Offline Marking for Moodle Assignment Submissions

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Last updated: Jul 26, 2023 by SAMA MOHAMED
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You may grade Assignment submissions without being logged in to Moodle or connected to the Internet using Moodle's offline grading feature. It allows you to enter grades into a customized grading spreadsheet and submit the file to Moodle at a later time.

For assignments that use an advanced grading system, offline grading is not accessible (e.g., Rubric or Grading Guide).

Enable offline grading

Step 1 - On your main module page, click Turn editing on. The edit links will appear.

Step 2 - Click Edit next to the Assignment you wish to modify, and then pick Edit settings from drop-down menu. The Settings page for the assignment will appear.

Step 3 - Scroll down to Feedback Types and select the Offline grading worksheet checkbox

Step 4 - Click Save and return to course, at the bottom of the page

Download the Grading Worksheet

Step 1 - Click the link to the assignment you wish to grade on your main module page. The summary page for the assignment will appear.

Step 2 - Scroll down and click View all submissions on the Assignment summary page. The page for assignment submissions will appear.

Step 3 - Select Download grading worksheet from the Grading action drop-down menu at the upper left of the page.

If the assignment allowed Online text submissions, student submissions will be included in the Online text column of the spreadsheet in a .csv file.

Step 4 - Open the downloaded .csv file in any spreadsheet program. You can input grades and feedback comments as text entries.

  • Enter grades in the Grade column according to grade settings for the assignment (the maximum possible grade will show in the Maximum grade column).

  • Enter feedback in the Feedback comments column

Step 5 - Once you have done with grading make sure to save the modified spreadsheet as a .csv file.

Upload Grading Worksheet

Step 1 - Click the link to the assignment you wish to grade on your main module page. The summary page for the assignment will appear.Scroll down and click View all submissions on the Assignment summary page. The page for assignment submissions will appear.

Step 2 - Select Upload grading worksheet from the Grading action drop-down menu at the upper left of the page.

Step 3 - On the Upload grading worksheet section, drag and drop your modified grading worksheet file from your computer into the file area. Alternatively, click Choose a file... to find and select your worksheet file for upload.

Note: Make sure that the worksheet is saved in comma-separated values format (.csv).

Step 4 - Click Upload grading worksheet. The Confirm grade import page will open.

 

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