Student submissions can be in two states:
Draft: The student is still working on the assignment. At any point, a teacher can peek in on their working document and leave live comments for them.
Submitted: After the student submits their work, teachers can leave comments and a grade that they can explicitly return by hitting "Return grade".
Drafts best for live, in-class writing | Submissions best for assignment checkpoints |
In-progress work: Comments appear live on a student's document | Submitted work: Teachers can leave comments and a grade. These appear only after they hit "Return Grade" to release the grade.
Teachers can release grades for individual students or in bulk via the assignment page. |
Students can revise their work based on the live comments. | Students can view a teacher's comments and grades. |
When their draft is at a completed stage, students can submit and let their teacher "Grade" their work. | Resubmissions: If a student's assignment is unlocked, students can also access their working draft and resubmit. Teachers can review prior submissions and comments, and grade the next draft. |
Reviewing Drafts
Teacher View ⬇️
Student View ⬇️
How to Comment on a Draft
Access the assignment page to see student submissions. Click the blue "View Draft" button. From the draft reviewing screen, select the student text to prompt the pop-up comment box. Write your comment in the box and select "Comment."
Grading Submissions
Teacher View ⬇️
How to Comment on a Submission
Follow the same steps as above, but click the blue "Grade" button. When leaving comments during grading, you can use the AI-enhanced feature to improve your comments.
NOTE: Students will not see your comments on a submission unless you return grades after leaving the comments.
Check out the above video for a step-by-step view.
Student View ⬇️
Resubmissions, Revisions, and Phased assignments
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