This section explains guidelines for leaving personalized feedback for a particular student by typing in comments that will display on screen, or by uploading a file. You can do this in either of the following places:
In the Coursework feature—on the Student Assignment Details screen for any assignment.
In the Gradebook feature—on the student’s grade sheet.
The student will see your feedback the next time they navigate to the screen where the feedback was created.
This differs slightly from the steps for entering feedback on a particular question on an online test. That process is described in the Working with Question-Specific Feedback subsection (in the Grading Assignments section in Coursework).
The system sends email notifications to users when feedback is created for them.
Email notifications are sent to the preferred email addresses for both faculty and students, although faculty can turn off notices to themselves that are triggered by activity in the Coursework feature (for details, refer to the Activate or Deactivate Your Email Notifications section). You cannot turn off feedback notifications that are triggered by Gradebook, and notifications cannot be turned off for students.
If SMS messages and desktop notifications are enabled, the system will also send them to users when the emails are sent. In general, each email sent will describe who left feedback and where the feedback was left.
The sender’s email address will be the email address of the person who left feedback or made a comment, if that person has a valid address. Otherwise, the system will use your site’s standard administrative do-not-reply email address.
The subject line will show the name of the person who made the comment. If the activity took place on an assignment, the name of the assignment is also included. If the activity took place on a grade sheet, the name of the course section is included.
The body text of the email will include the following:
The name of the course.
A link to the appropriate Student Assignment Details screen or the grade sheet.
One of the following:
If the email was activated because a comment was left, the text of the comment.
If the email was activated because a file was posted, boilerplate language explaining that a file was added.
Navigate to the appropriate screen.
Click Add a feedback comment.
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A pop-up editor displays.
Enter your comments.
Click Save.
The system saves your comments, and the student will see these when he or she next navigates to this screen. Your name and the time you left the comments will be displayed as well.
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Other users authorized to view the Student Assignment Details screen will be able to see your comment but will not be able to modify them. (This differs from comments left in regard to a specific question on a test, which another authorized user—if one exists—could modify.)
If desired, you can upload a file for the student that contains your feedback or other details that you want the student to review. The student will be able to download this file from the same screen where you upload it.
Navigate to the appropriate screen.
Click Add a feedback file.
The system displays a pop-up.
Click the Browse button and follow the prompts in your browser to select a file.
If desired, enter a name in the Label column. If you do not enter a label, then the name of the file will be used as a label in the Student Assignment Details screen.
Click Save.
The system adds the file to the Student Assignment Details screen. The student will see the file when he or she next navigates to the Student Assignment Details screen for this assignment.
Your name and the time you uploaded the file will be displayed as well.
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After you add feedback, you may want to do any of the following:
Edit or delete the comments that are displayed on screen.
Delete a feedback file.
You cannot edit a feedback file—if you need to change anything about a feedback file, you should delete the attachment and start over.
Navigate to the appropriate screen.
Do one of the following:
To delete either an on-screen comment or a file, click Delete.
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The system will display a pop-up window asking if you are sure you want to delete the item. Click OK.
To modify a comment, click the pencil icon to display a text editor with your comments. Make whatever changes are appropriate and click Save.