How do I enable discussion grading?

When you create or edit a forum, you can enable grading options. After you enable grading, a Grade Center column is created automatically. The grade settings appear in the Forum Settings section of the Create Forum page and the Edit Forum page.

1. Select Grade Discussion Forum and type a point value to evaluate participants on performance throughout a forum.
2. Select Grade Threads to evaluate participants on performance in each thread.
3. Optionally, select the check box for Show participants in "needs grading" status... and select the number of posts required. Applying this setting will show the needs grading icon—the exclamation mark—in the Grade Center after each user makes the specified number of posts. Also, the posts are placed in the queue on the Needs Grading page.
   • If you choose three from the drop-down list and a user submits only two posts, the in progress icon appears in the Grade Center cell and the discussion board until the specified number of posts is met.
   • If you select a grading option and do NOT select the "Show participants in..." check box, the needs grading icon does not appear in the Grade Center and posts do not appear on the Needs Grading page. In the Grade Center column, users' attempts will appear with the in progress icon when they post.
4. Optionally, associate a rubric by pointing to Add Rubric. This option appears in the Forum Settings section when Grade Forum is selected, and in the Grading section of the Create Thread page when Grade Threads is selected.