Grading and Feedback

• Percentage – Grade a submission on a scale from 0 to 100 percent.
• Rubric – Select a rubric you have imported into or created in Bongo. You will score student submissions by assigning points to categories within the rubric. The assignment grade will be a score out of the total number of points allowed. When selecting Rubric, you will also have the option to enable self-assessment and peer review with the same rubric.
• Pass/Fail – Grade a submission as either 0% or 100%.
• Auto Pass – Automatically give learners a 100% when they make a submission. Learners who have not submitted will not have a score.
• Five Star – Rate submissions with a 5-star rating scale. Each star is worth 20%. For example, if you select 4 stars, then the learner would get an 80%.

For more information about each type of evaluation, please visit this Bongo resource.

• Create your video assignment as outlined on the ‘Creating Video Assignments’ page in this resource.
• In the ‘General‘ section of the assignment creation window, select Rubric as the Evaluation Type.

• Click the 3-dot menu icon to the right of the word ‘Rubric’. You will be prompted to choose between two options: Show Rubrics (if you have previously created a rubric for a video assignment) and Configure Rubrics if you want to create a new rubric.

• If you selected Configure Rubrics in the previous step, you will be taken to Bongo’s Rubrics tool. To create a new rubric, click the plus sign in the bottom right corner of the page.

• You will be prompted to either import a rubric from a .csv file on your computer or create one in the Bongo tool.

NOTE: If you choose to upload from a .csv file, the file must be properly formatted for Bongo. A guide is provided when you select this option.

• If you wish to create a rubric directly in the tool, click Create a Rubric. An empty rubric will open.

• Configure your rubric and click Save at the bottom of the window.

• In your Brightspace course, go to the content module where the video assignment is located.
• Click the name of the assignment.

• In the top menu bar, click the downward arrow next to the word ‘Overview’ and select Configure from the menu.

• In the General section of the assignment editing window, select Rubric as the ‘Evaluation Type‘.

• Click the 3-dot menu icon to the right of ‘Evaluation Type’. You will be prompted to choose between two options: Show Rubric (if you have previously created rubrics for another video assignment) and Configure Rubrics if you want to create a new rubric.

• If you selected Configure Rubrics in the previous step, you will be taken to Bongo’s Rubrics tool. To create a new rubric, click the plus sign in the bottom right corner of the page.

• You will be prompted to either import a rubric from a .csv file or create one in the Bongo tool.

NOTE: If you choose to upload from a .csv file, the file must be properly formatted for Bongo. A guide is provided when you select this option.

• If you choose to create a rubric directly in the Bongo tool, click Create a Rubric. An empty rubric will open.

• Configure your rubric and click Save at the bottom of the window.

NOTE: You can also create / edit / delete rubrics by going to tn the Rubrics tool in Bongo directly. To access the Rubrics tool, open any video assignment in your Brightspace course, click the hamburger icon in the top left corner, and select Rubrics.

• In your Brightspace course, go to the content module where the video assignment is located and click the assignment title.

• You will see a list of students/groups along with assignment progress indicator next to each (Viewed, Not Viewed, Needs Evaluation etc.).
• If you are ready to grade, click any name (or group) with a ‘Needs Evaluation‘ status.

• In the evaluation window, you can view the submission and enter the grade in the Score field.

• At this point, you can:
  • click Save and Publish if you want to publish the grade so that the student(s) can see it right away, or
  • click Save as Draft to save the grade for now but publish later (e.g., when all students’ submissions have been graded).

At this point, you can provide additional feedback on the submission (discussed in the next tab), or you can proceed to grade the next submission.

• In addition to assigning a numerical grade to a student’s submission, you can also provide feedback in the Comment box located at the bottom of the evaluation window. You can comment in two ways:
  • by recording a video (up to 15 minutes in length)
  • by typing comments in the text box.

• You can also add time-stamped comments referring to specific points in the video. To do that, simply play the submitted video, pause at a point where you would like to add a comment, and type your comment in the text box. The comment will then appear at specific point in the video.

• When finished, you can:
  • click Save and Publish if you want to publish the grade so that the student(s) can see it right away, or
  • click Save as Draft to save the grade for now but publish later (e.g., when all students’ submissions have been graded).

NOTE: You cannot release feedback without a grade.

One advantage of using Video Assignments for evaluation is that the grades you assign in the Bongo tool can be sent directly to your Brightspace grade book.

In order to link your video assignment to the Brightspace grade book, do the following:

• In your Brightspace course, go to the content module where the video assignment is located.
• Click the name of the assignment.

• Scroll down the page to the Assessment section under ‘Activity Details‘.

• Link the video assignment to an existing grade item (select one from the menu) or create a new grade item (click the plus sign).

• In your Brightspace course, go to the content module where the video assignment is located. Click the assignment title.

• Click the name of the student/group whose submission you want to reset.

• In the evaluation window, click the Reload icon in the top right corner.