Marking an assignment or changing the submission status

This article provides instructions for teachers and non-teachers on how to mark assignments, change submission statuses, and manage grading in a class. It covers bulk actions for submission statuses, adding marks and comments, editing individual student details, and FAQs related to assignment management.

Note: If a student has submitted their assignment by mistake, you can correct this using the following guide: Student has marked assignment as Submitted by mistake

Now the assignment has been marked

• As someone not assigned to the class, go to School > Programmes > Courses and select the class. 
• As a teacher, go to My Items > My Classes and select the class.

You will be taken to the class's Assignment Overview page where you can see submission information on all assignments for this class.

Select the Assignment you wish to amend from the Assignments section.

To add marks or change the assignment status, click the green Markbook button.

Bulk changing submission statuses

In the marksheet, you can click to change the status of submissions. Click the tick boxes next to the students who have submitted their work then click the Bulk action button.

• If you mark them as Submitted, the status will then change to Submitted - requires marking if you have selected during setup that a mark is required. Once a mark has been added, the status will change to Marked.
• If during setup you did not choose to assign the assignment immediately, the initial status will be set to In planning.
• Once the submission deadline has passed, you can also change the submission status to Submitted - Late or Not Submitted.
• If you chose to allow students to submit via the student profile during setup, when a student fails to submit before the deadline, the status will change to Late.
• If a student has marked it as Submitted incorrectly, you can use the bulk actions to reset it back to Waiting for student to submit.

Adding marks and comments

Once a mark has been added, the status will change to Marked.

To add a mark, just click into a cell in the Grade column and select the grade. You can also drag down to fill, or copy and paste them from an external sheet.

To add a comment, click  into a cell in the Comment column and add your text, then click Ok. 

You can filter marking statuses. Click the Don't show field, select the statuses to not include, then click Apply.

Editing individual details

Click on a student in the markbook table. You will see a slide-over containing information about their assignment, or upload a scan of their work.

To change any of the details for this student only, click the orange Edit button.

You can edit the submission status or marks for this assignment. You can also change the submission deadline for this student's assignment by clicking the green Change Due Date button.

Marking work submitted after the due date has passed

You cannot mark an assignment as Submitted once its due date has passed — only Not submitted or Late are offered.

If you need to mark the assignment as submitted, you will need to change the due date of the assignment to a future date.

Please note, after changing the due date, the status of the assignment can't be changed to submitted in bulk. If you want to update the status to submitted, you will need to do this individually by following these steps:

1. Click on the student's name in the Assignments markbook
2. Click Edit
3. Enter the date/time in the Submitted field
4. Click Save Marks