Quick Eval offers evaluators a single location to view all learner submissions that are awaiting evaluation. Submissions made to Assignments, Quizzes, and Discussions are displayed in a sortable list and can be selected to take you directly to their assessment page. Educators can sort, filter, and search submissions to prioritize their evaluation work. Sorting can be done using the first or last naAnchor
Quick Eval submission information
Assignment submissions are listed when a learner submits a file or text, or marks an assignment as complete. They remain visible until an evaluator publishes feedback for the submission. If a resubmission is made by the learner, it is added to the Quick Eval list. Submissions with their feedback in draft status display a draft icon to indicate their status. For assignments with the completion type Automatically on due date, when the due date passes, all submissions display in Quick Eval. Assignments with the completion type Automatically on Evaluation are not displayed in Quick Eval. Evaluators only see assignment submissions from learners in sections they are enrolled in.
Quiz submissions are listed when a learner completes a quiz that requires manual grading. Once the quiz attempt is graded and saved, it is considered evaluated and no longer displays in Quick Eval. If a quiz is setup without the Automatic Export to Grades setting, then a quiz attempt evaluation from Quick Eval does not export to Grades. The evaluator must navigate to the Quizzes tool and select the quiz attempts to publish to the gradebook. Evaluators only see quiz attempts from learners in sections they are enrolled in.
Discussion submissions are listed when assessable discussion topics have a post or a reply written by a learner. When the feedback on a discussion post is saved or published, the learner submission is no longer displayed in Quick Eval. Submissions with feedback in draft status display a draft icon to indicate their status. Evaluators only see discussion posts from learners in sections they are enrolled in.
About Activities view in Quick Eval
In Quick Eval, select Activities to display a list of the assessable activities that have items awaiting evaluation in all your units. This view makes it easy to complete all assessments for one assignment, discussion, or quiz, before moving on to the next task. Activities view displays indicators to show the learners progress on submissions, instructors progress on evaluations, and on publishing feedback to learners. It also includes links to the evaluation page, submission page, and a publish all action.
A new count is displayed for Assignments, Quizzes, and Discussions. It corresponds to the sum of learner submissions that have never been evaluated or resubmitted since the last evaluation (either draft or published).
An activity shows up in Quick Eval's Activities view when there is an unevaluated learner submission, or when all students have not submitted to the activity.
Evaluate submissions
To evaluate submissions using Quick Eval
When an assignment submission is selected, the evaluator is taken to the Evaluate Submission page. Visit the Add feedback and evaluations to assignments topic for more information on evaluating assignments.
When a quiz submission is selected, the evaluator is taken to the Quiz Evaluation screen. All questions and answers display with space for evaluators to enter feedback and grades.
When a discussion submission is selected, the evaluator is taken to the Discussion Evaluation screen. Visit the Assess users in discussion threads topic for more information on evaluating discussions.
Once evaluation of an individual submission is complete, click Back to Quick Eval to return to the Quick Eval tool at the unit level or org level, depending on where you launched it from, and continue evaluating.
Watch how to grade submissions using Quick Eval
Watch how to evaluate by activity using Quick Eval
Quick Eval FAQs
Does Quick Eval list cascade enrolments?
No, Quick Eval does not list cascading (implicit) enrolments. Explicit enrolment in the unit is required.
What determines if a unit displays in Quick Eval?
- Unit is active
- Unit is within its start date and end date
What are the criteria for displaying assignment submissions in Quick Eval?
Submission Type: All assignment submission types are listed in Quick Eval except for assignments with the Automatically on Evaluation completion type.
Evaluation status: Unpublished feedback
What are the criteria for displaying quiz attempts in Quick Eval?
Quiz Setup: Quiz attempts with assessments that are not set up for auto-grading, and require an evaluator to provide feedback.
Evaluation status: Ungraded quiz attempts
What are the criteria for displaying discussion posts and replies in Quick Eval?
Discussion topic setup: Discussion topics with Assessments
Evaluation status: Unpublished Feedback
Moderated Discussion posts must be released for them to show up in Quick Eval.
Are grade items listed in Quick Eval?
Quick Eval does not list grade items. Quick Eval only lists activities from Assignments, Quizzes and Discussions that have learner submissions.
Are SCORM objects or LTI activities listed in Quick Eval?
Quick Eval does not list SCORM objects and LTI activities like Bongo video assignments.
What is the default size of the Quick Eval list?
