About Quick Eval - Instructors

Quick Eval offers evaluators a single location to view all learner submissions that are awaiting evaluation. Submissions made to Assignments, Quizzes, and Discussions are displayed in a sortable list and can be selected to take you directly to their assessment page. Educators can sort, filter, and search submissions to prioritize their evaluation work. Sorting can be done using the first or last name of the learner, Activity Name, Course Name, and Submission date. Filtering can be done using one or more of the following categories: Activity Name, Course Name, and Submission Date. When accessing Quick Eval from a specific course, the list of activities to evaluate is prefiltered to only show items from that course. Click the ellipses icon and select Multi-Course Quick Eval to view submissions from all available courses.

Submissions view supports anonymous marking for assignments created with the Hide student names during assessment option selected. Learner names and profile images do not display and are replaced by a generic profile image, and the name column shows Anonymous User.

Clicking on a user’s name opens an evaluation screen directly from the Quick Eval list where the evaluator can complete their assessment. The search function in Quick Eval allows evaluators to locate submissions for evaluation by searching for a specific user, assignment, quiz, discussion topic, or course. Once you complete an evaluation, publish your feedback or save it as a draft and then return to the Quick Eval list to continue evaluating. Any assessment awaiting evaluation, or with its evaluation saved in draft status displays in Quick Eval.

Quick Eval submission information

Assignment submissions are listed when a learner submits a file or text, or marks an assignment as complete. They remain visible until an evaluator publishes feedback for the submission. If a resubmission is made by the learner, it is added to the Quick Eval list. Submissions with their feedback in draft status display a draft icon to indicate their status. For assignments with the completion type Automatically on due date, when the due date passes, all submissions display in Quick Eval. Assignments with the completion type Automatically on Evaluation are not displayed in Quick Eval. Evaluators only see assignment submissions from learners in sections they are enrolled in.

Quiz submissions are listed when a learner completes a quiz that requires manual grading. Once the quiz attempt is graded and saved, it is considered evaluated and no longer displays in Quick Eval. If a quiz is setup without the Automatic Export to Grades setting, then a quiz attempt evaluation from Quick Eval does not export to Grades. The evaluator must navigate to the Quizzes tool and select the quiz attempts to publish to the gradebook. Evaluators only see quiz attempts from learners in sections they are enrolled in.

Discussion submissions are listed when assessable discussion topics have a post or a reply written by a learner. When the feedback on a discussion post is saved or published, the learner submission is no longer displayed in Quick Eval. Submissions with feedback in draft status display a draft icon to indicate their status. Evaluators only see discussion posts from learners in sections they are enrolled in.

Figure: The Quick Eval page using the View by: Submissions tab.

About Activities view in Quick Eval

In Quick Eval, select Activities to display a list of any assessable activities that have one or more submissions, regardless of the submission status. This view makes it easy to complete all assessments for one assignment, discussion, or quiz before moving on to the next task. Activities view displays indicators to show the learners progress on submissions, instructors progress on evaluations, and on publishing feedback to learners. It also includes links to the evaluation page, submission page, and a publish all action.

A new count is displayed for Assignments, Quizzes, and Discussions. It corresponds to the sum of learner submissions that have never been evaluated or resubmitted since the last evaluation (either draft or published).

An activity shows up in Quick Eval’s Activities view when there is an assessable activity that has one or more submissions, regardless of the submission status (i.e. either awaiting evaluation status or evaluated).

Figure: The Quick Eval page using the View by: Activities tab.

Dismiss Activities

Dismissing an activity hides it from Quick Eval, but won't affect the activity. The activity remains dismissed until the selected condition is met, or you manually restore it using the ellipsis icon in Quick Eval. A dismissed activity is still available for evaluation from its own tool (Assignments, Quizzes, Discussions).

Navigate to Quick Eval.
From the View by options, click Activities.
Hover over the activity you want to dismiss and click More Actions > Dismiss until.
Select one of the following:

A specific date and set how long you want to dismiss the activity for
Forever
Dismiss Until Next Submission

Select Dismiss Activity.

