Speedgrader

When Would I Use SpeedGrader?

SpeedGrader makes it easy to evaluate individual student assignments and group assignments quickly.

You can use SpeedGrader to:

• Sort submissions by student and hide student names for anonymous grading
• View submission details for each student, including resubmitted assignments
• Use rubrics to assign grades  
• Leave feedback for your students
• Track your grading progress and hide assignments while grading
• View submissions in moderated assignments

Where to Find SpeedGrader

You can access SpeedGrader directly from the

• gradebook.
• graded assignment or quiz.
• discussion.

1.  You can access an assignment in SpeedGrader directly from the Gradebook. 

Open Gradebook

In Course Navigation, click the Grades link.

Open SpeedGrader

2.  Canvas allows you to access SpeedGrader from an assignment, quiz, or graded discussion.

Open Assignments

In Course Navigation, click the Assignments link.

View Assignments

   

Click the Assignment title to open the assignment.

Open SpeedGrader

SpeedGrader will be available in every graded assignment, including quizzes or graded discussions.

Open SpeedGrader from a Graded Assignment or Quiz

Within a graded assignment or quiz, the SpeedGrader link will appear in the sidebar under Related Items.

Open SpeedGrader from a Graded Discussion

Within a graded discussion, click the Settings icon [1] and click the SpeedGrader link [2].

View SpeedGrader

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For each student, SpeedGrader has five areas:

1. View student submissions (text entries, website URLs, media recordings, and/or file uploads); preview supported file types in Canvas DocViewer; review other file format submissions using the document previewer or Google Preview
2. Assign a grade based on your preferred assessment method (points or percentage)
3. View Rubric to assist with grading (if one is added to the assignment)
4. View comments created by you or the student about the assignment
5. Create text, video, and/or audio commentary for the student

View SpeedGrader Menu Icons

The SpeedGrader menu includes several tools and resources to assist with grading assignments.

The left side of the menu includes general settings and options:

• Gradebook Icon: Return to the Gradebook [1].
• Mute Icon: Mutes or unmutes the assignment Links to an external site. [2].
• Keyboard Icon: Opens a list of keyboard shortcuts for SpeedGrader [3].
• Help Icon: Opens the Canvas help menu [4]. The help menu icon matches the help icon set by a Canvas admin, so icons may vary across accounts.
• Settings Icon: Opens the SpeedGrader Settings menu [5], which includes enabling student list sorting options Links to an external site. and anonymous grading Links to an external site..

View Assignment Details

   

The center of the menu bar includes assignment information and overall grading information. Assignment information includes the name of the assignment [1], assignment due date [2], and the name of the course [3].

To view the assignment details, click the name of the assignment. The assignment details page also lets you download all student submissions Links to an external site. for the assignment.  

To return to the Course Home Page, click the name of the course.

Grading information includes assignment statistics, including the number of assignments that have been graded out of the total number of submissions [4] and the average score and percentage [5]. You can use this information to keep track of your grading progress.