The Forum activity allows instructor to grade students' postings.  Add the Forum to your eClass course,  choose the grading type and grading method under the Whole forum grading section.  Each student postings is compiled one page to make it easy to assess the student participation in the activity.  The grading workflow is outlined below. 

1. Click on the Forum title from your course homepage
   
   
2. Click on the Grade users (1) button located on the forum topic page.
   
   
   
   
   
3. On the right,  click on the magnifying glass (2) to search and select a user.
   
   
   
   
4. Student postings are compiled on the page for the instructor to assess 
   
   
5. Enter a grade
   
   
6. Click Save (3) and proceed to grade another student (4).
   
   
   
   

The grade entered for each student is pushed automatically to the gradebook.