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title: "Quiz Grading Dashboard: Grading a Quiz"
slug: "quiz-grading-dashboard-grading-a-quiz"
tags: ["quizzes"]
updated: 2022-02-24T16:07:04Z
published: 2022-02-24T16:07:04Z
canonical: "support.smarteru.com/quiz-grading-dashboard-grading-a-quiz"
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# Quiz Grading Dashboard: Grading a Quiz

## About Claiming a Quiz

Quizzes that contain a [long answer question](/v1/docs/quiz-question-general-preferences#type) will need to be graded manually. When you select a quiz from the [Quiz Grading Dashboard](/v1/docs/quiz-grading-dashboard), you automatically claim the quiz so that it cannot be graded by another user. If you accidentally claim a quiz you did not intend to grade, you can [unclaim](/v1/docs/quiz-grading-dashboard-unclaiming-a-quiz) it.

If you are an administrator, you will be able to view quizzes with an *In Progress*, *Unclaimed*, or *Finalized* status. If you select a quiz that was already claimed by another grader but not yet finalized, you will have the option to [unclaim the quiz](/v1/docs/quiz-grading-dashboard-unclaiming-a-quiz) from the grader. 

## Who Has Access

The following users can grade a quiz:

- Users with the [Group Manager](/v1/docs/group-permission-group-manager-gm) or [Long Answer Quiz Marker](/v1/docs/group-permission-long-answer-quiz-marker-laqm) group permission.
- Users who have been [specified as graders for a quiz](/v1/docs/quiz-graders).
- [Administrators and owners](/v1/docs/user-profile-information#access-level).

## Grading a Quiz

To grade a quiz:

1. From the Admin menu, select **Course Admin**.
2. Select **Quiz Grading**. The [Quiz Grading Dashboard](/v1/docs/quiz-grading-dashboard) displays.
3. Select the quiz you would like to grade. Each quiz question that requires grading displays in its own accordion.
4. After reviewing the learner's response, enter your feedback in the **Feedback** field.

- To save feedback or grades you've entered without finalizing the quiz, click **Save** at any time.
- In order for [learners to see your feedback for a long answer question](/v1/docs/learner-interface-course-quizzes), the [quiz's **Provide Answer Feedback** setting](/v1/docs/quiz-general-preferences#provide-answer-feedback) must be set to either *After Each Quiz Attempt* or *After Completion*.

1. Beside the maximum number of points possible for the response, enter the grade to give the learner for their response to the question. The grade that you enter cannot be higher than the possible maximum number of points.

![Grading](https://cdn.document360.io/7efaadab-fef6-4186-806a-2ca14c9ce9ea/Images/Documentation/grading-a-quiz-image-flpqeatk.png)

1. To submit the learner's grade, click **Save & Finalize**.

- You must have entered a grade for every question before you can finalize the quiz.
- Zero (0) is a valid grade.

## Related

- [Adding a Quiz](/adding-a-quiz.md)
- [Learner Interface: Course Quizzes](/learner-interface-course-quizzes.md)
- [Quiz Grading Dashboard: Unclaiming a Quiz](/quiz-grading-dashboard-unclaiming-a-quiz.md)
- [Quiz Grading Dashboard: Viewing Quizzes with Long Answer Questions](/quiz-grading-dashboard-viewing-quizzes.md)
- [Quiz Grading Dashboard](/quiz-grading-dashboard.md)