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Comment on and grade collaboration assignments

As soon as one student flags his or her work on a collaboration assignment as completed, the MyLab lists it on the Grade Assignments page under that student's name. When you click the student's name, the MyLab displays a window that lists all the group members and shows who has or has not yet finished (completed) the assignment. You can either wait until all group members finish the assignment or grade it when only some have finished.

Anytime you comment on and grade a collaboration assignment for one group member, the MyLab gives those comments and grade to all the group's members, even those who did not work on or complete the assignment. (You can later change the grade for an individual student, if needed.)

Also, once you grade a group's work on the assignment, none of the group's members can continue (or start) working on the assignment.

To comment on and grade a collaboration assignment:

Do one of the following to display the Grade Assignments page:
- Click Grade Assignments under Manage Assignments on the Home page.
- Click the Assignments tab. Then click Grade Assignments.
Click a student's name for the assignment you want to review.
The Grade Collaboration Assignment window is displayed. It lists the group members and shows which members have or have not finished working on the assignment/draft.
If not all group members have finished the assignment and you want to wait until they have, click the Close button to exit the procedure. However, if you know one or more students are not going to complete the assignment, you may want to proceed with grading the other students' work.
Click the Grade button to proceed with grading the assignment.

The MyLab opens the assignment in the composing space.

The first time you open a submission in the composing space you are prompted to allow the MyLab access to your microphone. See The Flash Player settings for more information.
Comment on the assignment.
You can click the Return for Rewrite button to return the submission for a rewrite without grading it. For example, a student may have accidentally submitted it before completing it, or you want the students to submit another draft. The MyLab saves any comments you entered in the assignment's draft history. However, you cannot view the draft history until the students resubmit the assignment to you.
Enter the number of points the students earned in the Score text box.
The MyLab displays the maximum number of points a student can earn for this assignment or draft to the right of the text box. For more information, see Grades as points or percentages.
Click the Submit button.
The MyLab records the score in your gradebook and each group member's gradebook, and returns the assignment with your comments to the students.