Grade by Forum

This option is ideal for instructors who would like to assign one score and one set of comments for all of a student's contributions (topics and replies) under one forum. This option gives instructors access to a single grading screen per student for the forum grade and evaluative comments. The title of the forum (one item) becomes the gradebook (GB) entry, if scores are sent to the GB.

• To enable grade by forum, go to Manage >> Forums >> Click to Edit and choose "By Forum" under Grading (bottom of edit forum page). Add points. Click on Update.

Grade by Topic

This option allows instructors to assign a score to each topic, making it a unique GB entry. The title of the topic will be the GB entry, if the topic is sent to the GB. This option is ideal for instructors who assign and grade a weekly discussion topic.

To enable grade by Topic, follow this two-step process:

• Go to Manage >> Forums >> Click to Edit and choose "By Topic" under Grading.
• Then, find your topic in your discussion page, click on Edit, and enable grading at the bottom. Add points.