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If you are new to SpeedGrader or would like to learn additional information see details on how to use SpeedGrader. We recommend that you mute your assignment before grading and then unmute it after all grades have been entered and checked. See How do I mute or unmute an assignment in SpeedGrader?

You can use SpeedGrader to assess student papers side-by-side with your rubric in one window, allowing in-line grading and commenting without the distraction of jumping back and forth between separate windows.

Attention! If you would like to use your rubric for assignment grading first follow these steps.

Click Edit Rubric [1]

If you would like to use the rubric to automatically enter the Total Points into the Assessment Grade, then check Use this rubric for assignment grading [1].
Click the Update Rubric [2]

In SpeedGrader choose the student you wish to assess and click the View Rubric button. Keep in mind that SpeedGrader will only load online documents that are uploaded as a Text Entry or File Upload documents such as Word, Excel, and PDF’s.

Drag the vertical ellipsis [1] (triple dots) horizontally to adjust the width of the DocViewer and SpeedGrader panes.
Use the tools in Canvas DocViewer [2] to annotate feedback inline with the paper.
To evaluate a student’s performance click the appropriate rating cells [3], which will light green and insert the corresponding points in the Pts column [4].
You can also type the point value in the right column [4] if it does not match a preset rating to the left.
Click the comment bubble [5] to enter feedback specific to the corresponding criterion and click Update comments. Attention!!! Due to a design flaw, the comments are not yet updated. You will need to click the Save [7] button to do that.
Check the Total Points [6] and then click Save [7].
If can type summative comments [8] or record them as audio or video. It is even possible to use Google Chrome to transcribe your commented speech into text.
Click the Submit button [9] to save your comments.