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To grade students’ work in Scholar, go to Grade Center -> Full Grade Center.

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Then you have two ways that you can get to the assignment.  To grade starting with the first student in the list, click the dropdown next to the column title and choose Grade Attempts.  To grade a specific student’s work, click on the dropdown next to the Needs Grading symbol () in the appropriate cell and choose the attempt that you wish to grade.

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You’ll then be taken to the Grade Assignment Screen where you can view and annotate the assignment, read the SafeAssign report, and assign a grade.

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The first time you access a submission, you may see a link that states that the assignment is still processing.  If you do, just click the refresh button on your browser () or press F5 on your keyboard and it should show up.

If your mouse is over the paper, you’ll the assignment has fully processed and is in a usable file format, you'll notice that there are magnification and page controls at the bottom.  Click the magnifying glass with the minus to zoom out, the one with the plus to zoom in, or the arrows next to the page numbers to switch between pages.   The icon all the way to the right simply gets rid of the controls at the top of the page, so is probably not useful.

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There are three ways that you can annotate assignments: point comments, text comments and highlighting.

top left. These controls include page navigation, a hand for manual panning across a page, and zoom controls (which include a button for fitting the view to show the full page.) 


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These controls also include a view that can allow you to skip pages for further ease of navigation. 

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The remaining controls on the top bar are annotation tools. 


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The drawing tools can be used to draw directly anywhere on the document. To start drawing, select the Pen Pen IconImage Addedicon and choose the type of drawing tool you want to use. Selecting the Pen or Brush tool will turn your cursor into a pen or brush, while the Eraser turns it into an eraser that can remove marks from the Pen or Brush. Once a pen or brush has been selected, you will also have options that allow you to refine the pen tool by choosing thickness, opacity, or color. 


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You can use the Image Image ToolImage Added tool to overlay an image or stamp onto the document. Image will allow you to select a picture fro your computer, while stamp will let you choose from a set of pre-determined stamps. Once placed on the document, these images or stamps can be moved or resized as you see fit.


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Point comments are associated with a particular place on the document.  They can be anywhere on the document; they don’t take into account the location of text.  To create a point comment, click on the comment button on the toolbar.

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Click anywhere on the document. Your cursor will become crosshairs and the top of the screen will turn black.  Click anywhere on the document and the comment window will open.

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Type a comment in the box and click Post.  When you’re done commenting, click the Close button in the top-right corner of the screen.

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Save.  Once you’ve done so, you can view the comment on the side of the comment by hovering your mouse over it. assignment; if it is a longer comment, click on it to expose the full text. .  To delete the comment, click the trash can icon.

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use the Delete Key on your keyboard. You can also post a reply in the box.  Students are not able to reply to comments.

Point comments can also be saved in a Content Library for repeated use. to open the Content Library, open the icon on the far right. 

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You will then open the full library of comments, which are accessible across all courses. To add a new comment to the library, click the Add icon next to the Content Library title. 

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You can then type the content of the comment into the given box, and click Save to add it to the library. 

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To utilize a comment, click on the menu icon on the right of the comment itself. You will be given a number of options, including the ability to copy the comment text (allowing you to paste the text elsewhere) and to add the comment directly to the document. If you select Place Comment, the comment will be placed at the next location on the document you click on. 

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To highlight text or create a text comment, simply select some text with your mouse and two buttons will appear.  If it doesn’t, try hitting the refresh button on your browser or the F5 key on your keyboard.

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Click the highlighter (Image Removed) to  to simply highlight the text or click the comment icon (Image Removed) to enter a point comment related to the highlighted text comment.   Text   Text comments have all the same tools as the point comments above.

To draw on the paper using your mouse or a touch screen, click the pencil icon.

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Once you do, the bar at the top of the screen will turn black and your cursor will turn into a crosshairs.  You’re then able to draw on the student’s paper.

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Each time you release the mouse, you can choose to save or delete the drawing that you made.  When you’re done, click Done in the upper-right corner.

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Your drawing will be saved.

To delete a drawing, you can click on the drawing and choose Delete.

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You can also strike out, underline, or mark the text with the indicator for misspelling or bad grammar. 



Downloading Assignments

To download a copy of your assignment with or without the annotations, You can either click on the dropdown menu by the name of the file and choose either Download Original File or  Download Annotated PDF.the Print icon and select Save to PDF, or the Download icon, on the annotations bar. 


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These PDFs work best in either Adobe Reader DC or the Chrome PDF viewer.  Other PDF viewers may have issues displaying some of the annotations. DO NOT OPEN THE PDFS IN PREVIEW, the Mac default PDF viewer, as that will make any point comments that you make unreadable.

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