Monitoring Student Progress
After an assignment becomes open, you may want to periodically check to see whether students have completed it. You can do either of the following:
To see a list showing which students have completed an assignment, refer to the assignment overview.
To see an overview of all work that a particular student has completed, refer to the Student List.
To help keep you abreast of student progress, the system will send you an email notification to your preferred email addresses whenever a student submits an assignment. If SMS messages and desktop notifications are enabled, the system will also send them to you when sending the email.
Understanding the Assignment Overview
This section includes a few more details on the assignment overview. This screen offers slightly different options and information depending on the assignment’s format—each one is described below.
With uploaded assignments, the assignment overview tells you whether students have uploaded files and marked them as final. You get these details from the Grade and Files columns:
If the Grade column has a link that says Download, that means the student has uploaded at least one file and marked it as final. You can see how many files were uploaded by looking at the Files column.
If the Grade column is empty but there is a number in the Files column, that means the student uploaded at least one file but did not mark it as final (and the student may still be working).
If the due date has passed, all students who are in the audience for the assignment will have a date in the Turned in column, even if they did not upload a file and mark it final. This is because the system automatically closes the assignment for the student when the due date passes. If the student never uploaded a file, the system will also automatically give the student a failing grade if Auto-Grade is enabled.
If the Grade column shows a Download link, you can click this to download the student’s files. If you don’t see a Download label but want to review the student’s uploaded files, click the student’s name to display the Student Assignment Details screen—from this screen, you can download the files.
For students who are not in the audience for the assignment, the Grade column will show “Not open,” and the Files and Turned in columns will show no values.
Yellow highlighting on any student’s name means that there is an action that needs to be taken with that assignment—either the student has to finish working, or you have to give the student a grade.
With online assignments, you can use the assignment overview to see who has finished the test, how long each student spent on the test, and other details.
You can see each student’s progress by looking at the Completed column:
If the value in this column is Still open, that means either that the student has not taken the test, or that the student has unused attempts remaining.
If the student has used all of his or her attempts, then the Completed column shows the time the student completed the last attempt.
If the due date has passed, all students who are in the assignment’s audience will have a date in the Completed column, even if they did not take the test. This is because the system automatically turns in the test for the student when the due date passes. If a student in the assignment’s audience never took the test, the system will also automatically give the student a failing grade if Auto-Grade is enabled.
If the Grade column shows a Review link, you can click this to review the student’s work. The Review label displays only if the test includes questions that you must grade manually. If you don’t see a Review label but want to review the student’s assignment, click the student’s name to display the Student Assignment Details screen—you can view the completed assignment on this screen.
The Time spent column shows the total amount of time that the student spent on the test. If the test was set up to allow multiple attempts, this column shows the amount of time spent on the most recent attempt.
For students who are not in the audience for the assignment, the Grade column will show “Not open,” and the Completed and Time spent columns will show no values.
Yellow highlighting on any student’s name means that there is an action that needs to be taken with that assignment—either the student has to finish working, or you have to give the student a grade.