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Using the Quick Eval Tool to Grade all Outstanding Activities

Brightspace Content is Getting Upgraded

Beginning with the Fall 2027 semester, Brightspace courses will begin using the New Content Experience by default. Additionally, Instructors now have the ability to enable or disable the New Content Experience in their own courses ahead of the change in Fall 2027. For more information about this transition, see our New Content Experience Transition page.

Quick Eval allows instructors to view an aggregated list of all student activity awaiting evaluation. That includes submissions to assignments, quizzes, and discussions. Please check out the FAQ to learn more about Quick Eval’s functions and limitations.

  • Overview of Quick Eval
  • Quick Eval FAQs

Created Spring 2021
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An Overview of Quick Eval

Quick Eval is located on your main Brightspace dashboard (not within a specific course). You can view activity by Submissions or Activities.

Submissions – An exhaustive list of everything that needs to be graded. You can sort by student name, activity name, course, or date by clicking the top headings. This is good for looking up a specific student’s work.

Activities – A list of courses with their corresponding activities. This is useful for evaluating all work for a specific assignment, quiz, or discussion.

Quick Eval FAQs

  • How do I access the Quick Eval tool?

    Quick Eval can be found on the homepage of Brightspace in the navbar at the top.

    You can also add Quick Eval to the navbar in a specific course. This guide will show you how to edit your course navbar.

  • I can’t find the submissions from a specific course in Quick Eval. Why aren’t they appearing?

    Quick Eval only displays submissions for courses which are active and currently within their start and end dates.

  • Will submissions to LTI activities (Perusall, Gradescope, etc) show up in Quick Eval?

    Quick Eval only displays submissions to quizzes, assignments, and discussions made within Brightspace.

  • Are group assignments listed in Quick Eval?

    Group assignments are not listed in Quick Eval.

  • Can I filter the Quick Eval list by section?

    Quick Eval cannot be filtered by section in merged courses.

  • Can I evaluate Anonymously using Quick Eval?

    Assignments created with the Hide student names during assessment option selected display Anonymous User in place of the user’s first and last name.

  • How can I dismiss an Assignment, Quiz, or Discussion topic so it does not appear in Quick Eval?

    Under View By, select Activities

    Hover over the activity you’d like to dismiss, then select More Actions -> Dismiss Until…

    Choose when you’d like the activity to reappear, or choose Forever if you’d like to dismiss it permanently. From here, choose Dismiss Activity

  • How can I restore an activity I’ve dismissed from Quick Eval?

    In the top right of the Quick Eval page, select the elipses. In the menu that appears, choose Dismissed Activities

    Select the checkbox next to the activity name, then choose Restore