The Quick Eval list shows 20 unevaluated learner submissions. Users can click on Load More to see more items.
Are group assignments listed in the Quick Eval list?
No, group assignments are not listed in Quick Eval.
Can I filter the Quick Eval list by section?
No, the Quick Eval list cannot be filtered by sections. However, an evaluator only sees submissions from the sections they are enrolled in.
Does Quick Eval display feedback saved as a draft?
Quick Eval displays feedback for Assignments, Discussions and Quiz Attempts that are saved as a draft and not published.
Can I evaluate Anonymously using Quick Eval?
There is no special anonymous evaluation mode for Quick Eval. If your Assignments, Discussions, and Quizzes are set up to be evaluated anonymously with required user information privacy permissions, then submissions are listed anonymously in Quick Eval. If all activities are not anonymized, then evaluators may see user information on some of the submitted work. If anonymity while evaluating is critical and you are not confident of the setup of Assignments, Quizzes and Discussions, TAFE Queensland recommends against using Quick Eval.
Why is Anonymous User displayed instead of the learners first name and last name in Quick Eval?
If the org level role of the user evaluating using Quick Eval does not have the User Information Privacy permission at the org level, then learner names are displayed as Anonymous User.
Why is Quick Eval empty when I impersonate using an instructor role that has the View Quick Eval permission?
Quick Eval requires the user to be explicitly enrolled in the unit in order to see unevaluated learner submission. Impersonating an instructor role does not have the unit enrolment, therefore the Quick Eval list is empty.
Evaluate an activity based on a predefined set of criteria
Rubrics are used to evaluate an activity or item based on a predefined set of criteria. They help ensure that activities and items are evaluated fairly and consistently.
Rubrics basics
You can create rubrics at the organization, department or unit level. Rubrics are not automatically shared with all child org units below the org unit in which they were created. You must explicitly share them if you want them available to child org units. Rubrics created at the unit level cannot be shared with other units (you can create a rubric in a unit template and reuse it in unit offerings for that unit template). If you don't want to share a rubric with all child org units, you can restrict who it is shared with on the New Rubric or Edit Rubric pages.
Examples:
- Your school district has a standard rubric for evaluating students' performance. The rubric assesses performance based on four criteria: Knowledge and Understanding; Critical Thinking; Communication; and Application of Knowledge. Students may achieve one of four levels for each criterion: Needs Remediation; Below Expectations; Meets Expectations; and Exceeds Expectations. The rubric clearly describes the characteristics of each level for each criterion.
Where can you use a rubric?
You can attach a rubric to any of the following unit tools or activities:
- Discussion topics (Individual and Group)
- Assignments (Individual and Group)
- Grade items
- Surveys
Types of rubrics
There are two types of rubrics available for use:
- Holistic Rubrics - Single criterion rubrics (one-dimensional) used to assess participants' overall achievement on an activity or item based on predefined achievement levels. Holistic rubrics may use a percentage or text only scoring method.
- Analytic Rubrics -Two-dimensional rubrics with levels of achievement as columns and assessment criteria as rows. Allows you to assess participants' achievements based on multiple criteria using a single rubric. You can assign different weights (value) to different criteria and include an overall achievement by totaling the criteria. With analytic rubrics, levels of achievement display in columns and your assessment criteria display in rows. Analytic rubrics may use a points, custom points, or text only scoring method. Points and custom points analytic rubrics may use both text and points to assess performance; with custom points, each criterion may be worth a different number of points. For both points and custom points, an Overall Score is provided based on the total number of points achieved. The Overall Score determines if learners meet the criteria determined by instructors. You can manually override the Total and the Overall Score of the rubric.
Controlling visibility of rubrics
You can control rubric visibility for learners. This is useful for preventing learners from using preview rubrics as answer keys for activities. For example, you can describe assessment expectations in assignment instructions, hiding the associated preview rubric. Once the assignment is graded, you release the graded rubric as part of the learner's assessment details.
Rubric visibility is controlled in two ways:
- Administrators can set the default visibility of new rubrics at the org unit level.
- Instructors can set the visibility of individual rubrics. Creating or editing a rubric includes the following options: Rubric is always visible to learners, Rubric is hidden until feedback published, and Rubric is never visible to learners.
To indicate rubric visibility to instructors, rubrics that are hidden until feedback is published or rubrics that are never visible display an indicator in the Rubrics section of the associated activity. Visible rubrics do not display an indicator.
