Manage takes, if necessary, by choosing to Re-Open Most Recent, Submitted Take or selecting a Take and Delete Selected Take.
- 6. Select an item or the assignment as a whole from the Take Structure pane. (Any items that require manual grading are indicated by a red "pencil" icon.)
- 7. Open the score editing options by clicking the Add Override or Add Score button in the Selected Item Grade Details pane.
- 8. Click Apply to save the edited score. You can also click Remove at any time to return the score to its value from the original attempt or back to an ungraded status in the case of an item that requires manual grading.
- 9. (Optional) Click the Email Student button to send an email to the student.
- 10. (Optional) Make a custom entry in the Comment field and click Add Comment to create a note associated with the edited score. Editing a score also automatically creates a message in the Comments pane.
- 11. (Optional) Click the Contact Tech Support to Report Grading Errors link at the bottom of the page to notify Cengage of any errors you may find in a question.
- 12. When you are finished, click Done in the upper section of the page to save your changes and return to the Gradebook page.
Note: You can edit individual item scores in Test or Homework assignments only.
Note: Edits made to takes are saved automatically and cannot be undone.
The selected content and the student's response will appear in the Selected Item Attempt Preview pane. Score status information and tools for editing the score will appear in the Selected Item Grade Details pane.
You can then either enter points or a percentage in the appropriate field and add an optional Comment. The student's original score is displayed below as the Attempt Score.
Delete any comment by clicking the "X" icon.
Your comment is also visible from the Notes column of your Student Grade Details page, and the Notes column in your student's Grades, Assignments, and Assignment Details pages.
When available, you can choose to click the Complete Grading button to save your changes and assign zero points to any manually graded items you did not score.
Note: After editing and saving an assignment, the Your Evaluation column on the Assignment Details page will show the assignment as "Graded," along with the date.
