Coming May 1st: Three Exciting Updates to Grading

Big news, instructors! This Thursday, May 1st, at 9am, we’re rolling out a few exciting updates designed to make grading with TimelyGrader even more customizable and insightful. 

🕣 Time-Tracking for Instructors 

Ever wonder how much time you spend grading each submission? Now you’ll know. Starting Thursday, you’ll be able to see how much time you spent grading each submission on the “View Graded Submissions” page. 

Over time, this will help you to spot patterns, like which assignments take longer to grade, helping you better understand where your time goes so you can make informed decisions about planning and pacing your grading sessions. Plus, time-tracking gives you insight into how much time TimelyGrader is helping you save when compared with manual grading times.

A quick note about how it works: Time is automatically tracked whenever the grading window for a submission is open. While this tracking provides valuable insight, external factors (like stepping away from your computer to grab a coffee) can affect the recorded time. We recommend using it as one helpful data point alongside your own observations. 

✅ The “Accept Suggestions” Button

You may notice a slight update to our grading view — we’ve made room for the new “Accept Suggestions” button for grading suggestions. If you’ve reviewed TimelyGrader’s suggested grades and are happy with them, you no longer need to select each one individually. Simply click “Accept Suggestions,” and any unselected grades will automatically be filled in with TimelyGrader’s suggestions.

➗ Partial Points

Grading just got more flexible! You can now add partial points to your grading rubrics, giving you greater precision in evaluating student work. While rubric points were previously limited to full points, you can now assign any point value to each rating.

This makes it easier to recognize partial understanding and give students grades that more accurately reflect their performance. 

We hope you enjoy these updates! If you have any questions, we’d love to hear from you!