Note the following:
- The visibility status of a rubric can only be changed at the rubric level, not at the activity level. For example, you cannot change the visibility of a rubric from an assignment.
- Visibility is a property of a rubric and not an individual assessment. Once rubric feedback is published to the learner, they can see the rubric feedback and rubric definition on any page where the rubric is used.
- For individual and group assignments, an instructor assesses the rubric in the assignment assessment workflow. Upon publishing or updating the assessment, the rubric feedback is considered published. To make changes after publishing rubric feedback, you can edit your feedback while it remains published (allowing learners to view any updates as you make them), or you can retract the published feedback to remove the rubric from the learner's view and then publish it again.
- For individual and group discussions, an instructor assesses the rubric in the assess topic workflow. Upon saving the assessment, the rubric feedback is considered published.
- For surveys, an instructor assesses the rubric in the survey assessment workflow (Completion Summary in the classic Content tool). Upon saving the assessment, the rubric feedback is considered published.
Displaying graded rubric feedback in Gradebook
As of the 10.8.2 release, a configuration variable allows you and your learners to see the rubric associated with an activity from Gradebook. For example, if a rubric is attached to a discussion, and you evaluate the rubric in Discussions, the results of the rubric are visible to the learner from the associated grade.
You can assess discussions or assignments from the corresponding tool, and the completed rubric displays in its entirety in the Gradebook (if the activity has a linked grade).
If this configuration variable is turned on, TAFE Queensland recommends the following best practices:
- If you previously associated a copy of a rubric directly with a grade, and filled out (or copied) your assessment of the rubric in the Grades tool, you should follow this new workflow: rubrics should only be associated with the activity (not the grade) and assessed in the activity (discussion or assignment). The rubric automatically displays in Gradebook.
- If you previously did not use rubrics in Discussions due to the inability to display rubric feedback to learners, you can now start using rubrics in Discussions. Learners can now see the completed rubric in Discussions, as well as in the Content tool, where a discussion is included. If a discussion has an associated grade, learners can view it in Gradebook.
- You should only associate a rubric with the activity being assessed. With this change, grade items that have rubrics directly associated with them can no longer be linked to activities. However, activities with associated rubrics can be linked to grade items.
- Grade items that are considered independent and intended for offline grade or observational activities can continue to use rubrics. However, they cannot be associated with activities.
For detailed information on how this change impacts existing units and additional rubric scenarios, visit Displaying Rubric Feedback In Gradebook (Community blog post).Quick Eval offers evaluators a single location to view all learner submissions that are awaiting evaluation. Submissions made to Assignments, Quizzes, and Discussions are displayed in a sortable list and can be selected to take you directly to their assessment page. Educators can sort, filter, and search submissions to prioritize their evaluation work. Sorting can be done using the first or last name of the learner, Activity Name, Unit Name, and Submission date. Filtering can be done using one or more of the following categories: Activity Name, Unit Name, and Submission Date. Clicking on a user's name opens an evaluation screen directly from the Quick Eval list where the evaluator can complete their assessment. The search function in Quick Eval allows evaluators to locate submissions for evaluation by searching for a specific user, assignment, quiz, discussion topic, or unit. Once you complete an evaluation, publish your feedback or save it as a draft and then return to the Quick Eval list to continue evaluating. Any assessment awaiting evaluation, or with its evaluation saved in draft status displays in Quick Eval.
Quick Eval submission information
Assignment submissions are listed when a learner submits a file or text, or marks an assignment as complete. They remain visible until an evaluator publishes feedback for the submission. If a resubmission is made by the learner, it is added to the Quick Eval list. Submissions with their feedback in draft status display a draft icon to indicate their status. For assignments with the completion type Automatically on due date, when the due date passes, all submissions display in Quick Eval. Assignments with the completion type Automatically on Evaluation are not displayed in Quick Eval. Evaluators only see assignment submissions from learners in sections they are enrolled in.
Quiz submissions are listed when a learner completes a quiz that requires manual grading. Once the quiz attempt is graded and saved, it is considered evaluated and no longer displays in Quick Eval. If a quiz is setup without the Automatic Export to Grades setting, then a quiz attempt evaluation from Quick Eval does not export to Grades. The evaluator must navigate to the Quizzes tool and select the quiz attempts to publish to the gradebook. Evaluators only see quiz attempts from learners in sections they are enrolled in.
