The Kira platform gives you all of the tools you need to evaluate your students’ work as they progress in their learning journey. Let’s take a closer look at the grade book and grading mode.
Accessing the Grade Book:
The grade book can be accessed in two main ways:
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- From the home page: click the grade book button in the left navigation bar.
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- From the class view: open the class view of a section, then click the grade book button in the bottom of the left navigation pane.
- From the class view: open the class view of a section, then click the grade book button in the bottom of the left navigation pane.
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The grade book shows student grades in the selected section.
- Change your course and section using the drop downs at the top of the screen.
- Change your course and section using the drop downs at the top of the screen.
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- View will automatically show all units in the course expanded into lessons and steps; collapse a unit lesson by clicking the name.
- View will automatically show all units in the course expanded into lessons and steps; collapse a unit lesson by clicking the name.
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- The grade book can show grades as points, percent, or show a heat map of student progress. Change view using the 'Grade Display' button.
- The grade book can show grades as points, percent, or show a heat map of student progress. Change view using the 'Grade Display' button.
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- The grade book is automatically sorted by last name and searchable by Student, or by Unit, Lesson, or Step.
- Click on a cell in the grade book to enter grading mode. You can also click the Grade Now button in the top right corner. While all cells are clickable, purple cells represent teacher-graded steps that need attention.
- The grade book is automatically sorted by last name and searchable by Student, or by Unit, Lesson, or Step.
Grading Mode:
Grading Mode lets you see student submissions, provide feedback, and modify grades.- Enter grading mode by clicking the Grading Mode button in the left navigation, by clicking Grade Now in the grade book, or by clicking the three horizontal dots next to a section name and selecting 'Quick Grader.'
In grading mode, you can do the following:
- Modify student grades and leave feedback. Please note, students won’t see feedback until you release their grades. You can release grades for individual students, specific assignments, or choose to release everything you've graded all at once.
- Ask students to resubmit if you want them to redo an activity. Their new submissions will show as activities to grade.
- Use the filter drop downs to change the course and sections shown in the grade book. Multiple sections of the same course can be shown together.
- Use the Needs Grading filter to show only those submissions you haven’t graded.
- Group activities by student or by assignment. Grouping by student is a great way to quickly find all of the submissions by a particular student.