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.
1. Access
the desired course in MyFIRE.
2. 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 is an additional option to view the assignment instructions and
to preview the assignment from the student view by selecting the ellipsis
icon on the right side of the screen.
a. A drop-down will
appear. Select preview activity.
b. Once preview
activity is selected, a new browser tab will open. Review the assignment
instructions from the student view for quick reference.
12. 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.
a. If desired, select the statistics
icon on the right of the overall grade field to view the assignment
statistics by class and user stats.
13. 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.
14. 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.
15. 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.
16. 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.
