> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.pawtograder.com/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Bulk Actions

> Instructor bulk operations on submissions: complete, release, unrelease, reassign graders, and update review due dates

# Bulk Actions

Pawtograder exposes several bulk operations across an assignment's
submissions so instructors don't have to click through one submission
at a time. All of them live on either the assignment's **All
Submissions** tab or the **Grading Assignments** page.

## Selecting rows

The submissions table supports row selection via the leftmost checkbox
column:

* Click an individual checkbox to toggle a row.
* Click **All in view** in the column header to select every row that
  matches the current filters.
* Click **None** to clear the selection.

The Release / Unrelease / Complete buttons show the count of selected
rows (e.g. "Release 12 selected submissions") and become active only
when at least one selectable row is checked. Rows for students who
haven't submitted yet are not selectable. The selection clears
automatically after a successful action or when you change column
filters.

## Mark All Grading Complete

The **Mark All Grading Complete** button on the **All Submissions** tab
marks every eligible incomplete review complete in one step.

A review is **eligible** when:

* All required rubric checks have been applied.
* All criteria min/max check requirements are satisfied.
* The submission's student is still active in the course.
* The review is not already complete.

Clicking the button opens a popover that summarizes how many reviews
will be marked complete and how many will be skipped because of missing
required checks. Confirm to apply.

<Note>
  Completing a review does not release it to the student. Use **Release**
  (below) separately when you're ready to make grades visible.
</Note>

Use the **Grading Complete** column filter on the submissions table to
focus on only complete or only incomplete reviews.

## Bulk Complete (Grading Progress page)

For finer-grained control than "complete all eligible", use the **Bulk
Complete** action on the **Grading Progress** page:

1. Filter incomplete reviews by grader, due date, rubric part, or
   completion status.
2. Select the reviews you want to complete using the checkboxes.
3. Click **Bulk Complete**.
4. Optionally choose to preserve existing grades, apply default scores,
   or excuse from grading.
5. Optionally add a note explaining the bulk action.
6. Click **Confirm Bulk Complete**.

Common uses: closing out the end of a grading period, excusing students
who dropped, or completing placeholder reviews.

## Bulk Release and Unrelease

Once rows are selected on the submissions table, the **Release** and
**Unrelease** buttons publish or retract the selected reviews. Released
reviews become visible to students; unreleased reviews are hidden again
and grading comments unlock for graders to edit.

<Warning>
  Unreleasing a review hides it from the student but keeps it in their
  gradebook history. Don't unrelease without a plan to re-release — the
  student may have already seen the previous grade.
</Warning>

## Bulk Reassign Graders

From the **Grading Assignments** page:

1. Select the submissions or rubric parts to reassign.
2. Click **Bulk Reassign**.
3. Choose the new grader(s).
4. Optionally update the review due date or add a note.
5. Preview the change and confirm.

Existing scores, comments, and annotations are preserved and visible to
the new grader. If the new grader had already completed a different
rubric part on one of the reassigned submissions, the system clears the
`completed_at` timestamp so the new work appears in their pending list.
Conflict-of-interest rules are still enforced. See
[Assigning Grading Tasks](/staff/assignments/grading-assignments) for
the per-row reassignment flow and the underlying assignment algorithm.

## Bulk Review Due Date Updates

The **Bulk edit grading due dates** and **Bulk edit self-review due
dates** buttons on the Grading Assignments page update many review
deadlines at once:

1. Choose a rubric (required).
2. Set the new due date and time.
3. Optionally check **Only rows not yet completed** to skip finished
   reviews.
4. Click **Apply to matching rows**.

The system reports how many rows were updated. Grading-rubric and
self-review due dates are managed separately to avoid accidental
cross-edits. For per-student due-date changes use the inline edit
control on the submissions table or the student's gradebook row.

## Group Mentor Column

When at least one group has an assigned mentor, a **Group mentor**
column appears on the submissions table. Filter by mentor (or **No
mentor**) using the column header dropdown to scope any of the bulk
actions above to a specific mentor's groups.