Grading student assignments on iOS (instructors)

Overview

Instructors can grade student-submitted assignments directly within the Schoology iOS app using the annotation tools in the mobile grading panel.

To access the submissions panel, open an assignment and tap Submissions.

Filtering submissions

You can search, sort, and filter submissions in the Schoology iOS submissions panel to refine results.

Search by student first or last name.
Sort the student list alphabetically.
Filter the student list by status.

Grading panel and annotation tools

You can annotate student submissions using the annotation tools in the grading panel. After finding and opening the submission to grade, tap the annotations icon to access the annotation tools.

After adding annotations, you can delete them by tapping the annotations icon, and then tapping the trash icon.

Highlight text

Tap the highlight icon.
Choose a color.
Touch and drag on the screen to highlight the selected text.
Tap the checkmark icon to save your annotation.

Strikeout text

Tap the strikeout icon.
Touch and drag on the screen to cross out the selected text.
Tap the checkmark icon to save your annotation.

Add note

Tap the note icon.
Tap the screen where you want to add the note.
Enter your note.
Tap the checkmark icon to save your annotation.

Write on submission

Tap the pencil icon.
Choose a text color.
Write on the screen with your finger or a stylus.
Tap the checkmark icon to save your annotation.

To delete annotations, tap them, and then tap the trashcan icon.

Undo, redo, delete, and hide annotations

To undo your most recent annotation, tap the undo icon.
To redo the annotation you undid, tap the redo icon.
- You can undo and redo annotations until you save the updates. After that, you must delete the annotations to remove them.
To delete annotations, tap the annotation, and then tap the trashcan icon.
To hide all annotations, tap the hide icon. To display annotations after you've hidden them, tap the same icon, which is crossed out when annotations are hidden.

Exporting submissions

You can export a submission and open the document in a third-party application on your device.

After you've annotated the submission, tap the open in icon and choose:

Share Original Document to export the original file.
Share Converted PDF to open a PDF version of the submission with your annotations intact.

Switching students

Tap the student's icon for the submission to display the student list. Tap a different student's name to switch to that student's submissions. Search and filter the same way as in the main grading panel.

Tap the green revision box next to the student icon to switch to a different version of the assignment submitted by the same student.

Grading assignments from the grading panel

Tap the grading icon to add a grade to the assignments from the grading panel.

Grading with a grading scale

If the assignment is graded on a scale, enter the number of the grade or drag the slider to change the number. Optionally, enter a comment for the assignment and choose to display it to the student or not.

Grading with a rubric

If you're grading the assignment with a rubric, tap the number for each criterion or enter it in the Pts column. Tap the info icon in the criteria column to review its full description. Comments can also be added and displayed to your student.

Adding comments and attachments

You can post comments and attachments to the overall submission for your students to review.

Comments added to the Submission Comments area send a notification to the student and instructor.
Notes added to the document itself using the annotation tools in the Grading panel do not send a notification.

Attach a file to a comment

From Submission Comments, tap Attach.
Optionally, add attachments from your photo or video library, Resources, record audio, and iOS Apps.
Tap the checkmark icon to complete.