Grading Discussions

1. In Teach tab, click Discussions at the upper right corner of the screen.



2. In the list of Discussions topics, click "Grade Discussions" icon for a discussion topic such as Week 1 Discussions.

3. You may need to wait for a few seconds to see the "grade discussion" screen.
The left part of the screen shows a list of students who have visited the discussion topic, and each has a box for the grade points. The right part of the screen shows the summary of student discussion activities, such as number of messages they read, posted, and responded.

a. In the left window, to view all students on one single page, click Edit Paging. Enter the max number of students in class.
b. To evaluate a student, click the gray down arrow next to the student name either in the left pane or the right pane.
c. Select View Student Posts, you will see all the messages the student posted in this topic area. Select Send Mail, you can send your comments to the student in Mail.

d. To see which message the student responds to, click View Complete Thread next to a responding message. A window pops up, click Display Complete Thread.

e. Enter the grade point in the grade box.
f. Click Save Grade button at the bottom left corner of the screen.
Repeat the step a., b, c, d, e, and f to grade all students.