Using Speedgrader In Courses With Group Assignments And Individual Assignments

[muncyd]

Hello Everyone,

I have faculty with courses that involve both individual assignments and groups assignments. I've received multiple notes that faculty get the "Select a Student Group..." message in Speedgrader for individual assignments, and then it automatically selects a group for them. When I turn off the "Launch SpeedGrader Filtered by Student Group" in course settings it fixes the issue.

However, some of the assignments are group assignments and they would like to filter by group in Speedgrader to make things easier. Then I have to turn "Launch SpeedGrader Filtered by Student Group" back on to make the group grading option in Speedgrader accessible again.

Is there a way to set anything up to get around having to toggle the "Launch SpeedGrader Filtered by Student Group" function on and off in the course settings? I might be missing something.

[JeffCampbell]

I have never had this issue, and I think it may be how it is being set up by teachers (I'm not familiar with the Admin side).

First, I define the groups in the People page. On that page is a spot for me to make groups. I can just set up groups and use the same groups all semester, or I can set up different groups as needed. I believe it starts with a default tab of Project Groups. I usually change up groups at each project so just make a new set each time.

Once the group set is created, the teacher then goes to that tab (marked with the arrow above) and assigns students to groups. This can be done manually, using an option to randomly assign people to groups, or to import a CSV file to automate group placements (the Import button on that page has a CSV file you can download and fill out...no need to make your own).

Next, when editing an assignment to adjust settings, there is an option to mark it as a group assignment and even select which Group Set to use, as seen here:

The option to give a group grade or individual grade impacts what instructors see in Speedgrader. They will either see "Group #" or individual names. Any student not in a group will show up as an individual, even if Speedgrader shows Group #'s. I recommend your instructors keep a log of who is in each group as their names do not show up in Speedgrader if they grade as a group.

Here is a link with more information about some of the other options: https://community.canvaslms.com/t5/Instructor-Guide/How-do-I-assign-an-assignment-to-a-course-group/...

For example, you can give different due dates for groups or create new groups from the assignment settings.

I'm not sure what filter settings our Admin have set, but Speedgrader always defaults to Group vs Individual based on the settings I use for the assignment.

[muncyd]

Thank you Jeff for the detailed outline. I'll look into the filters that might be set up. The assignments seem to be set up how you outlined below with groups being assigned to them and people inside of the groups. "Assign grades to each student individually" is not checked so I thought the groups should show inside of Speedgrader. Thank you again for all the information!