In Short

SpeedGrader is the Canvas grading tool, that helps manage student submissions, enabling you to easily annotate and provide feedback on student work. The Speedgrader can be accessed directly from an assignment, quiz, or graded discussion. It can also be accessed directly from the Gradebook.

Teaching Purpose

The SpeedGrader allows you to:

Effectively and efficiently grade and provide feedback on student-submitted work.
Students will easily be able to view their grades as well as feedback left by their instructor.

Step-by-step

Go to the assignment you wish to grade, then click SpeedGrader.
Use the tools in the Canvas DocViewer to mark up .pdf, .doc/.docx, and .ppt/.pptx submissions (Optional).
Click the link to download the student's submission (Optional).
Click on View Rubric if a rubric is available.
Leave feedback comments for the student (Optional).
Enter a grade for the student.
Attach a file, video, or audio feedback for the student (Optional).
Click Submit to finish grading the student.
Click the arrow to grade the next student's submission.

Please note: The grade posting policy in Canvas courses is set to manual. You must post the grades in order for students to view their grades as well as any feedback left by the instructor. Go to the Gradebook page for detailed instructions.

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