Student Annotations (Instructors)

Instructors

Instructors can create an assignment that allows students to annotate a file. This feature allows teachers to provide an attachment as part of the assignment without downloading or uploading it multiple times or assigning it individually to students.

This assignment type provides students with the following annotation options:

• Add a text box
• Add shapes, for example, circle, square, or rectangle
• Highlight parts of the attachment
• Pen tool for drawing and writing

Type annotations, for example, underline, highlight, and squiggly will only work for text within an uploaded document. Type annotations will not work on images, even if the image is of text.

Creating an Annotations Assignment

1. From your course, click Add Materials.
2. Select Add Assignment.
3. Under Format Options, click Annotations Assignment.

4. Upload a file from your device.

   

   Accepted file types: Docx, HTML, JPG, PDF, PNG, PPTX, RTF, TXT, XLS, XLSX, and XML.

5. Fill in the rest of the Create form.
6. Click Create.

Reviewing or Grading an Annotations Assignment

After a student has submitted their assignment, the instructor can review and grade it from the class assignment.

1. In the Submissions area, select Needs Grading.
2. Review the student's responses.
3. Type a grade into the Grade box.
4. Add notes for the student in the available text box.
5. Check whether or not you want the grade and notes to Show to the student.
6. Click Submit.

Students

Student Annotations offer students a new assignment experience; however, the student display and available options can vary at the elementary and secondary grade levels.

1. From within the assignment, click:
   1. Elementary: Draw or Type
   2. Secondary: Start Assignment
2. Annotate the file from the Doc Viewer using the annotation tools available in the editor. Changes are automatically saved.
3. When you are finished, click the following:
   1. Elementary: I'm Done
   2. Secondary: Submit
4. Optionally, to clear annotations, click Clear All. Then, click Clear All again to confirm.
5. To go back without saving, click Back.

Students who have submitted their work can select the assignment again to review their submission.

Elementary Options

Continue Assignment

Students who have not submitted their assignment can resume working where they left off.

1. Click into the assignment.
2. Click Continue.
3. Continue annotating the assignment.
   1. Click Previous Submission to revert to a previous submission of the assignment.
   2. Click Open Submission to confirm the reversal. Click Stay Here to keep annotating the current version.

Try Again After Submitting

A student can return to an assignment if an instructor wants the student to try the assignment again.

1. Click on the assignment.
2. Click Try Again.
3. Continue annotating the assignment. Previous annotations will still display.

Secondary Options

Edit Draft

Students who have not submitted their assignment can resume working where they left off.

1. Click into the assignment.
2. Click Edit Draft.
3. Continue annotating the assignment.
4. Click Back to exit the assignment

Re-Submit Assignment

A student can return to an assignment if an instructor wants the student to try the assignment again.

1. Click on the assignment.
2. Click Re-Submit Assignment.
3. Continue annotating the assignment. Previous annotations will still display.