Post Grades in the Gradebook (return grades/feedback to students) - Staff Guide
In the Gradebook, assessments are graded and then grades are posted.
Students only see their grades in Gradebook/Grades when they are posted. Depending on the assessment tool used, grades and feedback are posted (released) to students differently.
Students always have access to their personalised view of Gradebook. They see entries for all assessment items in your module by default. From Gradebook, they can review their grades and feedback for all Minerva assessment items. They access it in the same way staff do: via the Gradebook link in the Navigation bar and via the Grades link on the Global Navigation menu.
At Leeds we have a variety of assessment tools available. The table below clarifies how grades and feedback are posted (released) to students via Gradebook depending on the tool that is used.
| Assessment tool | Process to release (post) feedback and grades to students | Type of tool |
|---|---|---|
| Turnitin | Posted automatically on feedback release date. | Integrated tool |
| Gradescope, PebblePad | Posted automatically when sent to Minerva. | Integrated tool |
| Blackboard Test, Blackboard Assignment | Posted automatically when graded or manually on a per test, assignment or student basis. | Blackboard tool |
| Discussions, Journals and other manually created items | Manually posted by instructor on a per assessed item, or student basis. | Blackboard tool |
In this guide:
How to post grades when using Integrated Tools
We have a variety of integrated assessment tools; these are tools which we have purchased and integrated with Minerva. Our integrated assessment tools such as Turnitin, and Gradescope will post grades automatically for you. For example, Gradescope posts the grades when they return grades to the Gradebook. Therefore, you need to make sure those grades are ready for students to see them when you return them to Minerva.
Turnitin grades are automatically posted to the Gradebook at the Turnitin feedback release date (at which point, students can also see the grades via Turnitin).
If you do not want students to see the grade for these tools when they are returned to Gradebook, hide the assessment item before grades are returned to Gradebook (or before the feedback release date in Turnitin).
How to post grades when using Blackboard Tools
For Blackboard Test and Assignment: you can choose for grades to be posted automatically (useful for formative MCQ tests), or you can choose to post them manually (useful if you wish to ensure all students receive their grades at the same time). This is in the settings of the Test or Assignment and should be selected when the assessment item is created.
For Blackboard Journal/Discussions or manually gradable items (columns): you always post grades manually.
Posting all grades
There are many ways to post grades. If you just want to post all grades for an assessment and don't need to hold some back, the easiest way is via Grid View.
In Grid View
Find the relevant assessment item. If there are grades ready to post, the post icon will be present. Select the post icon to post grades to all students. You will be asked to confirm this action.
In List View
Find the relevant assessment. Click Post marks if you wish to return all grades to students. You will then be prompted to confirm.
Posting selected grades/reviewing status
In Grid View
You can also post grades individually to each student in grid view. To do this, select the student's grade, a panel will open. Then select Post individual mark.
If you want to review the post status for each student on one page, click on the name of the assessment.
A panel will open. Click the name of the assessment on the panel and then the Submissions tab.
On the Submissions tab you will see a list of all students with their current submission and mark status.
In List View
Click on the assessment item. You will see a list of all students with their current submission and mark status. You can post grades individually by clicking Post 1 grade as relevant.