What is the best way to manually grade quizzes comprised of written response questions?

Deb.Murphy35

I am looking for best process I should use to manually grade quizzes that include written response questions only. There is no set due date for these quizzes, so I grade them as they come in, usually 4 or 5 per day. Therefore, it does not make sense to grade by question. I also want the grade and feedback to be available immediately after I have graded a quiz...it doesn't make sense to wait and release/publish feedback for all students at a specific time/date.

 

Should I start in the Grades page and select Enter Grades for the specific quiz from there, or should I go to Activities and then select the quiz to begin grading? I think the answer is begin from Activities, but if I take this path, I don't see the Feedback I have left for each student unless I click on the overall grade link under each student. Grading from Enter Grades on the Grades page, there is a Feedback column that lists feedback associated with each student.

 

If I begin from Activities, I am unable to easily see the Feedback left for each student. If I begin from Grades, I cannot easily search for ungraded attempts. Also, from Activities student responses appear in full screen which is harder to view and assess compared to the smaller window that appears when grading from Grades.

 

I have read through the 34 - page Assess and Grade Learners document and watched several grading videos on the BS YouTube channel. I can't seem to find complete directions for grading this type of quiz from start to finish......where to begin, how to include feedback under each question, how to go between Attempt and Completion Summary, explain the difference between Save/Update, or understand the difference between attempt and overall feedback and how/where students see both.

 

There must be a basic how-to grade walkthrough page that I'm missing. Can someone help direct me to this information?