This article will show you how to manage, grade, download & comment on submitted essays. To learn more about setting up essays within a quiz, please read our article on the essay question type.
Table of Contents [show]1 Accessing Submitted Essays2 Filter Essays3 Grading & Awarding Points3.1 From the Listing Screen3.2 Individual Essay4 Download an Essay File5 Commenting on Essays5.1 Was this article helpful to you?
Accessing Submitted Essays
Navigate to LEARNDASH LMS > QUIZZES
Click on the Submitted Essays tab
This page will list all essays that have been submitted by all users, for all quizzes.
Filter Essays
You can filter the Submitted Essays list in a few ways:
Choose between Graded & Not Graded (shown in pink)
Filter by the course, lesson or quiz that the essay is associated with (shown in blue)
Choose option(s) from the dropdown menus
Click the Filter button
Grading & Awarding Points
There are two ways to grade essays & award points.
From the Listing Screen
This is the quick & easy way to grade an essay.
From the Submitted Essays listing screen…
Enter the number of points you』d like to award
Click the approve button
The page will reload and you』ll see the status change from 「Not Graded」 to 「Graded,」 and the appropriate points will be displayed.
No further adjustments can be made from the listing screen, but you can open each individual essay if you need to make any changes.
Individual Essay
This method is a little more time intensive, but provides more flexibility. You can change an essay from 「Graded」 to 「Not Graded,」 as well as adjust the points awarded.
From the Submitted Essays listing screen…
Click on an essay title to edit it
Find the Essay Grading Status section in the sidebar
Update the essay status (Graded or Not Graded)
Update the points awarded
Click the Update button to save your changes
If you previously set the grading of the essay to Not Graded, No Points Awarded, then the status and grade of the quiz will no longer be in Pending status after you award points and indicate that the essay is graded.
If the user did not meet the passing threshold prior to grading, but after the grading of the essay they meet the threshold, then they will be permitted to continue with the course.
Download an Essay File
If you chose the 「Upload」 essay type, your submitted essay will include the file that the user uploaded.
From the individual essay screen…
Scroll down to the Essay Upload section
Click on the file to download it
Commenting on Essays
By default, all submitted essays actually have their own page. You can access that page by clicking on the permalink at the top of the individual essay screen in the WordPress admin.
As an admin, if you』d like to leave a comment for the user:
Make sure 「Allow comments」 is checked in the Discussion section
In the Comments section, click the 「Add comment」 button
Type your comment
Click the 「Add Comment」 button to save your comment
Your comment will now appear on the essay page mentioned above.
NOTE
The design & layout of the essay page is managed by your WordPress theme.
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