 Course assignments can be administered and graded online in Connect. When you create an assignment, a column is added automatically to the grade center. You can access assignments that have been submitted by students and needs grading from the Needs Grading page or the grade center. For courses with many enrolled students and gradable items, the Needs Grading page can help you determine which assignments needs grading first. For example, you can sort by the date submitted to provide feedback to the earliest submitters first. Begin in your course environment. On the left toolbar, click on Grade Center in the Control Panel list. This should expand the grade center menu. Click on Needs Grading to enter the grading tool. At the top of the page is the Filter Options bar. This bar allows you to narrow down what you see in the grade center. This can be particularly helpful when there are multiple assignments or tests that are waiting to be graded. You can also show or hide the filter bar by clicking on the Filter button on the top right corner. If you would like to grade everything that's waiting to be graded, you can choose the Grade All button on the top left as well. For this screencast, we will select an assignment to grade instead. Under the User Attempt column, click on the student's name to go to the submitted assignment. In this page, you will see the submission to the left. After reviewing the work, you can mark each attempt or change the final grade at the top. The Feedback box allows you to provide insight and comments on what the student did well or what needs improvement. Providing this feedback allows your students to know why they got that grade and allows them to improve and grow as a learner. When you are done, click the Submit button to finalize the grade or Save as Draft button to continue marking the assignment later. Since Connect handles various assignment types and quizzes, the appearance may not be exactly the same as what you have seen today. This is normal, but the general fields, areas to look at, and the ideas are the same.