Jump to:

• Step 1A: Select an Assignment to Grade from the Home page
• Step 1B: Select an Assignment Grade from the Gradebook
• Step 2: Review the Assignment
• Step 3: Grade the Assignment
• Step 4: Review Graded Assignments (students)

Step 1A: Select an Assignment to Grade from the Home page

From the Home page, click the Gradebook icon on the desired class card.

Click the Grade next button if you'd like to start from the top of your due assignments and advance through them automatically.

Once you arrive at an assignment that has submissions that need grades, it will cycle you through the students on that assignment until all assignments are graded, then it will move on to the next assignment with submissions.

Once all submissions for all assignments in this class have gotten a grade, the Grade next button for this class will be hidden (until a new submission is turned in).

The counter on the Grade next button shows many submissions in that class are waiting to be graded.

To grade one assignment at a time, click on a submitted assignment square from the desired student row to grade it (refer to Color key for color explanations).

The Submission page appears (see step 2).

Step 1B: Select an Assignment to Grade from the Gradebook

From any page, hover your mouse over the left edge of the screen and select Gradebook from the Navigation Menu.

Choose the desired class from the Classes page.

A grid of students, assignments, and grades appears.

To view assignment grades as a percentage or as points, select the gear icon in the top right corner and choose Percentage % or Points from the View grades as dropdown, clicking Save when finished.

Optional: To narrow your results select, choose a grading period from the Grading Period drop-down menu. Assignments will appear in the grading period that they are due. See Creating or using an existing Grading Calendar for more information.

Optional: Sort the student list by Last name, First name, Pending submissions, or Instrument.

Click on a submitted assignment square from the desired student row to grade it (select Color key for color explanations).

Step 2: Review the Assignment

The Submission page appears. Details about the submitted assignment appear to the left of the music. MakeMusic Cloud assesses the accuracy of both pitch and rhythm in the student's performance. An Assessment Grade will be automatically provided unless Ungraded was selected during the assignment creation process.

In the music, green noteheads indicate that the correct pitch was played at the correct time. Red noteheads indicate incorrect timing or pitch. The vertical placement of a red notehead on the staff indicates the pitch that was played. 

If your assignment has a repeat, select anywhere within the repeat to view the assessment. The icon appears. Select to display the assessment for the first repeat and to display the assessment for the second repeat. The selected icon turns yellow, and the green and red notes change to reflect the selected repeat. 

Use the controls above the music to speed up or slow down the tempo, zoom in or out, and change pages. Select the Play button to listen to your student's submission. If your student included comments when submitting their assignment, they appear under Submission comments. 

Select Assignment Instructions to view the Instructions that you included for your students.

The Assignment instructions dialog box appears. Select Got it to return to the Submissions page.

The Student Panel: On the left side of the screen, a roster panel lists all students and their current scores for this assignment. Click any student's name to swap directly to their submission. Use the Filter by name or instrument search bar at the top of the panel to isolate specific groups (i.e., type "oboe" to filter down to oboe players only). If you are working on a laptop or Chromebook, click Hide students to collapse the panel and maximize your view of the sheet music and/or audio player. On smaller tablets and mobile devices, this layout automatically wraps underneath the media player.

Step 3: Grade the Assignment

Review the automated assessment grade or adjust scores as needed by entering the numerical values in the Rubric criteria section. You may input additional feedback to the Comment text box. Click Update when finished.

If you need to reassign to your student, select the Reassign button, enter Reassign Instructions if you wish, then click Reassign. See Reassigning a submitted assignment for more information. 

You can input grades for a student who has not submitted a file online (e.g., if they performed live for you in class or during office hours). Select the student from the panel, input their score, and click Grade anyway.

To grade submissions sequentially without returning to the main grid, click the Next student button at the top center of the page. Once all pending submissions have been evaluated, a confirmation note will display: "All submissions have been graded."

The Next student will start with the assignment due first, and check if any submissions need grades in that column. It will cycle through the students' submissions for that assignment until all submissions are graded, then it will move on to the next assignment with submissions.
Once all submissions for all assignments in this class have gotten a grade, the Grade next button for this class will be hidden (until a new submission is turned in)
The counter on the Grade next button matches the counter on their class card for how many submissions in that class are waiting to be graded

The status of the submission will appear under the Submitted on date:

Awaiting submission prior to the due date.

The due date has passed, but nothing was submitted.

Submission has been accepted.

Assignment has been reassigned and is awaiting a new student submission.

Note: For assignments that have multiple submissions, a dropdown menu appears, allowing you to view previously uploaded takes:

Step 4: Review Graded Assignments (students)

Students can view their upcoming and graded assignments on their classroom page for each class they are enrolled in—get to the classroom page by selecting a class card from the Home page. In the Recently graded section, students can Open the assignment to play and practice or select the clipboard icon to view a teacher’s grade and comments. 

If you have created a Grading Scale that matches a grade name (e.g. A-, S, etc.) to a point percentage, the student also sees the grade name for each graded assignment when reviewing it.

As an Educator, you can review graded assignments in the Gradebook. If you find that you need to make changes to the grade, select the tile that you would like to review and start the grading process again.