Grading a Discussion

When you create a discussion, they are automatically set to ungraded. To be able to grade a forum in the Discussion Board, you need to enable grading.

To enable grading:

Locate the discussion you want to grade. Select the Settings icon. The Discussion Setting panel will open on the right.
Under Details and Actions, select the checkbox for Grade discussion.
After you’ve enabled grading, you can set the participation due date by selecting the calendar and clock icon.
You can choose the grade unit, either Points, Percentage, or Letter.
Specify the maximum points possible for the graded discussion by entering the number in the box.
Optionally, you can also add a rubric by selecting Add grading rubric.
Select Save once you are satisfied with your choices.

To grade a forum in the discussion board

Select the discussion board in the navigation bar to access all discussion posts.
In the discussion board, locate the discussion post you want to grade.
At the top of the discussion post, select Grades & Participation.
On the Grades & Participation page, select students’ names to open pages with their contributions. Type a grade and feedback for this student at the top of the page.
When you’re ready to reveal the grade to the student, open the menu and select Post.