Course Markbook

Overview - Course Markbook

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The Course Markbook allows any staff member in your school to view assessment results in one place for an entire cohort. This can reveal which students are yet to submit, which teacher feedback drafts are waiting to be published, and where feedback has already been published.

On this page, you will find the following information:

Accessing the Course Markbook

Using the Course Markbook

Downloading the Course Markbook

Managing the Course Markbook

Using Markbook Insights and Quick Actions in a Course Markbook

Accessing the Course Markbook

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Access from the Courses tab

1. Select the 'Courses' tab in your top menu.

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2. Select the 3-dot menu next to the course you wish to view the markbook for.

3. Select 'Course Markbook'.

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Access from the Course Page

1. Navigate to the selected Course page.

2. Select the 3-dot menu.

3. Select 'Course Markbook'.

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Using the Course Markbook

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The Course Markbook gives you the opportunity to see what has been marked, what requires marking, the marks that individual students have received, the average percent per class, and the average percent the cohort has achieved.

There are a number of features that help you to understand what is happening in the cohort who are taking this course.
 

Show Display Marks

You can check the Show Display Marks checkbox to view marks as letter grades—the same format students and parents see (display mark type). If you leave it unchecked, you'll see marks as percentages, which is the format used for grading (input mark type).

Note: The display mark type is what students and parents will see, while the input mark type is what school staff use to grade assessments. For example, as a school staff, you’ll see marks as percentages, but students and parents will always see marks as letter grades on their pages. 

 

Show drafts

You can choose if you wish to see marking that is in draft form. This will show the grade for any submissions that have been marked but where the grade has not yet been published. Drafts are shown in grey and italicised.

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Flags

The flag colours indicate that mark status of the tasks.

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Grey - No mark

Orange - Unpublished draft mark. This is shown when further feedback has been given or current feedback has been edited, but not yet published.

Red - Resubmit. This is shown when a teacher has requested a student resubmit their assessment.

Green - Mark published

Pending - ‘Pending’ indicates that the teacher has not yet created any feedback.

The line indicates that the student has not yet submitted.

 

Course Average

In the Course Markbook, you can view the average grade for the cohort. This grade is responsive to your filter selections, so it may change depending on which classes or groups you have selected.

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You can also see the average grade for each class or group who are taking the course.

 

Filters

The Course Markbook has filters to help you reduce the information available to just what you need. Using the filter tool, you can choose to filter based on classes or groups, assessment types, assessment period, unit, activity status, weighting, and work type.

1. Select the drop-down arrow next to the filter criteria you wish to edit.

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2. Use the checkboxes to choose what you wish to display in the markbook. These choices will display above the filter selection tool.

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3. Select ‘Apply Filters’.

To remove filters, select 'Reset to defaults', then 'Apply Filters'.

Downloading the Course Markbook

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In addition to being viewable inside Schoolbox, the Course Markbook can be downloaded as a spreadsheet. The filters that have been applied to the markbook will also be applied to the downloaded spreadsheet. 

To download a Course Markbook:

1. Navigate to your Course Markbook.

2. Use the ‘Show Drafts’ checkbox to decide if you wish to include draft feedback and grading in your download.

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NOTE: If drafts are included in the download, the word ‘Draft’ will be prepended to the file name. Draft grading and feedback within the spreadsheet will have ‘(draft)’ amended to them.

3. Select the 3-dot menu to the top right of the page.

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4. Select 'Download Spreadsheet'.

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Managing the Course Markbook

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You must be a Superuser to enable the Course Markbook. Once it is enabled, it will be available for all staff members in your school.

1. Navigate to Administration > LMS > LMS Policy.

2. Toggle the ‘Enable Course Markbook Module’ to 'ON'.

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3. Select 'Save'.

 

A Superuser can also allow a student's rank to be displayed within all of the class and course markbooks that staff roles can access. 

1. Navigate to Administration > Settings  > LMS Policy.

2. Toggle the ‘Display Student Rank’ to 'ON'.

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3. Select 'Save'.

Using Markbook Insights and Quick Actions in a Course Markbook

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When you're in the Course Markbook, you can see insights into assessment grades and take quick actions, such as:

  • View more recent activity,
  • Update feedback,
  • Review submission,
  • Publish feedback,
  • Exclude student from an assessment,
  • Jump to the Submission history.

With these Insights and Quick Actions, you can do more than just view marks — you can also take action directly from the Markbook to better support your students.

To do this:

  1. Go to the Courses page by clicking the Courses tab in the top menu, or by adding /course/list to the end of your dashboard URL.
    This opens the Course List page for you.
     
  2. Next, select the 3-dot menu icon3-dot Menu Iconfor the specific course in the list and then select Course Markbook from the list.
    This opens the Course Markbook for you.
     
  3. Then, select a cell that either shows a grade or is empty. This will open the Insights and Quick Actions pop-up menu for you.
     
  4. Select the menu option to perform the action:
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Note:
Pop-up options in the Course Markbook depend on the type of assessment:

  • Due Work: Displays the usual options for entering or viewing marks.
  • Quizzes: Offers options such as ‘View more recent activity’, ‘Exclude student’, and ‘View attempts’.
  • Projects: The markbook cell is not clickable, so no options appear.
  • Tasks: The mark field is currently not clickable in the Course Markbook. To mark tasks, please use the Class Markbook instead.