How to Create a Marking Guide v2

Note: You need LMS Admin access before you can perform this action.

A marking guide is an advanced grading method where a teacher/trainer enters a comment per criterion and a mark up to a maximum.

To create a marking guide for an Assignment follow the steps below:

Step 1: Login and go to the course page where you want to add the marking guide on an assignment to:

Step 2: Locate the assignment activity you want to add the marking guide and click on it

Step 3: Once you are on the assignment activity page, proceed to the activity menu bar and select Advance grading.

Step 4: From the advance grading page, change active grading method to: Marking guide.
You will then have 2 options to choose from, click on ‘Define new grading form from scratch’ to create a new marking guide.

Step 5: Fill out the information needed and adjust the settings for the Marking Guide.

Name*	(Mandatory field) enter the name of the Marking Guide in the 'Name' text box.
Description	Enter a relevant description or a general instruction for the marking guide.

Add Criterion	Click the button to add one or more criteria (and then repeat the process as above)
Frequently used comments	If the marker regularly uses the same comments when marking, it is possible to add these to a frequently used comments bank. (i.e Good Work!, Good Attempt!)
Add Frequently used comment	Click the button to add one or more frequently used comments as desired.
Show guide definition to students	If enabled, the guide definition will be shown to students.
Show marks per criterion to students	If enabled, the marks per criterion will be shown to students.

To delete a marking criteria, Click on the X button beside the criterion you want to delete.

To re-arrange the marking criteria, click the 🡡 to move the criterion one block up, or 🡣 to move criterion one block down.

The Marking Guide is now created for the Assignment activity you have selected.