The SI Lab Portal Gradebook is designed with several filtering options available to access the specific lesson and students you wish to grade. Your filtering choices will save from grading session to grading session. This article will discuss best practices in accessing and filtering the gradebook.
1. Enter the course you wish to grade and select the "Gradebook" tab in the upper right corner of your screen.
If you are using integrated links, simply click on the SI Lab Portal Gradebook link in your LMS for quick access to the gradebook.
2. From the drop-down menu, select "Class Grades."
Skip this step if you are using a Gradebook link from your LMS.
3. Select Your Activities and Filters.
4.1. Select the Lessons & Assignments you wish to grade.
Under "Select Lessons and Assignments," go to the "Units" section. Select the specific unit you wish to grade or select "All Lessons & Assignments" to view all lessons in your course.
Once you have selected the unit you wish to grade, use the quick select buttons above the box to the right.
Select All Assignments = Select all assignments in the list.
Exp/Eval Only = Select only the Experimentation and Evaluation assignments (manually-graded activities)
Exploration Only = Select only the Exploration assignments (auto-graded activities)
4.2. Select your preset filter button.
The preset buttons will automatically set the correct filters needed for each type of results.
Manual Grading Filter = Sets the filters needed to display the labs for manual grading.
All Grades Filter = Sets the filters needed to display all grades.
If you need to select a different course, click the plus sign (+) to expand the Filter Results view. Under "Filter Results," select the course you wish to grade.
5.1. Select the Lessons & Assignments you wish to grade.
Under "Select Lessons and Assignments," go to the "Units" section. Select the specific unit you wish to grade or select "All Lessons & Assignments" to view all lessons in your course.
Once you have selected the unit you wish to grade, select the sections you wish to grade from the box on the right hand side of the screen.
Use the CTRL button on your computer to select multiple sections of a lesson.
Recommendation: For the most flexibility in selecting what you wish to grade, we recommend selecting "All Lessons & Assignments," and then the components of the specific lesson you wish to grade, illustrated below.
5.2. Expand the Filter Results section, then select the course you wish to grade.
Click the plus sign (+) to expand the Filter Results view. Under "Filter Results," select the course you wish to grade.
Recommendation: If you are teaching multiple courses, we recommend selecting one course at a time.
5.3. Apply any additional filters desired to tailor your view of the gradebook.
See the Filter Descriptions table below.
If you wish to filter your gradebook further, proceed to Step 5. This is recommended, but not required.
If you do not wish to filter your gradebook further, skip to Step 6.
Filters Descriptions and Recommendations
The table below describes additional filters available for the gradebook, and the settings recommended by Science Interactive.
| Filter | Description | SI Recommendation |
|---|---|---|
| List | The "List" filter selects the user group that will be displayed for grading.
| All Students |
| Results | The "Results" filter selects the student results that you will view. This filter is particularly important if you are allowing multiple student attempts on an activity.
| Most Recent
For multiple attempts: All (Best) |
| Progress | The "Progress" filter allows you to select the status of the user's attempts to be included in the search.
| For Manual Grading: To Be Reviewed |
| User | Use this to filter for a specific student's grades. | Leave Blank |
| Date From/Date To | Use this to filter the time period in which the lesson was submitted. | Leave Blank |
6. Set the number of rows to be viewed.
To ensure all student answers in a lesson appear on one page, set the number of rows to 50.
Optional: If you would like to customize the columns that are displayed in your search results, you can expand the View Panel settings and check the boxes you would like to see.
7. Select "Search."
Select "Search" to view your students' results based on the filter applied. You will see a class list with the specific lessons/lesson sections you selected earlier. From here, you can chose to grade by student by selecting the students first or last name or grade by lesson by selecting the name of the lesson.
If an assignment needs grading, an orange banner will display a list of assignments that have student work submitted. You can access the manual grading window by clicking on a purple checkbox in your activity list or by clicking the hyperlink in the orange banner.
