Tutorial overview

You may wish on your course for certain releases to be available at certain times, or after certain events have occured (say the successful completion of an exam). This tutorial will help you do that.

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You'll need the following software - Internet explorer, firefox - any web browser

You'll need the following hardware - A modern PC connected to the internet

The other factors might help - A WebCT course already set up

You'll need to work through the following steps:-

Managing assessments

1. Click on the Teach tab
2. Click on Assessment Manager from the left hand Instructor Tools

There are 4 views within Assessment Manager. Click on the appropriate tab for Graded, Not Graded, Not Submitted or All.

In order to see all submissions for a particular assessment, click on its title. In order to view statistics for a particular assessment, click on the Action links icon to the right of the assessment title, and click on View Reports.

Viewing grades and submissions
Click on the assessment title and you will see information regarding students' attempts at that assessments, including grade, score and time taken.

In order to view a particular attempt click on View Attempt # by the side of the appropriate assessment name. This will give you complete details in relation to this attempt and gives you the ability to edit and enter scores manually, as well as adjust the final score. You can also enter comments for students concerning their answers.

To edit a score for a particular question enter a score in the Override score box below each question. If you wish to add comments for a student regarding this question, type it in the box below this, entitled Comments for student. You can adjust the total score by typing the appropriate adjustment in one of the Adjust total score by boxes located at the top and bottom of the screen. You will need to click on Update Grade from the bottom of the screen in order for the updated score to come into effect.

Assignment Dropbox
To view assignment submitted by your students:

1. Click on the Teach tab
2. Click Assignment Dropbox from the left hand Instructor Tools

There are 5 views within Assignment Dropbox. Click on the appropriate tab for Submitted, Not Submitted, Graded, Published or All.

Here you can view an assignment submitted by a particular student, grade it and enter comments for that student concerning their submission. To do this:

1. Click on the assignment name to the left of the student's name.
2. From here you will be able to view their assignment, including any attachments
3. Enter any comments for the student in the Grader/Reviewer Comments text box
4. Click the appropriate button below Save Options
5. Click on Save

Grade Book
The Grade Book lists scores for any assessments, assignments or discussion topics that you have made gradeable in your module.
To access Grade Book:

1. Click on the Teach tab
2. Click on Grade Book from the left hand Instructor Tools