Blackboard Tip: Inline Grading

 

You can view, comment, and grade student-submitted assignments from within the grade center

Note:  Currently supported document types that can be viewed from with the grade center are Word (DOC, D OCX), PowerPoint (PPT, PPTX), Excel (XLS, XLSX), and PDF (PDF). Assignment submissions created with the content editor are not compatible with inline grading. Submissions of this type show in the window, but annotation is not available.

1.            With Edit Mode ON.

 

 

2.            From the Control Panel, click the Grade Center –Needs Grading (or Full Grade Center to grade each attempt.)

 

 

 

3.  Click the chevron near the assignment name, click Grade All Users

 

4. The file attached by the student displays in the Grading window.

 

 

 

Following description of the toolbar features

 

Button	Description
	Zoom out. Make the content of the file appear smaller. This button is also available to students when they review their submission.
	Zoom in. Make the content of the file appear larger. This button is also available to students when they review their submission.
	Expand the list of annotation tools.
	Download a copy of the file. If annotations have been made, you have the option to download a copy in the original format or download a PDF version that includes the annotations. This button is also available to students when they review their submission.
	Move back a page. This button is also available to students when they review their submission.
	Move forward a page. This button is also available to students when they review their submission.
	View all annotations.
	Add a comment to a specific point in the document.
	Add a comment to a selected area in the document.
	Add a comment to selected text in the document.
	Draw in the document using a pencil tool.
	Highlight selected text in the document.
	Add text to the document.
	Strike out text in the document.

      5.  In the Assignment Details section, type the student’s score in the ATTEMPT field

 

 

 

    If you need to enter an overall comment , type your comments in the Grader Feedback text box. Extend the text box by clicking and dragging the bottom, right corner. Click Submit