Want to control when students are notified about assignment grades?  Now you can with the Use marking workflow setting.

1. In the Assignment settings, under Grade set the Use marking workflow to Yes.
2. Then when grading you can control when grades are released to the students at the individual student level or as a group action.

Individual Student Level

1. Open the assignment then select View/grade all submissions.
2. Under Edit, select Grade to open the grading interface.
3. Use the Marking workflow state drop down to select which state your grading is in.
   • Not marked.
   • In marking – you have started grading but might need to go back for checking/corrections.
   • In review – you or another teacher will check for quality or consistency.
   • Ready for release – you are satisfied with the marking but are waiting to release to students.
   • Released – the student can access the grades/feedback.
4. Select Save changes or Save and show next.

Note: The student will only get notification when the state is set to Released.

Group Action

1. Open the assignment then select View/grade all submissions.
2. Use the Select next to individual students you would like to set the state for, or the Select box in the heading to select all.
3. Scroll down, then With selected… choose Set marking workflow state.
4. Select OK to open the Set marking workflow state dialog box for the selected users.
5. Use the Marking workflow state drop-down box to set the state, then select Save changes.

Note: The student will only get notification when the state is set to Released.