Speedgrader

You can grade New Quizzes using SpeedGrader. Most quiz items are graded automatically after a student submits the quiz. However, some question types like essay and file upload must be graded manually.

This lesson describes how to access SpeedGrader from the Gradebook. For the most current information refer to Canvas Guides: How do I grade a quiz in New Quizzes using SpeedGrader?

Notes:

If the quiz does not display in the Gradebook and is worth zero points, the quiz's assignment details may be set to exclude the quiz from the Gradebook.
You cannot grade New Quizzes quizzes in concluded courses.
New Quizzes grades for students with concluded enrollments are not sent to the Canvas Gradebook.
If you want to grade the same quiz question individually for each student, learn how to grade one quiz question at a time.

Open Grades

In Course Navigation, click the Grades link.

Open SpeedGrader

To open SpeedGrader, in the gradebook hover over the assignment column header and click the Options icon [1]. Then click the SpeedGrader link [2].

Screenshot of the options menu used to open the SpeedGrader in the Grades

View SpeedGrader

View the quiz in SpeedGrader [1]. When grading quizzes, you can use the SpeedGrader menu options [2], change students [3], change submissions [4], and leave assignment comments [5]. Learn how to use SpeedGrader.

Screenshot of a student attempt from the SpeedGrader

View Questions That Need Review

If any questions require manual grading, the Results page displays a warning message that lists the questions to review. Essay and file upload questions must be graded manually.

screenshot of notice when questions need reviewed

View Results

If any questions require manual grading, the Results page displays a warning message that lists the questions to review. Essay and file upload questions must be graded manually.

Quiz results include the percentage score [1], point score [2], and time to complete attempt [3].

Screenshot of the students attempt with score, time spent on the attempt and if there are questions that need review

Grade Item

Items that require manual grading display a gray border [1].

To leave additional comments on the item, click the Comment icon [2]. To give a student full points for an answer, click the Checkmark button [3]. To give a student no points for an answer, click the X button [4]. You can also use the Arrow buttons to increase or decrease the score [5]. For more information on Grading New Quiz Questions One at a Time.

Screenshot of question that needs review

Regrading Questions

You can regrade a question for a quiz in New Quizzes. Regrading allows you to change the correct answer or point value for a question. The point value can also be changed for individual answers for questions with varied point values.

Regrading only applies to completed submissions. If all students will be affected by the regrade, please wait for all submissions before regrading.

Regrading is not available for Essay or File Upload questions. Only point values can be changed for Categorization questions; correct answers cannot be changed for this question type. For the most current information refer to Canvas Guides: How do I regrade a quiz question in New Quizzes?

Open SpeedGrader

Find the quiz you want to grade [1]. Then click any grade cell for the quiz [2].

To open the Grade Detail Tray, click the Grade Detail Tray icon [3]. Then click the SpeedGrader link in the Grade Detail Tray [4].

Screenshot of the SpeedGrader open options

Select Student

Click the Student drop-down menu [1] and select the student you want to grade [2].

Screenshot of the Select student options in the SpeedGrader

Select Submission

If the student has submitted multiple quiz attempts, you can view other submissions using the Submission to view drop-down menu.

Screenshot of the Select submission options in the Speedgrader

Click Regrade Button

Find the question you want to regrade [1]. Then click the Regrade button [2].

Screenshot of a Question with the Regrade button identified

Change Correct Answer

To change the correct answer for a question, select the correct answer for the question.

Note: This step shows how to regrade a Multiple Choice question. The steps to change a correct answer will vary based on the question type.

Screenshot of a Question with Answer correction needed

Change Point Value

To customize the point value for the question, type the point value in the Points field [1].

If the question varies points by answer, the point total can be changed in the Points field for each question [2].

Screenshot of a question that needs points corrected

Click the Regrade button.

Select Regrade Option

Select how to apply the regrade from the following options:

Award full points for correct answers only [1]
Award full points for current and previous correct answers [2]
Award full points for all submitted answers [3]
Award full points to all students [4]

To save your choice and regrade the question, click the Regrade button [5].

Note: Awarding full points for correct answers only may reduce some students' scores.

Screenshot of the Regrade Questions options

Once the questions has been regraded, you can view the original score [1] and the regrade score [2].

Screenshot of regraded questions

Assign Fudge Points

In the Fudge Points field at the bottom of the window, enter the number of points you want to add to the overall quiz score [1]. You can also enter negative points.

When you are ready to change the student's quiz score, click the Update button [2].

Screenshot of the Fudge points area in a student attempt