Forums grading / allow comment only to be sent to gb
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Tiffany Stull February 20, 2019 at 2:06 PM
I linked the feature request mentioned above: SAK-41366.
Tiffany Stull February 20, 2019 at 10:03 AMEdited
This is not really a feature request - it should be considered a bug to fix an inconsistency within Forums. You can already enter comments with no grade into the Gradebook via Forums if you go to Statistics & Grading > Statistics & Grading by Topic > select topic > select gradebook item (if not already set by default) > Show Comments.
If, however, you access a specific student's post and click Grade, then try to enter a comment with no grade, you get an error message saying you have to enter a grade with the comment:
Laura Gekeler February 20, 2019 at 9:53 AMEdited
The TL call of 2/20/2019 concluded that such a feature should not involve the Gradebook. We are aware that in previous versions it was possible to enter a grade comment without entering a grade. There is more impetus toward having a feature where an instructor is able to make a private comment within the forum to a student and/or a student to instructors then there is of fixing this regression (if in fact it is a regression). [19 participants on the call. No one was for this].
Trisha Gordon February 11, 2019 at 1:29 PM
+1
Shawn Foster February 11, 2019 at 1:18 PM
This case should be considered during the work on the centralized grading service () and be made consistent with other tools.
When grading in Forums, instructors would like the ability to send a comment to the gradebook while leaving the actual grade field blank.
Example:
1) Create a graded topic pointing to a gradebook item in the site
2) In Forums, select Statistics and Grading
3) Select Statistics & Grading by Topic in top right of screen
4) Select the topic under the "Topic Title" column
5) Select the gradebook item under "Select a Gradebook item" in the top right drop down box.
6) Select "Show Comments"
7) For one student, enter a grade and a comment
8) For another student, only enter a comment
9) Press Submit Grades
No errors in the UI, but the entry with only a comment does not move to the gradebook. Refreshing the Forums tool and going back to the same grading area shows the enter saved for the student that had a grade entered, but the comment is gone for the student who did not have a grade.