Smart Tasks
Marking tasks quickly
How to mark tasks quickly Use the “Unmarked” buttons at the top of the marking interface to navigate to the next unmarked student or the next unmarked question. The arrows allow you to navigate from student to student or question to question, but ...
Assigning students to an existing task
Tasks that are set before a student joins a class will not be allocated to them. This is because students that join a class during the academic year from another school would not want to see all the tasks that were set previously that they have not ...
Marking a task
If Peer Marking has been enabled, you'll see a task that says "You to mark". To peer mark, click the title of the task. You'll then go through each of the task questions, and be able to mark them, quiz questions will be marked automatically. When ...
How to manage peer marking
Once you have created your task, you'll be able to enable peer marking. If you forgot to choose peer marking as the marking type when creating the task, you can edit your task To enable peer marking, go to: The course The class The task You'll notice ...
An introduction to peer marking
Peer marking is an additional marking process where instead of a teacher marking a task or a student marking their own work, a student's finished task is marked by another student in the class anonymously. For more information about peer marking, ...
Student self-marking
If your teacher has enabled student self-marking, you will be greeted by the following message when completing a task: To self-mark, click Mark task. You'll then go through each of your task questions and be able to mark them. Quiz questions will be ...
Link to a Task from other software
Once you have created your task, you will be able to copy a shareable link that can be pasted into any third-party system you use to manage your student workflow. To get the link, go to: The course The class Tasks Click the name of the task to expand ...
Copying a task
If you need to copy an existing task - to allocate it to another class, for example - go to: The course The class The task On the Tasks screen, click New task and select Copy an existing task. You will then be asked which task you would like to copy. ...
Enforce a deadline for a task
If you are creating a task and want to enforce a deadline, choose Deadlines enforced from the schedule section of the Task creation wizard. Automatic submission for marking is triggered in one of two ways. If a student performs an action on a task ...
Reordering task questions
When creating a task, you may want to change the order in which the selected questions are asked. To do this, you can simply drag and drop the questions into the order of your choice.
Extending an individual student's deadline
If you need to extend an individual student's deadline: Go to the "Course" Go to the "Class" Click "Tasks" Expand the required Task by clicking on the name or "View Details" Locate the student in the task you want to extend. Click on the "Actions" ...
Deleting a task
Deleting a task is easy. To start, go to: The course The class The task Once you have found the task you wish to delete, click Edit and Delete task. This will permanently delete your task and any submissions. This action cannot be undone.
Tags
Tags are useful for filtering Tasks in a mark book. For example, you could tag tasks as "homework" and then filter the mark book to only show the homework tasks. You can add a useful tag to your task when both: Creating a new task; and Editing an ...
Returning a task to a student
If your student has submitted their task before they have finished you can return the task back to them if you have not committed the mark to the markbook. You simply: Go the the course Go to the class Go to the task Go to the "Course" Expand the ...
Editing a task
Editing a task is simple. Firstly, go to: The course The class Tasks Then find the task you wish to change and click Edit. Here you will be able to change: Task name Notes Marking mode Availability (start date, deadline) Tags
How do I mark a task?
Once a task has been submitted by a student you will need to mark them if you have not enabled self or peer marking. Most questions can also be marked by AI, but not all. 1. Navigating to a task To mark a task, log into your teacher account and ...
How do students start a task?
Once a task has been created and set, students will see "Your tasks" at the top of their selected course page. Waiting for will tell the student what stage the task is at. You to Start You to complete You to mark (if enabled) Peer to Mark (if ...
Creating a new task
To create a new task, log into your teacher account, then navigate to the course and class you wish to set a new task for and click Tasks: Click on New task to get started. The task creation wizard will guide you through the process of setting a new ...