Restore Activities

Navigate to Quick Eval.
Click Quick Eval More Actions and select Dismissed activities.
Select the check box of the item you want to restore and click Restore.

Quick Eval widget

The Quick Eval widget can be added to a course homepage and allows instructors to view and access any submissions awaiting evaluation. The Quick Eval widget displays a list of up to six activities with submissions to evaluate. The activities are sorted by due date, with the earliest date first. The icon indicator in the widget shows the type of activity (assignment, discussion, or quiz), and the number of unevaluated submissions for each activity.

If the Quick Eval widget is placed on the organization level homepage it displays information from all active courses.

For additional information on how to add the Quick Eval widget to your homepages visit the Editing the widgets on a homepage topic.

Evaluate submissions

When an assignment submission is selected, the evaluator is taken to the Evaluate Submission page. Visit the Add feedback and evaluations to assignments topic for more information on evaluating assignments.

When a quiz submission is selected, the evaluator is taken to the Quiz Evaluation screen. All questions and answers display with space for evaluators to enter feedback and grades.

When a discussion submission is selected, the evaluator is taken to the Discussion Evaluation screen. Visit the Assess users in discussion threads topic for more information on evaluating discussions.

Once evaluation of an individual submission is complete, click Back to Quick Eval to return to the Quick Eval tool at the course level or org level, depending on where you launched it from, and continue evaluating.

Quick Eval FAQs

Does Quick Eval list cascade enrollments?

No, Quick Eval does not list cascading (implicit) enrollments. Explicit enrollment in the course is required.

What determines if a course displays in Quick Eval?

Course is active
Course is within its start date and end date

What are the criteria for displaying assignment submissions in Quick Eval?

Submission Type: All assignment submission types are listed in Quick Eval except for assignments with the Automatically on Evaluation completion type.

Evaluation status: Unpublished feedback

What are the criteria for displaying quiz attempts in Quick Eval?

Quiz Setup: Quiz attempts with assessments that are not set up for auto-grading, and require an evaluator to provide feedback.

Evaluation status: Ungraded quiz attempts

What are the criteria for displaying discussion posts and replies in Quick Eval?

Discussion topic setup: Discussion topics with Assessments

Evaluation status: Unpublished Feedback

Moderated Discussion posts must be released for them to show up in Quick Eval.

Are grade items listed in Quick Eval?

Quick Eval does not list grade items. Quick Eval only lists activities from Assignments, Quizzes and Discussions that have learner submissions.

Are SCORM objects or LTI activities listed in Quick Eval?

Quick Eval does not list SCORM objects and LTI activities like Bongo video assignments.

What is the default size of the Quick Eval list?

The Quick Eval list shows 20 unevaluated learner submissions. Users can click on Load More to see more items.

Are group assignments listed in the Quick Eval list?

No, group assignments are not listed in Quick Eval.

Can I filter the Quick Eval list by section?

No, the Quick Eval list cannot be filtered by sections. However, an evaluator only sees submissions from the sections they are enrolled in.

Does Quick Eval display feedback saved as a draft?

Quick Eval displays feedback for Assignments, Discussions and Quiz Attempts that are saved as a draft and not published.

Can I evaluate Anonymously using Quick Eval?

Why is Anonymous User displayed instead of the learners first name and last name in Quick Eval?

Assignments created with the Hide student names during assessment option selected display Anonymous User in place of the user’s first and last name.

If the org level role of the user evaluating using Quick Eval does not have the User Information Privacy permission at the org level, then learner names are displayed as Anonymous User.

Why is Quick Eval empty when I impersonate using an instructor role that has the View Quick Eval permission?

Quick Eval requires the user to be explicitly enrolled in the course in order to see unevaluated learner submission. Impersonating an instructor role does not have the course enrollment, therefore the Quick Eval list is empty.

Are Tool usage trends captured for Quick Eval in the Adoption Dashboard?

Yes, tool usage trends are captured for Quick Eval. More information can be found in the Using the Adoption Dashboard help topic.