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Review and grade exam attempts

Review submitted and expired exam attempts, score written responses, attach feedback, and understand how results reach the gradebook.

For
Instructor
Reading time
8 min
Updated
August 29, 2026

Before you start

  • Instructor access to the course that owns the exam.
  • At least one submitted or expired student attempt.

You are done when

  • Every reviewed attempt shows Graded instead of Needs grading.
  • The score of the newest graded attempt appears as the exam result in the Gradebook.

If something goes wrong

  • Use Retry when the attempt list or a response fails to load; do not re-enter scores until the current server state is visible.
  • If Save grading fails, keep the panel open, copy long feedback, and retry. Grading for an attempt saves as one unit, so a failed save changed nothing.

Understand what arrives for review

  • Objective questions - single choice, multiple choice, and true or false - are scored automatically at submission.
  • Written responses carry no automatic score; the attempt stays at Needs grading until every written response has a saved score.
  • Attempts that ran out of time are closed and scored by the server automatically, including for students who disconnected: unanswered objective questions score zero and written answers wait for you. They carry the Time expired status.
  • An attempt that is still in progress cannot be graded.

Grade written responses

  1. Open the exam and select a student attempt

    The Attempts and grading panel lists each attempt with its status and grading state. Select one to see every question, the student answer, and any automatic score.

  2. Enter a score for each written response

    Scores are bounded by the points of the question. Add optional formatted feedback for the response before saving.

  3. Choose Save grading

    The save covers the whole attempt at once. When every written response has a score, the attempt becomes Graded and its total is computed.

Know how results reach students

  • The newest graded attempt of each student becomes the exam result in the course Gradebook, normalized against the maximum score.
  • Students see scores and feedback only after the course gradebook is released, so grading early is safe.
  • Attempt starts, expiries, submissions, and grading actions are recorded in the exam audit trail.

Continue with

Create and grade assessments

Use the Instructor application to create assignments and exams, publish them deliberately, review learner work, and release results.

Run the course gradebook

Combine assignment, exam, attendance, and manual sources into a weighted course grade, release results deliberately, and read released grades as a student.

Take a timed exam

Start an exam attempt with a server-enforced timer, rely on automatic answer saving, submit deliberately, and know what happens when the connection or the time runs out.