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Set up marker allocation and marking workflow

Marking workflow in Moodle Assignments is a system that can be used to track which stage of marking has been completed for individual student assignment submissions. It can be handy when there are multiple tutors and lecturers involved in marking. You can assign marking of individual or groups of student assignments to markers and use marking workflow to monitor the progress of the marking process.

Note

If Grade penalty is in use for an assessment, the late penalty is not applied until the grades are released to the students.

Enabling marking workflow and marker allocation

In the top right hand corner of the page, switch Edit mode to ON(Blue).
For the Assignment that you want to enable marking workflow and marker allocation, click on the three dots, then select Edit settings.
In the Grade section, select Yes for Use marking workflow. Once you have done this, select Yes for Use marking allocation.
Click Save and Display.

Marker allocation

Allocate students to a marker with quick grading

1. You can filter students by:
  - Groups with the Separate groups drop down list.
  - Submissions status using the Status dropdown list.
  - Marking state or Marker (including No marker) using the Advanced dropdown list.
2. Select individual or multiple submissions with the checkboxes in the Select column
  OR
  Select ALL with the checkbox in the Select column headers.
3. From the icons at the bottom of the page, click More and then select Allocate marker.
4. The Set allocated marker window will appear, click Allocate marker.
5. You will be redirected to a page which will display the students you selected.
6. Select a marker from the Allocated Marker drop down list.
7. Click Save changes.
8. The marker's name will be displayed in the Marker column.

Marking workflow

Marking workflow allows students, tutors and lecturers to see the marking status of submitted assignments. Lecturers can review and moderate results and release feedback and grades to students once grading is completed.

The workflow states are shown below:

Not marked: Initial state
In marking: Marking has begun, typically after the due date
Marking completed: Submission has been marked but marker is able to check and revise
In review: Submission(s) are being reviewed (often as part of a moderation phase)
Ready for release: Review complete
Released: Feedback and grade released to the students

Change workflow status with quick grading

1. You can filter students by:
  - Groups with the Separate groups drop down list.
  - Submissions status using the Status dropdown list.
  - Marking state or Marker (including No marker) using the Advanced dropdown list.
2. Select individual or multiple submissions with the checkboxes in the Select column
  OR
  Select ALL with the checkbox in the Select column headers.
3. From the icons at the bottom of the page, click More and then select Change marking state.
4. The Set marking workflow window will appear, click Change marking state.
5. You will be redirected to a page which will display the students you selected.
6. From the drop down list, select the appropriate marking workflow state.
7. Click Save changes.
8. The selected students will now have the chosen workflow status in the Status column.

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Set up marker allocation and marking workflow

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