Grading in the TU Graz TeachCenter (Exam)

In the TeachCenter (Exam), there is the possibility to submit and directly grade assignments and offer exams and self-assessment tests.

Grades in the TeachCenter (Exam) are GDPR compliant because students, unlike teachers, can only see their own grades and not those of other students.

Grades can then be transferred from the TeachCenter (Exam) to TUGRAZonline.

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Grading an assignment

For more information on how to use an assignment as an exam or homework in the TeachCenter (Exam), see "File upload (homework or exam) in the TeachCenter (Exam)".

Grading an quiz

For more information on how to to create a quiz activity and how to grade it in the TeachCenter (Exam), see "The quiz activity in the TU Graz TeachCenter (Exam)".

Settings in the grader report

By clicking on Grades in the Main Menu, teachers can open an overview page that displays all grades of all participants in the course in a grid for the entire course.

Hiding grades until a set date

In an assignment, you can use the marking workflow (see above) to publish all results at the same time.

If you want to publish all grades of a test or assignment at the same time, you can also define in the grade overview (Main Menu > Grades) when the grades should become visible. To do this, go to Grades in the main menu at the top and activate the editing mode.

Scroll to the right until you find the activity whose results you want to hide and click the gear below the activity name.

view of a single grade item in the grading report — Editing a single grade item to show grades instead of points

Scroll down and click on Show more if not all options are shown. Select the checkbox Hidden. To automatically make the results visible after a certain date, click on Show more... and select the checkbox Enable next to Hidden until and enter the desired date.

Menu in the settings of a grade item where to hide grades until a certain date — How to hide grades until a certain date

Note: If you see the message "Visibility settings are set in the activity settings" instead of a checkbox, then you must first make the exam visible and allow students to see their points after the attempt (in the review options in the test settings).

Displaying grades instead of marks

By default, points are displayed in the grade overview. However, you can also display the students' grades in addition to the points.

Note: By default, a grading key with grades 1-5 and certain percentages is predefined.

To view or edit the grading key, called grade letters: Go to Grades in the main menu and select Grade letters from the dropdown. These settings apply to the entire TeachCenter course.

Grades - Grade letters is selected in the menu — How to see or change the grade letters

To display grades in addition to points in the grade overview, select the Course grade settings from the drop-down menu. In the section Grade item settings, select Letter, Letter (real) or Letter (percentage) as the Grade display type.

Note: This setting affects all graded activities in a course.

Grade item settings: Grade display type is set to real (letter) — How to change the view so that grades are displayed instead of points

To display only the overall grade of a course as a grade instead of points, select Gradebook setup from the drop-down menu. Next to the course name, in the line with the folder icon, click Edit > Edit settings.

Grades - Gradebook setup is selected from the menu — Gradebook setup menu

Edit settings is highlighted in the gradebook setup for one category — How to edit the settings of a category to display a grade letter

In the section Category total, you need to click on Show more ... to access additional options. Next to Grade display type, select Letter or Letter (real).

Setting the grade display type in the category total — Change the view from points to a letter or number grade

Grade categories and grade items

In the drop-down item Gradebook setup you can make further settings for ratings. Grades can be grouped in so-called grade categories.

By default, each TC course has one main grade category, represented by a folder icon, with the course name. However, you can create new grade categories such as for example "Oral assessment" and "Written assessment".

the gradebook setup of a course with several categories and items — The gradebook setup of a course with several categories and items

Gradebook setup menu with buttons Add grade item and Add category — Gradebook setup

To add a new category, click Add category near the bottom of the page. Give the category a suitable name. You have here, once again, the option of setting whether marks of grades should be displayed.

Each grade category includes one or more activities, called Grade items. Grade items are activities such as an assignment or quiz.

Grade items are created automatically, as soon as you add a TC activity such as a quiz or a assignment. However, if you need another (manually created) Grade item (for example, an oral exam that has no equivalent TeachCenter activity), you can create one. To do so, click on on Add grade item near the bottom of the page. Add a meaningful item name and select the grade category to which the item should belong. Add the maximum points that can be achieved.

You can use the up-down arrow to move grade items to other grade categories.

Note: It is best to set up these categories and Grade items at the beginning of the semester, even before you have entered assessments! This helps to avoid possible problems due to recalculating points or shifting categories!

Downloading results

Grade export to TUGRAZonline

Grades can be exported from the TeachCenter Exam (or also from the normal TeachCenter) to TUGRAZonline. This makes the transfer of grades to TUGRAZonline much easier.

In order to be able to use this import feature, please note the following:

The corresponding exam date must have been added to TUGRAZonline beforehand.

Please note: The list of exams is synchronised approximately every hour. Therefore, if you have created an exam appointment in TUGRAZonline immediately before, an error message may appear in the TC that no open exams were found. Please be patient until the exam is synchronised in the TeachCenter.

The exam date must contain examinees.
You must be registered as an examiner for the exam in TUGRAZonline.
The grading scale of your TeachCenter course or TeachCenter Exam course must match the grading scale in TUGRAZonline. If necessary, edit the scale under the menu item Grades > Grader report > Grade letters.

Export from TeachCenter (Exam) to TUGRAZonline

To transfer grades, open the corresponding course in the TeachCenter (Exam) and select the item Grades. Click the tab Grader report on the left, down the list click Export.

Now you will see several sections:

Grade items to be included: "Course total" is selected by default.

Export format options: Here you can select whether the feedback on the final course grade should be exported or not. If these settings change, a new publish link must be created.

Grade publishing options: This explains exactly how you can export exam results. At the bottom of the section you will see a table called "List of your exams for this course" with the associated exam.

Click the „plus icon“ in the "Actions" column to create or recreate a publish link.
Click the "copy icon" to copy the created publish link to the clipboard.
Switch to the TUGRAZonline exam management, candidate list. Select the corresponding course.

- Open the import mask via the menu item Import from TeachCenter and paste the publish link in the field "URL".
- Click Go to preview.
- Check the data.

Important: Students, who do not have a grade in the TC (e.g. because they did not appear for an examination) will not be graded.

- Click Perform import.

Please note the expiration time of the publish links created.

Via the grader report

Via the button "Download student activities"

Note: This export is suitable for saving answers, feedback and points for archiving, e.g. at the end of the semester or after the exam.

With this download, you will receive a separate folder per person or activity, depending on the settings. The quiz is exported as a PDF so that it is easier to read. However, you will not get an overall spreadsheet with results of all students.

Download student activities (quizzes and assignments) as a ZIP folder via the Main menu > More > "Download student activities". This menu allows you to download the answers and results of several quizzes or submissions at once.

From the main menu, More - Download student activities is selected — Download student activities, i.e. their answers and feedback

To create a new download, click on the button "Download student activities". Select whether the folder structure should first be sorted by student or by activity. Select which activities you want to export. Then confirm again by clicking Create Download.

Please note: The download is generated overnight and is available the next day for 2 days (TC Exam) or 7 days (TC). You will receive an e-mail notification.

Help & Contact

For questions on TeachCenter / TeachCenter Exam: tc@tugraz.at

For more information on grading and advanced options such as weighted grades, see the official Moodle documentation in the Grade category, the Grade FAQ, and the quick guide for grading.

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