Grade a Group Assignment
Use groups to design
special work areas where learners can discuss, share, and submit work as a
group. This tutorial demonstrates how to grade a group assignment in
MyFIRE.
Note: Once a grade is
provided on the assignment level, the assignment grade will override all group
members’ previous grades if any existed. If needing to override a group assignment grade, individual grades can be overridden in the grade book.
- Access the desired course in MyFIRE.
- Select the instructor tools tab
in the navigation bar at the top of the page.
3. Then select course admin from the drop-down menu.
4. Select assignments from the Assessment options.
5. When the page loads, a list of the assignments that have
been created in the course will appear. Select the desired assignment.
From this page, instructors are able to view if there are new submissions from
students, the number of students who have completed the assignments, the number
of assignments evaluated, the number of assignments where the feedback has been
published, and the assignment due date if added.
6. When the page refreshes, a list of the students that have
submitted the assignment will appear. Locate the group that you would
like to assess. The default view of the student submissions will show all
groups for the assignment.
a. To view which group member submitted the assignment, view
the student name to the right of the submission date.
7. Once ready to assess the assignment, select evaluate to the right of the group name or the title of the file submission.
8. When the page refreshes, view the file submission by
selecting the title of the submission. Many file types are compatible
with the document viewer (such as doc, docx, ppt, pptx, pps, pdf, pdfs, htm,
html, txt, bmp, gif, jpg, jpeg, png). The group’s paper will
appear in the document viewer.
Note: Observed in person and On Paper submissions will not
display the document viewer, and will instead increase the size of the
evaluation panel.
9. Reviewthe group’s submission and If desired, mark up the
student’s submission through the annotations tool. If needed, review the
tutorial on how to utilize the annotations tool.
a. If the group has submitted more than one file to the
assignment, select the file drop-down menu to the right of the group’s
name in the top left corner of the screen.
10. If desired, select the drop-down arrow to the
right of the group name in the top left-hand corner of the screen to email the
group, view all of the group members, and instant message the group members. ID&T does not recommend instant messaging since the group members may not
be active in their MyFIRE account at the exact time the instant message is
posted.
11. If needed, there are two options to quickly access the
assignment settings and to add special access to the assignment for student(s)
if needed by selecting the ellipsis icon on the right side of the
screen.
12. A drop-down menu will appear. Select either edit
activity or special access dates.
a. If edit activity is selected, a new browser tab will
open. Then once the assignment edit(s) have been completed, return to the
assessment page and refresh your screen before proceeding. If needed, refer to
the tutorial on how to create an assignment.
b. If special access is selected, a pop-up window will
appear to provide special access to the specified student(s) that you are
actively grading. If needed, refer to the tutorial on how to grant special access on an assignment.
13. Once finished marking up the submission(s), enter a
point value in the Overall Grade field (or rubric if attached). The
grade that is given to the submission will be applied to all students within
the group once published.
14. If desired, select the statistics icon on the right
of the overall grade field to view the assignment statistics by class and user
stats.
15. Next, provide feedback to the group in the overall
feedback textbox. For further instructions
on utilizing the editor textbox, please refer to the How to use the MyFIRE Editor tutorial.
a. Then if desired, choose to either (A) upload a file, (B) record a 1-minute audio message, or (C) record up to a
30-minute video message to the group to provide additional
feedback.
16. Once done assessing the student, select Publish at
the bottom of the page.
Note: Once the grade is published or updated, students will
receive an instant notification to their SEU email account that their
assignment has been graded.
a. If desiring to publish all of the scores at once or to
finish grading at a later time, then select save draft. If needed, refer
to the tutorial on how to manually publish multiple assignment scores at one time.
17. If wanting to grade the next group’s submission for the
assignment, select the left and right arrows in the top right corner of
the screen to continue to the next group.
18. If wanting to return to the assignment submission
view for the entire class, select the back to submissions link in the
top left corner of the screen.