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Author: jon-bell

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+{
+    "label": "Assignments",
+    "position": 2,
+    "link": {
+        "type": "generated-index",
+        "slug": "/assignments"
+    }
+}

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+---
+title: Grading Assignments
+---
+
+Pawtograder has a robust feature to allow instructors to assign grading tasks to staff. When a grading task is assigned, the instructor can set a due date for that task, and re-assign the task to a different grader if needed. Pawtograder will also automatically allow any other grader to complete the task if the original grader is unable to complete it (without needing to re-assign the task).
+
+## Conflicts of interest
+Pawtograder will automatically ensure that graders do not grade assignments that they have a conflict of interest in. Graders can self-input their conflicts (under "Course Settings" - "Grading Conflicts"), and instructors can review and enter conflicts for all graders in the class. Graders are encouraged to input a "Reason" for their conflict, so that instructors can understand the nature of the conflict and help avoid declaring spurious conflicts.
+
+![Grading Conflicts Dashboard](assets/grading-assignments-1756052760269.png)
+
+## Assigning Grading Tasks
+Pawtograder's "Bulk Assign Grading" feature (from an Assignment's "Grading Assignments" page) allows instructors to assign grading tasks to staff in bulk.
+
+![Screenshot of Bulk Assign Grading form](assets/grading-assignments-1756052527424.png)
+
+The algorithm will first split submissions between graders (assigning all selected rubric parts to each grader, aka "Assign by submission"), or split the rubric parts between graders first (assigning each submission to different graders for each rubric part, aka "Assign by rubric part").
+
+You can choose which rubric to assign (the "Grading Rubric" is the default, and what is used to calculate the student's grade for the assignment), and optionally choose which rubric parts to assign.
+
+The algorithm will only operate over unassigned grading tasks. To support complex workflows, you can manually assign some subsets at a time (filtering by section or tag). 
+
+To select asignees, you can filter by role (e.g. graders, instructors, or both), and optionally filter by tag. The form will show which graders will be assigned, and you can manually override the selection of graders.
+
+You can choose to reuse existing grading assignments (e.g. if you want to assign the same graders to the same submissions as a previous assignment, or even to assign the same graders a different rubric on the same submissions). Selecting this option will override all balancing efforts.
+
+Lastly, you can choose to enforce that graders are **not** assigned to the same submission as they were on a prior assignment or rubric. This feature is useful to assign meta-graders, where the meta-grader is a different grader than the one who graded the submission.
+
+You will be able to preview the assignments before creating them, and can manually tweak them through the drag-and-drop interface.

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+--- 
+title: Handgrading 
+---
+
+Instructors can define multiple handgrading rubrics for each assignment, although the most typical mechanism is to simply use the "Grading Rubric" (which, combined with the autograder score, is used to compute the score for each submission).
+
+Once all required rubric checks are done, the grader can click the "Complete Review" button to confirm that they have completed grading. This does **not** release the review to the student, but indicates to the instructor that it **could** be released (at the instructor's discretion).
+
+## Grading submissions that you have been assigned
+When you have submissions assigned to grade, you will see a summary of them on the assignment's landing page.
+
+![Screenshot of the Handgrading page, showing a list of submissions that you have been assigned to grade](assets/handgrading-1756054330152.png)
+
+Click on any submission to view the grading interface. Click on the "Files" tab to view the submission's files.
+
+Instructors can assign graders to entire submissions (grading the whole rubric on each submission), or can assign graders to only parts of each rubric for each submission. The grading interface will show you the rubric parts that you have been assigned to grade, and you can grade each part individually. If you are assigned to grade only a part of the rubric, you can also click on "View + Grade Full Rubric" to have access to grade the full rubric.
+
+![Screenshot of the Handgrading page, showing a list of submissions that you have been assigned to grade](assets/handgrading-1756060030919.png)
+
+You can also grade the submission as a whole, by clicking on the "Grade" button.
+
+
+
+## Grading submissions without assignments
+
+If you have not been assigned to grade any submissions, you will see a list of all submissions on the assignment's landing page.
+
+![Screenshot of the Handgrading page, showing a list of all submissions](assets/handgrading-1756060230792.png)
+
+By clicking on a student/group name, you will be taken to the grading interface for that submission.
+
+![Screenshot of the Handgrading page, showing a list of all submissions](assets/handgrading-1756060471440.png)