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★ Manual Grading and Partial Marks

Use manual grading to change the automatic marking of short answer questions.

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Written by Allison Gottlieb
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Manual Grading is a Paid Socrative feature that allows teachers to change how responses of short answer questions are marked after a quiz has finished.

✍️ Manual grading is only available for short answer questions and is not available for multiple choice questions or other question types.

Manual Grading

Teachers can manually grade short answer questions within the results table after finishing a quiz. To do this, ensure the quiz is finished and select the response you would like to manually grade.

Select Response to Manual Grade - Socrative Screenshot

Marking Answers as Correct

In the menu that appears, you can mark the answer as correct by selecting the checkmark icon.

Manual Grading Correct Answer - Socrative Screenshot

Marking Answers as Incorrect

You can also mark the answer as incorrect by selecting the "X" icon.

Manual Grading Incorrect Answer - Socrative Screenshot

Assigning Partial Marks

You can assign partial marks by selecting the "/" icon and entering the point value you would like to give for this response.

Manual Graded to Partial Mark - Socrative Screenshot

Additional Options and Navigation

Within the manual grading menu you can also:

  • Undo manual grading by selecting "Undo".

  • Use the up and down arrows to move to the next student's response for efficient grading.

  • Click Done to save your selection.

Manually Graded Responses in Results and Reports

Responses that have been manually graded will appear with the top right corner folded over. If a response receives partial marks, the cell will appear yellow in the results table.

Manual Graded Response - Socrative Screenshot

When a response is given partial marks, the points allocated will also be reflected in the Complete Results Excel report.


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