Teachers can mark tasks from the Gradebook > Tasks tab, where they can select individual tasks, enter marks and comments, review student progress, and manage task result visibility.

Where coursework submissions are enabled, teachers can also annotate student submissions and assess work in a split-screen view. Administrators and teachers with full Classes permission can also bulk export task grades by grade level.

Overview

The task gradebook provides tools for marking, reviewing, and managing assessment results. From the task overview and individual task gradebook pages, teachers can:

• Open individual tasks and enter marks or comments.
• View student progress using the progress bar graph.
• Sort tasks by due date.
• Show or hide task results for students and parents.
• Enable Field Checker options to identify areas that may need review.
• Annotate coursework submissions when submission options are enabled.

Key Concepts

Task results visibility

Grades and comments entered via the Tasks tab are automatically visible to students and parents by default, unless the teacher manually hides assessment results for the task.

Field Checker options

The Show/Hide Gradebook Options button allows teachers to enable or disable Field Checker functions. These options provide a quick overview of areas in the task gradebook that may need further review or completion, such as missing teacher comments.

Points-based task grades

For points-based tasks, ManageBac+ can show both the points earned and the translated grade. For example, 10 (out of 10) / 7 means the student received 10 out of 10 for the task, which translates to an IB Grade of 7 using the grade scale for that class.

Step by Step Navigation

Access the task overview

1. Navigate to Classes > Gradebook > Tasks.
2. Select a specific task from the top pane.
3. Click the task title to open the task gradebook.
4. Enter each student’s marks or comments as required.
5. Use the Progress icon to view the progress bar graph for student progress across the term.
6. Use the Sort by ... Due Date dropdown menu to arrange tasks by ascending due date, descending due date, or upcoming due dates first.

Show or hide task results

1. Open the relevant task from Gradebook > Tasks.
2. Select Hide Task Results to prevent students and parents from viewing the task results.
3. Select Show Task Results to republish task results.

Use Gradebook Options and Field Checker

1. Open the relevant task gradebook.
2. Select Show/Hide Gradebook Options.
3. Enable or disable the available Field Checker functions.
4. Review any highlighted fields that may need completion or further review.

Manage task submission options

1. Navigate to Class > Tasks & Units > Select Task.
2. Open a task with Dropbox Coursework or Google Coursework submissions enabled.
3. Use the available options to lock or unlock submissions for individual students or for all students in the class.
4. Select Show Results on the right navigation panel to make grades and comments entered in the Gradebook visible to students and parents.
5. Select Extend Due Date to extend the task due time for individual students.

Open Annotate and Grade

1. Navigate to Class > Tasks > Annotate and Grade.
2. Select a task from the Tasks & Units tab.
3. Open the dropbox list of students.
4. Select the Annotate icon to open the annotation and assessment split-screen gradebook.

1. Use the annotation tools across the top of the document panel to annotate the student’s work.
2. Assess the task from the Task Details panel on the right.
3. Use the student dropdown list at the top of the page to switch between students.

Assessment data and comments entered in the split-screen view sync directly into Gradebook > Tasks.

Mark points-based tasks

1. Navigate to Classes > Gradebook > Tasks.
2. Select the task you wish to mark.
3. Review the points and translated grade shown beside each student’s name.
4. Use the right navigation panel to review or edit related settings, including Task Categories and Task Grade Scale.

1. Select Show or Hide Task Results from the right navigation panel.
2. Select Send Grade Notifications for the task, if task results are not hidden.
3. Select the bar graph icon beside a student’s name to compare their grades across tasks.
4. Select the clipboard icon to annotate a student’s task submission if coursework submission options were enabled for the task.
5. Use the Gradebook Options button to enable or disable Field Checker functions.

Grades and comments auto-save as they are entered.

Bulk export task grades by grade level

1. Navigate to Classes > right navigation panel > Bulk Export Tasks Grades.
2. Select whether to include archived classes for the grade level.
3. Generate a ZIP folder for all classes in the grade level with task grades entered in any currently active terms, including archived classes if selected.
4. Download the ZIP folder.
5. Extract the ZIP folder on your computer to access spreadsheets for each class and the task grades in each class.

The exported spreadsheets include separate tabs for all terms linked to each class.

Warnings & Important Notes

• Task grades and comments are visible to students and parents by default unless task results are manually hidden.
• Teachers cannot use Send Grade Notifications for tasks with hidden results.
• All tasks are set to show results by default.
• If your school uses weighted grading, Task Categories weights determine students’ term grades.
• Annotation is available only when coursework submission options were enabled for the task.
• Bulk exporting task grades by grade level is available to administrators and teachers with full Classes permission.

In Summary

• Teachers can mark tasks, enter comments, view progress, and manage result visibility from Gradebook > Tasks.
• Coursework submissions can be annotated and assessed through the split-screen Annotate and Grade view when submission options are enabled.
• Administrators and teachers with full Classes permission can bulk export task grades by grade level from the Classes right navigation panel.

ManageBac+ supports task marking, annotation, visibility controls, and grade export workflows from the class gradebook.