Using the PostEm tool

Note: To complete these procedures, you must be assigned a role having the necessary permissions. To determine your role, follow the directions in Participant roles. For a basic understanding of roles and permissions, see Permissions and roles: Overview.

You can use PostEm to create multiple gradebooks, upload an Excel spreadsheet of grades, or simply post comments.

Note: To add PostEm to your site, see Adding, removing, reordering, renaming, or hiding tools.

Creating a file to post

For PostEm to import files:

• Your file must be saved in .csv format. You can save Microsoft Excel spreadsheets as .csv files.
  
  
• The first column of your file must contain individuals' usernames in lower case.
  
  
• The first row of your file must contain headings; every column must have a heading.

Once you have created your file, you can modify it as you wish, as long as you stay within the guidelines above.

Posting a file

To post a file:

1. In the menubar of the relevant site, click PostEm.
   
   
2. Click Add.
   
   
3. Next to "Title", enter a title for your file (30 characters maximum).
   
   
4. Next to "Choose a file", click Browse... , and navigate to your .csv file.
   
   
5. If you want to release the feedback to participants (i.e., allow your students to see the grades), check Release feedback to participants?
   
   
6. To save your file, click Post; to cancel, click Cancel.
   
   
7. On the Verify Upload page, you'll see a sample of how the file will appear. To continue and post the file, click Save. To return to the upload screen, click Back.