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Grades & Results Feedback Settings for Assignments

How to release feedback and results to students once they have completed an Assignment.

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1. Accessing Results Display Settings

To access the settings:

  1. Go to the Quizzes tab in the Control Center.

  2. Select the relevant assessment from the list.

  3. Click on the three dots on the right-hand side and select Settings.

  4. Scroll down to the Results Display section.

The appropriate combination of settings will depend on what you want to achieve. Below are the most common setups.


2. Adjusting the Settings

2.1. Show Nothing

If you want students to receive no feedback at all:

  • Make sure Show grades to students is unselected.

  • Any boxes below will be greyed out and not in effect.

This is what a student will experience when they complete their assignment:

2.2. Show Grade

If you want students to see only their grade (e.g., 82%):

  1. Select Show grades to students.

  2. Make sure Show questions and student responses is unselected.

  3. Other boxes will be greyed out and not in effect.

This is what a student will experience when they complete their assignment.

2.3. Show Grade, Questions, Answers

If you want students to see their grade and the questions and their answers:

  • Select Show grades to students.

  • Select Show questions and student responses.

  • Make sure Show answer feedback to students and Indicate if response is correct or incorrect are unchecked.

  • Other boxes will be greyed out and not in effect.

This is what a student will experience when they complete their assignment:

2.4. Show Grade, Questions, Answers, Feedback

If you want students to see their grade, their answers, and see the Student Support Video (if available):

  • Select Show grades to students.

  • Select Show questions and student responses.

  • Select Show answer feedback to students.

  • Make sure Indicate if response is correct or incorrect is unchecked.

  • Choose when this information is shown:

    • For all attempts

    • Only after their last attempt

    • Only once after their last attempt

This is what a student will experience when they complete their assignment.

2.5. Show Grade, Questions, Answers, Feedback, Correct / Incorrect, Correct Answers

If you want students to see their grade, their answers, the student support video, whether those answers were correct or incorrect, and the correct answers:

  • Select Show grades to students.

  • Select Show questions and student responses.

  • Select Show answer feedback to students.

  • Select Indicate if response is correct or incorrect.

  • Select Show correct answer.

  • Choose when this information is shown:

    • For all attempts

    • Only after their last attempt

    • Only once after their last attempt

  • Choose whether to:

    • Show Correct Answer

    • Show only after last attempt

This is what students will experience when permitted to see correct answers.

2.6. Restrict To Specific Dates

If you want to limit feedback to certain dates:

  • Select Show grades to students.

  • Add the dates during which results will be shown.

  • Adjust any other settings as needed.

Note: If you leave the Hide results on field blank, results will remain visible indefinitely.

Between the selected dates, students will see the feedback you’ve chosen. Outside of those dates, they will see nothing.

2.7. Show Grade, but Hide Feedback, Correct / Incorrect and Correct Answers Until After The Due Date

If you want to control when students can see whether their answers are correct / incorrect (and optionally the correct answers):

  • Set it up as usual.

  • Add in the Due Date into the date field below Show questions and student responses.

Prior to the Due Date, students will see their grade.

After the Due Date, students will see the Student Support Video, correct / incorrect and the correct answers for each question.

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