Grading and progress reporting

Purpose

 1.1. Automate the entire workflow for grading assignments and reporting student progress in Visual & Performing Arts courses.
 1.2. Automating grade collection across multiple assessment types including practical, theoretical, peer review, and portfolio-based evaluations.
 1.3. Automatically calculate grades, compile continuous assessments, provide automated feedback, and distribute progress reports to stakeholders.
 1.4. Centralize and automate grade storage, ensure grading consistency, and trigger personalized progress notifications via various platforms.

Trigger Conditions

 2.1. When an assignment is submitted or assessment completed.
 2.2. When a grading rubric is updated or new criteria are added.
 2.3. On schedule, e.g., end of module, weekly, or custom triggers.
 2.4. Upon request by instructor or admin through a command/dashboard.
 2.5. When a student requests progress status through LMS or chatbot.

Platform Variants

 3.1. Google Classroom
 • Feature: Coursework API 'courseWork.studentSubmissions.patch' automates grade entry and comment addition per submission.

 3.2. Canvas LMS
 • Feature: Grade API 'PUT /api/v1/courses/:course_id/assignments/:id/submissions/update_grades' automates grade updates and triggers notifications.

 3.3. Moodle
 • Feature: Web Service 'core_grades_update_grades' automates pushing provisional/confirmed grades for assignments.

 3.4. Blackboard
 • Feature: REST API 'POST /learn/api/public/v1/courses/{courseId}/gradebook/columns/{columnId}/users/{userId}' automates grade record creation.

 3.5. Microsoft Teams/OneNote Class Notebook
 • Feature: Graph API 'PATCH /me/onenote/pages/{id}/content' automates feedback insertion into student notebooks.

 3.6. Twilio SMS
 • Feature: Messaging API, send automated SMS updates on progress or grade release to students and guardians.

 3.7. SendGrid
 • Feature: 'mail/send' API automates batch-grade report emailing with personalized attachments or inline feedback.

 3.8. Slack
 • Feature: 'chat.postMessage' API automates direct messaging grade and performance updates to learners or channels.

 3.9. Mailchimp
 • Feature: Automated campaigns for regular parent/student progress summary emails via Action API.

 3.10. Power BI
 • Feature: API 'datasets/rows/add' automates pushing latest grading data for dynamic progress dashboarding.

 3.11. Trello
 • Feature: 'cards/create' API automates creation of progress report or flag cards for follow-up actions on students.

 3.12. Airtable
 • Feature: 'PATCH /v0/{baseId}/{tableName}/{recordId}' automates updating student records with new grades and evaluation notes.

 3.13. Notion
 • Feature: 'PATCH /v1/pages/{page_id}' automates updating digital gradebooks or personal student dashboards.

 3.14. Salesforce
 • Feature: 'Data API /sobjects/Grade__c' automates grade and feedback entry into CRM records for student life cycle tracking.

 3.15. Typeform
 • Feature: Webhooks automate extraction of student self-assessment or quiz completion for instant grading and feedback loop.

 3.16. HubSpot
 • Feature: 'engagements/v1/engagements' API automates scheduling progress report outreach tasks or follow-up reminders.

 3.17. Google Sheets
 • Feature: Sheets API 'spreadsheets.values.update' automates updating custom grade trackers or analytics sheets.

 3.18. Zapier
 • Feature: Automated multi-platform zap to relay grading events, trigger different platform automations, e.g., email or Slack posts.

 3.19. Asana
 • Feature: 'tasks/add' API automates assigning follow-up tasks for underperforming students based on automated grade triggers.

 3.20. WhatsApp Business API
 • Feature: 'messages' endpoint automates sending personalized grade or progress updates directly to student/parent mobile.

 3.21. SurveyMonkey
 • Feature: Webhooks automate pushing feedback survey completion data into grading automation workflows.

 3.22. Monday.com
 • Feature: 'change_column_values' API automates updating visual progress dashboards for instructors/administrators in real time.

Benefits

 4.1. Automates repetitive grading and feedback tasks, reducing manual error and instructor workload.
 4.2. Enables automated, real-time progress insights for students, parents, and faculty.
 4.3. Sets up alerts for at-risk students using automatable triggers and workflows.
 4.4. Increases transparency by automating reporting across multiple channels.
 4.5. Provides scalable grading and automating support for growing class sizes and diverse art courses.
 4.6. Ensures stakeholders stay informed through automatically delivered communications, fostering enhanced engagement.