Grading

Keyboard shortcuts

Grade a full stack without touching the mouse.

The grading view is designed to be driven from the keyboard. The full reference is below.

Action Shortcut
Next / previous submission Right arrow / Left arrow
Next / previous question Down arrow / Up arrow
Jump to the next ungraded submission Z
Apply or remove rubric item 1 through 9 Number keys 1 through 9
Zoom in / zoom out G / F
Reset the page view Home
Leave grading and return to the assignment Escape

Three things worth knowing

  • Shortcuts pause while you type. When your cursor is inside a comment box or rubric editor, keys do their normal text job. Deleting text never deletes a region or fires a navigation jump.
  • Tier rubrics change the number keys. On an assignment graded with tier rubrics, the number keys apply a tier to the highlighted criterion, and J / K move the highlight down and up the list.
  • Arrow-key nudging. When a region is selected in the outline editor, arrow keys nudge it a pixel at a time for fine alignment.