Although the majority of activities in EdgeEX courses are system-scoreable, there are also some free-response, teacher-scored activities:
When a student submits any of these activity types, a Work to Grade alert displays on the Educator Launchpad.
To award a score on a teacher-scored activity, reference EdgeEX — Scoring and adding comments to an activity.
Frequently asked questions
You can identify also teacher-scored activities on the Content tab:
- On the left navigation, the number of activity types is available:
- At the top of the center pane, the number of teacher-scored activities in a semester, unit, or lesson is noted:
You can identify teacher-scored activities on the center pane of the Content tab.
On the list of activities, teacher-scored activities are identified.
When you click to view the activity, the description at the top indicates if the activity is teacher scored.
Academic Integrity video
To support academic integrity, students will view a short video about plagiarism before they begin their first written or uploaded free-response activity. (The video will not play for speaking activities.) The plagiarism video will play when students launch any subsequent written/uploaded teacher-scored activity if it has been at least 90 calendar days since they last viewed it.
Short Writing
Short Writing activities ask students to write a few sentences or a few paragraphs in response to a specific prompt. In Short Writing activities, students have access to a rich-text toolbar they can use to add tables, math equations, and even images to their response.
Tip
When grading EdgeEX Short Writing submissions in the 4 core subject areas, AI-Suggested Comments are available for teachers to use. They are:
- Secure: Student data is handled responsibly by a provider you know and trust. It also reports back to the educator if any concerning content is found.
- Convenient: We’ve crafted the AI prompt with relevant details, so you get highly-targeted feedback all within EdgeEX.
- Customizable: You can add your own voice, remove content, or add it—the AI feedback is a starting point or suggestion, but you don’t need to stop there.
Speaking Activity
These activities require students to record themselves speaking. For example, they might read a poem aloud, give an oral summary of something they have read, or make and support an argument.
Performance Task/Project
These activities require students to complete work offline (for example, make a multimedia presentation, solve and explain a series of related math problems). Students can upload their work from their device or the cloud, submit directly from Google Drive, or capture an image using their device camera or their computer’s webcam.
Performance Task:
Project:
Essay
These activities guide students through the writing process of prewriting, drafting, and revising as they write narrative, argumentative/persuasive, or expository extended responses.