Adding Assignment Feedback

Grading in the dropbox tool is done via a consolidated and easy to navigate interface.

 

  1. From your course navbar, click Tools, and select Assignments.
    From the course navbar, click Tools. Select Assignments.
  2. Select the assignment you would like to assess.
    Selec the assignment you would like to assess.
  3. Locate the student's submission you would like to assess. Click Evaluate to view and grade the submission.
    Locate the studen't submission. Click Evaluate Submission.
  4. This page will be made up of two panels:
    • Submissions Panel – Summarizes the students' submission details. From the Submissions Panel, you can download submissions to work with offline or view submissions online with the document viewer, if the file format is compatible with the dropbox's document viewer.
    • Evaluation Panel – Where you can review and modify folder details and create the submission. Use the Evaluation Panel to grade and provide comments on folder submissions.
  5. Within the Submissions Panel, you can annotate a user's web and plain text file submissions with the HTML editor and attach those annotations as part of the feedback. To do this, first, click the submission.
    Click the submission.
  6. To annotate, click on the assignment you want to grade.To annotate, click Edit a Copy.
  7. On the top navigation bar, locate the following annotation icons:
    • Drawing: Draw in the assignment submission.
    • Note: Select a note color and icon shape, and add that to your assignment submission.
    • Text: Type text into the assignment submission.
    • Undo: Remove the last annotation added.
    • Redo: Apply the last removed annotation.
    Click in the document to activate the WYSIWYG editor. Insert your annotations. To save a copy of the text file with your annotations, click Attach Change. 
  8. You can download the original submission file or the annotated PDF file by clicking Download in the annotations viewer.
    Note: the following file type submissions are supported when evaluating with annotations in the Assignments tool: .doc, .docx, .ppt, .pptx, .xls, .xlsx, .txt, .jpg, .jpeg, .png, .pdf.
    The file has been saved as an attachment and will be available to the student as part of their feedback.
  9. For each file, you can also use the action menu, the dropdown menu of each submissions. From here you can view or download the document.
    the action menu
  10. If you hover with your mouse on the student picture or avatar at the top left corner, you can access information about the user or group whose submission you are evaluating, including email profile, and progress.
    The Evaluation Panel - Accessing information about the user or group
  11. The Evaluations section contains rubrics, the score out of and general feedback. If a rubric has been associated, it will be listed here. To open the rubric, click the hyperlinked title.
    To open the rubric, click the hyperlinked title.
  12. Using the rubric, evaluate the student. The scores you entered will be transferred to the overall grade. Select Save draft if you want to save your changes and publish later. Select Publish if you are ready for the student to see your feedback and grade.Using the rubric, evaluate the student. Select Save & Record.
  13. Feedback can also now be entered. Click Publish when all feedback has been entered and you are ready for students to view.
    Feedback can now be entered. Click Publish.
  14. Use the navigation panel to move to the Previous Student, Next Student, or return Back to Folder Submissions.
    Navigation Panel

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