Discussion submissions are listed when assessable discussion topics have a post or a reply written by a learner. When the feedback on a discussion post is saved or published, the learner submission is no longer displayed in Quick Eval. Submissions with feedback in draft status display a draft icon to indicate their status. Evaluators only see discussion posts from learners in sections they are enrolled in.
About Activities view in Quick Eval
In Quick Eval, select Activities to display a list of the assessable activities that have items awaiting evaluation in all your units. This view makes it easy to complete all assessments for one assignment, discussion, or quiz, before moving on to the next task. Activities view displays indicators to show the learners progress on submissions, instructors progress on evaluations, and on publishing feedback to learners. It also includes links to the evaluation page, submission page, and a publish all action.
A new count is displayed for Assignments, Quizzes, and Discussions. It corresponds to the sum of learner submissions that have never been evaluated or resubmitted since the last evaluation (either draft or published).
An activity shows up in Quick Eval's Activities view when there is an unevaluated learner submission, or when all students have not submitted to the activity.
Evaluate submissions
To evaluate submissions using Quick Eval
When an assignment submission is selected, the evaluator is taken to the Evaluate Submission page. Visit the Add feedback and evaluations to assignments topic for more information on evaluating assignments.
When a quiz submission is selected, the evaluator is taken to the Quiz Evaluation screen. All questions and answers display with space for evaluators to enter feedback and grades.
When a discussion submission is selected, the evaluator is taken to the Discussion Evaluation screen. Visit the Assess users in discussion threads topic for more information on evaluating discussions.
Once evaluation of an individual submission is complete, click Back to Quick Eval to return to the Quick Eval tool at the unit level or org level, depending on where you launched it from, and continue evaluating.
Watch how to grade submissions using Quick Eval
Watch how to evaluate by activity using Quick Eval
Quick Eval FAQs
Does Quick Eval list cascade enrolments?
No, Quick Eval does not list cascading (implicit) enrolments. Explicit enrolment in the unit is required.
What determines if a unit displays in Quick Eval?
- Unit is active
- Unit is within its start date and end date
What are the criteria for displaying assignment submissions in Quick Eval?
Submission Type: All assignment submission types are listed in Quick Eval except for assignments with the Automatically on Evaluation completion type.
Evaluation status: Unpublished feedback
What are the criteria for displaying quiz attempts in Quick Eval?
Quiz Setup: Quiz attempts with assessments that are not set up for auto-grading, and require an evaluator to provide feedback.
Evaluation status: Ungraded quiz attempts
What are the criteria for displaying discussion posts and replies in Quick Eval?
Discussion topic setup: Discussion topics with Assessments
Evaluation status: Unpublished Feedback
Moderated Discussion posts must be released for them to show up in Quick Eval.
Are grade items listed in Quick Eval?
Quick Eval does not list grade items. Quick Eval only lists activities from Assignments, Quizzes and Discussions that have learner submissions.
Are SCORM objects or LTI activities listed in Quick Eval?
Quick Eval does not list SCORM objects and LTI activities like Bongo video assignments.
What is the default size of the Quick Eval list?
The Quick Eval list shows 20 unevaluated learner submissions. Users can click on Load More to see more items.
Are group assignments listed in the Quick Eval list?
No, group assignments are not listed in Quick Eval.
Can I filter the Quick Eval list by section?
No, the Quick Eval list cannot be filtered by sections. However, an evaluator only sees submissions from the sections they are enrolled in.
Does Quick Eval display feedback saved as a draft?
Quick Eval displays feedback for Assignments, Discussions and Quiz Attempts that are saved as a draft and not published.
Can I evaluate Anonymously using Quick Eval?
There is no special anonymous evaluation mode for Quick Eval. If your Assignments, Discussions, and Quizzes are set up to be evaluated anonymously with required user information privacy permissions, then submissions are listed anonymously in Quick Eval. If all activities are not anonymized, then evaluators may see user information on some of the submitted work. If anonymity while evaluating is critical and you are not confident of the setup of Assignments, Quizzes and Discussions, TAFE Queensland recommends against using Quick Eval.
Why is Anonymous User displayed instead of the learners first name and last name in Quick Eval?
If the org level role of the user evaluating using Quick Eval does not have the User Information Privacy permission at the org level, then learner names are displayed as Anonymous User.
Why is Quick Eval empty when I impersonate using an instructor role that has the View Quick Eval permission?
Quick Eval requires the user to be explicitly enrolled in the unit in order to see unevaluated learner submission. Impersonating an instructor role does not have the unit enrolment, therefore the Quick Eval list is empty.