Overview
Now that you've created your graded Harmonize discussion in Canvas and student's have begun participating, how do you grade it? This article outlines all the aspects of grading within Harmonize from viewing current student activity to entering grades into the gradebook.
Viewing Harmonize Discussion Activity
The Harmonize Discussion Activity Report allows instructors to view the posts and comments that have been made by each participant. It is particularly useful when facilitating a topic discussion or viewing activity in a discussion prior to its due date. This Discussion Activity view will always reflect the most up to date discussion activity and indicate when student work is available for grading via SpeedGrader. Please see the following help guide for more information:
Harmonize submits student work to SpeedGrader when the final Milestone Due Date elapses or the student fulfills all Milestone requirements, whichever occurs first. If your final Milestone Due Date has elapsed, you are free to open the SpeedGrader view of your Harmonize Discussion and grade your students according to the work they've posted.
NOTE: If you are not using Milestones with your graded Harmonize discussion, please skip to The SpeedGrader View section of this guide.
The SpeedGrader View
- Open your Harmonize discussion.
- Click the SpeedGrader button located on the upper right corner of the page.
- This will open the Canvas SpeedGrader view.
- Please note that the left window is the same as the individual student view of the Harmonize Discussion Activity Report.
1. Public Topic Activity
- This area displays a detailed view of all public original student posts as well as all public comments and replies to other student or instructor posts.
2. Annotating Your Student's Work
- This is a live view of the discussion and you are able to fully interact with it by commenting / annotating your student's work. Please see the following help guide for more information: Commenting / Annotating Your Student's Work
3. Posting Comments / Replies
- Because this is a live view of the discussion, you are also able to post a comment or reply on your student's work, including Private Comments and Replies
4. Milestones
- This area displays a detailed view of the student's Milestone progress along with the current status of Participation Auto-Grading. See Milestones and Auto-Grading to learn more about these features.
5. Public Activity Totals
- This areas displays the total student participation in the current discussion including the number of student posts and comments, the number of responses received, and the number of all discussion posts viewed by the student.
6. Canvas SpeedGrader Panel
- This is the Canvas SpeedGrader panel and it enables you to enter student grades as well as grade/assignment comments. Please see "How do I use SpeedGrader?" for more information.
- If enabled for this discussion, Harmonize's Auto-Grading feature will automatically submit any points earned by the student into the SpeedGrader Assessment field. A complete breakdown of earned points is available in the Milestones section of the Harmonize window.
- NOTE: Instructors may override the points/grade awarded to the student at any time by entering a new grade in the Canvas Assessment field.
- All points entered into the Assessment field will automatically appear in the Canvas Gradebook.
Frequently Asked Questions
Q. How do I make student work appear in SpeedGrader?
- Harmonize submits student work to SpeedGrader when your discussion's final Milestone Due Date elapses or the student fulfills all Milestone requirements, whichever occurs first.
- We recommend using Harmonize's Discussion Activity view if you want to review student work prior to the final Milestone due date. Please see the following help guide for more information: Harmonize Discussion Activity
Q. Why is the score that appears in SpeedGrader different from the score that appears in the Gradebook?
- This discrepancy is usually caused by a Late Submission Policy you have enabled in the Gradebook. Please see "How do I apply a Late Submission policy in the Gradebook?" for more information.