Grading Quizzes in D2L

​Some quiz questions are graded automatically by D2L, including multiple-choice, true/false, multi-select, and matching. More qualitative questions, like written response, must be evaluated manually. 

Note: These instructions are for the classic Quiz evaluation experience. There is a new Quiz evaluation experience available in an opt-in capacity. To evaluate Written Response questions that have a rubric attached, this experience must be turned on. Please note that not all question types are supported by the new experience. For instructions and more information, see the New Quiz Experience guide from D2L.

There are two options for grading quizzes: 

• By student attempt: To grade an entire quiz for one student at a time.
• By question: To grade one question for one student at a time.

If a quiz is manually scored, those scores will need to be published.

For information on connecting a Quiz to the grade book, see Synchronizing a Quiz with a Grade Item.

Grade Quizzes by Student Attempt

1. Go the Quizzes area of the course.
2. Select the dropdown arrow [A] next to the quiz.
3. Select Grade [B].

   

4. The Grade Quiz page will open to the Users tab. Under the name of the student, select the Attempt link.
5. The "User Attempt" page will open. Scroll down to the quiz questions and enter feedback:
• Enter a value in the "Score" field [A] for questions that must be graded manually or  to change the score that D2L has automatically assigned.
• Select the Expand question feedback [B] link and enter text in the "Feedback" textbox to provide qualitative feedback.
  

  

6. Enter text in the "Attempt Feedback" [A] textbox to give the student feedback on the entire quiz attempt.
7. Select Publish to save and publish the feedback so the student can see it immediately. Select Save as Draft to save the feedback without publishing it to the student.
8. Use the arrows to navigate to the next student [A].

   

9. When all students have been graded, select the Back button to go back to the "Users" page.
10. If feedback was saved but not published, select the checkbox to highlight all students [A].
11. Select Publish Feedback to publish all feedback at once [B].

    

Grade Quizzes by Question

1. Go to the Quizzes area of the course.
2. Select the dropdown arrow [A] next to the quiz. 
3. Select Grade [B].
   

   

4. The Grade Quiz page will open to the Users tab. Select the Questions tab to view a list of all questions on the quiz.
   
5. (Optional) For anonymous scoring, select the box to “Hide Learners’ names.”
   
6. Select the question title link. The first response will be displayed.
7. Enter a value in the "Score" [A] field (or adjust the value automatically entered by D2L want to change it.)
8. Select Expand question feedback [B] to open the "Feedback" field, and enter any qualitative feedback.
9. Select Save and Continue [C] to go to the next student.
   

   

Publish Quiz Scores Manually

If quizzes are not fully auto-graded, the remaining questions will need to be manually evaluated.

1. Go to the Quizzes area of the course.
2. Select the dropdown arrow [A] next to the quiz.
3. Select Grade [B].
   

   

4. Select the "Select all rows" checkbox [A] to select all the quiz attempts.
   
5. Select Publish Feedback [B].
   

   

6. If applicable, in the pop-up window, select Yes to publish the quiz scores to the grade book.
   

Note: For quizzes that allow more than one attempt, the chosen score (highest, average, etc.) is the score that will be sent to the grade book.

NEXT STEPS

Check the Grades area to make sure that scores have transferred properly. Visit Grades for more information.