OAKS - Grader iPad App

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IMPORTANT UPDATE:  Currently the Grader App is not working with iOS version 9.2.1.  If you wish to use the app and have not updated your iPad then do not upgrade to 9.2.1.  We hope to have this issue fixed soon. (1/28/2016)

The Desire2Learn (OAKS) Assignment Grader app allows faculty to use their iPads to grade assignments and submit them directly into the OAKS Dropbox.  In addition to adding the grade and text comments, faculty can also leave an audio and/or video comment and annotate on the original submission.

You must load the Desire2Learn Assignment Grader app to your iPad.  You can find it for free in the Apple iTunes store at https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/desire2learn-assignment-grader/id496587100?mt=8

Log into the App

1. If this is your first time using the app click Log into D2L Online Courses (all others login with their Edudentity account on the right)
2. When you open it you will be asked for the Learning Environment URL.  Type in https://lms.cofc.edu then click Connect
3. You will then be asked to log into OAKS so just use your Cougars username and password, click Login
4. On the next screen (EduDentity Sign Up) just click Create a new EduDentity account.
5. Complete the form and click Sign Up (Note: you may be asked to log into OAKS one more time.  This is normal)  
6. The first time you use the app you will need to sync the app with the OAKS server.  To do this click on the circular arrows in the upper right corner.  This may take a long time depending up on the number of classes, students, and assignments you have in OAKS.  (note: it is NOT downloading them to the iPad so don't worry about that)
7. At the top you can choose from Course.

Grade an Assignment

1. Before beginning tap on the double arrow icon in the upper right corner to synchronize your iPad with OAKS.
2. Locate the appropriate class and tap on an assignment to open it.
3. You should now see a list of students who have submitted.  Tap on a student's name to grade his/her assignment
   
   
   
4. Tap on the Left Arrow to see the User information, Submission and File information.

1. Select the file from the list that you wish to view.  Note: if you logged in with an EduDentity account you will have options that aren’t available with other formats.  You can free write, highlight, strikeout, underline and add post-it comments on PDFs and Word documents.

5. Tap on the Right Arrow to see the Grading information.  From this panel you can:

1. Type in a numeric grade
2. Access an OAKS rubric
3. Type in text comments
4. Record and attach a 5 minute audio recording of comments
5. Record and attach a 10 minute video recording of comments

6. When finished click the topmost right arrow to move to the next student.
7. When done with all grading the status should list as Not Published.  Click on the double arrows in the upper right corner to synchronize the results to OAKS.

Grading Offline

The OAKS app allows you grade without a network connection then you can synchronize your results when you have access to a network.

1. Tap on the assignment you wish to grade.  You will see a list of all the student submissions.
2. In the upper right corner click on the Down Arrow icon to download all the submitted assignments.
3. Grade as outlined above.
4. When ready to resync the results press the Double-Arrows in the upper right corner.  When the synchronization is complete you can click the Down Arrow again to remove the downloaded files from  the iPad’s memory.  NOTE:  This will not affect the synchronized files.