This article describes Science Interactive recommendations for how to use the SI Lab Portal Gradebook most efficiently. For more detailed instructions please see the other articles in the Grading Section of our Knowledge Base.
For definitions on the gradebook filters, please see this article.
For the best experience grading filtering is going to be key!
Please make sure to set your filters appropriately for what you would like to view.
For Results you’ll want to set it to All (Best).
Then drill down with the Progress from All to To Be Reviewed (if you need to grade), In Progress (students are actively working in lab), Completed (work that has already been graded).
If the color icons are not presenting accurately, we suggest turning them off. Simply uncheck the Progress box in the View Panel portion of the gradebook.
To ensure you are seeing your full class list we recommend adjusting the Rows filter at the bottom of the page from 20 to 50+ or a quantity suitable to the number of students in the course.
50+ will ensure that whether you are grading by question or grading by student that every row will show up on one page. This filter will stay in place from grading session to grading session and will not need to be changed every time unless you would like to increase the number of rows shown.
The Exploration lessons are all auto-graded. The Experimentation & Evaluation sections contain all of the manual grading for each topic.
1. After filtering, select the purple check mark next to the Experimentation & Evaluation section to begin manual grading.
This action will will take you straight in to manual grading, if you want to see more item statistics before you enter manual grading, select the Assignment name.
2. For instructions on manual grading, see the article linked below.
If you do not have the Submit button enabled on the Lesson (Exploration + Experimentation) nor have a Due Date set on a Lab Lesson you will need to Force Grade the submissions so that they reflect properly in your gradebook.