Moodle: Use grading workflow to manage assignment feedback

1. Create the Assignment if you haven't already (see Moodle: Create and manage assignments if needed).
2. Open Settings page within the assignment.
3.  Expand the Grade menu.
4. Set Use grade workflow to Yes. If there are multiple graders, change Use grading allocation to Yes as well.
5. Click Save and Display.

1. Click on the Assignment to open it.
2. Navigate to the Submissions tab
3. If desired, use the filters in the top section to narrow down the visible submissions (Filter by name, status, or use the Advanced menu options).
4. Make sure the Quick grading box on the right side is checked. If you do not check this box, the drop down menus for the States and Grader column will not appear. 
5. Within the submissions table, use the drop-down menu in the Status column to change a submission's Grading status:
   • Choose Released to make a submission grade and feedback visible to the student who submitted it (see What Students See).
   • All other Grading statuses (Not graded, In grading, Grading completed, In review, Ready for release) are visible to students when they look at the assignment page. However, none of them will allow a student to see their grade.
6. If grading allocation is enabled, a Grader column appears
   • If Grading status is Not graded or In grading, click the Choose menu in the Grader column to assign a submission to yourself or another grader.
   • For any other Grading status, the Grader assignment cannot be changed. This is true even if you didn't assign a grader.
   • Grader assignments are NOT visible to students (see What Students See).
7.  After changing grader assignments, click Save to apply your work.

1. Click on the Assignment, then click on Submissions.
2. If the Status and Grader columns in the Submissions table are not editable, check the Quick grading box.
3. In the Select column:
   • Check the select all button OR 
   • Check the boxes next to each submission you want to change (selections will be highlighted in yellow)
4. Find the Bulk actions >  More. From there, select one of the following: 
   • Change marking state to edit the Grading status.
   • Allocate Marker to change the Grader
   Both of these options will take you to a different screen, so make sure other changes are saved first before you select them.

5. Update your Grading workflow state or Allocated grader as needed.
6. Click Save changes.

1. Open the Assignment and go to Settings.
2. Expand the Common modules settings menu.
3. Change the Group mode to Visible groups.
4.  Click Save and display.
5. In the assignment, go to Submissions.
6. There will be a new Visible groups menu. Select a group to display only the students in that group.
7. Check the Select all button or the buttons for the submissions you want to allocate.
8. Select  More > allocate grader.
9. You will see a list of the students you selected, in a pop-up menu. Choose the appropriate Allocated grader
10. Click Save changes.

When students open an Assignment, they see a Submission status table with information about the assignment deadline (if set), whether and when they submitted work, and a Grading status. 

• If Grading workflow is not enabled, the Grading status displays Not Graded if no grade has been entered or Graded with the grade and feedback. 
• If Grading workflow is enabled, the Grading status displays the status a grader has chosen in the View Submissions table
  • When a grader changes the Grading Status is changed to Released, the grade and feedback will also become visible.
  • Grader assignments are never visible to students.