How to access the Gradebook - Staff Guide
Gradebook is the place where you can manage assessments and student grades/feedback. Assessments created in Minerva will automatically create an item in the Gradebook for the return of grades and feedback.
How to access the Gradebook
There are two ways for you to access the Gradebook:
1. From within a module - for module level information
This is the recommended route if you are enrolled on lots of modules/organisations. Click Gradebook from the Navigation bar in your module (just below the module name).
This will show a comprehensive view of the grading information for the module you are currently in and is populated with the students who are enrolled on your module.
2. From the Global Navigation menu - to see grading information across modules
See grading information across all your modules. From the black Global Navigation menu that is shown when you log in to Minerva, click Grades, this will take you to the Grades page.
The Grades page offers a quick way to access grading across all modules - this is your view of items which need attention in the module/organisation’s Gradebook. Key activity such as recent submissions are highlighted here. You can also make grades available to students quickly if needed.
All of your modules display by default, use the navigation arrows so you can view them grouped by year.
Click the title of your module to open the module level Gradebook view, which provides a more comprehensive view of the grading information.
Understanding the different Gradebook views
Gradebook has two views of the key data. These are accessed via the toggle buttons: Grid View and List View.
The Grid View (accessed via the 4 square icon) shows all marks awarded to students for all assessment items together. The List View (accessed via the 3 lines icon) presents a list of the assessment items for the module.
There is also a To do button (on the right) which will open a panel with key tasks needing action (e.g. assessments to grade and marks to post).
Grid View
Here you will see a list of students and each gradable item. This provides a good overview of all assessments and the current status for each student. You have the option to filter and search the Gradebook. You can also download/upload grades from this view.
Click the name of a student to see more detail about their submissions. Information about their activity in the module is also available here. The Progress tab lets you see what content they have interacted with and the Activity Log gives you an indication of what they have done in the module recently. Options are below the student name/username in the top left of the page:
From this page you can also message a student and set up an accommodation (to give a student extra time for a Test). Options are in the top right of the page:
From the student page, staff can also see whether a student has reviewed their feedback for Blackboard Assignments and Tests. Next to the status for an assessed item, the label 'Reviewed' is displayed if students have followed links to feedback.
You may see this for integrated tools like Turnitin, however, this will not always be accurate as they must access Turnitin feedback via the Gradebook for this to be registered here.
List View
The List View displays due dates and grading status alongside each assessment item e.g. it will be flagged whether there are submissions waiting to be graded.
This is most useful for graded Minerva Discussions, Minerva Journals and Blackboard Tests and Assignments. For these tools, you can click on each Gradable Items title to see who has submitted, what needs to be graded, and enter feedback.
For the integrated tools Turnitin/Gradescope/PebblePad, you should see a link here for the assessment which will open up the integrated tool for marking. For some other integrated tools you will need to go directly to the tool to review and grade e.g. click on the submission area created for students to check submissions and grade. This is because some assessments will not show in the Gradebook if they are waiting to be graded, they will only show once graded.
To Do
Here you will see a list of assessment items which need grading and/or grades which need posting (returning) to students.
Click Grade now to be taken to the grading interface for the item.
Clicking Post now will give the option to immediately post the grades to students.