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Find out how to release marks and feedback and check who needs to do what during the process.

Process of releasing marks and feedback

The Sussex Direct platform contains student records for each student, including final marks and progress for modules.

You can use this system to provide final marks for assessments on the modules you are involved with. Students use this system to view their own information.

The process of releasing marks is managed using the Teaching Groups and Assessment Convening pages in Sussex Direct.

The person listed on the module (in Sussex Direct) with an Assessment Convenor role will be responsible for releasing marks to students.

For ‘coursework assessments’, it is possible for your School office to set up Sussex Direct to delegate marking of groups of students on a module to specific tutors.

Releasing marks for marking groups: what markers need to do
1. Log into Sussex Direct. On the navigation menu at the top of the screen, select the option marked ‘Teaching’.
2. A dropdown menu will appear. From this dropdown menu, select the option marked Teaching Groups.
3. You’ll be taken to the Teaching Groups page, where you’ll be presented with a list of your modules. Locate the relevant module and then, in the Marks column, select the Record/View marks drop-down menu.
4. You’ll be presented with a list of assignments for that module. Select the relevant assignment.
5. On a Record Marks page, you will see a list of candidate numbers of the students within your marking group for the assignment you’ve selected. Locate the green box near the bottom of the page.
6. Within this green box, select the Get Grades From Canvas button in the top right-hand corner. Once you’ve clicked the button, the marks you’ve entered in Canvas will be brought across to Sussex Direct.
7. Once you have a full set of marks, locate the Send Marks to Convenor box at the top of the page and click the Send to Convenor button. The marks will be sent to the assessment convenor and the process is complete.
Also remember:
- Tutors with marking groups must use Sussex Direct to send marks to the assessment convenor, so that they can release the marks to students.
- This is only possible once all marks have been entered for students in the group, including submissions which are late and from students with reasonable adjustments.
Releasing marks: what Assessment Convenors need to do
1. Log into Sussex Direct. Then, on the navigation menu at the top of the screen, locate and click the option marked ‘Teaching’.
2. When you click Teaching, a drop-down menu will appear. From this drop-down menu, locate and then click the option Assessment Convening.
3. On the Assessment Convening menu, find the relevant module in the table. On the same row, find the Mode (Weight)column and click the blue Assessments option.
4. You’ll now be within the Convenor Record Marks screen. From here, locate the green box near the bottom of the screen.
5. Near the top of the green box, choose the button Get Grades From Canvas.
6. Once you have a full set of marks, locate the blue Manage Assessment box further up the page. You’ll find a blue button marked Release All. Select this button.
Releasing feedback for Ask Tutor and School Office assessments with eSubmissions: what Assessment Convenors need to do
Marks are released by the Assessment Convenor through Sussex Direct (see "What Assessment Convenors need to do" above); however, as Ask Tutor and School Office assessments are not linked to Sussex Direct, feedback in Canvas is not released automatically.

If students need to see their feedback in Canvas:
1. In Canvas, go to the module site.
2. In the left-hand navigation menu select Grades.
3. Locate the column for the assignment and select the vertical ellipsis button in the column header.
4. Select Post Grades.

Last updated: 11 November 2022