A screenshot of a PDF document with annotations - on Moodle.

UploadPDF – Mark work directly within Moodle

What it is The UploadPDF is an assignment type for Moodle, it allows you to collect files and comment directly on them using the custom marking interface. You can make some comments ‘Quick comments’ so that you can insert those comments anywhere on a document with a simple right-click of the mouse. I am confident that using this plugin will save you hours of marking every month. The good Mark straight inside Moodle No extra software is required for a teacher to use this plugin....

2012, March 28 · 6 min · Frederic Nevers
A screenshot of a Moodle rubric.

Criteria based assessment in Moodle

The good Really easy to use The user interface to create new sets of criteria (or rubrics) is really simple and even teachers who don’t feel comfortable using computers should be okay using this new grading method. There are 4 boxes at the bottom of the form which are slightly confusing, but can be left alone. Students get better feedback, faster, more often When marking a piece of work, you simply need to click on the level descriptor that best fits your student’s work – that’s it....

2012, January 10 · 4 min · Frederic Nevers