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# Grading Guide

This guide explains how teachers and graders review student submissions, provide feedback, and mark them as satisfactory or request resubmission.

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Required capability: `mod/casestudy:grade` — Teacher or Manager role.

## Accessing submissions

### From the activity page

Open the Case Study activity. As a teacher you see all student submissions (or your group's submissions if group mode is on). Click any submission to open the grading view.

Teacher view — submission list with statuses

## The grading interface

Clicking a submission opens a split view:

1. Submission view — the student's answers, formatted per the view template
2. Grading panel — feedback editor, grade input, and action buttons

The grading view — student submission (left) and grading panel (right)

## Grader information panel

If marking criteria or rubric text was added in the activity's Grader Information field, it appears in a panel visible only to graders — students never see this content.

## Grading panel options

### Feedback / Marker Comments

A rich text editor for detailed written feedback. Supports formatting, links, and file uploads. Students see this when viewing their graded submission.

Feedback editor — write detailed, formatted feedback for the student

### Notify Student

A checkbox that determines whether the student receives an email when you save the grade.

State | Behaviour
--- | ---
Ticked (default) | Student receives an email notification when you click any save button
Unticked | No email — student sees the result next time they log in and view the activity

The default state is controlled by the activity setting Default for "Notify Student".

### Grade

If the activity is graded (e.g., out of 100 or using a scale), a grade input appears here. The grade is pushed to the Moodle gradebook when you save.

## Grading actions

Button | What it does
--- | ---
Save Feedback | Saves feedback and/or grade without changing the submission status. Use when you want to save progress without making a final decision.
Save & Request Resubmission | Saves feedback and changes status to Awaiting Resubmission. The student can then create a new version.
Mark Satisfactory | Changes status to Satisfactory and saves feedback. This is a final decision.
Mark Unsatisfactory | Changes status to Unsatisfactory and saves feedback. This is a final decision.
Cancel | Discards unsaved changes and returns to the submission list.

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Once a submission is marked Satisfactory or Unsatisfactory, the grading buttons are hidden unless you have the Regrade permission (`mod/casestudy:regrade`). Contact your administrator if you need to change a final grade.

## Navigating between submissions

At the top of the grading panel:

- ← Previous / Next → arrows to move to the adjacent submission
- A dropdown selector to jump directly to any student's submission
- A counter showing "X of Y submissions"

The navigation list shows all submitted, in-review, awaiting-resubmission, resubmitted, and previously graded submissions. Drafts are not shown.

Navigation arrows and dropdown selector in the grading panel

## Requesting a resubmission

1. Write specific feedback explaining clearly what the student needs to change or improve.
2. Click Save & Request Resubmission.

The submission status changes to Awaiting Resubmission and:

- The student is notified by email (if Notify Student is ticked)
- The student can create a new attempt, optionally pre-filled with previous data
- The original submission is preserved and linked to the resubmission

## Reviewing resubmissions

When a student resubmits, the new attempt appears in the list with status Resubmitted. The navigation dropdown shows attempt numbers so you can compare the original and revised versions.

## Group filtering

If the course uses groups, a group selector appears at the top of the submission list. Select a group to filter to only that group's students. This also affects the weekly email reports you receive — markers only receive data for their groups.