The Markbook (called the Gradebook in North America) is a grid view of every student and every Session in a Subject. It is the fastest way to get an overview of class activity and drill down into individual student work.
Access the Markbook by clicking the green Markbook button in the Subject header.
Understand student activity at a glance
The grid displays Sessions as columns and students as rows. Each cell shows that student's status on that Session. A legend in the upper left corner explains all icons.
Status icons:
Empty blue circle: the student has opened the Session but not done any work
Partially filled blue dot: the student has started work; fills in as each question is attempted
Solid blue dot: the student has completed the Session but not submitted it
Green dot: the student has submitted the Session; can be partially filled to indicate completion level
Grey padlock: work has been collected and locked, or the student submitted an assessed Session and cannot take it back
Grey tick: answers and feedback have been released
Curly arrow: resubmission has been requested
Red clock: a due date is set and the student's submission is late
Human figure with X: the student has been marked absent and has not opened the Session
Orange stripe at top of column: the Session is an assessment; shows the student's overall mark once answers are released
Blank cell: the student has not opened the Session; click to mark them absent
View details about individual student work
Click a status icon to open a popup with the following information: the Session's status (e.g. in progress, submitted, collected), the date and time of the most recent activity, a late flag if overdue, any summary feedback you have left, a link to the student's worksheet, and controls to collect the work, release answers, or request resubmission.
If a cell is blank, the student has not yet opened the Session. A status icon will appear in real time once they do.
Click the X in the top right of the popup to close it and continue browsing.
Open and close unit folders
Folders in the Markbook can be opened and closed. Closing Folders you are not currently working in reduces load time and horizontal scrolling.
A closed Folder shows its title shaded in blue with Sessions hidden. Click the (+) icon below the title to open it. An open Folder shows Sessions visible. Click the (-) icon to close it.
A closed Folder will display the Folder's title shaded in blue and its Sessions will be hidden. Click the (+) icon below the Folder's title to open the Folder.
An open Folder will display the Folder's title shaded in blue and its Sessions will be visible. Click the (-) icon below the Folder's title to close it.
Pro tip: Folders and Sessions appear in the Markbook in the same order as on the Sessions page. Rearranging them on the Sessions page also rearranges them in the Markbook.
See more details about a specific activity
Session titles in the Markbook are truncated to keep columns a standard width. Hover over a title to see the full name. Click the title to open the Session in Prepare mode.
To see how the whole Class performed on a Session, click the (...) button below the Session title in the relevant Class row, then click Analytics. This opens the Session in Analyse mode.
Sort students by first name or surname
Students are sorted by surname by default. Click the Settings button in the top right corner and select Sort by first name to sort alphabetically by first name within each Class.
Show Assessments as raw marks/points or percentile scores
Click the Settings button and select either Percentage or Raw mark. This setting applies to all assessments and all students in the Markbook.
Use filters to selectively view students and Sessions
Use the filter menus at the top of the Markbook to filter by Units (Folders), Activity types (all Sessions or assessments only), and Classes and students. Anything not selected is hidden from view. See Use filters for better control and insight in the Markbook.
Collect or release to whole groups of students
Click the (...) button below a Session title in the relevant Class row to access Class controls:
Collect all unfinished work: locks the Session for all students in the Class except those marked absent;
Release all answers: shows students their marks, model answers, and feedback. Only applies to submitted or collected work. Students still working or who have not started are not affected;
Request resubmission from all: only applies to submitted, collected, or answer-released work. Students still working or who have not started are not affected.
See Collect student work and Release model answers and feedback to your students for more detail.
Mark a student absent
When you hover over a blank cell in the Markbook (in a column where at least one other student has started the Session), an option to mark the student absent appears. Click the cell to add the absent icon.
Clicking the absent icon opens a popup with a timestamp of when the student was marked absent, an option to mark them as present, and an option to collect the work. Collecting creates a blank copy of the Session for marking and locks the Session for that student.
The absent icon is automatically replaced by an in-progress icon when the student opens the Session.
Download the Markbook as a spreadsheet
Click the Export button in the top right corner to download the Markbook as an XLSX or CSV file. This is useful for further analysis or for uploading to a learning management system. See Download marks and feedback as a spreadsheet for more detail.
