Can I see if students have viewed assignment feedback?

[DanielBarwick]

When viewing a student's grade record in Blackboard, a teacher can see if assignment feedback has been viewed by the student. Does Canvas have this feature? If so, how do I find it? TIA!

[dbrace · Accepted solution]

Hi @DanielBarwick,

It depends on where the teacher left the feedback but the answer might be yes.

If you review the How do I view the details of a submission for a student in SpeedGrader? - Instructure Community - 76... support article, it has a "Verify Student Annotation Views" section. In that section, if a student has viewed annotation feedback that was left in the SpeedGrader, there will be a reference displayed there underneath the submission date.

Another recommendation I have come across is:

If you add annotations using the DocViewer in Speedgrader, you can see when the students have opened and viewed your feedback [as I explained above]. There isn't a way to see if they have viewed comments left from the gradebook or under assignment comments. However, you can require them to respond to those comments as a way to verify they have viewed that feedback.

University of Wisconsin-La Crosse at https://kb.uwlax.edu/page.php?id=106591

I hope you found this helpful.

-Doug

[DanielBarwick]

Thanks for the reply! I don't use the annotation function in docviewer, but this certainly resolves the issue. Thanks again!

Dan